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

[dijit]

absolutely fantastic work! 

[Captain Blood]

All looking jolly nice 

[Elk101]

All looking jolly nice 

It is indeed. This has a distinctive 'Silent Invader' style which I very much like.

[Romark]

Phew ! Pleased that "water" cured ok,I was worried 
Seriously though,all looking great Steve 

[Silent Invader]

Thanks folks, much appreciated 

The new water is doing fine but the old water is still a problem. Gawd knows what I was thinking of when I coated a water-based product with a non-breathing solvent-based skin, probably before it had 100% dried.

Anyways, I've scraped the bulk of the varnish away and experiment has shown that I can recolour with a top up (though of course this will add extra depth). More soon.

[Silent Invader]

So I gave the entire waterworks a top up, which should work albeit its added more depth which has eaten into my bank, rocks, wave crests, etc.

[Black Burt]

Bloody marvelous
 

[Romark]

So I gave the entire waterworks a top up, which should work albeit its added more depth which has eaten into my bank, rocks, wave crests, etc.

Oh no ! More worrying for me then 
I'm sure it'll turn out fine Steve,the boards are looking great 

Cheers

Keith

[Charlie_]

So does this wood glue not warp the boards when applied like this?

[Silent Invader]

Thanks for the comments folks 

Keith: deep breath and ..... calm.... 

So does this wood glue not warp the boards when applied like this?

Simplistically, without framing* there's always the risk of warpage. It's just a matter of eliminating or managing it as part of the overall tile build. In any event, if every tile is equally warped to a small degree then the overall visual effect can be that they are not.

In terms of elimination and management with regard to water features, I favour smaller, square tiles with a shallow pour and with some terrain features as 'stiffeners' to either side. There'll still be a draw with the first pour as it contracts and pulls the sides in but I usually bend the board over a table edge to flex it back as level as I can. It'll be interesting to see how the bay turns out as that is a very large pour.

*So I should frame then, right? Except framing adds weight and depth to the tile. Not so much per tile but I have well in excess of 100 tiles of 30cm sq, ranging from say 3cm depth to 30cm depth.

[Mitchelxen]

That looks great! We need something like that to playtest our canoe rules. We were just having a talk about a running fight in canoes down a river to lake. Where are you located? Anywhere near Canada?

[Silent Invader]

That looks great! We need something like that to playtest our canoe rules. We were just having a talk about a running fight in canoes down a river to lake. Where are you located? Anywhere near Canada?

Thanks 

Not in North America but the UK 

[Poiter50]

Many years ago there was a blog that had a canoe race set of rules. I'll see if I can find my electronic copy.

That looks great! We need something like that to playtest our canoe rules. We were just having a talk about a running fight in canoes down a river to lake. Where are you located? Anywhere near Canada?

[Silent Invader]

Many years ago there was a blog that had a canoe race set of rules. I'll see if I can find my electronic copy.

I recall that too

[manatic]

What an absolutely beautiful table