Tips and tricks for painting barding please...

[jon_1066]

I just have, Fireforge Games... the price of failure.

 

A wise choice.  It’s not enough to do one good lion.  You have to be able to repeat it consistently since it is repeated multiple times and they all need to look the same

[Harry Faversham]

King Harry the Lionfart, most gallant and noble Knight, in the Realm of the Oblong Table...

[Atheling]

Sorted then 

[Harry Faversham]

Yep sorted. King Harry will be leading his Knights of the Oblong Table, this Wednesday afternoon, on a raid to punish Ser Barrington-Bonehead for dastardlies committed!

[Atheling]

Did you make those terrain board Harry or buy?

If the latter I'd love to hear where you got them from please?

[Harry Faversham]

I bought them from the Bazaar, some years ago now. Bad news is the only thing I know for certain is the company (who's name I never learned) is no longer trading.The finish is a tad simple, for example the river is stunning bright gloss blue, giving a cartoony look which serves my tongue in cheek games perfectly. Kallistra's ready flocked hills blend in OK, making the finished look pleasingly cheap and cheerful.
But the peasta-di-resistonce is, they're reversible, to make a playing field for the Crudators!

 

[Atheling]

Thanks Harry. At first I thought they were Total System Scenic but they look to be more 20-25mm thick as opposed to 50mm thick.

Are they made of of some kind of wood or are they polystyrene or extruded polystyrene (craftfoam)?

[Harry Faversham]

Polystyrene, coated with a very durable and hard wearing flock. I've been trying for ages to find/remember the makers to try and glean some more from fleabay. One of their sets was a rocky coastline/beach, ideal for anything from Viking raids to D-Day.

[Atheling]

Polystyrene, coated with a very durable and hard wearing flock. I've been trying for ages to find/remember the makers to try and glean some more from fleabay. One of their sets was a rocky coastline/beach, ideal for anything from Viking raids to D-Day.

Thanks again mate, my quest continues.

I would take a leap into making the terrain board myself but I've had a lot of work done on the house, which I have to leave for a few days because of (dare I say it) Covid; so at the moment it's just not practicable.

[Johnny Boy]

Gentlemen, The Terrain looks to me like Purbeck Terrain. A gaming buddy of mine had a a lot of it back in the mid noughties. For polystyrene terrain it was pretty good and most layouts could be achieved with the exception of diagonal roads etc for obvious reasons. You could try fleabay  as a source as the company are long gone. Hope that helps.
JB