Do any of you 3D print your terrain or use virtual tabletop terrain? If so, do you have any favorites?
Virtual Tabletop and 3D Printed Terrain
By 3D print I assume you mean printing terrain with a 3D printer. Can't help you there. If you happen to be friends on Facebook with Colin Dunn, author of Mongoose's 2300 AD, he has some recent experience with purchasing and creating gaming terrains, ships, and minis with 3D printing.
By "virtual tabletop terrain" do you mean using a playing map on a monitor/TV? So for local play or internet play? EotE or planning on using it for other games also? There are loads of options out there. I reviewed these years ago and it comes down to what you are planning to actually do with it. I settled on EpicTable because (I went back and put the negative stuff in italics):
- You have to purchase it , but only you as the referee need a copy. Everyone else can join in for free. No monthly service fee. Some software requires a purchased copy for each person or a monthly fee for the full version. This one doesn't. One copy, it's free to use for you as a referee with as many games and players as you wish. Just don't lend it out to another referee.
- It can be used for local play or internet play. I hook my computer up to a TV mounted on the wall. My computer screen shows a referee version, the players see what's on the big TV. You can easily integrate that one guy in that can't show up at your house even though others can. He simply logs in from home and sees the same thing your friends at your house are seeing.
- Easily import your own maps. You can overlay fog of war on your maps. But, no dynamic lighting so far.
- Easily import your own icons - creatures, terrain, moveable objects.
- It's not just maps. You can have tabs for your galaxy map, a couple worlds the PCs are going to visit, a starport map, a ship deckplan, and the tavern that you are expecting a brawl in. But, you also can easily have a portrait of the NPC they are about to meet ready to go, tables of weapons and armor, a critical hit table, a picture of the Mcguffin they are going to find, etc.
- It's game system neutral. You can make your own sheets with any text editor and paste them as objects to be called up. It includes standard and d20 dice, but the current version does not include FFG dice . EpicTable 2 (which will be free if you have EpicTable 1) has plans for setting up your own custom dice including FFG variety. But, I don't know when it will be released.
- You can easily carry on game sessions after a break. Once you create a session you simply open it back up and everything is there.
- It's not just import a map and play on it. You can call up various background terrains such as desert, grass, etc. You can even just start with what looks like an old-school playmat like us old players are used to. With or without a grid. Then on the fly you can drag icons (terrain, objects, a wagon, a creature, an NPC, a house image) onto it. You can directly draw on it with various sized and colored markers (draw a path, make a note, etc). So, if an unplanned ambush (I don't have a map for this!) happens on a highway in the grasslands on a bridge, select the green grassy background, use large blue and gray markers to draw a river and street. Use a box for a bridge. Plop down some Stormtrooper icons and perhaps some terrain icons and you are ready to go. You don't finish the battle? Next time you open up EpicTable it's still there without having to hear the wife complain about the stuff on the dining room table or worry about your cat knocking things about.
- Yes obviously I'm a fanboy, but I'm no way affiliated with the program.
That took a bit I hope this is what you were asking about?
41 minutes ago, Sturn said:By "virtual tabletop terrain" do you mean using a playing map on a monitor/TV? So for local play or internet play?
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That took a bit I hope this is what you were asking about?
Both. I run some Roll20 and I'm adding a tv-screen to my table. That was very helpful. Thank you.
Guys not trying to bust in on your conversation, but this sounds good...
I have some questions if you got a few mins
How do you handle the dice rolling now with Epictable (If you are using it for SW now)
also is there any place to pick up maps and counters and stuff for the SW universe.
and what do you use to make maps for your game.. do you use some software like Dundjinni?
Also if anyone does 3d terrain are there any good places for SW 3d files for terrain and vehicles.. (I do have a 3d Printer)
2 hours ago, Electronic Scavenger said:Also if anyone does 3d terrain are there any good places for SW 3d files for terrain and vehicles.. (I do have a 3d Printer)
Thingiverse has loads of Legion scale SW terrain.
also check out imperial terraine
9 hours ago, Daeglan said:also check out imperial terraine
Thank you for the heads up. I just bought some of their files. Very nice stuff.
I also find a lot of fes available on Etsy
19 hours ago, Electronic Scavenger said:How do you handle the dice rolling now with Epictable (If you are using it for SW now)
I've so far only used EpicTable for play at my house. If I used it remotely, I would just pick up a dice roller to go with whatever video conferencing you are using? EpicTable is primarily about the playmat, although it does have capability to insert any media, standard dice rolling, and text chat. It's not the entire gaming platform like some options have done for d20. http://www.epictable.com/
19 hours ago, Electronic Scavenger said:also is there any place to pick up maps and counters and stuff for the SW universe.
