Mapping Shadowfell: Adventures in 3D Terrain Building
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I posted on your site as well, but saying it again here: great job.
I don't have the time to do all of the exterior locations, but as soon as I saw the last room of the keep I decided to make a 3D version. Should make for a good climax for the group when I pull out the full 3D dungeon.
I've created the parts for the statue of Orcus, I need to assemble and paint them and I'll start casting the floor tiles next week.
Don't count out the basic Hirst molds, they're more valuable than you might realize. I went that route too thinking I wouldn't want the basic mold, but eventually I picked it up.
There are obviously a large number of sites you can hit to find out about terrain building (when I started there wasn't even such thing as the Web
), www.terrainthralls.com is an excellent one.
If you haven't seen them yet Osprey puts out two excellent books on terrain building.
Good luck and great job.
I don't have the time to do all of the exterior locations, but as soon as I saw the last room of the keep I decided to make a 3D version. Should make for a good climax for the group when I pull out the full 3D dungeon.
I've created the parts for the statue of Orcus, I need to assemble and paint them and I'll start casting the floor tiles next week.
Don't count out the basic Hirst molds, they're more valuable than you might realize. I went that route too thinking I wouldn't want the basic mold, but eventually I picked it up.
There are obviously a large number of sites you can hit to find out about terrain building (when I started there wasn't even such thing as the Web
), www.terrainthralls.com is an excellent one.If you haven't seen them yet Osprey puts out two excellent books on terrain building.
Good luck and great job.
Propagandroid
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I posted on your site as well, but saying it again here: great job.
I don't have the time to do all of the exterior locations, but as soon as I saw the last room of the keep I decided to make a 3D version. Should make for a good climax for the group when I pull out the full 3D dungeon.
I've created the parts for the statue of Orcus, I need to assemble and paint them and I'll start casting the floor tiles next week.
Don't count out the basic Hirst molds, they're more valuable than you might realize. I went that route too thinking I wouldn't want the basic mold, but eventually I picked it up.
There are obviously a large number of sites you can hit to find out about terrain building (when I started there wasn't even such thing as the Web
If you haven't seen them yet Osprey puts out two excellent books on terrain building.
Good luck and great job.
Thanks Jeremy, Terrain Thralls is excellent. I'll be putting some of their techniques to use tomorrow!
Propagandroid
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I started a blog to track my progress modeling the last room of KotS here: http://3d-rift.blogspot.com/
Like I said before, I'm most likely only doing that one room due to time constraints
Like I said before, I'm most likely only doing that one room due to time constraints
Varianor Abroad
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Very nice work!
How is the modeling clay now that you've had this setup for a while? The Crayola brand I've applied to terrain, only to find that it dried out and cracked. (This happened to work very well for the particular piece in question, but it's still a concern.)
I particularly like the river technique and will have to try that myself!
How is the modeling clay now that you've had this setup for a while? The Crayola brand I've applied to terrain, only to find that it dried out and cracked. (This happened to work very well for the particular piece in question, but it's still a concern.)
I particularly like the river technique and will have to try that myself!
