Category: Gaming
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Squadron plates
During our Armada game this last weekend, had a chance to put to good use the Squadron plates I designed. Imperials were flying several TIE fighter squadrons and Dengar, and the Rebels had a pair of X-Wings and Rogue Squadron. The plates worked well, and kept things organized during the rather complex game. Admittedly the…
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Armada Scenery
Finally sat down to finish up the 3d scenery for Armada, in preparation for playing the game. The asteroids turned out pretty decent, a bit of hot glue attaching them to the support poles worked fairly well. For the nebulas, I used a cotton ball stretched (and glued) between two support poles. The space station…
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Pathfinder Wishes
A few sessions ago, in our bi-weekly Pathfinder campaign, the group happened to discover an artifact by the name of the Anathema Archive. A powerful source of magic, this ancient scroll contains the total Arcane knowledge of the setting. By concentrating and opening the scroll, any Arcane spell can be revealed and cast by the…
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Have 3d Printer, will print
Continuing my builds of Star Wars: Armada scenery, I am trying out an option to 3d print more pieces. Previously, I had a solution for the various cardboard templates (asteroids, gas clouds, space stations, and debris), and I have model solutions for each piece. What I was missing with the support rod for each, to…
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d20Pro
Switched gears over the weekend, and started working on a new RPG campaign, to eventually use some sort of virtual tabletop. Initially, I had considered using Fantasy Grounds, but I am also experimenting now with d20Pro, mainly for its ability to do line of site and individual perspectives. In our gaming group, we have a…
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Space Stations (updated)
Continuing with my design for a space station model for Armada, I have what I believe to be a finished set. Might end up throwing some paint on it, but the setup already looks pretty good. Posted is a picture with an ISD Interdictor for scale and comparison. Note that the base of the station…
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Asteroids
Continuing my efforts at 3d Armada terrain, I printed out a set of stands for the game, that match the existing published cardboard pieces. In these cases, I can mount a peg (possibly plastic, likely a thin wooden dowel), and then the plan is a set of lava rock stones. May or may not paint…
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Space Stations
I have been working on trying to enhance the materials for Star Wars: Armada, and have been focused recently on the scenery pieces – the space station and asteroid markers. With the game, these are simple cardboard pieces, which work, but are not as nice as the full 3d ships and squadrons. There was a…