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Author: | javelin98 [ Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:36 am ] |
Post subject: | Dystopia Dice Tower! |
No, not Dork Tower. Anyway.  I have a dice tower I made from foamcore and covered with spackle, but it doesn't look all that great.  I was playing Space Hulk with my kids and thinking to myself, "I really ought to glue some bits to that thing to make it look better."  This led my often-derailed train of thought down another track:  I had a small box of Tehnolog/Imex Hexagon/Platformer parts downstairs.  I wondered if I could use them to make a dice tower... ![]() (This is the small set, $10.80 at The War Store.  This entire tower came out of this box) The answer, of course, is yes;  otherwise, this thread would have been short and futile.  I found that the Platformer pieces really just wouldn't work;  too flimsy and fiddly.  But the Hexagon pieces worked a charm! ![]() The tower is considerably smaller than the other one, and the inside dimensions are pretty tight.  Consequently, standard-sized d20's and d12's won't go through without getting stuck at least once.  For the 12mm Chessex dice I use for Epic and Starmada, though, it's perfect. ![]() The three-way clips left a little claw sticking outwards, so I at first was going to Dremel them off.  However, I realized that I could strngthen them by adding some rod.  For future information, the claws are 3/32" in diameter;  I found some 3/32" "music wire" at my local Hobbytown for not much, and they add a great deal of strength to the tower.  Because there's not a single drop of glue in this thing! The detail on the Hexagon kits are quite good.  I had a plan to try making a 3D Space Hulk board with these kits, but I like this just as well. ![]() So, for smaller dice and a more portable tower (it could even fit inside a larger boardgame box), this is a pretty good solution.  As a plus, it can double as a terrain piece for 15mm and 28mm games! ![]() Painting it was simple -- grey primer, highlight details, black wash.  Voila -- instant dirty-dystopia-style dice tower. ![]() Now, back to flocking scores of Ork stands... |
Author: | Sergeant_Crunch [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:35 am ] |
Post subject: | Dystopia Dice Tower! |
That is nice. I have some odd and end pieces from my Hexagon sets left over from my projects, will have to see if I have enough to do something similiar. |
Author: | Dwarf Supreme [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:22 pm ] |
Post subject: | Dystopia Dice Tower! |
That's probably the most creative dice tower I've ever seen. ![]() |
Author: | Sergeant_Crunch [ Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Dystopia Dice Tower! |
I made one, but unfortunately I only had a handful of pieces. Not photo worthy, but definitely more fitting for my sci-fi games than the dice tower I made with the Hirst Arts gothic mold. |
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