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Post by Whiterook on Apr 13, 2022 10:07:06 GMT -5
 From Apostrophe Games, these 2.25 inch/sq. Large Blank Square Tiles (57.15mm) come with 48 High quality, blank, square chit tiles, perfect for creating your own boardgames. I would say the best method for designing the artwork for your boardgame on these tiles would be with use of permanent ink pens with permanent markers or Artist paints. Copic markers would also work great! With both of those mediums, you could use the tiles without much worry of smudging, wear, or fading. If you use other mediums such as colored pencil or pastels, for instance, you’d need to protect the tiles with a finish coat, most commonly a artist’s fixative (spray can delivery) or similar. Price as of this posting: $13.99 |
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Post by Whiterook on Feb 14, 2023 10:01:37 GMT -5
One of the cool things about this product is… the box the tiles come in is perfect for the box for final game you make!  I’ll likely do some artwork for box cover at some point, after I firm up what I want to say…”jungle tiles”, or the new game name? So a report on the tiles themselves… they are Super nice! Semigloss surface, they are diecut and pre-punched, placed in cello wrap in four stacks. There’s a little extra room at the top of the four stacks, so if you need extra tiles for the subject (which I did), you may have enough room. The inner box insert is sturdy, and the there are finger half-moon slots to get in there t8 take the tiles out…super nice feature. The tile surface is sturdy enough to take a lot of wet media; I used COPIC pens, which uses a very juicy permanent ink dye, which swiped on very well, but I also needed to saturate color in most of the tiles by dabbing pools of ink down and it didn’t adversely affect the paper top layer whatsoever. It takes permanent ink very well. And the card is so heavy, you could easily use colored pencil, pressing hard to build up layers. I would say you could even use acrylics and watercolor easily. Being die-cut, the top has a slight rounded bevel on all sides, sloping gently down, whereas the other side doesn’t, but these tiles can easily be double sided. The corners are rounded, but when placed geomorphic lay against each other in infinite combinations, the rounds don’t look like little sink holes! The thickness also helps keep them stable. These are light so, of you're using them to build maps, you will need to place something t9 5e sides to corral them… I used neoprene strips, which worked perfectly…   I’m also planning to use foamcore board to make a jig frame to hold them in place en masse. I can’t recommend these highly enough! |
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Post by mikeh on Feb 14, 2023 14:06:45 GMT -5
Your artwork is fantastic, you set the bar pretty high my friend!
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Post by Whiterook on Feb 16, 2023 23:44:12 GMT -5
Your artwork is fantastic, you set the bar pretty high my friend! WOW, thank you… that’s one of the nicest things said to me! At the start of making these, as in the first few tiles, I wasn’t so sure! Those dang markers were a real toughie ti figure out how to use; what I set out to in my head, and what was coming out on the tile were two entirely different things, haha…especially the open grass. It was compounded by the fact that I only own about two dozen markers, many almost identical, so I was forced to use what I had… but overall, I found the right combinations to pull the colors together to my satisfaction… It’s that ‘satisfaction’ that I used to have such an issue — actually, severe problem, with. I’m not sure if you’d have called me a perfectionist back in my art school days, or if OCD had anything to do with it, but I was always super-over critical with my work. These days of my maturity, I’m MUCH easier on myself, lol. On these tiles, it really came together when I started laying them next to one another while making them. And more so when I made the first scenario map. I was super pleased that the minis sat perfectly on the imagery…the huts are a tad small for the fender washer bases, but nit by much; and any smaller and they look ginormous against the other terrain. One thing I was pleasantly surprised with was the final tile not needing a protective coat of a fixative or acrylic. It seems pretty tough…still, I’m ordering some back adhesive felt to place on the miniatures bottom washer. |
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