/r/DnDIY

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/r/DnDIY

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How could matchbox dioramas be used in ttrpgs?

9 Comments
2024/12/02
19:59 UTC

123

Christmas BBEG for Your Belly

December 1st, so time to roll out the edible minis.

9 Comments
2024/12/02
04:47 UTC

213

Progress Update: My DnD Box Project is Coming Together!

16 Comments
2024/12/01
15:33 UTC

5

Hotsprings - Cold Porcelain vs. Sculpting Material - Testing Phase 1

Got done with testing a few materials, waiting for the full dry (couple days)

TLDR: Don't bother with cold porcelain unless you're making monsters or props. For the Sculpting Material, I just measured with my heart, more water = more time to work with it.

Cold porcelain - 1 cup corn starch + 1 cup pva glue + 1 tbsp vinegar + 1 tbsp baby / mineral oil

USE THIS ONE!!!!! Sculpting Material - 3-4 egg cartons / drink carriers / recycled cardboard from furniture box (y'all, this stuff keeps giving and giving.... also, i think this cardboard is already recycled so I'm reusing it again getting bonus points ecologically) ground up in a blender + 1 cup (ish) Plaster of Paris + some water

You can use toilet paper, printer paper, newspaper, construction paper, etc., but they all require pulping with water and drying. I ain't got that kinda time. Newspaper is the second best in my humble opinion.

To blend / shred the "chipped" cardboard:
- Buy an old blender from a thrift shop
- Borrow your neighbor's, break it, then get them a new one for Christmas
- Find a beaver that is just a little... different and prefers their wood preprocessed

The pictures tell you the rest of the tale -

Get a 25 lbs bag of plaster from your local hardware store, become an egg carton goblin rooting through the trash of your neighbors (just go ask them nicely for them), and make your own / give it to your friends because this stuff is really handy.

HUGE CAVEAT FOLLOWS

I tested some bigger geyser pcs that I'll use in an earlier area to see about weight and soaking... that's probably going to be an issue, but I'll cross that bridge later when I get to it.

Thanks to all who gave advice / encouragement. Already know way more now than I did when I first started this project.

Cold porcelain 1

Cold porcelain 2

Different angle

Another angle

Test piece 1

Another angle

Test piece 2

Another angle

Test piece 3

Another angle.

Shredded egg cartons / drink containers / furniture packing cardboard.

2 Comments
2024/11/30
23:27 UTC

49

A simple light source to be used in dungeons, cemeteries and towns

2 Comments
2024/11/30
19:33 UTC

69

[Ad] Hey folks! If you've made a digital table, or you're thinking of building one, the Arkenforge Toolkit is the software for you! 50% off during the Black Friday weekend. Details in comments.

12 Comments
2024/11/30
14:39 UTC

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Building a TV digital gameboard - do you really need a glass protector?

I'm building a DnD digital tabletop out of a $150 TV I bought for Black Friday, following a fusion of this design and this design. Most (but not all) designs I see include a protective layer of tempered glass on top (there's also a recent post suggesting using a poster frame acrylic, but in my experience acrylic scratches super easy and don't seem like they'd offer good protection to impacts to the screen area). My question for folks that have used these is, how necessary is this really? I've experimented with some gentle miniature placement on the corners of the screen and it doesn't seem to leave much of a mark. Adding a sheet of glass that's going to increase reflections/glare, and make the minis hover 1/4" off the screen, seems like trading a definitely worse experience for avoiding a potentially slightly worse experience if it scratches. But, I am planning on traveling with the thing so obviously if the screen were to break outright that would be much worse.

Does anyone have experience trying out a digital tabletop without a protector? How fragile are they really?

15 Comments
2024/11/29
20:00 UTC

939

Beginning of a Hotsprings set piece

I write and run one shots for a business. Starting to create my own terrain on the cheap to impress new their new clients.

This one is for an adventure set near geothermal activity. Chaos and heated arguments are sure to ensue 😄

Cardboard + Hot Glue + Tacky Glue + Boxcutter + Scalpel + Pen - next up is cold porcelain

32 Comments
2024/11/28
23:37 UTC

10

Coin Props

https://preview.redd.it/sa14enlvrl3e1.png?width=1219&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d1da9860c35375872ea97aef3c45177f91dd8e0

https://preview.redd.it/o42r6rywrl3e1.png?width=1419&format=png&auto=webp&s=d76fe53a3125cd5b85e3a5a2c10767ea5464210d

I'm finally getting some freetime with my CNC machines and was setting out to make metal coins for my local gaming shop. Figured I'd post my ideas so far, Their both roughly 3in Diameter and I'm not sure on the thickness yet, somewhere in the ballpark of 1/4 to 1/3 of an in is where I'm gonna land at. :D should have a nice heft to it. First batch is gonna be cut out of aluminum, and most likely leave the painting to the guys at the lgs for gold/silver/copper color.

What other type of metal tokens/coins would be useful? The DnD Deity icons could make for good trinkets on coins.

2 Comments
2024/11/28
08:44 UTC

5

Australia XPS source?

Hello, I live in Australia, Victoria and am juts starting my first DND build of some floor panels. I am not sure where to go to buy some good XPS foam, need help please!

6 Comments
2024/11/28
07:51 UTC

0

XPS source for USA?

I live in central Texas, and I'm trying to avoid shipping costs and having to wait 3+ weeks for delivery if at all possible. So far all ive been able to find is foam-core posterboard.

Where, or in what stores can we find XPS foam for terrain, basing, etc. Bonus if they come in different thicknesses since I also don't have a hot wire cutter.

4 Comments
2024/11/27
04:19 UTC

80

Just another pretty wraith.

A reworked model from a derelict copy of Golden Compass board game.

2 Comments
2024/11/27
02:34 UTC

87

I am giving away this stone texture roller I made for free to the community

6 Comments
2024/11/26
13:57 UTC

88

Update: I've finalized the basic design for the Game Box

6 Comments
2024/11/26
00:37 UTC

5

Need advice on a material for a battlemap.

Hi all! Need some advice on which material to use:

I recently bought an adhesive battlemap which came already attached to a PVC sheet, i kinda hate it, it's unrollable it won't stay put and it crinkles easily when i put it away.

I intend to reattach it to something else but i'm very ignorant of these things, I'd need a flexible material that will keep the battlemap attached and won't deform if i roll the map up and put it away in a tube.
The first thing that comes to mind is the material of which mousepads are made, but I don't know if it would keep the adhesive well and don't even know how it's called.

Anyone have any suggestions?

(Sorry for broken english, and thanks in advance for any help)

2 Comments
2024/11/25
12:01 UTC

142

This dreadful demon bear was made out of a piece from a derelict Golden Compass board game.

4 Comments
2024/11/24
02:30 UTC

15

Troubleshooting a condition tracker for an ultimate DnD character/dice/game box.

7 Comments
2024/11/24
00:26 UTC

194

Orc/Goblin Huts

7 Comments
2024/11/22
17:57 UTC

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