Trolling through the net for ideas, I came across a dice tower. After being fascinated by how it works, I realized this is probably something I could do as well. I drew a sketch to get my mind in motion.
After scouring my table for materials, I have
decided to make one out of 5mm foam board and card board. This piece will work
as a dice tower and doubling as scenery for the table top.
I started with the basics to determine how tall
I wanted this tower to be. I decided to make a 2 storey tower. I then proceed
to cut the four walls to make the tower. Out of the 4 walls, 1 of them will
need to be shorter to allow for the opening below (marked 4 in sketch). The
other 3 will be full height walls.
Next was to cut out 2 foam board boards for the
insides where the dice would bounce off and finally the bottom ramp which was
cut out of some cardboard I found lying around.
Glue the “box like” structure to an art
cardboard canvas base. I wanted the structure to look like some sort of silo,
so I added some doors, made using corrugated cardboard (again you can get this
from recycle pizza boxes or any stationary shop)
I glued them to the sides using PVA glue. After
that I added some cut out foam board to make an enclosure for the dice to land.
I also decided to add some floor texture from a Japanese take away boxes which
I have procured during lunch. The top broken roof of the tower was made out of
corrugated board.
The final touches
were adding sand texture then base coating and paint.
Capt. Stainguard
