Tag: miniatures
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Tokens for VTTs
I have all these miniatures that I can’t use online, but I also have Affinity Photo, a cellphone camera, and a habit of making unnecessary work for myself.
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Put Your Tiny Gunhand in Mine
Due to circumstances outside my control, I got a resin printer (finally) and decided to sculpt a tiny Frankenstein’s monster from The Gunhand. My friend Matt Plog did the art for this comic and the idea of the monster getting Cain’s right hand grafted to him and gallivanting about the old west with this barely-controlled…
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F in Chat for Shapeways
I’ve had a shop open on Shapeways since 2010, and although the proceeds barely ever amounted to more than a free pizza every month or two, it feels like the end of an era.
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Playing White Line Nightmare
My local group wrapped a four-session mini-campaign of White Line Nightmare, my game of outlaws in an apocryphal 1970s retrofuture. We hit some speedbumps but overall each session was fun and my players’ feedback was constructive and validating.
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Pillars of Action: Scatter Terrain Columns
The trusty column or pillar is a time-honored companion in any shootout, and a common sight in dungeons and temples from galaxies far, far, away to forgotten ruins deep beneath the earth. Here’s how I made a bunch of pillars to use as scatter terrain!
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The Joy of Violence
A breakthrough in my maps-and-minis shootout minigame for White Line Nightmare, immersion, translation, and moving your body.
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A/B Testing
I’m testing this shootout minigame for White Line Nightmare. Currently I’m running the same starting scenario through that minigame as well as Savage Worlds, which is a perennial favorite of my group.
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Magnets and Miniatures
Quick little anti-tutorial today, inspired by Goobertown’s excellent video on magnetizing miniature bases. I go the opposite route, attaching 1″ metal washers to my mini bases and magnetizing my storage boxes and painting handles instead.
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Making Tabletop Simulator Minis With Blender
I recently figured out a decent pipeline to get Blender models into Tabletop Simulator (TTS) for online gaming. Let’s face it, if I’m painting digital minis I can keep putting off painting my physical ones.
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Shipping Containers the Hard Way
I’m building some ISO/conex/shipping containers for 28mm gaming stuff, and instead of following the several fine tutorials for scratchbuilding your own or using readily available 3d models or just buying one, I’m making these myself.
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Giving Me Life
Here’s some stuff what’s been making life in the plague regime bearable. Some of it’s old, some of it’s new.
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Hero Forge and Shapeways, Part IV
Bonus Content I think I found my answer. This is my GTA-hole printed by Impact Miniatures. My friend told me about this small shop and I was able to send Tom the .STL file right over facebook. Shipping speed was about on par with Shapeways and the price was great. In practice, I’d compare this