Summer of modelling: an almost 2' square 1" tile surface 25th August

[Vanvlak]

Another of my doomed-to-fade threads? Maybe not. Instead of opening a thread for each project I am working on, I have grouped the lot here, and will then create threads once stuff matures.
To begin, here is the workbench undercoat queue:


Dark Eldar Talos/Chronos hybrid on the left, several 10mm vehicles for a beyond-Mad Max set of vehicles, 3 flies from SpellCrow, alien terrors from the Crossover Kickstarter (now assembled - they arrived yesterday), and bits of scenery - the Frostgrave beanstalk is complete and has been shown in another thread.

I also cleaned up my Gaming Surface A - the one designed to survive in the basement, with its very high humidity. The surface consists of ceramic tiles, the scenery is limestone. Doesn't look like much so far, but I am planning to work the limestone bits into something more interesting.....

[Eric the Shed]

Ceramic tiles...interesting

[SBRPearce]

It's also the ideal material to thwart those ham-fisted gamers who accidentaly destroy more delicate terrain. (And by "more delicate terrain", I mean everything not built out of stone!)

OTOH, not for 'away' games.

[warburton]

Interesting..... 

[Vanvlak]

It's also the ideal material to thwart those ham-fisted gamers who accidentaly destroy more delicate terrain. (And by "more delicate terrain", I mean everything not built out of stone!)

OTOH, not for 'away' games.

That's true. And better still, coffee spills (unless they make it to the rule book).

On the other hand, dropping one of those on a model hurts...

[Vanvlak]

A tiny update.
I have just counted the number of 8" square spare ceramic tiles I have: 25.
Which means 5 x 5 = 40"x40" = Frostgrave surface.

One problem worrying me about Frostgrave is the frost itself - I have some models which fit Frostgrave to a T, but which I would also like to use in a different setting with no snow. What to do? Defrosting seems the obvious solution, but I DID like the frosty setting aspect.

The solution turnedout to be obvious: it's magic-induced frost, so some partsof the city are frosted over, others are not. D'oh! 

[Vanvlak]

Time for some Fury Road (sort of) love.

Look, a box!


Opened...


Remeber the old Pappis box challenge? This is what I had never completed, with a bigger box and different bases. OK, all changed bar the inspiration for a battle in a box.

8 1' x 1' cork tiles


2' x 4' - the shop ran out of the stuff, or I'd have  a 3'x3' option too.


6mm Epic Spleenrippa, also useable as a smaller buggy in 10mm; and a conversion - with a terrain close up


A desert monster....


  sorry, got distracted.

Some patches of grass


A 3-cornered pyramid?


They come in threes.


That's it, before it gets madder than Max.

[Daeothar]

Are those simply Cork tiles sprayed grey? They're brilliant for a desert table!

As for the tiles; watch your back! How are they attached to the table? Tile glue? And will you be texturing them in some way?

Love the box btw: I have a thing for that sort of gear. Let me guess; there originally used to be some sort of tools in there? Perhaps a microscope or something along those lines? It wouldn't have been your girlfriend, right? I mean: it says +GF+ and all, but that'll never fit...

[FramFramson]

Amazing idea for cracked earth! Damn, that's brilliant.

[Vanvlak]

Are those simply Cork tiles sprayed grey? They're brilliant for a desert table!

Thanks - and yes they are, with some patches in brown and yellow, some very small patches of flock, and two larger white areas representing dry salt pools.

As for the tiles; watch your back! How are they attached to the table? Tile glue? And will you be texturing them in some way?

The other tiles - not attached at all -the ones shown in the pics are heavy enough to stay in place, AND will not be moved around, so my back is safe. The smaller ones I mentioned in the picless post have to be movable to give variety in setting up. But as long as I limit the number I carry I should be dorsally fine. 

Love the box btw: I have a thing for that sort of gear. Let me guess; there originally used to be some sort of tools in there? Perhaps a microscope or something along those lines? It wouldn't have been your girlfriend, right? I mean: it says +GF+ and all, but that'll never fit...

Well my wife's petite, so as my GF she'd have given fitting in the box a run for its money 
It did contain a tool, never discovered what, however, as it was empty when I came across it.
They don't make them like they used to.....

Amazing idea for cracked earth! Damn, that's brilliant.

Thank you - it's open acccess, so copy away 

[Constable Bertrand]

The PAPPIS Challenge lives! Nice work Vanvlak - the box looks very sturdy (unlike ikea cardboard) and the cork works great for cracked earth!!!

I'm looking forward to the next instalment.

Cheers
Matt

[Vanvlak]

The PAPPIS Challenge lives! Nice work Vanvlak - the box looks very sturdy (unlike ikea cardboard) and the cork works great for cracked earth!!!

I'm looking forward to the next instalment.

Cheers
Matt

Thank you.
It lives - armoured and cat proof, if a little larger than the actual Pappis box.
Next instalment will probably veer away into some different project, which is why I am collecting them all here (bar one - Halo). So it could be more of this, or Frostgrave, or Project Lionheart (no relation to Richard). 

[Constable Bertrand]

A one stop shop to Vanvlaks hobby hopping. Perfect Just take a peak at mine haha haha.

Cheers
Matt

[Vanvlak]

A one stop shop to Vanvlaks hobby hopping. Perfect Just take a peak at mine haha haha.

Cheers
Matt

Most certainly!
And now for something completely different - more tiles (back to the ceramic variety).
These are not part of the first board shown, but a Frostgrave project - remember the beanstalk? That will be transferred to ones of these tiles. But I'm looking too far ahead. Here are the ingredients:


The tile itself (8"x8" - there were a pile of these in the house when we bought it).
Some LOTR scenery bits.
A few scraps of that bark-lke stuff they put on plants (I stole my few bits of this from a plastic plant in a boardroom, one bit  at a time in my jacket pocket.....).
Cat litter. Unused; important detail, that.
Sticky soft cushioning pads to avoid having the rather abrasive tile bottom surface scratching any table they're put on to - indispensable!

Here's where these go:


And here's the assembly (still to be painted ofcourse!) with a guest wraithy sort of fellow for a spot of nostalgia, and to clearly demonstrate the pic is fuzzy... 

[Constable Bertrand]

Kitty litter? Now your just inviting the fluffy beggar onto your table! 

Yep it's fuzzy.

Matt