(12-21-2010 02:26 AM)Neon Samurai Wrote: [ -> ]That tower is AWESOME.
It pisses me off when some zombie kills me by "rolling" a six that was already sitting on six by barely spinning the die. This is perfect.
How exactly did you make it? Where can you get this "foamcore" you speak of? Did you just glue the pieces together and print off the graphics for it?
Cheers.
You should be able to get Foamcore or Foamboard at most Art suppliers or I got mine from Amazon.co.uk.
Not sure where you are, so here is a link to Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_k...1292894952
It is made from two pieces of thin card stuck either side of polystyrene core. It cuts very easily with a craft knife on a cutting board.
The only thing I find with Foamcore is it is a bit springy, so if you drop the dice in a bit hard they sometime bounce out of the top, hence the Rule 3.
I decided on the height I wanted and measured out and cut 3 sides to that size and one about 2/3 the height to allow the opening for the dice to come out.
I then measured out and cut three pieces for the angled bits for the dice to roll on, with one a bit longer for the bottom so it stick out into the tray.
I then measured up a base and sides for the tray. I made the tray a little bigger than the tower so I could lay the tower down in the tray between games.
Once all the pieces were cut out, I stuck the together with glue and painted the tower black with acrylic paint and varnished it.
It's best to stick together the shorter front, the back and one of the side together first to form an "open box" shape. This allows you to stick in the angled pieces in, following the crude pattern I posted and then finally put the other side on to close it.
Make sure when you are judging where to place the angled bits to have some dice to hand to make sure you leave enough gap for them to drop through.
The images were made from images I found of the net or scans, tidied up in Photoshop and stuck on.
It really isn't that hard with Foamcore and if I can do it anybody can.
Good luck if you give it a go and post some pictures when you are done.