Making Roads

[tp_1983]

I've been making some simple roads on my blog this week.

http://www.bolt-thrower-miniatures.co.uk/2016/02/terrain-building-raods.html

[ZeroTwentythree]

Very nice. I've been wanting to make some roads like this but have been afraid of using card for fear of warping. Looks like yours turned out fine!

[tp_1983]

Yeah, mounting card is pretty good at staying flat. I've used it for buildings as well.

[**GS**]

Hi there! The roads look really good.
Wen it comes to having modular roads staying flat, just try mounting them on cloth and building them from DIY acrilycs, sand and paint instead of white glue and sand.
My roads are long, can be folded and come flat in minutes.

Have a look:




They are made from teddy fur and DIY acrilycs, sand and paint.

Cheers
GS

[Nord]

Wow, that's a really nice board. I like the way the road seems sunken into the land, seems more integrated somehow. Any secret tips on how you made your board?

[**GS**]

I don't want to hijack this thread:

Battlemat:

I made it myself and that's how it works:

You need:
- A suitable peace of cloth, not too fine (I got mine from a shop selling leftovers)
- A fitting even surface as big as the cloth.
- 1-3 tubes of white acrylic paste to fill joints with (Do't know the exact word). Take the cheap stuff from the DIY shop (max 1$/€ per tube).
- The acrylic paints to color the acrylic paste with (I also take the cheap paint from the DIY shop)
- sand from the next playground (no costs)
- Grass flock in the colors you like (about 300 g of which you will keep about 120 g)
- I prefer one and off rubber gloves for the task.


What you do:
Fix the cloth to an even surface. At least use weights. Better to screw or nail it to a board or frame.
Mix up the acrylic paste with the paints and about 1/3 of this mass in sand. Make it be a smooth muddy substance.
Take on the gloves and smear the mud onto the cloth. Make the mud about 2-3 mm high. If you like a fixed road in your mat, you can model it now.
Onto the still wet mud you apply the grass flock in patches you feel appropriate for your personal mat  .
Leave it to dry for at least 8 hours better 12-14. Drying time depends on weather, heating and frame or board you used.

After drying time you carefully take off the excess grass flock with handbrush and shovel.
If you like it do some dry brushing to highlight the sand in the mat.

here you are.

You can fold the mat, roll it and it will not break.

Costs: 13 € for 6' x 4' mat

Description taken (stolen) from sweetwater-forum

Regarding the roads refer to this part:

...
Mix up the acrylic paste with the paints and about 1/3 of this mass in sand. Make it be a smooth muddy substance.
Take on the gloves and smear the mud onto the cloth. Make the mud about 2-3 mm high. If you like a fixed road in your mat, you can model it now.
...

I took teddy fur instead of cloth for the roads modelled the road as described and painted the fur with acrylics. The fur makes the road seem sunken in. And I still have a modular gaming table with hundreds of uses (Though only 4-6 actual uses per year...)

Greetings GS

[tp_1983]

That is a lovely board!

Yeah, the trouble with my method is they do look a bit 'plonked' like they are not part of the scenery. I may give your method a go.