Yea, yea. Still alive. Still gaming. And of course, still working. Not that I should have any anxiety over my lack of posting since only a handful of people are even reading this stuff. Admittedly, I’m a bit of a hack blogger since I rarely post. Perhaps if it was truly a life-giving activity I would make more time for it. Instead, when not with family and friends, I spend most of my free time crafting or painting miniatures. I really do find a sense of joy in the creativity of crafting. Don’t much give a shit if the piece ever sees a gaming table (most pieces don’t). I find that the entire process has a meditative quality that is good for my spirit.
Category: Crafting
Well, I haven’t posted in awhile because I decided to get some crafting done. The focus of this project was a large (2’x2′) cobblestone dungeon board. My main inspiration was this episode by Professor Dungeon Master. This was my first time doing one of his projects, but I was very pleased with the results. I’m usually making dungeon terrain inspired by DM Scotty (as you’ll notice after seeing some of my terrain in the pics below). I’m also a big fan of Black Magic Craft. All of them are amazing at what they do!
Anyway, unlike Professor DM’s piece, I wasn’t concerned with making the entire board circular, nor do I intend to mount it on a Lazy Susan (maybe I’ll do that in the future since that is a pretty cool idea). I wanted to keep the board large so that it can double as a board for miniature skirmish games. You’ll notice I also departed from Professor DM’s color scheme. I just used the paints I had at the house. I etched the entire board from a single piece of XPS insulation foam. I then prepped, painted, and sealed the board. The rest of the post includes pictures of the process and results. All miniatures in the pics were painted by me. All the showcased terrain pieces were made and painted by me, with the exception of the bone piles. The bone piles were a gift from my wife that I later painted. Peace.