EpicTable can handle insertion of graphics from various sources. Token Examples There are tons of SW universe graphics out there that can be converted into an icon. Google something like "Star Wars top down graphics".
19 hours ago, Electronic Scavenger said:and what do you use to make maps for your game.. do you use some software like Dundjinni?
Again, lots of options like Dundjinni. I personally use Otherworld Mapper which I've spoken about before. It can handle everything from overland maps to indoor battlemaps. I've only used it so far for a fantasy setting using Genesys, but it's made great continental maps, town maps, an inn floorplan, a player's sailing ship, etc. It does have scifi packs I just can't personally say how well it could do Star Wars since I haven't tried. But it looks like it has all of the parts to make scifi battlemaps or starship deckplans.
My examples:
Overland Map using Otherworld Mapper
Small Ship using Otherworld Mapper
Floorplan Using Otherworld Mapper
I purchased an AnyCubic photon a few months ago, but I have printed off some terrain. While the Photon is great for miniatures, the small print size really limits what I can do with terrain. Even so, I will definitely check Imperial Terrain out.
I've used a mixture of both. I have a table with TV built in which makes it great for doing the Opening Crawl. For general outdoor maps and planet reference, I can quickly push it to the screen. I've used it for some 2d Maps as well and I've used Roll 20 and I've just pushed the map with an Windows Image Viewer when I didn't need Fog of War or anything. Then I found Battle Systems which makes quick-to-put-together 3D displays ( https://shop.battlesystems.co.uk/ ) and it was very cool to now be able to give my NPCs "The High Ground".
I got a 3D printer for Christmas and have been printing items from Imperial Terrain as well but now the printer is busy printing modular ship pieces. I found them originally on DriveThrRPG but if you have a printer, take a look at this:
https://www.myminifactory.com/campaigns/starship-iv-chimera-pledge-manager-1
You can build the ship interior without the hull for custom floorplans or you can go all out and print the Hulls as well for great ship-boarding action.
Thanks for the info guys... I am thinking about a lot of that.. the EpicTable looks good.. I am wondering if Epictable 2 will make it out, and when.
That ship is really impressive.. I have a CR10 so I could probably print something that big.. are you using PLA or ABS?
46 minutes ago, Electronic Scavenger said:That ship is really impressive.. I have a CR10 so I could probably print something that big.. are you using PLA or ABS?
PLA - I have the lower half of the first ship printed. It uses the OpenLock system and I printed at .2mm and some of the clips are loose. Printing the Interior now and have resliced the top to use .16, hopefully that will give me the extra firmness for the clips. Although I did email the designer about it and he said for they did glue the bottom for additional support.
I have an Ender 3 and have only had to rotate one item so far to fit so you will have no issues on CR10
I did see this one. I thought it looked like Tatoine.. and with some painting on the base.. it would be an imperial base.
He still has it on Etsy also
I finished my first piece from Imperial Terrain last night.
Ok that looks great.. did you print it just the way it looks there? Also where did you get that building at?
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4 hours ago, Electronic Scavenger said:Ok that looks great.. did you print it just the way it looks there? Also where did you get that building at?
Printed in two parts, the body and the roof. The STL was purchased from Imperial Terrain. Its part of their Desert collection. I'll post the painted version soon.
12 hours ago, Electronic Scavenger said:Ok that looks great.. did you print it just the way it looks there? Also where did you get that building at?
Here's a link to bundle these are from: Imperial Terrain Desert Bundle.
And here's the final product on the three that I've printed.
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That looks good... you are going to have your own town soon. I am going to look into some of these.
8 hours ago, Electronic Scavenger said:That looks good... you are going to have your own town soon. I am going to look into some of these.
Thank you. My sixth building is printing now. The best resources I've found are:
Ok some of these look really good.. I will have to try them I always like to find things like this. I am looking at getting some mats also for the ground.. I found some 24x36 but I am trying to figure out if that will be too small it doesn't cover the table but do I want it to.. I am just worried about sprawl
4 hours ago, Electronic Scavenger said:Ok some of these look really good.. I will have to try them I always like to find things like this. I am looking at getting some mats also for the ground.. I found some 24x36 but I am trying to figure out if that will be too small it doesn't cover the table but do I want it to.. I am just worried about sprawl
Let me know where you got your mats. I have a large table and I'm looking to print some digital map on fabric.
I was looking at this KS because they are doing double sided mats and I was looking at Just Sand, Just Snow, and Just Grass to just drop terrain on it, but is 24x36 large enough you think?
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