Make Your Own Blade Barrier or Other Wall for Your Minis - D&D

This idea popped into my head this week to make a Blade Barrier Wall that we can use in game play with our miniatures instead of just placing pencils on the game mat to represent the wall.

Step 1:  Find an image you want to use.  I found an image for my blade barrier at:
http://www.dundjinni.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=2841

Step 2: Modify the image and print it.  I made no modifications.  I just put the image in a word document, changed the margins in the word document, then resized the image just a little bit in word.  Then I repeated the image 9 times (10 images fit on one page).  Then I printed it on my color printer.  I can give you the word document if you want it.

Step 3: Cut.  A Blade Barrier in D&D 3.5 is 20' high, so I cut every 4 images (each image is about 1" so 5' in game terms).  Then I found part of a paperboard box and cut it up, and taped an image to each side of the cut paperboard.

Step 4:  I bought some Pathfinder Pawns this year, and figured the character bases would make great stands for my Blade Barrier wall and they do!

Now I just need to make a few more of them since our Blade Barrier walls should usually be much longer than the one shown in the picture.

Obviously you could use the same technique for a wall of fire, ice, or other.

You might even be able to use some of the dungeon tiles from various vendors for your walls.

Happy Gaming!