A Kid, a Cardboard Box, and a Creative Dad

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I was going through some old pictures tonight (looking for a gaming-related project I worked on some years ago) when I stumbled upon these wonderful pictures of a quick, cool little project that I made for my son. He was two at the time. It’s hard to believe that was seven years ago already. Looking… [Continue Reading]

The Paint Rack by CNC Workshop / Miniature Scenery

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I set out looking for the “perfect” paint rack to store and organize my paints. Over the years I’ve used everything from expandable plastic spice racks to just setting the bottles down on my work bench in a classic color spectrum. After spending a fair amount of time trolling the message boards at The Miniatures… [Continue Reading]

The Dock Crane

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This was a really fun and very challenging little project to put together. This was another Assassin’s Creed: Revelations inspiration. While working on my Griffin Harbor city and wharf terrain board I constantly referenced some screen captures that I took from ACR. One “must have” item that I kept going back and looking at was… [Continue Reading]

Pardon my dust…

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Welcome to the new(ish) Dante’s Game web site. If you’ve stumbled upon my site, or if I’ve sent you here to look at pictures from some other post, you’ve probably noticed that things are in disarray and aren’t quite in place. I’m completely overhauling the Dante’s Game web site to bring the engine that drives… [Continue Reading]

Town and Dockside Terrain Board

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For years I’ve wanted to build a terrain board based on a city center and dockside district. Early on in the winter of 2011 while I was completely sucked into Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, I was totally inspired to finally get up off of my ass and build one. Running around in Constantinople (not Instanbul) in… [Continue Reading]

Project 1: Master Mellilot’s Scriptorium, Part 4

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Posted: 1st, May 2009 (Editor’s note: Click on any of the images to see larger versions for more detail) In this segment we start the construction process of putting together the front facade of our building, including fitting the door and windows that we just created in the last three tutorials. You may recall from… [Continue Reading]

Project 1: Master Mellilot’s Scriptorium, Part 3

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Posted: 24th, April 2009 (Editor’s note: Click on any of the images to see larger versions for more detail) In this segment we’re going to focus on the design and construction of a window frame (the casing) with two inner window sashes that swing open on pins. I’m not a professional builder so I apologize… [Continue Reading]

Project 1: Master Mellilot’s Scriptorium, Part 2

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Posted: 18th, April 2009 (Editor’s note: Click on any of the images to see larger versions for more detail) In this segment I talk about moving from fairly accurate, technical drawings and measurements to actually cutting materials and fitting pieces together for the working door and windows. We’ll start with the door and then move… [Continue Reading]

Project 1: Master Mellilot’s Scriptorium, Part 1

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Posted: 10th, April 2009 (Editor’s note: Click on any of the pictures to see larger versions for more detail) Years ago I purchased this great little scratch built building from a terrain building company in England. They’ve since gone under and I’ve been wanting a “workable” version of the building with a lift-off roof, lift-off… [Continue Reading]

GameMastery Cards: A really great gaming aid

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If you haven’t seen these already, you should really get over to your FLGS (Favorite Local Gaming Store) and check out a booster pack or deck. Paizo Publishing stared producing their line of GameMastery products a few years back now but the ones that have really stuck out for me (then and now) as an… [Continue Reading]