Harry does dungeon tiles.

Harry

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So where next?

Well I have been thinking a lot about the entrance to the dungeon and considering building a cave mouth with a a cave on the inside and an outside/wilderness area so the adventure could begin ouside the dungeon ....

But then I thought of these .... (Currently the backdrop to my Frostgarave scenery)

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I had already had the idea of passing from the outside to the 'undercity' by passing through these pieces with my split table set up for frostgrave ....

"I imagine a set up where the players can literally choose to enter the mountain and then reappear on the other side of the table having passed through one of the entrances modelled on to this piece. I will need to do a bit of work to the back of the mountain to show the interior and make all the doors and caves lead somewhere on the other side .... But that is the plan."

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I spent some time trying to work out of I could use these pieces as they were ... but in the end I decided there was nothing for it but to bite the bullet and rip them off their existing bases and stick them onto a strpfoam base. The reason for doing this is to put the grid on the board .... then I can do the same trick with the sand .... paint it white again but have the grid showing through so I can use it for Quest as well as Frostgrave. Added a bit more space so there is plenty of room for a ruck ouside. :grin: I can still use my Frostgrave scenery bits to change the outside space .... more on that later.

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I went for these rather than just build a simple cave mouth because I liked the idea of multiple entrances .... The adventurers can choose how to enter this 'dungeon'. Through the obvious cave mouth? Or will they use their rope and climb to the inviting ledge above ....

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....  or will they find the secret way behind the frozen falls .... or perhapes the enigmatic door. I have built into it. :grin:
There are six different ways to pass through these cliffs and into the dungeon. :grin:

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Harry

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What about the inside?

Well obviously I had to actually cut all the holes through the piece and model the steps. :roll: Kill me now.

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... and then I made this .....

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Harry

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So what next?

Stairs .... I was going to need stairs to get to the upper doors ....
So first I copied the Warhammer Quest tile .... and then I made some more to match but in different heights.

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BOOM!

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Harry

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Next up .... doors.

So you know those were not just random door shapes ...right?
That's right .... they were made to fit these old Scotia Grendel doors I have from before the time of Atlantis ...

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Interchangeable and of course these doors do not need to fill a hole ... I can have a door anywhere ... just sit it on the surface.

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Bane

Member
Splendid work Harry. Nobody will believe me but I had a very similar idea in how to combine my dungeons with the exterior Frostgrave setting! A new plan is needed now, but this has totally inspired me to get working on it...
 

Asslessman

Member
The awesomeness of that dungeon is only second to my admiration for the quality and ingeniosity of it. (stands up and wipes a tear from cheek)
 

Harry

Moderator
Bane":2ohwn5oc said:
Splendid work Harry. Nobody will believe me but I had a very similar idea in how to combine my dungeons with the exterior Frostgrave setting! A new plan is needed now, but this has totally inspired me to get working on it...
Yeah, yaeh ... It'sOK mate yo can steal my ideas. :grin: I stole the method and a big dollop of inspiration from you for this hole project. You stick with your plan ... who is going to know ... or indeed care. :grin:

Asslessman":2ohwn5oc said:
The awesomeness of that dungeon is only second to my admiration for the quality and ingeniosity of it. (stands up and wipes a tear from cheek)
Bit of styrofoam in th eye?
Thanks for the kind words.
 

Harry

Moderator
Got the other backdrop piece based up.

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They can join up either way around:

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Or for the absolute win ... placed on either side of my dungeon board .... and you can play a game where you have to pass through the mountain and come out the other side. :grin:

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Harry

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...and here is the back piece ....

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Again this will join up with the other one either way around.

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Harry

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As I am going to have to get some polyfilla and paint on this I have taken the opportunity to pimp up my Dwarf Mountain a bit ...

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Harry

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The design on the walls in the Dwarf mountain piece is done to match the Moria columns from GW .... they match in height to the point that I can drop the next floor on top as they move up and down floors. Yes I need to get out more.

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Harry

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So you might have seen these bumping around e-bay.

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They are cheap, nasty plastic in completely the wrong scale and with way to much soft detail to go with the 28mm stuff (Although now I have them they will certainly see action in my bargain Tomb Kings army.)
Whilst I would not have bought them individually I saw a guy selling a whole bag of these cheap enough it made me think what I might do with them. Now if I had not beem in the middle of this project I would have drawn a blank but as it was .... I came up with this .....

I melted them into a wall. :grin:

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So they can be the backdrop to a room. And yes I do have extras so that I can make based versions of these for when they 'come alive'. :twisted:

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Or how about flanking a narrow corridor?
That should get the adventurers wishing they had brought a change of pants. :grin:

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Harry

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Thanks mate .... Harry and the phrase 'sex on legs' is not a comon combination. :grin:

A couple more rooms ... one for the sphynx ... who knows what monstrosities will come appear in this room ... then my hall of warriors then the treasure room .... Tomb Kings section done! These could be stacked with doors in the ceilings for that real pyramid feel. You would have to climb the sphynx to get through the trapdoor ...etc...

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