It's been far too long since I updated here. Sadly, the lack of updates is not because I've been too busy playing games, or painting until my fingers bleed. No, it's simply that Real Life(©®) keeps getting in my way. Job. Kids. Wife. All that important stuff. The usual story. *sigh*
Ironically, I was very busy over the Summer (which ended a few months ago, I know) constructing terrain. Yay! Here are some pictures of what I managed to accomplish. Some of this terrain will find its way onto my Sci-Fi table, and some of it will be used on my Colonial/Fantasy/VSF table (for pictures of those games, see my other blog: Kelroy Was Here Click the pics to enlarge them. Please enjoy, and if you feel the least bit inspired by my handiwork, leave a comment at the bottom of the page.
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| The vinyl flooring I used to make my rivers. |
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| The caulk I used for the river banks. |
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| A river section with the caulk and sand drying on it. |
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| A demonstration of the flexibility of the vinyl flooring. |
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| A selection of river sections, cut and "sanded." |
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| This is what I used to make the rivers wet-looking after I painted them. |
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| A desert watering hole. This was my first attempt using the Polycrylic clear coat. I just wanted a test for what it would look like, and how easy it would be to work with. |
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| All my new bright and shiny river sections. And I mean shiny in the literal sense. See next picture. |
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| The rivers have a glossy sheen, just like the real stuff! |
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| Fordable sections of river. |
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| A simple plank bridge over a river. |
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| A gently curving riverbank. |
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| A somewhat stagnant swamp. |
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| A 28/32mm and a 15mm scale figure. |
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| A side view to show the thickness of the vinyl tile on edge. |
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| A selection of real rocks on scraps of vinyl flooring. |
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| A finished field of rocks. These are actually rather heavy to carry from game to game.... |
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| A closer view of some of the rocks. |
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| "A Space Marine investigates a cooling fire pit." |
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| Some rocky formations, sculpted with a hot-wire foam cutter. |
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| A couple of hills. I was trying different techniques: a multi-level hill that is plainly stepped, and a canyon-type hill. Both will work for either 15mm or 28mm games. |
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| "Some Human Imperial Infantrymen move cautiously through the canyon." (15mm.co.uk figures) |
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| Another hill with different types of flock. Eh, I was experimenting. |
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| "This looks like difficult terrain, sir." |
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| And last but not least, a selection of "middle Eastern" style buildings, made from some simple boxes I found at Hobby Lobby. |
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| "A merciless Legionnaire takes aim." (28mm Askari) |
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| Here's what the boxes looked like when I bought them. |
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| Here's a representative sample of my terrain, on table. |
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| Game on! |
Thanks for looking!
