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1 year ago ::
Dec 11, 2011 - 10:21PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 16, 2010
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While I was on the road this week, my friends decided to suprise me with a christma tree decorated with dice. While it was cool, I decided to take it one further and make true D&D ornaments.  Being a part time DM I've got a pretty good selection of minatures and scenery peices. For my first ornament I picked my old PC minature. A quick trip to the local hobby store netted me some $2 plastic ornaments that split in half. (I tried to get clear, but polarized was all they had)  I then took some scrap packing foam and trimmed it down to make a flat base to mount the minature on.  Quick check for fit.  Add a little bit of grass floc from my scenery stuff to hide the foam.  I forgot to get spray snow at the hobby store so I improvised. I used gypsum from a scrap piece of sheet-rock (gypsum board).  While I was at the hobby store I picked up some extra stuff in the holiday diorama section. Found snowmen, evergreen trees, and gingerbread men.  Once i got the scenes built, they were a top heavy and they would flip inside the ball, so I put a bit of kraft glue in the back where it wouldn't be noticed to hold the foam in place.  The finished scene before I put the two halves of the ball together.  Finished ornament #2 Minotaur chopping christmas tree.  I've still got several more to finish. I'll add pictures as I get them done. ~Ludo
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1 year ago ::
Dec 11, 2011 - 10:26PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 16, 2010
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Oh, and if anybody knows where to find better balls, let me know. I can find clear but they are all 2" or don't split.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 11, 2011 - 10:35PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 29, 2008
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pretty sweet....nice work!
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 7:02AM
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Date Joined:
Jul 16, 2010
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Thanks.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 13, 2011 - 2:21AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 12, 2004
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1 year ago ::
Dec 14, 2011 - 9:11PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 16, 2010
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They have a variety up to 4 inch in size
factorydirectcraft.com/catalog/products/...
Ooooh! Thanks for the info.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 14, 2011 - 9:44PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 18, 2005
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Aw man, I actually wish I could make a couple of these!
Far, far too many people seem to be enraged by the very thought of other people enjoying a version of the game that they don't.
Follow my my blog and my twitter, I also write stuff over at NewbieDM.com sometimes!
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