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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Silent Invader on September 19, 2009, 05:45:39 PM
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That's pretty darn cool thinking!
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Nice modular setup looking forward to the WIP
LB
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Looking forward to seeing how this developes as well.
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ok that can be very interestig .
can´t wait to see more .
Grimm
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That kind of systematic thinking is very helpful. Very practical. Thanks for sharing.
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Wow - what a great idea!
I think the challenge will be getting the interfaces to match up exactly so that all the different combinations work. But I guess if you use the first photo as your start point, that should be the defining arrangement to get the levels right...
Looking forward to seeing this develop :)
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the sides of Your 4 part hill seem to be steep cliff
how about some ramps to get up?
or some dislocated boulders to serve as stairs?
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that's what I meant as an option
however, a spot where the cliff has broken away and sided down could also act as a "ramp"
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cool down ;)
no need to come uo with geomorphology
it's a gaming table
Your gaming table
you asked for suggestions, I thought some variety would be interesting
good luck with Your project
looks interesting
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I humbly apologize
I misinterpreted this statement of Yours
It could ...... but only if it were someone else's project. As already mentioned, I don't like my terrain to have steep-ish ramps (I like my figures that are standing up straight to stand up straight). ;)
and I never wanted to offend You
sorry
electronic communication is sometimes difficult ;)
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no problem
I remember the locations for "the last of the mohawk" with daniel day lewis and this is what comes to my mind when I read Your ideas
gonna be cool gaming scenery o_o
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I like the look of this and having the mountain boards match never even occured to me. Consider it pinched ;D ;)
Looking forward to seeing them come together :)
cheers
James
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What a great idea. Hope it works out...so keep us all posted...especially with your building and construction stages...lots of pictures please!! Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman
8)
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You think it could warp? how? upwards?
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I see
what could also work is glueing good drawing paper to the underside
this trick is done when posters are glued onto cardboard
the tension bends it back
if it bends downards....
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... have been sprayed with sealant to discourage warping (though no idea as yet if that'll work or not)....
According to both my reference literature and my experience it should.
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I've used a lot of 5mm MDF to make baseboards for terrain and scenery items which I've then liberally covered in wet gloop, PVA, paint etc, and it has never ever warped on me.
It's probably the biggest advantage of MDF over any other kind of timber / fibre based sheet material.
(Well, that and its general convenient 'workability') ;)
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It looks like a great idea, I'm just trying to work out how its going to look, I'll be definately keeping an eye on this one!
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CD?
You mean like the silvery round things with digital music on them? ;)
unbelievable - thanks for Your suggestion now, never heard of this before 8)
what glue did You use?
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oh - CD basing...
for a short time I thought You played CD with pasted paper on them in a player...
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oh, just wondered a bit, one encounters so many strange things here..... ;)
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Interesting use of spare change. You know it's not worth much when... ;)
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I am really looking forward to seeing this come together. Its a very interesting idea, and looks really well thought out. :)
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I agree with Malamute. This is a very novel idea to me.
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Okay, now I´m officially intrigued and hereby demand that you proceed with appropriate speed, good sir! ;) Really looking forward to the final assembly.
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Whoa, you're going to quick, we can't keep up :D (well, I can't anyway, it takes me long enough to do anything lol )
Good work so far and I do like the idea of the 'penny' levels for movement, makes life so much easier *thumbs up smiley*
cheers
James
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This is getting really interesting...
Definitely have my attention!
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These will be big, but they will be impressive and as you have pointed out, the ability to combine them in different ways makes them very versatile.
A great project full of good ideas.
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Totally inspiring. :) Its looking great already. From your initial drawings I was struggling to imagine how it would- the effect so far is brilliant. :) I can't wait to see the various options laid out once painted up.
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Totally inspiring. :) Its looking great already. From your initial drawings I was struggling to imagine how it would- the effect so far is brilliant. :) I can't wait to see the various options laid out once painted up.
Me too
I am not sure if I would have joined all four together for cutting apart later. I think it may cause you problems :o
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My, if that is what you do when plastered, I shudder to think what you could produce in a sober state... ;) lol
That´s looking mighty fine, and very "game-able" too.
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Obviously, the cliffs could have been done with forest bark, which would have been quicker and cheaper,
Really? Where do you get your bark from? I couldn't get enough to do a mountain that size for £9.
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Looking great Steve, i was struggling a bit with what you were planning, now it all makes sense :D
Keith :?
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Ah, the floor mulch stuff. You reckon that would work? I always thought it would probably be too regular due to the shapes and the gaps between them. I suppose you could combine it with the plaster bandages though to hide the edges. Might be worth a try as I still need to make some big cliffs for a board edge.
Gotta love that Hornby product page. £2.25 for Medium Cork Bark, what the hell is medium cork bark? I can accept Medium as a size given for t-shirts but not for modelling materials!
