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I just make my own stuff with Hirst Arts plaster casting. You get to customize what you make, and if you want different stuff, drop $35 on another mold and start casting. That was back when I actually had spare time though.
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I'd probably buy a 3d printer and make my own with the various resources out there. If I needed dungeon tiles.
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Aug 10, 2020 04:01
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The painting is the bit that makes it.
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Aug 10, 2020 04:36
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Ravendas posted:I just make my own stuff with Hirst Arts plaster casting. You get to customize what you make, and if you want different stuff, drop $35 on another mold and start casting. I love my Hirstarts stuff a ton, but the amount of time any project takes from start to finish is pretty extreme. Making stuff is one of the coolest versions of adult Legos I have ever experienced but unless you are going to spends a few 8-12 hours work days just casting blocks it isn't probably worth it unless you are like me and just like it. People undervaluing their time is a really common mistake for projects like these. The shipping costs of 50lbs of dental plaster might be 50 bucks, but at least I can use my gaming terrain to bash down the door if I get stuck in a game room or something. You will need serious industrial shelves to store your buildings if you make anything big.
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Aug 10, 2020 12:23
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:The painting is the bit that makes it. Painting terrain and dungeons is way easier than painting minis. You can even use the cheapo craft paints without any real loss of quality because the pieces are so much bigger. Hirst Arts I used to cast for an hour or two while watching tv each day, letting the pieces dry and then throwing them in their storage bins. Then I'd have some build days while I played dungeon lego with them, then went through and painted them afterwards. It's definitely a process, and a sub-hobby, that takes a ton of time. My kids are getting old enough though that I can give them some monocolor pieces already cast, and get them to paint them up with me for some gamer hobby daddy-daughter time though. In a year or two we'll probably try casting out.
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Aug 10, 2020 13:26
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My 3d printer is used almost exclusinvely for RPG and wargame terrain. Files are pretty cheap, and you can make as many copies of something as you want. I've started using stuff from Printable Scenery, and also have a lot of Dragonlock stuff (they also just finished up a Kickstarter campaign). As was mentioned, painting terrain is much easier, especially for things like simple dungeon tiles. Prime black, heavy drybrush with grey, light drybrush with a ligheter grey, done. You can go hard if you want, but when you're painting 50 of the things, fast and good beats great.
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Aug 10, 2020 14:53
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This looks interesting. I'm a little worried this might suffer from 'feminine empowerment being written by a white guy', but all the content editors are women, so that's good. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/greyauthor/the-great-american-witch
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Aug 10, 2020 18:21
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Yeah, for some reason I can't really articulate, the way it's written is setting off little warning bells in my mind.
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Aug 10, 2020 18:31
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Funzo posted:My 3d printer is used almost exclusinvely for RPG and wargame terrain. Files are pretty cheap, and you can make as many copies of something as you want. I've started using stuff from Printable Scenery, and also have a lot of Dragonlock stuff (they also just finished up a Kickstarter campaign). As was mentioned, painting terrain is much easier, especially for things like simple dungeon tiles. Prime black, heavy drybrush with grey, light drybrush with a ligheter grey, done. You can go hard if you want, but when you're painting 50 of the things, fast and good beats great. What printer do you use and what material do you use to print?
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Aug 10, 2020 20:40
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Impermanent posted:What printer do you use and what material do you use to print? I have a Creality CR-10 Pro v2, and almost all the terrain is in PLA. I do minimum post-processing before it gets paint, because the quality is already pretty good and it's not worth the time to do any sanding or anything.
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Aug 10, 2020 21:51
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Leraika posted:Yeah, for some reason I can't really articulate, the way it's written is setting off little warning bells in my mind. Opening with a bible quote is pretty off-brand, but the big thing for me was "These aren't stereotypical witches, they're really powerful stereotypical witches!" quote:Your witch topples governments, create miracles, and guides global leaders. Your witch protects the waking world from supernatural terrors, leads nations into glory, and saves humanity from themselves. Your witch is the divine on earth and keeper of the most powerful magic in the world. There's nothing inherently feminine here at all; This is how the CIA sees itself.
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Aug 10, 2020 23:47
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moths posted:There's nothing inherently feminine here at all; This is how the CIA sees itself. That whole paragraph is weirdly worded, and makes it sound like an object rather than a player character. 'Your witch' does this and that, not 'you'.
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Bieeanshee posted:So, what, it's a grown-up Witch Girl Adventures? Grown-up Witch Girl Adventures is Bellum Maga, which is about fighting the patriarchy with bad mechanics and horrifyingly illustrated transformation fetish porn.
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Aug 11, 2020 00:01
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oh man i got my lancer book today, its so big
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Aug 11, 2020 00:31
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breadnsucc posted:oh man i got my lancer book today, its so big I know right, the box was huge probably because the next size down was too small but still, huge.
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Aug 11, 2020 00:45
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The Kickstarter for Arkwright the Card Game is up, and for a "light" version it sure looks meaty
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Ogdred Weary posted:The Kickstarter for Arkwright the Card Game is up, and for a "light" version it sure looks meaty Yeah. I'm definitely going to watch some videos and do a bit of research on this one. It looks right up my alley
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graventy posted:That whole paragraph is weirdly worded, and makes it sound like an object rather than a player character. 'Your witch' does this and that, not 'you'. I did a CTRL+F and "she" only appears once, referring to Kathleen Kaufman, and "her" only once in reference to the goddess Tara. "They" is always plural, except in the final Crafts section, where it's somehow used five times in three sentences. It reads like an attempt to avoid wrong pronouns by using no pronouns, which could be why it reads so stilted. I'd guess that "they" was overused throughout, then edited to "the witches," but missed in that last paragraph. (Or the last section was added post-revision.) I don't know how to parse a man-designed gender-neutral game about women. I'd guess he wants to avoid the subject of man-witches entirely. (Warlocks? He-witches?)
