Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Stencil

We are still designing the stencil.  But here's our current mockup, where there is a big chunk of space where we are trying to think of other common, useful shapes to draw.  (Shapes that are hard for most of us to make, like perfectly straight lines or squares or something.)

We considered a 1" octagon, but it REALLY looks like a circle when we try to actually use it.  We thought we'd see everyone else's ideas, but we thought the only "good" way to do the hexagon was to make it 3" and put it where we did, so you also get that nice "arrow" as well.



Here's the basic idea of what we have here:
  • 8" straightedge 
  • 8" arc edge (blast radius)
  • Large (4") stairwell
  • Small (2") stairwell
  • Cone AoE blast (45 degree)
  • Cone AoE blast (90 degree)
  • 1" circle (huge columns, pits)
  • 1" square (tables, traps, walls)
  • 1" triangle
  • 1/2" circle (stools, 
  • 1/2" square (support beams, footstools)
  • 1/2" triangle
  • All of this fits nicely over a 7"x7" square tile (so it will fit nicely over any stack of tiles!)
And lots of room, still!

Of course this may suck, and may be the totally wrong direction from what you guys want. 

Be aware that this is a *mockup!*  Not a final version by any means.  We've been busy with the website as of late, but we thought we'd share our initial design thoughts.



8 comments:

  1. This looks great. I can't think of anything to add but will come back if I do.

    Will the Stencils be available to order if we want more?

    Thanks.

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  2. They will indeed be order-able!

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  3. looks great! Can't wait to try it out.

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  4. Any chance we can get that interior, shorter straight edge cut into uniform dashes? It's a little thing, but I do like me some nice, even dashes.

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    1. The one that is perpendicular to the big straightedge? This is a good idea!

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  5. A 5 sided star and a pentagon would be nice. I also like the dash suggestion

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    1. The star would probably be too small to do too much good with the "chisel" edge markers most of us use, but I think I can stick a pentagon into the arrow head!

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  6. What about a curtain symbol, aka a wavy line?

    http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/maps/volcano/map-legend.jpg has lots of possibilities.

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