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Offline Captain Blood

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Re: Recipe for textured terrain boards
« Reply #15 on: May 19, 2014, 06:49:08 PM »
I have some shelving in my garage. Plus some get leant up against a wall  :)

Offline Poiter50

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Re: Recipe for textured terrain boards
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2014, 03:02:15 AM »
Bakery trolleys?

Captain Blood your work is AMAZING!  ;D ;D ;D

But I have one huge question. How do you store your boards? I cannot imagine that you discard them so you have to have a means of storing them. I have always hesitated to make said boards because of the amount of room they would take up. I am contemplating making a small 3x4 board to use for my skirmish games. So how do you do it and maybe share a picture or two if its something more creative then leaning them up against the wall.

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Re: Recipe for textured terrain boards
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2014, 07:32:27 AM »
Keith - my patent gloop is pva / sand / emulsion paint mix liberally applied over the top of the plaster and styrofoam superstructure, used on styrofoam boards.

See my terrain board projects here:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=12619.15

And here:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=20284.0

You can thicken this mixture and make it as rough or smooth as you like by adding more sand / coarser sand / different grades of grit.

Including a generously liberal amount of PVA in with the sand / paint mix, means the finished surface sets hard and plasticised - but retains a little flexibility too.

I use exactly the same concoction for basing all my figures too.

I really wouldn't buy GW 'basing sand' or any other ludicrous little pots from Gale Force 9, Army Painter or anyone else...
As I'm sure you know, you can buy a bloody great sack of builders' sand from B&Q for a quid. Or from your local builders merchant for a couple of quid. One sack will last you a wargaming and modelling lifetime. (You can always sieve it to get the grade you require... )
Selling an eggcupful of 'Acme model brand' sand in a plastic tub for £4.99, has to be one of the biggest scams in the history of man ;)


Cheers Richard
Don't even need to buy sand mate (I work in the building industry  ;) )

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Re: Recipe for textured terrain boards
« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2014, 07:36:21 AM »
Bakery trolleys?


I just remembered, that horticulturists use some trolleys (they are called 'containers here)  about 1.5-2 meters long, basically a flatbed on wheels on which can be put some corner posts (about 2 meters high) that can hold a large number of shelves,

They are probably expensive, though...  :?

EDIT:

http://www.container-centralen.dk/cc%20products/cc%20container.aspx
« Last Edit: May 20, 2014, 07:38:59 AM by Argonor »
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« Last Edit: May 23, 2014, 09:44:45 PM by Amalric »

 

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