FIW: UD 13/5 More Warlord plastic conversions & a skiff

[Silent Invader]

Not blue or green, no. Though for my Second Afghan War board I have used it clear:



EDIT: There are a couple of Evostik wood glues, the one I use for everything and more that I'd use PVA for, is the blue bottle in the top right corner:

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Thanks again. So, is this the one you use for the water?

[Silent Invader]

That's the one.

This is what it looks like after a partial cure of the first layer:



The bubbles will disappear under the second layer.

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Excellent, thanks for your help on that. I'm away at the moment but when I get home I'm going to give that a try. Looking forward to seeing more of your work on this, very inspiring, cheers!   

[Silent Invader]

Excellent, thanks for your help on that. I'm away at the moment but when I get home I'm going to give that a try. Looking forward to seeing more of your work on this, very inspiring, cheers!   

You're welcome: just be sure to have a practise first so as to manage the contraction, etc. 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

just be sure to have a practise first so as to manage the contraction

Good point, I'll have a try on an old bit of MDF first. Does it cause a problem on high-density pink insulation foam (the kind they used to sell in Wickes)?

[Silent Invader]

Good point, I'll have a try on an old bit of MDF first. Does it cause a problem on high-density pink insulation foam (the kind they used to sell in Wickes)?

I've glued to it without problems but never actually laid a 'river' direct into it.

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Sorry, I feel like I'm hijacking your thread now!

I'll try some experiments and see what happens. many thanks for your help.   

[Silent Invader]

You're welcome 

[horridperson]

The shot at the top of the page looks wonderful.  I can almost hear the roiling water!

[Hammers]

Wow. That is vivid! Is it slightly spongy? Presumably won't matter once you've covered it with filler and texture...

Real women use concrete blocks for yoga.

[Silent Invader]

Real women use concrete blocks for yoga.

 

Currently binge-watching Vikings Series 4 and it's giving the clear impression that the forebears of Nordic women were attractive, sexy, fierce and as hard-as-nails...... 

[Silent Invader]

An update on the water and rectifying a balls-up.....

Caveat: the table surface is not level and 8 of the 12 tiles overhang the table edge, thus the tiles are not perfectly aligned!

I've started laying out the tiles for the first game (there are quite a few more but they don't work so well for FIW) in order to tweak matching of vegetation, rocks and water. Have to say that I'm very pleased with the vegetation and the rocks, with the new tiles working very nicfky with the old:





The edges of the water have contracted nicely and just need trimming back and some infill in places to fill gaps:



The balls-up is with regard to the older water tiles. I sprayed all the tiles with a Matt hairspray as a fixative for any stray flock fibres but it took the sheen off the water. So I'd gloss varnished the water. Big mistake! There seems to have been a reaction over time and some lifting of the varnish with the old water now having a grey sheen to it. Clearly I need to do some rectification which might just amount to a wipe with white spirit or even a new top coat of the water. Ho hum.

[Mason]

That looks exceedingly good!
 

Do you also make cakes, sir?
 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

The tiles are looking great. I think this might be the way forward for me, certainly easier to store.