Re: Making your own piecepack tiles from wood...

["James K Droscha" <jdroscha@...>]

--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "kevineagles72" 
<KevinEagles72@a...> wrote:

> I was wondering has anyone made sets of there own and have some 
> advice? I'd like to make a JCD set of my own on wood...but without 
> using stickers, and I don't have access to a silk screener or 
> anything fancy. I was thinking of trying to use computer "iron" on 
> paper and ironing on each piece's graphic individually...

Hello Kevin,

The first prototype for the piecepack was made of hand-cut bass wood 
tiles.  One thing to watch out for if you cut your own tiles is that 
hand sanding can easily produce a slight curve on the edges.

As far as marking goes, I used rubber stamps on that prototype.  But 
in another forum, I suggested the following general strategies for 
marking game pieces:
1) rubber stamps
2) heat transfers
3) stencils
4) shaped markers (Crayola makes some of these)
5) freehand painting or carving
6) 3D stamps (like for leather)
7) burning (either with freehand stylus, metal stencil, or 3D stamps)
8) stickers
9) casting the pieces (in either gravity-cast metal or cold-cast
resin) with 3D markings included
10) rub-ons

Good luck with your set.  I'd love to see a photo in the Photos 
section of this group when you get it finished.

Cheers,
James