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Two Dwarf 's i have used as my DnD PC's

Thorgrym Ironguts and Baradin Longblood

 FleshEater Cultist NPC from One of my Campaigns

Lich Lord NPC Draken Korash

February 2014 World of CraftWar on the DM's Craft Forum

The Captains Cabin

Materials Used in this Craft

1/ Balsa Wood Blocks

2/ Toothpicks

3/ Card stock

4/ White Glue

5/ Craft Paints

6/ Toilet Paper (TP)

7/ Paper Towel

8/Colored Card

9/ Pop Sticks

10/ Clear Plastic Overhead Projector Sheet

Initial Sketch

Floor Board

For the Floorboards i cut a heap of the Balsa wood blocks in half, seems like a lot of effort but was relatively Easy and looked great, when choosing the blocks to cut i gave a light prick with my Craft Knife, the Harder ones i kept for the walls. I Two Index Cards as a Template for the base and to glue all the pieces too. This is very Light and Holds together very well. Once the Flooring was done Uncut Blocks were used for the Walls Base, This was so i could use this as is as a Tile for future use, it ended up the same thickness as a Cardboard Tile so will be able to mix in with others.

 

The Walls

 

The Walls are made out of Card stock, the Beams are Balsa wood, the Window Frames are Card Strips and the Windows are Clear Over head Projector sheets. The Window Detail was carved onto the sheet using a ruler and a craft knife with very little blade exposed.The Wood Grain on the walls was drawn on with pencil before putting together, pressing hard leaves the indent on the card, i wanted it to look like it had been painted white so i didn't shade it.

Unpainted Without all the little Bits made

 

 The Flag is Paper Towel with the Cross Painted on, Wet the Towel and let it set the way you need. The Boxes, Bench and Chests are all carved from Balsa. The Canvas rolls are just TP. The Sack on the Crates is mad from TP also, the Cups on the tables are all made from the inside of a pen cut down.

 

The Barrels are TP rolled up then Strips of Card Stock Applied

 The Bottles were Carved out of Balsa Blocks, i got Eight out of a block, these are fiddly but relaxing to do while watching TV.

The Round table is Card Stock, the Grain Drawn on before painting like i did the walls, The Legs are Balsa and the edge Card stock, The Writing Desk is carved from a Balsa Block, The Large table is Matchsticks with balsa Legs and a card stock edging. The Candles are a Tooth Pick coated several times with White Glue , for the wick well that was an accident that worked, you know when you work with white glue you get that layer on your fingers, well rub your fingers together and stick on top thats what you get. The Papers on the writing desk are the smallest print i could do on my PC cut out.

 

The Maps are Paper Towels soaked in water and laid over the table, then a very small amount of white glue/water mix was painted over it once dry the Map itself was drawn on with a pen

 The Books are all Popcical sticks cut down with a Colored cardboard Cover. the scrolls are all just rolled up paper.

 

The Bed is made from Balsa Strips left from the flooring and some matchsticks, the sheets, pillow and canvas sheet are all Paper towel.

I had great fun with this build i hope it had some pointers to others.

January 2014 World of CraftWar on the DM's Craft Forum

 Deep within the Eternal Wastes lies the Heart of Chaos

Initial Sketch

Final Product

 

January's Craftwar Theme was "A Trip to the Infernal Plane" 

The Materials

1/  Card Board & Card stock

2/  Xmas Ball Decoration (thin wire will do i just saw this and stole from the tree)

3/  Aluminum Foil

4/  White Glue

5/  Toilet Paper

6/  Talcum Powder

7/  Craft Paints - Black/White/Yellow/Orange/Red

8/  LED touch light
9/  Gloss Varnish
10/ Tooth Picks

11/ Normal Crafting Tools: Pens, Pencils, Ruler, Exacto Knife, Scissors, Paint Brushes


The Base

For the Base i used a Double thick piece of Card, The Edges and Structure was all mapped out and glued down before Covering with Aluminum foil then that was covered with Toilet paper bushed down with a 50/50 White Glue /water mix. the Center piece has smaller pieces under neath so a worn away look from the lava was given. I designed the piece so the Center piece could be interchanged as well as the bridge so i can use the base model for future games were Chaos isn't the base, maybe a dwarvern Forge.

This was then painted first black then dry brushed several shades of Grey, once that was done a painted it with a watered down deep blue, this was to firstly tone down the greys a bit but to also give another shade to the walls, was trying to achieve an obsidian look, photos don't quite show it good enough.

The Heart

 For the Heart i molded an Xmas tree Decoration into the shape i wanted, a frame could easily be made out of thin wire, i used this so when i did the layer of Toilet Paper with teh 50/50 glue/water mix it would sag giving an appearance of veins.

 Once dry completely i based it black then Dry brushed several times with red, it was then covered with a watered down white glue to enhance the Goo on it.

The inside of the Heart was lined with a piece of red cellophane as i found the light was shining to bright through. 

The Heart was then fixed to a piece of Cardboard cut to fit the area i left for the interchangeable piece, i hole was cut under neath so the light can be taken out and switched on and off. The edges of the heart received a heavy smashing of hot glue to get a goo / vein look before painting up and varnishing it all.


The Lava
The Technique i used for the Lava was the same i used for the Snow on the Dec Comp, the only difference was i made it thicker and added Yellow Paint to the mix. Grab your Talcum powder , White glue and some water, mix approx  70 /30 water and glue and then a good squirt of yellow paint then add the Talc into it mixing until you get a Thick Paste, Play with this mix a bit before you use it needs to be thick enough that when you dab on some sticks slightly to your brush and pulls away from the board giving you the ripple/torrent effect. really let this dry before moving on or when you paint it you will smooth it out.

When it come time to paint several layers were done, first Orange around the edges, then a Red followed by a black red mix then a watered down black, the same color rotation was used as a dry brush over the entire board, except for the black water that is. a Dry brush of Orange was used also on the rock edges to give the heat reflection, once dry all the lava was varnished with a Gloss.

The Bridge
The bridge was made from Card stock then Aluminum Foil for body. Tooth pick spikes were then pushed into the foil before a coverage of Toilet paper with a 50/50 glue water mix was applied. It was then Base coated black and then dry brushed with greys and a later black wash, the spikes were painted a Bronze with a Tin drybrush to take the shine a way alittle.

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