Saturday, 2 December 2017

Dragonlock Dungeon Terrain (Fat Dragon)

I have wanted my own dungeon terrain set for years. I have taken a look so many times at Dwarven Forge's glorious products but have held back because there is seemingly always a set I want that is out of stock or out of production. Recently though I stumbled on an alternative which seemed to fit my needs and wants - a hobby win!

Fat Dragon Games have designed a range of 3-printer files branded as Dragonlock, and I found an eBay seller printing and selling the tiles under agreement from Fat Dragon Games. I ordered a couple of bits to see what they felt like in hand, and happy with what I received, I ordered a load more.

The eBay seller I found is 3dhorizons (click for link) and he has been amazingly helpful and has been very communicative.

Most tiles are 2 inches by 2 inches, and walls are 2 inches tall. The coolest feature may be the clips which lock tiles together to stop stuff sliding apart - a very good idea IMHO. The clips can be seen in the second picture (the orange things), although I didn't use the clips when I laid out the terrain in these pictures.

I painted them up by spraying them with car primer (less than one 500ml can did 25 pieces forming 23 tiles). I then roughly dabbed on some dark grey paint, some splotches of washes, then did a fast and rough dry-brush of 3 lighter greys, one which was a creamy brown-grey (Vallejo Stone Grey).

The lintels holding the doors in place can be removed, so I popped the doors out to paint them after all the preceding painting was done, mainly to keep track of them while doing the main tiles!

There is some evidence of the the 3D printing process in the grain, but I can live with that. You can lightly sand the tiles before painting, but frankly I couldn't be bothered (life is too short), and there was no need to wash them first - they took the spray undercoat well enough.

I have already ordered a second batch, including a nice mix of new tiles, and have plans for a third. I really like this stuff, and cannot wait to game with it. Of course, now I want some sewers for supers of Victoriana gaming....
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20 comments:

  1. Blaxkleric2 December 2017 at 02:16

    Oh no... one of your most fiendishly tempting posts ever, PulpCitizen. Those dungeons look awesome (and the gaming mat too for that matter). What a wallet-killing article!! :-)

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    1. pulpcitizen2 December 2017 at 05:58

      Apologies mate if i lead you astray! :)

      I am really impressed with the pieces and thoroughly recommend them. :)

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    2. Blaxkleric2 December 2017 at 15:45

      I've ordered a few test pieces so my missus can give them to me for Christmas... they do look good, and more coming out all the time I see :-)

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    3. pulpcitizen3 December 2017 at 01:23

      I hope you like them as much as I do. :)

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  2. Simon Quinton 2 December 2017 at 02:25

    They turned out cracking mate. I see some dungeon delving in our future!

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    1. pulpcitizen2 December 2017 at 05:58

      Cheers mate and indeed hopefully we will. :)

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  3. Da Gobbo2 December 2017 at 02:27

    Cracking tiles and simple to get ready for gaming by the sounds of it

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    1. pulpcitizen2 December 2017 at 06:00

      They are nice and easy to get ready, and the painting was quicker than i expected which is a bonus. :)

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  4. Michal DwarfCrypt2 December 2017 at 03:51

    Great one!

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  5. Ivor Evans2 December 2017 at 12:18

    Those look fantastic! And really neat that you can buy exactly what you need, I need to find something like that on my side of the pond - I have a bunch of Hirst Arts molds and they are nice, but so much time needs to be invested just to build the smallest things sometimes it doesn't seem worth it.

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    1. pulpcitizen3 December 2017 at 01:21

      Thanks Ivor.:)

      I have looked at Hirst Arts as an option many times, but as with you I have been put off by the time factor.

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  6. Kieron3 December 2017 at 10:49

    Looks great. If I wasn’t in the middle of a storage crisis, I’d curse you for putting temptation like this in front of me.

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    1. pulpcitizen3 December 2017 at 11:18

      Cheers. :)

      The stuff fits really neatly into KR cases; I can fit 24 x 2-inch square pieces in a 2-inch deep KR tray.

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  7. Mike C4 December 2017 at 03:00

    They look brilliant. Sorely tempted.

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    1. pulpcitizen6 December 2017 at 12:17

      Thanks Mike. :)

      AS I say, I happily endorse them, enough to invest in a another bundle equivalent in footprint to that shown.

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  8. Colgar66 December 2017 at 00:37

    I've always looked on the Dwarven Forge stuff covetously; it's really too pricey to justify my minimal need for such terrain. I've also been watching the rise of the 3D printing scene, but again felt that this was too expensive & unreliable to be worth taking seriously, for now. Interesting to know that it's not as out of reach as I had assumed...

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    1. pulpcitizen6 December 2017 at 12:18

      With it print on demand, or self printing, it becomes a little easier to spread out orders or production. :)

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  9. JamieM19 December 2017 at 01:13

    AH, a proper 3D dungeon, something every gamer has surely dreamed of owning! These look ace with a cracking paintjob and isn't it brilliant that technology brings us these things that we've long coveted but were never affordable?

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    1. pulpcitizen24 December 2017 at 07:39

      Cheers. :)

      I heartily recommend this stuff, and as you say, it is thanks to technology that we can access stuff unconsidered as obtainable in this cost-effective form a decade or so ago. :)

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