Making a waterfront - I (finaly) added some new material

[Melnibonean]

Greetings all,

I've seen quite a few beautiful London/Thames waterfront gaming boards on LAF over time and I've always wanted to do something along those lines myself. So I've started. I'm not the best terrain modeler but I'll give it my best and see what I can come up with.

The general concept is to make a waterfront section with a wharf and a nice big flat area with a bunch of modular buildings that can be placed to create variety (and make way for newer building when required).

I've started with a couple of old foam boards that I've had sitting around for a while. They are based on mdf but I've glued them to some larger mdf sheets for a 4' x 3' board. I also have another 3' x 18" piece so I can expand the board to 3' x 5.5'.

So far: Glued and some dents filled in.





I also have a bunch of wall sections that I've been using for sales displays for the past few years and they will make a nice river wall. This is it (not glued yet). A wooden wharf will sit where the gap in the wall appears.

[Malamute]

Looking good so far.

[oldskoolrebel]

Good start!

The walls; did you make 'em yourself?

Cheers
Andy

[Thunderchicken]

The walls; did you make 'em yourself?

Was going to ask the same thing. Looking forward to seeing how this develops.

[Melnibonean]

The walls; did you make 'em yourself?

Cheers
Andy

Yes. I was selling them at my online store (www.fiendishfabrications.com.au) for a couple of years but ceased making them a couple of months ago mainly because the weight of them made for expensive postage.

Help Question: I want the main area cobbled. Any ideas on some methods to do this nice and easy?

[Malamute]

Help Question: I want the main area cobbled. Any ideas on some methods to do this nice and easy?

Some wallpapers have embossed patterns that when painted  resemble cobbles. It might be worth a trip to your local DIY superstore to check some out.

[Doug ex-em4]

I'm not the best terrain modeler

If that means what I think it means, I'll be following this with even more interest than usual - I certainly fall in to that category myself...

Doug

[Traveler Man]

A promising start.  I'll watch your project with interest.

[Melnibonean]

Some wallpapers have embossed patterns that when painted  resemble cobbles. It might be worth a trip to your local DIY superstore to check some out.

Good idea I'll try that. Cheers.

[Thunderchicken]

Good idea I'll try that. Cheers.

If you dont have any luck let us know and I'd be happy to send you some. I've got heaps of the stuff.

[HerbyF]

I want the main area cobbled. Any ideas on some methods to do this nice and easy?

It's that time of year. Look at Christmas village stuff at the stores. I have picked up some brick & cobblestone mats fairly cheap. If you look for them after the holiday they will be even cheaper. It also comes in strips about 3" wide, just right for making roads.

[Hat Guy]

As HerbyF said, you can pick it up in the xmas section of Myers.

[OSHIROmodels]

Help Question: I want the main area cobbled. Any ideas on some methods to do this nice and easy?

I would go for the wallpaper route the Milly suggested but if you have the time and the patience and also the wish to go completely insane you can use half lentils, stuck down individually and then coated with a thin wash of wood glue. They look great but it takes smegging ages to even a small area 

cheers

James

[Melnibonean]

I would go for the wallpaper route the Milly suggested but if you have the time and the patience and also the wish to go completely insane you can use half lentils, stuck down individually and then coated with a thin wash of wood glue. They look great but it takes smegging ages to even a small area 

cheers

James

I've heared of this "lentil method" and crossed it straight off my list of options.
I found some pebbled wallpaper at the local decorating shop. They've ordered a roll of it for me. Should have it in a day or two.

[Melnibonean]

it's taken me a while to nut out how to do a large cobbled area.
I tried small gravel and glue... No good.
I tried the lentil method... No good.

But I eventually found Yoga Matting in my local hardware store. Fantastic! You can buy it by the metre so I bourght 3 metres which was enough to cover two 3' x 3' sections. Just added a couple of coats of dark grey and a lighter grey dry brush.

It came out nice. East to shape and glued it with that rubbery craft glue.

Yoga Matting


Painted result (not the best pics)

This is the first 3' x 3' section