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William of Waterdeep
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 Posted - 01 Nov 2003 : 18:02:33
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Okay I am sure several of you have built whole cities from the 3D popups that you can buy or download or some may have made their own.
I know some of this was for castles but has anyone put together a favorite city,village,town with any of these?
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 02 Nov 2003 : 13:45:12
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Well, for most of my campaigns, I use the various buildings that I use in my Warhammer games so I only have to craft these types of things once. Or failing that I construct my pieces using good old LEGO... .
As for constructing favorite locales, well I have only tried my hand once at building a well known location...a scale-version of Castle Ravenloft. It was inspired by P.N. Elrod's work in the Strahd novels. It still exists and it rests right alongside my other scale-model attempt. A model of the TARDIS, another Elrod inspired idea .
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William of Waterdeep
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USA
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Posted - 02 Nov 2003 : 16:02:09
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Did you take any pictures of the castle once complete? I would love to see them if so. Have you ever used any of the downloads from WotC-->Foldup Paper Models
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kahonen
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Posted - 02 Nov 2003 : 20:48:56
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Originally posted by William of Waterdeep
Did you take any pictures of the castle once complete? I would love to see them if so. Have you ever used any of the downloads from WotC-->Foldup Paper Models
I've tried using them and they are very good.
I built a complete village a couple of years ago for a "weekend special" and it worked very well. This was using Warhammer buildings IIRC since at that time the WOTC buildings weren't available. The main problem is space. If I had more space, I'd do this a lot more often.
You maight also like to have a look at thi:
http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=640&
I've used these before and they are very good as well.
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kahonen
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 02 Nov 2003 : 21:27:19
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Totally awesome,kahonen!!!
Thanks so much for the links. ..I can relate to the space problem..LoL,need a building or at least an attic to set them out of the way. |
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Bookwyrm
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Posted - 02 Nov 2003 : 23:22:47
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| You might find this old scroll interesting as well, William. |
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William of Waterdeep
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Posted - 02 Nov 2003 : 23:33:55
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You might find this old scroll interesting as well, William.
Thanks Alaundo er Bookwyrm.I didn't look well enough but I am interested in larger scale use,still I could have posted off it. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 02:19:29
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William of Waterdeep said -
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Did you take any pictures of the castle once complete? I would love to see them if so. Have you ever used any of the downloads from WotC-->Foldup Paper Models
I do have pictures, the real question is, can your email folder hold them?. They are rather large files, so I may not be able to send them unless I convert them to a lesser file format, and that usually distorts the picture somewhat.
As for the WotC models, I have used them from time to time, but I prefer my Warhammer and Lego models, they are solid and give the setting a more intense sense of reality. The paper models often rip, or are bent or whatever.
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William of Waterdeep
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USA
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Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 05:04:39
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Sage said-
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I do have pictures, the real question is, can your email folder hold them?. They are rather large files, so I may not be able to send them unless I convert them to a lesser file format, and that usually distorts the picture somewhat.
As for the WotC models, I have used them from time to time, but I prefer my Warhammer and Lego models, they are solid and give the setting a more intense sense of reality. The paper models often rip, or are bent or whatever.
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Sure I bought extra space 6 mo. ago so send them if you don't mind.
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I'm thinking about using some of my paper ones for a Christmas scene.
 Well,gotta learn to recycle.
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The Sage
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Bookwyrm
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Posted - 07 Nov 2003 : 17:30:15
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I think he meant for home decoration for Christmas.
And there's no reason why you can't have it in the Realms. Sure, I don't think a Nativity scene would be appropriate (though that Chick guy'd say it was blasphemous, which would be a good reason to do it ). But the whole Christmas scene, apart from the religious aspects and most of the gift-giving, came from the Britons when missionaries went there. It was combined with Yuletide and the pomp of the event quickly spread. (Hey, a fun holiday is better than a serious one, right?)
So you could easily have a non-Christian "Christmas" there. Especially as it's basically non-Christian these days anyway . . . .  |
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The Cardinal
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Canada
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Posted - 10 Nov 2003 : 02:55:41
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Lego! HUZZAH! Heh heh heh...
Actually... Legos have yet to be knocked down as the finest building block set of the world (I recommend seeing the Monty Python And the Quest for the Holy Grail, 'Knights of the Roundtable' song done all in legos.. Now that was Genius)
Truthfully.. Still building a Faerun city of some sort of modeling stuff ( Lego, Model kits, etc) would have to be intresting to say the least... I never could do it though... something made must either be shrined or destroyed... for it will not last... |
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