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Aug 11, 2020 12:37
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Using the light poles as dividers is such an absolutely wonderful design decision I don't think this is a game for me atm, but it looks fantastic and the low price point is a winner for sure.
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Aug 11, 2020 12:53
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 sniper elite game, 1 vs 0-3 players asymmetric, deluxe version includes the above hitler mini I'm not backing it, but it doesn't look bad.
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aww don't link me a hidden movement game when I'm trying to stop backing poo poo  "Estimated delivery Sep 2021" Yeah nah.
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LatwPIAT posted:Grown-up Witch Girl Adventures is Bellum Maga, which is about fighting the patriarchy with bad mechanics and horrifyingly illustrated transformation fetish porn. Why am I sad, if not surprised, to learn that exists?
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moths posted:I don't know how to parse a man-designed gender-neutral game about women. I'd guess he wants to avoid the subject of man-witches entirely. (Warlocks? He-witches?) Woman = Witches ergo Man = Mitches
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Aug 11, 2020 18:14
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Wyrmwood game table is up.
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Yeah you're poo poo out of luck if you wanted it early. Shipping dates are already in the 2022s International only got 1 tier and it's Jan 2022. Honestly I'd just rather save my money for such a far away date, and I'd be able to actually afford the biggest table by then 
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Aug 12, 2020 01:43
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Hell spend the 12 months learning to build your own table.
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breadnsucc posted:oh man i got my lancer book today, its so big Same, that book is enormous. And enormously gorgeous. Kickstarter satisfaction achieved !
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Infinitum posted:Yeah you're poo poo out of luck if you wanted it early. I decided to pledge to get a spot in line, and can always pull it later. I tried to pledge for May 2021, about 5 minutes after they launched. That failed, because the tier filled up while KS was processing my pledge. Then I tried to pledge for July 2021. Same thing happened again. Finally got a spot in the October wave. It's over $4 million already.
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Arcsech posted:I decided to pledge to get a spot in line, and can always pull it later. Wonder how many disappointments $4,000,000 buys?
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There's an international backers wave 2 pledge now. Ships: Jan 2023 Dreaming. I'd be happy placing a $100 non-refundable deposit to secure a spot in line, but there's no way in hell I'd pay a grand for something 2 years away. Like I 100% get that these are heirloom quality artisinal tables that old mate has sanded to perfection over several weeks, and that poo poo takes time.. but  They're already at 4.5 million with 60 days to go. This thing is going to break all kinds of records lol
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People are backing something with that long of a lead time? Didn't they learn from the last big gaming table company that folded with a ton of people's money, Geek Chic?
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Chainclaw posted:People are backing something with that long of a lead time? Didn't they learn from the last big gaming table company that folded with a ton of people's money, Geek Chic? Wyrmwood is a little bit more established, but I am still extremely annoyed that people are still willing to pay so much, even with such mark up on all the "mods" and the toppers.
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I agree that they are more established, but I still imagine they might end up collapsing under the weight of so many orders. Furniture is significantly more volatile than boardgames, I would think. I am hoping for the best though!
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You're not wrong. If I was in a better spot where I could actually place this loving table, I'd be getting one too.
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I'm finally home from work and able to have a proper look at this. Even at the absolute basics of what I would like to buy it would cost me $2200AUD for a medium table /w topper shipped to Australia. I have not added accessories. It would not ship until Jan 2022. Almost 1 year and 5 months from now. Methinks a mass produced artisinal heirloom table is an oxymoron. Even if they halved the cost and it was a cheap mass produced table they ordered from china, I would still be hesitating on dropping a grand on something over a year away. Yeah nah. I'd rather spend this on a PS5 preorder. Nothing wrong with the table I've already got.
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90s Cringe Rock posted:
I got sent an email about this this morning, despite never having had any internet dealings with Rebellion and barely even knowing that Sniper Elite exists. Oh, and they signed me up to two other mailing lists for things I also hadn't heard of. Don't support spammer cunts.
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Are those gaming tables really worth it? it feels like you if you're spending that much on a table then you probably have a gaming room for a dedicated table so you don't need to eat dinner on it? The magnet attachments would be useful though
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CODChimera posted:Are those gaming tables really worth it? it feels like you if you're spending that much on a table then you probably have a gaming room for a dedicated table so you don't need to eat dinner on it? As someone who isn't a millionaire there is no way you can afford a place big enough for a gaming room in my area
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I took a look at the Wyrmwood Kickstarter expecting a huge mark up, but the prices based on the apparent quality is ... pretty drat good, actually. I had planned to make a large cherrywood gaming table and the wood alone was going to cost me $500 and then I would need to buy specialty tools if I wanted to make it nice like theirs (biscuit joiners, routers, etc.). That doesn't even account for my time and effort. Of course they have economies of scale, but while you could build a decent gaming table yourself in that amount of time, the modularity and slick accessories alone but this up into the very reasonable category. The higher end tables all use wood that's super loving expensive. My dad used to buy Paduak and Purple Heart for turning bowls, and that stuff wasn't cheap. I would say that if you're willing to wait, it's actually worth it.
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