Volcanic Wall Poll
Added 2018-11-01 15:12:41 +0000 UTCPost releasing the first two pieces of the volcanic cavern set, I got a lot of feedback from people who have actually seen basalt pillars in person, and the single largest piece of feedback is that the pillars in scale are too small. I would judge that in scale, the pillars are about 9 inches across, but the real pillars are generally 1-2 feet across, and can even be larger.
So, I've designed two test files. One in scale makes the pillars about a foot across, the second is about 18 inches across. Past that it becomes a bit hard to make these work for a tile, though I could certainly attempt larger.
I've attached pictures and stl files for all three sizes, and I've made them all available in the new patron dropbox folder for OpenForge tests.
I'm leaving this poll open for a week. Print out the three sizes if you like, and tell me below which pillar size you prefer.
I do think that the small set is still potentially useful for crystal caves. If you think I should take more than one of these textures forward (which will eat up more releases, but get more of this style out), tell me which of them you think should continue to be produced in the comments.
Whichever one we settle on for the volcanic set, I'll re-release volcanic walls and floors without having that suck up any of november's releases.
Comments
I demand realism for my characters that can fly and cast spells!
Ed Beheler
2018-11-03 14:25:41 +0000 UTCI like the small and large. But these are way down my print queue.
Belinda
2018-11-02 13:29:34 +0000 UTCAlso voted for "Move forward with more than..." But I like all three sizes.
Tribit
2018-11-02 08:11:08 +0000 UTCLarge is definitely easier on the eyes at that scale. I do think it would nice to have Large and Medium both available, as these kind of formations can sometimes vary in size.
Matthew Meyer
2018-11-01 22:37:22 +0000 UTCFWIW I voted for "more than one" but I really just mean use all the sizes in one set of tiles.
Andrew Conti
2018-11-01 17:21:56 +0000 UTCWould they necessarily have to all be the same size? It might appear more organic if there were maybe mostly large columns with some medium and small ones mixed in.
Andrew Conti
2018-11-01 17:21:10 +0000 UTCWe have Columnar Basalt stacks like this out in the eastern part of the state (WA) and they can get quite large. I liked to the look of size Large for accuracy, and playability.
Badger
2018-11-01 16:39:43 +0000 UTCI haven’t printed them yet but I like the idea of different sizes, gives it a little more random feel when on the table
Justin Sinks
2018-11-01 16:36:34 +0000 UTCFWIW, I really personally like the current floor texture, I'm not married to the idea that the two have to be in lockstep
Masterwork Tools
2018-11-01 16:08:32 +0000 UTCYep, though we can produce more than one floor texture
Masterwork Tools
2018-11-01 16:01:20 +0000 UTCI would like to see both the medium and large move forward.
Richard Sorden
2018-11-01 15:44:28 +0000 UTCWould the floor tiles change as well?
Justin Sinks
2018-11-01 15:39:05 +0000 UTC
