We've been experimenting with porting a crafting technique called Toner Transfer for use with 3d printing. This technique allows anyone to create stunning graphics on any flat surface of a 3d-printed object using pictures printed on laser printers.
Our first release using this technique uses mosaic floor tiles to really add flavor or perhaps some ancient mystery to your dungeons. We've included both standard OpenForge and OpenLOCK floor tiles in this release.
Go grab the files from Thingiverse , and let us know what you think in the comments below
Blimey! The pirate ship be done, ye bilge-sucking landlubbers!
The pirate ship project is done! This final release gives us the forecastle and the poop deck, as well as a thing that contains all of the blender and OpenSCAD source.
There are plenty of places to go to from here. The masts can be extended with wooden dowels. There are mounting points for the rigging on the sides of the deck. The captain's quarters (along with any of the other quarters) can be outfitted with furniture. There are tons of possibilities.
At least two of these decks (the lower hold and the bilge) would be underwater at sea, so when this is on the table, you might want to remove those layers most of the time.
We've already started working on "The Man's Promise," which is a larger ship and the main setting for Skull and Shackles. We think most shipboard adventures need two so you can do ship-to-ship battles!
Grab them all on Thingiverse.
OpenLOCK Half-Height Walls and Floors
As we mentioned earlier, we're getting the make-up release out for the week we missed earlier in December. This time around, we have released the full array of OpenLOCK rectangular half-height walls as well as all of the rectangular floor segments in half-height sizes.
I've had a lot of requests lately for the half-height walls, as they solve some of the problems that DM Scotty's TileScapes fix (not blocking the view). However, even for GMs who like using the full-height walls, these have tons of uses as low walls, fences, etc.
The half-height floors are very useful as well , giving you the flexibility to build out daises, raised platforms, or just varying elevations.
Grab 'em both on Thingiverse and let us know what you think in the comments below.
All about that base
We failed to mention in the last entry that we have also updated all of the OpenLOCK bases for use with the internal tile sets.
All of them have gained the new OpenLOCK tile sizes.
* Cut Stone Bases
* Cut Stone Magnetic Bases
* Plain Bases
* Plain Magnetic Bases
* Wood Bases
* Wood Magnetic Bases
A ton of OpenLOCK revisions
We noticed a few weeks ago that Printable Scenery had updated OpenLOCK to 4.0, with a bunch of changes. They added a number of additional ports to existing walls, making tessellation easier and eliminating the need for a bunch of mirrored versions of walls. They also added a number of new tile sizes for floors (EA-3x3, SA-3x1, SB-4x1) and walls (J-1x1, K-2.5x1, L-3x1, M-4x1, N-2x1).
We've gone through all the OpenForge OpenLOCK sets and updated them, adding in all the additional ports, adding the new tile morphologies, and incorporating some of the feedback we've gotten from you all, such as the suggestion to remove the supports in the OpenLOCK ports.
We've touched every single OpenLOCK release to get this all done, and we reorganized in the process. All our tiles now use the same naming convention as the OpenLOCK project. We've also consolidated all of the experiments into a smaller number of Thingiverse things.
Find the updated and new floors (including all half and large floors) in the consolidated OpenLOCK floors thing.
Finally, we promised earlier this month to do a make-up release for the missed week earlier in December. Look for that release later today.
Thanks everyone for your support in 2016!