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Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:49 pm
by jonchappellnow2
I've never made one of these things before, but I was so inspired by Sailors of the Starless Sea that I had to give it a shot. It's not a perfect match for the one on the map, but I think it will do.

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Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:01 am
by cthulhudarren
Awesome. Spray paint the thing gray!

Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:02 am
by romprecentor
Don't spray paint it, you'll melt the styrofoam! Brush on some paint instead. Nice work.

Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:33 am
by jonchappellnow2
Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I know that gaming with minis isn't for everyone, but they sure help me to visualize and enjoy the different scenarios.

I appreciate the warning. I tried spray painting a similar styrofoam diorama that I had made for the big throne room chamber at the end of Portal Beneath the Stars, but the spray paint completely ruined it. I've learned that there are water-based spray paints out there that will work, so I might give one those a shot.

I can't wait to bring this baby out for my players! I'm also looking into a dragonship model that is to scale for the journey across the starless sea. This one looks good, but I don't think that I have the time to build such a complex model:

http://www.fatdragongames.com/fdgfiles/ ... on-fdg0111

And... I already picked up four of these tentacles for that big moment.

http://www.dungeoncrawler.com/dcm/image ... ntacle.png

Cheers!
JC

Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:17 am
by cthulhudarren
romprecentor wrote:Don't spray paint it, you'll melt the styrofoam! Brush on some paint instead. Nice work.

Ooops. I guess you can tell I have never done this before. :mrgreen:

Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:17 am
by Harley Stroh
This is all sorts of awesome. Can't wait to see the post-mortem.

//H

Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:41 pm
by Pesky
Harley Stroh wrote:This is all sorts of awesome. Can't wait to see the post-mortem.
Yep, very cool!

Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:12 pm
by jonchappellnow2
Just painted it today.

Any recommendations for adjusting the challenge level?

Stephan Poag and the rest of our group are going to begin the adventure this Wednesday night, but they now have seven 2nd level characters. I know the adventure is intended as a funnel (or for a party of 1st levelers,) but I'm thinking that they'll blow right through most of the monsters, traps, and encounters unless I buff up the challenge levels.

In general I was planning on increasing everything by +2 (damage, HD, DC levels, etc.)

Or would this be too much?

Any suggestions?

Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:27 pm
by beermotor
Give the shaman some spell powers. Make Molan a type3 demon. Make beastmen regenerate.

Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:48 pm
by Coleston the Cavalier
Awesome, John!

Re: Sailors -- Ziggurat Diorama

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:43 pm
by jonchappellnow2
Thanks, Beer and John.

Regenerating Beastmen -- now that would be nasty! :)