Managed to take time to paint up the first set of True-Tiles, consisting of 10 doors, 4 flat tiles, 5 single wall tiles and 5 corner tiles. Total time, about 4 hours.
The tiles were printed in grey, so I started with a wash of Dark Tone, followed by a heavy dry brush of Ash Grey and a light dry brush of Spaceship Interior, before finishing by picking out individual random stones to paint directly with Fur Brown. I had initially planned to use Chaos Red, but it was a bit too purple to work.
For the doors, they were also printed in grey, so I started with a base coat of Oak Brown. This was then washed by the Dark Tone as well, and then a dry brush of Monster Brown to pick up the highlights. Once dry, I direct painted the metal fittings with Rough Iron.
My next stage is to expand the flat tiles and single wall tiles, so that I have a large enough set for gaming, though this initial batch should already work pretty well.
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7 responses to “True-Tiles Batch 1 painting”
Hi!
I’m also printing True Tiles as crazy (have ~30 tiles ready for painting).
I decided to go with magnet+OpenLock bases for tiles. Really like how they connect together on the table (magnets = magic) and that you can move whole room / dungeon together. Unfortunately chasms and water sets by default aren’t ready for that, but I’m considering changing models to add holes for magnets.
What are your thoughts on that? Are you planning to use clips?
I considered using magnets, but I am concerned that with the polarity it will end up requiring more tiles and/or a lot of drilling and modifications. I tested out the clips, and they hold very well – very snug fit and clip together easily, and still come apart easily. However, in truth, I may skip the connections entirely for the most part, since the tiles lay together nicely as well. Once I end up using them in an actual game, I will see if the time to clip together is worth it, or if the table just doesn’t move enough. Planning to test them out in use during this weekend’s upcoming game.
I’m using 5mm ball magnets and they can rotate inside the base, so don’t have to worry about polarity.
Here is the video that explains process https://youtu.be/9AL-cb7tydk?t=14m52s
My collection with TT-compatible designs (some require scaling / adjustments) https://www.thingiverse.com/malenkov/collections/true-tiles
Those are actually a very awesome idea, and one I was not aware of. Unfortunately, that means I get to re-print all the bases, but that isn’t that bad, especially since they look a lot more efficient in terms of filament.
actually, that looks like it might cause a different difficulty. I definitely like the idea, but since I am using True-Tiles which are based on a 2.5 inch design, all of the existing 2 inch designs are sized wrong. Are you aware of a 2.5 template? If not, I expect I can create a basic one fairly easily that would work, now that I am aware of the concept.
Yes, I am aware 🙂
In the collection that I linked there are designs for TT/wyloch sized bases, for example this one https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2517486
Also devonjones’s collections of bases include different sizes – search for wyloch in the file name
thanks, guess I need to dig deeper into the files. I grabbed the https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1910969 file, and it appears to have all the various formats I need, for several different scales. Guess I will be ordering some magnets and trying it out, before I convert the tiles I have already printed. Thanks for all the feedback.