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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Chrismck on January 12, 2020, 12:00:25 AM
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Hi guys,
Just started my first third of a 6x4 board for bolt action. I have been following a guide from the terrain tutor on YouTube. Using a stippling effect with polyfilla. Must say I'm impressed with the texture so far. Waiting on it to fully dry before I can paint and dry brush. Here's some pics and video so far. I'll post some updates with progress.
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Video is too big to upload 🤦🏼♂️. The above pic is the first coat. I applied 2 coats of stippling. I'll get another picture of the 2nd coat before I paint it and upload it tomorrow.
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Photo of the second coat and texture. Dried out pretty good
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Mud coloured using just cheap indoor emulsion. Needs another coat then dry brushed.
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Nice texture. I use the stippling technique myself too.
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Finished product. Pleased with how it's turned out
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Nice texture. I use the stippling technique myself too.
Cheers Charlie. Pleased with how it has turned out!
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It looks like a field of mud frozen over, so if thats the effect you were going for I'd say you nailed it :)
The texture looks really good.
An issue with the old pva+hard flock approach was always that it became rock solid and had sharp edges which could chip knocked over models badly, I imagine this method avoids this?
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I'm going to give it another dry brush over the top with a darker brown to break it up as it's maybe just a bit too light.
I'm really happy with the texture.
It would appear to be a lot more robust than the PVA and flock but time will tell after some big games of bolt action...
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The boards are coming along nicely.
Great work and look forward to seeing them in action once they are complete.
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Where do you store such items? :o
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Very nice work. Looking forward to see the final result
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Where do you store such items? :o
In my spare room at the moment. They are going to going under my bed :D :D
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The finished product set up for small 500pts ish game of bolt action tomorrow. Scenery is still quite basic but have some plans for that too. Going to add in some fields and a farmhouse with outbuildings and a barn. But all in all really pleased with how it has turned out
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thought the stippling looked great but it is lost in the dark brown - personally I would heavily dry-brush the board with many more lighter browns and then add a significant amount of flock...
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The photos don't really do it justice tbh. Here a few photos from the game today where you can see the stippling a little better with a natural light.
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The stippling effect can be seen a little better here.
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It looks nice and I wouldnt use flock.
I think a brown gaming boards has a lot of uses. I can be a village, a barren field, a forest and any number of other battlefields.
It does need more terrain than a board with a bit of green on it, or it'll look somewhat empty.
Extra drybrushing is a matter of taste, and its hard to get at good photo of that large a board, so it might well be a lot more nuances than are visible in the pics :)
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It looks nice and I wouldnt use flock.
I think a brown gaming boards has a lot of uses. I can be a village, a barren field, a forest and any number of other battlefields.
It does need more terrain than a board with a bit of green on it, or it'll look somewhat empty.
Extra drybrushing is a matter of taste, and its hard to get at good photo of that large a board, so it might well be a lot more nuances than are visible in the pics :)
That was my thoughts; it's quite versatile the way it is at the moment. I will definitely be building up more terrain as time goes on but as always it's a funding issue lol lol
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I played a few games on this board on Sunday (I was the germans on the above photos). The photos dont do the board justice, the texture of the board is nice, not to over the top that the figures fall over and nor is it to little.
We were talking about how he needs more terrain and greenery to cover it though. I am sure that will come over time.
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I'd add some irregular areas of flock and static grass - would make the board look better without having to dress it with fields and suchlike, and so long as you leave area of brown for roads and tracks, the board remains versatile.
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I can be a village, a barren field, a forest, and any number of other battlefields.
You are a true shape-shifter. All I can be is an 8" rule and a D6 with no even numbers.
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I'd add some irregular areas of flock and static grass - would make the board look better without having to dress it with fields and suchlike, and so long as you leave area of brown for roads and tracks, the board remains versatile.
I think one of my main reasons for not adding any flock to the board is it will constantly be getting moved in and out of storage when not being used and flock does displace quite easily even when sealed properly etc. I'd be forever hoovering my carpets and re-applying constantly lol lol
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I think one of my main reasons for not adding any flock to the board is it will constantly be getting moved in and out of storage when not being used and flock does displace quite easily even when sealed properly etc. I'd be forever hoovering my carpets and re-applying constantly lol lol
What are you sealing the flock with?
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Hairspray is good for sealing flock; and my wife wonders why she keeps running out :-)
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Seems my own boards have lots of parallels with yours.
The texture itself looks fantastic, and seems identical to the one I've achieved using the same method. I agree, stippled filler is the way to go!
I also store my large 2x4 boards under the bed!
I am surprised you don't want to flock it though. I get what you'rs saying with the boards shedding flock, but they can be sealed pretty effectively. I suggest using watered-own PVA, sprayed on with any sort of empty cleaning fluid spray bottle. You can go really heavy with it - completely drenched the flock in watery PVA. It seals pretty damn well. Sure, after packing the boards away after a game you will have just a little flock to quickly dust off the table with your hands, but it's not as if you'll be carpeting your room in flock.