Author Topic: More CD-based terrain (Tutorial Part 2, 21 Apr/09) (Read 7248 times)

Wirelizard · « **on:** January 07, 2009, 07:05:59 AM »

I've really come to like CDs as terrain bases - they're solid, impervious to warping no matter how you flood them with glue or paint, and they're a great size for those of us with limited working & storage space!

I did a pair of jungle ruin CDs in mid-2008, and my holiday project recently turned out to be three new CDs of scenery: (Flickr Photo Page)

The new ones are: one more mysterious overgrown ruin (Sculpey, flock, scenic foam), one low hill with path (scrap foamcore, flock, etc) and one dirt/gravel road (scrap foamcore, flock, etc): (Flickr Photo Page)

Here's a closeup of the road: (Flickr Photo Page)

Finally, a WIP shot of the new ruin:

(Flickr Photo Page). I'm going to do at least a couple more road CDs, and some taller small hills with scrap pink styrofoam.

I might put some proper trees on some of these CDs, but I have a love/hate relationship with larger model trees: they look great, but they're a bugger to store & transport, and fragile... I might try some wire-core trees in the style of Hazel's olive trees, and see how tough they are. Something taller than the current scrubby bushes would make it more jungle-like than they currently are.

I'll also do a proper series of WIP shots and a how-to for my style of CD terrain, if people are interested.

Edit because Flickr is being dumb about showing photos here, for some reason. Click on the "Flickr Photo Page" link near each photo for larger images and some other notes...

Col.Stone · « **Reply #1 on:** January 07, 2009, 09:08:10 AM »

Nice, CD terrain rocks

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2009, 10:04:17 AM »

Nice work. What glue do you use to stick things to the CD?

Wirelizard · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2009, 03:13:01 PM »

Quote from: twrchtrwyth on January 07, 2009, 10:04:17 AM

Nice work. What glue do you use to stick things to the CD?

Ordinary white glue/PVA works fine, although I use superglue to attach the Sculpey ruin bits and the foamcore.

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2009, 05:11:30 PM »

Cheers.

Hitman · « **Reply #5 on:** January 07, 2009, 05:13:44 PM »

Great job...I have a bunch of old AOL CD's, vegetation, cork, etc. just waiting to get put together for the same sort of effect ...thanks for the inspiration to get this project completed sometime this year!!

BigMecha · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2009, 04:53:59 AM »

that is great work!

You could probably sell these!

Saya · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2009, 12:57:39 AM »

perfect idea!!!! I used soon, without doubt

The Rock · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2009, 04:17:39 PM »

Good idea. I have a lot of old CD and I'll use them as base for jungle vegetation terrain

Commander Vyper · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2009, 10:35:53 PM »

Quote from: The Rock on February 17, 2009, 04:17:39 PM

Good idea. I have a lot of old CD and I'll use them as base for jungle vegetation terrain

Got my LoTR stuff out of the attic a few weekends ago, all the moria/middle earth ruins I did were mounted on AOL freebie cds. Painted them up at least 5 ytears ago, look great. Will get picutres up at some stage.

The Commander

Mr. Peabody · « **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2009, 04:57:01 PM »

Yup, some of the nicest CD terrain stuff I've seen! Did you ever do the Step-By-Step?
A nice zepplin's-eye view of how you make your CD stuff would be of use to the curious.

Thomas

knitemare · « **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2009, 05:50:23 PM »

I think I can figure out how to get terrain on the CDs, I make a lot of terrain with MDF. This would be a nice way to use all those junk CDs. I'm curious about one thing though, how do you cover up the hole?

marko.oja · « **Reply #12 on:** April 14, 2009, 06:41:05 PM »

Quote from: knitemare on April 14, 2009, 05:50:23 PM

I think I can figure out how to get terrain on the CDs, I make a lot of terrain with MDF. This would be a nice way to use all those junk CDs. I'm curious about one thing though, how do you cover up the hole?

Actually, it occurred to me a while back when thinking about how to put together my CD-terrain, that perhaps you shouldn't do that - if you dont, you could use CD covers without their lids to hold the terrain pieces, and buy cheap "CD-towers" to store your terrain. Dont really know if this is a good idea, but I'm sure I'll give this more thought when we move to our new-and-much-bigger apartment in under two weeks. If it works I'm sure I'll harass you all with my amazing lack of photographic skills

Marko

Wirelizard · « **Reply #13 on:** April 14, 2009, 11:48:08 PM »

Quote from: knitemare on April 14, 2009, 05:50:23 PM

I think I can figure out how to get terrain on the CDs, I make a lot of terrain with MDF. This would be a nice way to use all those junk CDs. I'm curious about one thing though, how do you cover up the hole?

I used a scrap of paper & glue; wet the paper, saturate it with slightly dilute glue, and leave it to dry (probably overnight) and it's a surprisingly strong base to build scenery on.

Some pieces I used other things to cover the hole, mostly bits of Sculpey clay ruins & rocks.

Link to my Flickr page

Mr. Peabody · « **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2009, 01:48:04 AM »

Excellent. Hold my calls and chill a case of Slurm, I'm getting out the old Cd's.

Thanks Wirelizard!

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