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These are the tools we actually use while building our projects, from painted minis and terrain builds to prototypes, electronics, and full game worlds. Some are everyday essentials, and others are things we discovered along the way that made a real difference for us.
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A few brands and tools we reach for often, or that we’re especially happy to recommend and offer special discounts.
Miniature paints, washes, inks, mediums, and primers for character work and painted game pieces.
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Bigger-format paints and finishes we use for terrain, props, scenery, and larger crafted elements.
Detail brushes, dry brushes, backups, workhorses, and all the brush types that get pulled into different stages of a project.
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All the little helpers that make painting sessions smoother, cleaner, and more comfortable.
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Our airbrushing setup for priming, basecoating, smoother blends, and speeding up bigger paint jobs.
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Our pile of shame is growing! We have all sorts of great minis to chose from for painting!
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For terrain assembly, prototyping, quick fixes, and all the invisible work that holds a project together.
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The knives, saws, mats, and foam tools behind most of our shaping and build work.
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For layout, symmetry, consistency, and all the planning work that makes builds cleaner.
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For sketching, marking, planning details, color testing, and getting ideas onto paper.
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The practical supplies we use for brainstorming, labeling, organizing, and prototyping ideas before we build.
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For sculpted details, small props, and the handmade elements that add extra charm to builds.
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For sculpted details, molded parts, casting experiments, and specialty finishing touches.
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The foliage materials we use to make terrain feel more natural, layered, and alive.
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Snow, mud, puddles, texture pastes, and finishing materials that help a world feel complete.
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Extra utility tools and handy items that support the wider crafting workflow.
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Specialty finds and essentials, craft-store discoveries, and useful extras that are harder to categorize but still deserve a spot.
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The Dollar Store is a treasure cove of affordable crafting and cleaning supplies to get started.
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We use a bunch of day-to-day stuff to bolster our toolkit, including aluminium foil, plastic wrap, trash bags, and scrap materials.
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As we build interactive hybrid games, we use a lot of tools to build and solder circuits.
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Behind-the-scene and under the board, we use a ton of different wires to light up and include special sensors in our games.
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Our circuits go beyond wires and switches, we use all sorts of components and LEDs to create special effects.
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At the heart of our hybrid games, we use special devices and peripherals to create an interactive experience.
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Essentials containers and cleaning supplies to craft, organize, and clean.
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