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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 19, 2015 8:59:46 GMT -9
Sigh. So, here's the third not-yet-finished project I'm crankin' on right now. Going the customizable route, the set will have walls in 1" increments from 1" to 6", and they'll meet up at the corners at 1", 1.5" or 2" heights. The idea is you can assemble them in whatever patter, letting you have some variation in shape. With it, I'll have some rubble piles, and some floor tile that you'll be able to cut into shape. The building folds flat, assuming you don't make them too huge. Otherwise, I'm guessing they can easily assemble in a way that would let you slip pins on the corners to hold them in place, making them store very small.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 20, 2015 7:36:51 GMT -9
First set of PDFs - 4" walls - are done! That gives me an idea of just how long it's gonna take me to do the other wall lengths... :-P I'm starting the 6" walls today - let's see if my workflow has improved any since I started this!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 20, 2015 14:04:35 GMT -9
Nope! I'm still dreadfully slow. 6" walls should be the worst of em, since there's more room for layers. I'm limiting myself to 2 layers of 'stuff' (i.e. door/window) for a 4" wall, but 3 for a 6" wall.
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Post by berneart76 on Dec 20, 2015 14:07:49 GMT -9
Looks like a great set! pushing me to be more productive!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 20, 2015 17:37:59 GMT -9
9pm... 8 of the 6" walls are done... 16 to go... but I need a good night of sleep! Time to change gears and read for a while.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 21, 2015 18:29:49 GMT -9
Aaand another night has slipped away. I've only got maybe an hour or two in me each day to get stuff done, and that's assuming I don't have something else going on (which I typically do three or four nights a week)... Just not enough time in the day - I can't wait to retire! At least the 6" walls are almost done, which means I can get to assembling a bunch of other sample layouts. My motivation for making this set was to fill in the map of the Ruins of Thundertree, in case I'm ever able to get my kids to sit down and play some more with me. Clearly, from the picture, I'll be following the ruined buildings with some in-tact buildings to play in.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 23, 2015 7:36:17 GMT -9
Crankin' through the 6" walls, finally hitting my stride. I have the day off today (i.e. I am not working, and the kids are still in school!), so optimism about progress abounds!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 28, 2015 14:42:23 GMT -9
LOL. So, found an alignment error in my 6" walls. Bah. AND, found out that some of the 4" walls were made using the wrong guide, so some walls were 1/4" too short. Wow, I stink at this! Anyway, errors have been fixed, and I'm 1/2 done with the 6" walls... Optimism about progress abounds!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 28, 2015 18:37:43 GMT -9
The 4" and 6" busted wall PDFs are done! Lots of little fixups that, as my younger son puts it, noone but me would ever notice. It's funny, he doesn't get why I fiddle with things at the pixel level, but he never can seem to complete a school assignment in a timely fashion because it's... not... perfect... yet... I at least have learned when to move on. Speaking of which, tomorrow begins the 2" walls, but before I do, I will quickly try to update my Ruins of Thundertree layout with the 4" and 6" walls that are available!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 29, 2015 6:58:37 GMT -9
Threw in some more walls, and mocked up the roof lines for the intact buildings. Firing up the printer now to build a couple more of these fellas.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Dec 31, 2015 12:13:24 GMT -9
Well, clearly this isn't getting done by the New Year. But, now that I've shed that unrealistic expectation, I've got a WHOLE YEAR ahead of me to get stuff done. Optimism abounds! So, am I sitting around moping about how I didn't get my crummy busted wall set done? NOPE! What am I doing instead? Making some cutfiles for the latest Okumarts monster release! First page is already working its way through the cutter! #iloveokumartsminis
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Jan 17, 2016 6:02:10 GMT -9
Well, that was a long break... I ditched the neighborhood kids, so it's me and my two boys running the Starter Box 5e adventure. I took over one of the neighborhood kids' PCs and we came up with a story for the other one that is now gone. I'm being a little friendlier with monster attacks until I feel like we know what we're doing - trying to balance things out for just the three of us. We're getting better! Since it's just us, we can play any and every night if we want. I skipped using terrain and did a huge whiteboard map for the Hideout part of the adventure. Thundertree is likely going to be next, so I better get these buildings finished!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Jan 23, 2016 19:11:07 GMT -9
2" wall segments are coming to a close, and so the last step I think after that is making the floors. I'm starting to trip over myself exporting all the bits and assembling the PDFs, so I better step away from the mouse and keyboard for the night!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Feb 4, 2016 18:31:36 GMT -9
I believe I've completed the 2" walls and have started building out Thundertree in earnest. My kids are getting excited now that terrain is being made... I've got some of the funkier-shaped buildings made in order to convince myself that they'll hold their shape. I'm kinda shocked at how well they do hold up. Making the floors 2x thick helps for the buildings with the wonky shapes. I'll try to snap some pictures soon. I'm afraid at the current rate of building, it'll take me another week or two to get the map done!
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Feb 7, 2016 12:14:29 GMT -9
The instructions are starting today! This is going to take a couple days to cobble together, complete with some lessons learned as I assembled a bunch of different buildings.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Feb 11, 2016 4:13:17 GMT -9
Things are starting to wind down with respect to what is now being called the "Medieval Village Set 3 - Destroyed Village". Promo pictures will be finished soon, and the basic instructions have been laid out and just need assembly as a PDF. Hopefully at least one more floor texture besides a dirt floor will make it into the release (I believe some sort of stone and a wood floor option would be good, plus some combination of those two with the current dirt floor). I'm hoping to get some simple not-so-destroyed village pieces that compliment this texture put together before releasing it.
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Post by Vermin King on Feb 11, 2016 5:25:24 GMT -9
village pieces? sounds interesting
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