Since Covid is going on and we cannot get together to play
D&D right now I figured it was a good time to create some new game tiles to
be used in the game. The way I see it you can never have enough different tile sets
and other area scatter for your game. There is no better way to help immerse
your players into the world you have created.
I have showed you some single sided tiles I have created this is a more detailed explanation of the process of making these tile sets.
So I have designed 8
new tile sets, but this time I am making them double sided, to help save on space
in storage.
Warring:
These tiles take a lot of tiny pieces and constant repetitive steps so if you
get frustrated quickly this might not be a project for you to take on. They are
not something you can whip up in an hour or two.
The Base of the
Tiles
If you will be making a lot of different sets or you want
blank bases on hand just go to town and create them in bulk so when you’re
ready to create a new set the bases they are already done. Then all you have to
do is embellish them to your liking.
When you get to the point where your painting your sets, try
to paint the whole set at the same time so that you will not have to try and
color match them later.
Materials I Used
Dollar tree foam
board
To help you estimate how much foam board you will need for your set. You will get 96 (2.5 X 2.5 inch squares) out of 1 piece of foam
board which will create 48 full size base tile blanks )
Cereal box
How to Make the base
I will be using 1 piece of foam board to create 40 full size
tiles and 16 half size tiles for each of my sets.
I found the best way to cut the foam board into the tiles is
to
1.
Cut foam board into 3 sections each 10inchs wide.
2.
Using my cutting board to slice each section
into 2 ½ inch slices
3.
Cutting the 2 ½ inch slices into 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch
squares
4.
Finished 2
½ X 2 ½ squares
Now you will need to cut up pieces of cardboard into ¾ X ¾ inch
squares you will need 20 of these for each tile.
Putting it
together
For each whole tile you will need
(2) 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares of foam board pieces
(20) ¾ X ¾ inch squares of cardboard
Glue the cardboard squares together in groups of 4
For 2 half square tiles you will need
(2) 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares of foam board pieces cut in half
(20) ¾ X ¾ inch squares of cardboard 12 of them cut in half
Glue the cardboard squares together. (8 )solid squares in two
groups of 4 (24) half squares glued together in six groups of 4.
Parts once cardboard
parts glued together
Remove paper from one
side and place glued cardboard parts onto foam board like this
Glue the blank
tiles on top of pieces with cardboard pieces.
Just like a sandwich :)
You now have finished
blank pieces for future use
You will also want to
make tabs to hold them all together to make one of these tabs
Cut 3 pieces of
cardboard into 1 ¾ inch long buy ¾ inch wide pieces
Glue them together
Cut corners on angle
to get the following shape
