Sci fi terrain tiles

[blacksoilbill]

I've just built some terrain tiles for my Pulp Alley meets Rogue Trader project. There's a tutorial over on my blog if you'd like to see how. http://preacherbyday.blogspot.com/2015/04/sci-fi-terrain-tile-tutorial.html

[FunkyBrush]

This looks great. Thanks for the turorial.

[Michka]

Damn that look nice.

[blacksoilbill]

Thanks. They do come up well for a very simple technique.

[Dewbakuk]

They look great.

[verd]

Great work! Thanks for sharing.

[n815e]

That is nice work.

[d phipps]

Excellent work, Bill! I'm looking forward to seeing the tiles in action. 

[Andym]

They DO look good!

Are you just painting the lines on the cork? I believe cork is fairly soft, why not inscribe them first before painting?

[blacksoilbill]

Thanks. The lines are just painted on. In my experience at least, cork doesn't scribe all that well. It tends to pull up all the little cork bits and leaves a pretty ragged line.

[Westfalia Chris]

Most impressive, indeed. At first glance, it looks remarkably 3D. I wonder if you could do the black lines with a fine pen, but the following white highlights would possibly smudge the ink...

I'm also fascinated by the surface effect. All the cork stuff I've found so far seem to have a rather prominent pattern (due to the growth patterns, obviously) which bleeds through all my attemps to disguise it other than textured paint.

[blacksoilbill]

Yes, the effect is quite convincing. When I showed my kids, they all ran their fingers over the tile, expecting to feel the lines.

I'd love to see a photo of the cork you've used. It sounds quite different but I'm having trouble picturing what it looks like. This stuff has a pattern based on the granules of cork compressed together, but it's flat enough to give you a bit of texture without being too bumpy. That's one of the reasons I love it compared to foam core - the texture is already there. It also cuts so much better.