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marvellous
now I finally got it where you were going with this
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now I also understand why the ramps would have been absurd ;)
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It already looks great at this stage. 8)
I too had trouble imagining the finished appearance but it definitely looks the DB's. :-*
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DUDE!!!
TOTALLY D@MN AWESOME!!!
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Looking good. What is the epoxy putty?
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The last pictures really brought the whole project together. Now I understand all the planning :D
Great work :-*
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I know the brand, I'm currently using their version of No More Nails to build my labyrinth :)
Could you take some shots as you work with it? I've never considered it as a modelling material.
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I'll have to look out for some of that
Keith
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Cheers, can't have potential little gems like this getting away :)
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I don’t know how you managed to do this… Well... I know because you show us but I’m sure that if I was the one to give it a try it would look like a pile of **** and nothing would fit together. lol
Nice work! 8)
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The quartering of the hill looks very tidy. Cudos
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That really looks amazing - what a mammoth piece/s. :o
Great to see the whole project from concept to completion.
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Your work is truely amazing, professional and very elaborate
but I have difficulties understanding why You need the terrain so tough...
You want tu use real explosions? or sit on it? ;)
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Looks great :D
Thanks also for the step-by-step reports and photos!
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That really looks amazing - what a mammoth piece/s. :o
Great to see the whole project from concept to completion.
I second that, bloody marvellous. ;D
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WOW great stuff :-* :-*
Can't wait to see the thing painted.
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This just gets better & Better Steve :D :-* :D :-*
Keith :?
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@B
My wife laughed when she read your question. It is something of a joke in our house that should it suffer some sort of disaster then all that would be left would be my 'projects'.
I get the idea :D -
reminds me of a similar joke about my father, who used to fasten everything to walls with screws double the size required. My mother used to say that if we ever got bombed, the shelves, lamps and paintings would be everything remaining upright cause they supported the walls ....
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Amazingly awesome! From start to finish well documented and quickly done. :-* :-* :-*
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Well, that turned out nicely, didn't it? :-*
Inspiring stuff...
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Wow, those look great finished!
I admit to doubts at some of your WiP shots - I was thinking the pieces would turn out to look really "game-y", but painted and finished they look far more realistic than I thought they would, and obviously still playable!
The flexiblity appeals too, and I have to second a comment on the other thread - put them closer together to create a gorge, and built a rope-bridge to span the gap!
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yess, exactly, Indy!!
Well, a rope bridge is a rather minor addition that can be done without the rest, or not.
but this raised table - that's the thing of course!
I already see a train falling into a ravine after the bridge exploded :D
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Bloody brilliant job there Steve :D :D :D
Keith :?
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SI - I'm slightly ashamed to confess I had my doubts about quite how your method was going to turn out from the early phases of the work. But now it's finished, I have to salute your ingenuity. That is a damned cunning way to construct an iconic (and very flexible) lump of rocky terrain, and the end result looks darned good. All just goes to show there's more than one way to skin a cat (how many of us have cats by the way, I've often wondered?)
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Well done you. I might try a little something similar myself :)
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already the second thread running on cats in open talk ;)
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Well done! It looks great.
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Great work :-* :-*
With a brilliant finishing paint job.
The whole thread is great and very useful. I will use it as a reference the next time I am building hills.
Thanks
(I don't have a cat or a dog but my Daughter does have two rabbits. Does that count ;D ;D)
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Excellent work!
As I was reading through this thread I must admit I doubted your vision... but now it's all been made clear :D.
Stunning :-*!
Cheers
Andy
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Hot damn!!! This is truly impressive! What a build!
What are you wasting your time here for?! Give this man a degree in engineering!
Doesn't it weigh a tonne and fracture easily?!
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lol
It's presently being fixed to four 30cm sq tiles with added rockfalls and other detailing prior to being winterised for my post apoc and medieval 'snow bound' games.
It's not too heavy though with the extra Mdf tile and the gravel it is going to be heavier. I've never dropped it but I imagine it'd chip rather than fracture.
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I take you mean chip a bone not fracture it when you drop it on your toe:)
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lol
It's presently being fixed to four 30cm sq tiles with added rockfalls and other detailing prior to being winterised for my post apoc and medieval 'snow bound' games.
It's not too heavy though with the extra Mdf tile and the gravel it is going to be heavier. I've never dropped it but I imagine it'd chip rather than fracture.
Snow Invader!
Or even 'Winter Invader'
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I take you mean chip a bone not fracture it when you drop it on your toe:)
Lol!
It might make it to BLAM so we can test it on a volunteer
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Excellent terrain tutorial 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Thanks :)
It's going through some changes at the mo, in this thread here:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=66620.msg818914#msg818914 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=66620.msg818914#msg818914)
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What a treat to revisit this thread again. :-*