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 |  Subject: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders  Thu 22 May 2008 - 0:01 | |
| I made these Wyrdstone Counters out of Broken pieces of glass. I wrote a little How to Make Wyrdstone Counters tutorial on my blog  They are definitely hard to get a good picture of (not to mention unrealistically large, but I really didn't like the small ones).
Two thing you can help me with:
How do I glue the glass to pink foam? (Do you think PVA will work on glass?)
How should I "seal" the paint on so it doesn't rub off? in handling?
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Ashton Sanders
(oh yea, I guess these count as models(?))
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 8:12 | |
| good work man, these look great 
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 8:37 | |
| I honestly think that they look awesome! 
What I wonder is: Is it easy to cut yourself when touching the glass or did you file it so the edges are not so sharp?
@forum: I put my markers (banners, artefacts...) into scenery since I think that fits much better.
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 9:23 | |
| Wonderful work Ashton!
The best wyrdstone-counters I've seen!
If you want to glue them on, "seal" the base with wood glue (thinned down a bit) and then simply use super glue. Due to the seal of wood glue, the super glue won't melt the foam. |
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 12:31 | |
| COOL! Little fluff pieces like these really add so much to a gaming board, AND these turned out SO NICE. And, good job on the cobblestones. WELL DONE!
To attach the broken glass to a foam base, I'd use either Tacky PVA [Elmer's make a Tacky glue] or, if a cluster was being glued, my trusty, hot glue gun. There is now a crazy glue made by Zap that is formulated for use on pink/blue foam; it's available from www.micromark.com . |
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 16:50 | |
| Thanks for all the tips and Comments. I'm glad you like them as much as I do I think they're even cooler in person because the light shines through them pretty well. =]
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 22:25 | |
| | cianty wrote: | | What I wonder is: Is it easy to cut yourself when touching the glass or did you file it so the edges are not so sharp? |
sorry, I missed that: I don't know exactly why, but the glass is not sharp at all (at least not sharper than a lot of mini's metal swords). You'd really have to work to get cut by them. It may be because they've been rubbing against eachother in a plastic bag for 7 years, or maybe a special kind of break-away glass... no idea
| cianty wrote: | | @forum: I put my markers (banners, artefacts...) into scenery since I think that fits much better. |
What do you mean? like Putting rocks (scenery) on the small base? or building wyrdstone into your terrain? or bigger bases?
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 22:50 | |
| [quote="Ashton"]| cianty wrote: |
| cianty wrote: | | @forum: I put my markers (banners, artefacts...) into scenery since I think that fits much better. |
What do you mean? like Putting rocks (scenery) on the small base? or building wyrdstone into your terrain? or bigger bases? |
LOL. I meant the "scenery" sub-forum of the Gallery. Try reading it again. I hope you get what I was trying to say.
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 23:30 | |
| WOW! I think I can safely say these are BY FAR the most awesome wyrdstone shards I have EVER seen.
Honestly.
Hats off to you Sir!
[EDIT]: Use matt varnish to "seal" the paint and prevent it from getting rubbed off.
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 23:42 | |
| | These are really cool. I think I'm going to make up a few myself when I get the chance. Thanks for the tutorial! |
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Thu 22 May 2008 - 23:48 | |
| Thanks Tom and dhamp.
| Admin Tom wrote: | | [EDIT]: Use matt varnish to "seal" the paint and prevent it from getting rubbed off. |
Varnish eh? do you think that will prevent light from shining through it?
What do you think about Shiny varnish?
EDIT: @cianty haha Yes, I get it now, into the scenery section! I agree. Will do.
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Fri 23 May 2008 - 0:09 | |
| Matt is not "opaque"
Try the shiny one if you want, but I fear it will ruin the effects you have so beautifully painted.
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Fri 23 May 2008 - 0:36 | |
| | Admin Tom wrote: | Matt is not "opaque"
Try the shiny one if you want, but I fear it will ruin the effects you have so beautifully painted. |
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Fri 23 May 2008 - 9:48 | |
| You could use brush on Matte finish if you want to play it safe AND these pieces are just too nice to take chances.  |
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Sun 25 May 2008 - 21:35 | |
| they are really great I'm going to try to make them myself too  |
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| | Subject: Re: Wyrdstone Counters By Ashton Sanders Wed 30 Jul 2008 - 15:41 | |
| Absolutely superb, Damn, and I only finished mine 3 weeks ago, now I need to discard those, and make new ones!  |
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