IHMN game boards (Guide to Cobbles on page 4)

[Captain Blood]

Then I shall add you to my list of must sees.

Looking forward to meeting you

Now you just sound gay 

[Craig]

Now you just sound gay 

The wife has her suspicions... 

[Thunderchicken]

Looking forward to meeting you

He was pouting his lips when he said it 

[fastolfrus]

I use Lentils Verte as they have a nice colour variation and are a good size. They do have their skins on though so make sure you don't get them wet as it can cause it to lift.

What happens when you put the diluted pva on?

Have you considered using cloves? Whole cloves are a good shape and colour, quite hard too, and would give your dock an exotic aroma.....
We have a shop locally that sells them in 1kg bags

[Dewbakuk]

Not considered cloves no. I'll take a look next time I'm in the spice row though. Using lentils is a known method for diorama and railway makers so I just copied them and experimented with application methods.

I'll let you know how they hold up when I spray them. They should be fine though as the pva will prevent it from soaking the lentils. The idea is to saturate the sand without leaving standing water on it etc. The ones I've seen done held up okay, I suspect the glue and sand would hold it together if a skin did lift.

[Dewbakuk]

Nothing too exciting this evening, mostly cutting things to size. Cut lots of balsa dowel into short lengths for the dock wall, unfortunately ran out so I need to get some more. Here's a pic with a Byzantine Varangian for scale.


IMG_0530 by dewbakuk


Also cut some foamcore to act as low walling for the edge overlooking the street board. It'll make it neater on that side and will act as an anchor point for the fencing.


IMG_0531 by dewbakuk



On a more interesting note, I have made a useful discovery
My wife has a tendency to fiddle with things when not busy. I have to be careful what I leave on my desk by the computer as she has whittled bits of wood or otherwise messed about with things absentmindedly while using the computer. The other day I put a 4Ground wagon sprue and the tools to build it on a tray and left it next to her on the settee while I made cups of tea. When I came back she had removed bits from the sprue and was looking sheepish. I just laughed and asked if she wanted to build it. I had to go find her the instructions (which I obviously ignore ) but after pointing out the bits that needed cleaning up, she happily sat there and built it.

So tonight I decided to try an experiment and left said tray of tools and an outbuilding next to her and easy access to the other outbuildings I needed. This was the result 


IMG_0532 by dewbakuk

[Johnno]

Quite the useful discovery. 

[Elk101]

A bit like the 'Elves and the Shoemaker'!

Can't wait to see the finished board.

[Craig]

You are one lucky chap. My wife would use them as a coffee coaster...

[Kes]

Like all the buildings, looks like the table will be superb. I'll make sure I drop by at Salute - where did you get the warehouse from?

[Dewbakuk]

The warehouse in the pic is a test piece but I'll have two of them finished at Salute. They're being made for me by 4Ground and will be a commercial product once we've ironed out some problems. Not sure any will be available at Salute but 4Ground have a stand so they might manage to get some extras done in time. They should have the three storey terraces they're doing for me though, again the one in the pics is a test piece but the final one will be similar.

[Mason]

This is starting to look very impressive.
I had my doubts on the whole lentil thing.
I just thought it would be too tedious and take too long, but it really does look good and is obviously viable for such a large area.
 

On a more interesting note, I have made a useful discovery
.........tonight I decided to try an experiment and left said tray of tools and an outbuilding next to her and easy access to the other outbuildings I needed. This was the result 

The truth is starting to leak out now, sir.

It is Mrs Dewbakuk who is REALLY making these boards, isnt it?
You are just the frontman really.
You have been rumbled, sir!
 

[Craig]

Hi Dewk,

Can we assume that we're going to get a progress report over the Easter holidays? I hope that Mrs Dewk will forgive us 

I am so looking forwards to seeing and playing on these boards at Salute. Three weeks and counting...

[Traveler Man]

The cobblestones look very effective. I'm sure they'll look great once painted. 

[Dewbakuk]

Only done small bits over the last couple of days and I had to work today. The walls have been attached at the back and the wall surfaces have mostly been covered by the stone texture I'm using. Unfortunately I ran out of the textured plasticard so tomorrow will involve me going looking for more, as I cleared out the usual shop.

Should mean that I can pull it all together over the next couple of days and then it's just down to painting. I'll take a picture once the walls are done.