Adtigo Planitia Lunae

[infelix]

Very nice board!

All these Lunar threads on here aren’t making it easy to not start my own .

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Thanks to all for your very kind comments.

I have picked up some sci-fi looking crates from Crooked Dice.



First decent weather for quite a while, so I sprayed the board black and then grey from one direction only.



Then I've put a water/glue mix on the board and added a layer of grouting powder.



When that's dry, I'm going to spray the surface with another water/glue mix which will hopefully keep the top layer of powder in place, fingers crossed!

[HerbertTarkel]

Fantastic looking terrain; spraying the base from one direction really makes it look like the moon with shadows. I used to have a large collection of lunar photos that NASA made, and it literally reminds me that! (They were donated to a museum archive)

[zemjw]

I think I'd have been happy stopping after the black and white spray

I had worried that some of the Amera craters were too tall, but they've bedded in very nicely. Looking forward to seeing this completed.

edited to fix spelling mistake

[Daeothar]

Looks like you indeed reached the lunar plains!

That looks awesome already 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Thanks all. I am hoping it will end up looking like this photo from China's Yutu Rover.

[mikedemana]

That's a great idea of spraying from only one direction to recreate the harsh shadows on the moon! This is looking fantastic...can't wait for everything to be finished and read your game reports. I'm sure there was a Snapcase who made it to the moon... 

Mike Demana

[Doug ex-em4]

That's a great idea of spraying from only one direction to recreate the harsh shadows on the moon! This is looking fantastic...can't wait for everything to be finished and read your game reports. I'm sure there was a Snapcase who made it to the moon... 

Mike Demana

Funny you should say that…..I’m sure his Lordship will be along soon with some more Snapcase details.

Doug

[Oldgamer]

This is really starting to look special, l am now wracked with guilt for settling for a neoprene mat!

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

This is really starting to look special, l am now wracked with guilt for settling for a neoprene mat!

Whereas, I am now wishing I went the neoprene mat way! Less work!   

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

That's a great idea of spraying from only one direction to recreate the harsh shadows on the moon! This is looking fantastic...can't wait for everything to be finished and read your game reports. I'm sure there was a Snapcase who made it to the moon... 

Mike Demana

Thanks, Mike.

It's not just a Snapcase who made it to the moon. Elon Snapcase, the CEO of the multi-national conglomerate corporation SNAPCORP ©, has opened a new space division in his company and built a launch pad and facilities at a secret base, somewhere in peaceful and secluded Devon. The year is 1979 and whilst it is no secret that NASA astronauts and Soviet Cosmonauts are on the moon, Elon Snapcase intends to secretly land the first British astronauts from SNAPCORP © in Mare Vaporum near the Manilius Crater. If there's money in the moon, Elon Snapcase wants some of it (or more aptly, all of it).

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

In a fit of enthusiasm, I started planning a second 2' x 2' board to include Zvezda Base. This will be the centrepiece.



Hopefully, the first board is finished. Just waiting for it to dry properly, still a few wet patches. Maybe some small bits to touch up.

[Cat]

Whereas, I am now wishing I went the neoprene mat way! Less work!   

I'm aiming just a little beyond neoprene, but still pretty light work and easy to transport that I've used for DBA — carpet spray painted with stone texture paint, starting with a medium grey carpet, and spraying black from one direction at a low angle and then very light grey from the opposite side.  Then I can spray craters and rock tumbles the same way.
 
Had considered neoprene, but wanted 3D lunology.

[Cat]

In a fit of enthusiasm, I started planning a second 2' x 2' board to include Zvezda Base. This will be the centrepiece.

Ooh, that base looks nice.  As the otaku kids say, "Sauce?" (source please?)  I hope it's an STL as I'll need to scale up.
 
I've been looking at the Crooked Dice crates you showed earlier, those do look like a very good option.

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Ooh, that base looks nice.  As the otaku kids say, "Sauce?" (source please?)  I hope it's an STL as I'll need to scale up.

Cat, I bought it printed from here: JAWAR3D

I think they design their own products, so not sure if STLs are available. However, it does say they can print to any scale.