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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Xintao on 23 October 2015, 09:41:55 PM
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Continuing the fun from Part 1: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=83734.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=83734.0)
More work done last night.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-27J3MUWXZkE/VipzO9CrBnI/AAAAAAAAFDc/FmaIJU9ID2w/s1600/14.jpg)
Carving Hills and Cliffs
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wiRJ1CJmTNo/VipzO9OggxI/AAAAAAAAFDk/zIqQ5hxYp8E/s1600/16.jpg)
Use a combo of tools, Razor knife, Stanley Sureform and a random orbital sander
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ersla74PxgE/VipzPdOdeSI/AAAAAAAAFD0/vcnf0sDSL24/s1600/18.jpg)
Using garden bricks to weigh down board while glue dries
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b2p7zeTdDaE/VipzPj1-uaI/AAAAAAAAFDs/iXG-H-whZNA/s1600/19.jpg)
Sometimes we run out of bricks and use what is handy.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_va11nzyEs/VipzQEayePI/AAAAAAAAFD4/kXT6MaasBzc/s1600/21.jpg)
Carving the cliff face. Alternating angled cuts, both shallow and deep. Then just stabbing/hacking at it with a razor knife.
More pics and write up on my blog:
http://eaglesatwar.blogspot.com/2015/10/building-rivoli-battlefield-part-2.html (http://eaglesatwar.blogspot.com/2015/10/building-rivoli-battlefield-part-2.html)
Questions or comments?
Xin
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Very nice job. I learned from your pictures to use bricks to keep a part down for glueing. Simple but brilliant. I was always using hand pressure for looking periods of time, or leaving it to chance!