DIY Dungeon & Dragons Terrain

 Posted on Monday, March 2, 2020, 12:00 PM  |  nessy

I’ve been spending a lot of time watching Terrain building on Youtube, and Black Magic Craft has some bad ass videos! Following one of his earlier video’s I set out to make myself some realistic foam Dungeon Tiles : I decided to go all in and grabbed myself a Proxxon 37080 Hot Wire Cutter . This table makes cutting the base foam, and the 1x1 grid lines a breeze: After all those cuts I went to texturing using a rolled up ball of Aluminum foil, this step really adds a ton of character to the piece:
Roleplaying Games  Crafting 

More Cardboard Wargaming Terrain

 Posted on Monday, February 24, 2020, 10:39 AM  |  nessy

I wasn’t completely satisfied how my paper craft shipping container came out. I thought I could probably do better terrain with cardboard and acrylic paints. That is when Scotty’s awesome DIY 3D Ruins from Cardboard Miniature Terrain gave me some much needed inspiration. Shortly there after I set off on constructing my own scene out of a cardboard box. I managed to constructer 8 pieces in just a couple of days using basic craft supplies:
Roleplaying Games  Crafting 

Excellent Wargame Terrain

 Posted on Monday, February 10, 2020, 02:32 PM  |  nessy

I’ve been wanting to play some Star Wars Legion , but don’t have a lot of large terrain to make the matches interesting. Thats when I noticed a had a large pile of cardboard boxes laying in the corner. I originally thought about create structure from this cardboard and painting them, but then I got an idea, why not print out artwork and textures and glue it to the card board.
Roleplaying Games  Crafting 

Digital Table Top Box

 Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2019, 03:46 PM  |  nessy

After seeing a lot of people in the community building either digital tables or boxes I decided to give it a shoot. A couple of 1x6 and hardware from the local bulk store, and an affordable Insignia 32-inch 720p HD Smart LED TV from Amazon.
Woodworking  Roleplaying Games 

Using Magic the Gathering Art for D&D Ideas

 Posted on Thursday, November 8, 2018, 09:04 PM  |  nessy

Recently I’ve spent a bit time reading some of Dragon+ Magazine articles, one particularly grabbed my attention. Using Magic Cards as D&D Items presents a very interesting way to craft items, using Magic the Gathering cards, one can gain inspiration for their next +1 Dagger, or even an Elven Stronghold. I think the reason I so quickly latched on to this idea was because Magic the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons are two of my favorite games, plus I really dig the Ixala art work, I mean who hasn’t fantasized about riding a dinosaur to work.
Development  Python  Roleplaying Games 

Dungeon Brawl

 Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2018, 09:07 AM  |  nessy

In order to re-familiarize myself with MongoDB I decided to write a little web application utilizing it as a backend datastore. Dungeon Brawl is a Python Flask app that runs inside Docker with the help of docker-compose. Using this application a Dungeon Master can easily track all things combat for their Dungeons and Dragons group. Grab the source code from Github , or check out a demo .
Development  Python  Roleplaying Games 

Still stranded on Smuggler's Shiv

 Posted on Saturday, January 4, 2014, 06:45 PM  |  nessy

The kids are still stranded on Smuggler’s Shiv. It has been a long 5 days, but they’ve managed to acquire the island map, and make a few of their fellow castaways friendly. In order to run the adventure I created a few objects to help out. First off we have a paper clock, this helps me keep track of the hour by hour effects such as heat, wandering monsters, and disease, the kids also get a kick out of it.
Roleplaying Games  Books 

My axe, what have you done with my axe!

 Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 04:34 PM  |  nessy

With no time to dwell on his pain, Asuck feels his body being dragged across the wet sand. Using all the strength he can muster, he catches a glimpse of what caused the initial pain, and what is now dragging his large body across the beach. As Asuck eyes begin to focus on the shadowy figure, nausea and disorientation begins to over take his senses. Doing what any Orcish warrior would do in such circumstances, Asuck reaches for his trusty Great Axe , but his fingers find no such weapon.
Roleplaying Games