Sellswords of Punjar, Cutpurse Alley 3D Build (with pics!)

[oldschooldm]

Over the gate:


I recently picked up Sellswords of Punjar to train a new group of 4e players. I don't have a very good visual imagination, so I've become a papercraft guy (I hang out over at Cardboard-Warriors.proboards.com mostly.) Every year there's a contest for user built dioramas. Well... I built Cutpurse alley, completely playable, mostly out of paper for my group and for the contest.

You can see the submission here: http://cardboard-warriors.proboards.com ... post=43398

Here's the players view at the start of the module:


Here's the map you all know:


and my Top-Down shot (with roofing):



Looking over the courtyard:


Roof off - every encounter stocked:


The photos I prepared for possible submission are at http://photobucket.com/diorama2012 and there's some raw images at http://photobucket.com/punjar - each room gets a closeup so you can see what paper props I used for each encounter.

Hope you like it. If you'd like, I'd be happy to post play-session pics when we start in a few weeks...

[Rick]

Great Googly Moogly, that's awesome!

I've just recently dipped my toe into papercraft modeling (I haven't actually built anything yet, but I've bought some cardstock paper and some pdf model sets; I've no doubt got some serious practice to do before I can produce something like that!

Has Harley seen this yet? He's going to love it!

[tovokas]

Very, very cool!

[oldschooldm]

Great Googly Moogly, that's awesome!

I've just recently dipped my toe into papercraft modeling (I haven't actually built anything yet, but I've bought some cardstock paper and some pdf model sets; I've no doubt got some serious practice to do before I can produce something like that!

Has Harley seen this yet? He's going to love it!

That compliment made my day!

I should probably share my play photos from my papercraft-powered Isle of the Sea Drake, too. What do you think?

[beermotor]

How are you doing this, anyway? Color printer I hope... I mean, you're not painting/airbrushing this crap on standard cardstock and gluing it together yourself are you? If so, you must be independently wealthy... cannot imagine the time cost!

Pretty nuts... looks great.

[oldschooldm]

How are you doing this, anyway? Color printer I hope... I mean, you're not painting/airbrushing this crap on standard cardstock and gluing it together yourself are you? If so, you must be independently wealthy... cannot imagine the time cost!

Pretty nuts... looks great.

Most of the buildings were made using a product called TerraClips (the thick cardboard and clips you can see) - which I modified using some nippers, paper-coverings, and stickers printed with the tile-textures. Available from your FLGS: http://www.worldworksgames.com/store/in ... roduct=154

The rest I I printed, cut, edged, and assembled:

The castle walls and the tower are from an assortment of kits by Fat Dragon Games in their Castle Winterhawk line: http://www.fatdragongames.com/fdgfiles/ ... winterhawk

The small wall in the front is from Dave Graffam Games, who makes some of the most lovely terrain I've build, including a lot of buildings (but most of them do not have playable interiors, something I wanted for this adventure.) http://www.davesgames.net/

BTW, all these companies have free kits to get you <strike>hooked</strike>started.

The props throughout are from many kits, mostly downloaded from RPGNow.com - if you look at my (OldSchoolDM) posts on Cardboard Warriors you can find photos of my builds of these props. I share the "cut files" (source files for automatic paper cutters) for models I make there. http://cardboard-warriors.proboards.com ... ldschooldm

The paper figures are what the cardboard-warriors forum is all about. There are literally dozens of designers there and thousands of minis, of which hundreds are free! (Most of the figures outside the gate were free from Drywtheharper: http://cardboard-warriors.proboards.com ... wtheharper) I also bought some paper figures from Paizo (though they were originally intended to be tent-fold standups before I used my cutter....)

Hope that helps?

Here's a photo of my first adventure using paper buildings. And they were almost all free!

[GnomeBoy]

Awesome! I predict that when he sees this, Harley's brain will explode! *stands ready to catch bits from which to distill amazing ideas*

I thought the lower right of the map was water... Did you re-jigger it for your game, or did I re-jigger it for mine???

[oldschooldm]

I thought the lower right of the map was water... Did you re-jigger it for your game, or did I re-jigger it for mine???

I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be the warehouse (the ladder to the beggar-kings lair is inside) - the double doors lead to the courtyard (center bottom). I changed the warehouse to be rectangular instead of triangular for ease of building - since it wasn't particularly a nagivation challenge for the players (unlike the Alley itself, which needed to be angled...)

[GnomeBoy]

I thought the lower right of the map was water... Did you re-jigger it for your game, or did I re-jigger it for mine???

I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be the warehouse (the ladder to the beggar-kings lair is inside) - the double doors lead to the courtyard (center bottom). I changed the warehouse to be rectangular instead of triangular for ease of building - since it wasn't particularly a nagivation challenge for the players (unlike the Alley itself, which needed to be angled...)

Had a look back at my notes, because it was bugging me... I had re-jiggered it, partly because when looking at the map before reading the adventure, I thought that light green/brown bit with the sheen on it was water... I moved the warehouse to under the other structures, since the stairs go down to the courtyard, and made the corner triangle water, accessible through those double doors, or by way of an "escape ladder" from 1-14.

Punjar: Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. Which helps grog sales immensely...

[oldschooldm]

Voting is open:Cardboard Warriors forum - 2012 Judging: Diorama Submissions

Be sure to check out the other entries.

[Clicked]

This is very cool. I'd love to be able to make layouts like this. Do you print the backgrounds out on paper and then glue them on to the cardboard or do you print straight onto the cardboard?

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I mean, you're not painting/airbrushing this crap on standard cardstock and gluing it together yourself are you? If so, you must be independently wealthy... cannot imagine the time cost!

Pretty nuts... looks great.

Most of the buildings were made using a product called TerraClips (the thick cardboard and clips you can see) - which I modified using some nippers, paper-coverings, and stickers printed with the tile-textures. Available from your FLGS: http://www.worldworksgames.com/store/in ... roduct=154

The rest I I printed, cut, edged, and assembled:

The castle walls and the tower are from an assortment of kits by Fat Dragon Games in their Castle Winterhawk line: http://www.fatdragongames.com/fdgfiles/ ... winterhawk

The small wall in the front is from Dave Graffam Games, who makes some of the most lovely terrain I've build, including a lot of buildings (but most of them do not have playable interiors, something I wanted for this adventure.) http://www.davesgames.net/

BTW, all these companies have free kits to get you <strike>hooked</strike>started.

The props throughout are from many kits, mostly downloaded from RPGNow.com - if you look at my (OldSchoolDM) posts on Cardboard Warriors you can find photos of my builds of these props. I share the "cut files" (source files for automatic paper cutters) for models I make there. http://cardboard-warriors.proboards.com ... ldschooldm

The paper figures are what the cardboard-warriors forum is all about. There are literally dozens of designers there and thousands of minis, of which hundreds are free! (Most of the figures outside the gate were free from Drywtheharper: http://cardboard-warriors.proboards.com ... wtheharper) I also bought some paper figures from Paizo (though they were originally intended to be tent-fold standups before I used my cutter....)

Hope that helps?

Here's a photo of my first adventure using paper buildings. And they were almost all free!

I was also hoping that you are printing the pieces before assembly and not painting because that would probably take forever. I love how even the photos show the varying textures and the colours clearly show the distinct features. I've always been fascinated by this art but clearly, I am too lazy to commit. Congrats!