| Cacique Caribe | 01 Nov 2007 3:29 p.m. PST |
Has anyone made a terrain table of a secret underground base? If so, any photos you can share? I also want to see what you did to give it a solid concrete look, hopefully something like this: picture Thanks!!! CC
TMP link |
| Col Stone | 01 Nov 2007 3:57 p.m. PST |
I'm not sure if it would work, but maybe you could put maskingtape along foamboard walls and then add some really fine sand to PVA for brush on texture,, that would probably give you a good impression of concrete.. best to try on some not important bit first :) |
| Smokey Roan | 01 Nov 2007 3:58 p.m. PST |
I paint with acrylac, pour on sand, then paint over. Effective. |
| Smokey Roan | 01 Nov 2007 4:04 p.m. PST |
A convincing concrete is the white foam sheets with sticky backing. They can be scribed, and just a very light wash of flat black makes it look like concrete. Great for sidewalks, concrete floors as well. |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 Nov 2007 4:05 p.m. PST |
Any pics of what the final product looks like? CC |
| SeattleGamer | 01 Nov 2007 4:23 p.m. PST |
Well … probably not what you are looking for, but I always liked the look of the Worldworks Games cardstock sets Platform Command found here:
link And the follow-up set, Red Sector, found here:
link Both remind me perhaps, more of a James Bond underground base, or an Aliens genre base, because of the steel floors and walkways. But as underground bases go, they are quite nice IMHO. For that matter, Firstlight:
link And Mars Station:
link Can also give one ideas. The former set is designed for spaceships, but those textures can be right at home for underground bases with narrow corridors. Steve |
| Detailed Casting Products | 01 Nov 2007 5:02 p.m. PST |
Sorry CC. I can't show you any pics of my secret underground base. It wouldn't be secret, then. Ohhh, you mean miniatures terrain? Nope, haven't done any yet. Now, back to my hideout… |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 Nov 2007 6:57 p.m. PST |
|
dampfpanzerwagon  | 02 Nov 2007 3:48 a.m. PST |
Maybe not perfect – but still worthwhile checking this site; link Tony |
| Cacique Caribe | 02 Nov 2007 8:20 p.m. PST |
Smokeyroan, How about cutting 2 inch strips of 1/2 inch thick pink board (expanded polystyrene), adding buttresses and such, and then doing the sand thing on that? I would assume that it would involve use of the absolute finest grain sand, as uniform as possible (like the sand used in bottled sand art – available at craft stores)? How is that for a start? CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 02 Nov 2007 8:26 p.m. PST |
|
| Smokey Roan | 02 Nov 2007 8:32 p.m. PST |
Thats the ticket, cc. Except you can buy ultra fine sand in bulk at Home Depot much cheaper. :) |
| Detailed Casting Products | 02 Nov 2007 10:09 p.m. PST |
I buy clean sand in 50# bags for $3.49. It's fairly fine "beach style" sand and works very well for my purposes. Here are a few new 2" thick stackable "table rock" pieces for a transportable terrain board using the sand to add color, texture and strength to the Styro0 picture |
| Detailed Casting Products | 02 Nov 2007 10:10 p.m. PST |
Oh, and I forgot to say that I get the sand at Home Depot . |
| Cacique Caribe | 02 Nov 2007 10:19 p.m. PST |
|
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Nov 2007 10:30 p.m. PST |
Scientist types like these sound nice for Area 51's cloning labs: link CC |
| 28mmMan | 04 Nov 2007 10:32 a.m. PST |
|
| Cacique Caribe | 05 Nov 2007 2:31 p.m. PST |
|
| RabidFox | 07 Nov 2007 12:43 a.m. PST |
Have you tried combining Dwarven Forge's Master Maze Cavern sets with their Science Fiction Master Maze sets.
You could easily set up an underground facility that way. |
| Cacique Caribe | 21 Nov 2007 12:38 a.m. PST |
IrishSerb is doing an amazing job here: TMP link CC |
| RabidFox | 21 Nov 2007 12:45 a.m. PST |
His structure looks good.
How does he plan to store it? |
| Blackhawk1 | 21 Nov 2007 8:44 a.m. PST |
There is a link in this thread to my underground base set-up using Dwarven Forge sci-fi terrain:
TMP link I also use this 3 level board for dungeouns, etc. |
| Cacique Caribe | 21 Nov 2007 8:52 a.m. PST |
Wow!!! I love the multiple level set up. Many thanks, Blackhawk1. CC |
| RabidFox | 21 Nov 2007 11:39 a.m. PST |
Hi Blackhawk1,
Nice to see that set-up again.
The adventure sounded like a blast when I heard it the last time and it is the gift that keeps on giving this time too.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
You too CC. |
| elijahdprophet | 21 Nov 2007 6:54 p.m. PST |
Certain colors of this
link can work well for cement, at lest in 25-30mm stuff. For anything smaller the particles are too big for realistic cement. I am tempted to try and build a Soviet era missle base for 28s now… |
| Cacique Caribe | 22 Mar 2008 1:17 p.m. PST |
Some of Matakishi's suggestions here can definitely be used for making convincing walls and tunnels too: link CC |
| uti long smile | 22 Mar 2008 4:42 p.m. PST |
|
| Cyclops | 23 Mar 2008 1:55 a.m. PST |
Masonry paint looks good for concrete. It's got very fine sand already in the paint. Covering something with fine sand and then painting over it looks OK for streets, roads etc, but I think it's too coarse for walls. Masonry paint is just fine. Bought a tub at Wilkinsons (UK) for £8.00 GBP a few years ago and I'm only about a third of the way through. That includes using itfor its intended purpose (touching up the outside of the house). |
| Cacique Caribe | 14 Jul 2008 11:28 p.m. PST |
|
| Cacique Caribe | 14 Jul 2008 11:46 p.m. PST |
|
| Cacique Caribe | 18 Dec 2008 12:56 p.m. PST |
These could be used as the entrance to the base, right? link More recent discussion on the subject: TMP link CC
PS. For figures of agents:
TMP link
Need "mood music"?:
TMP link |
| Cacique Caribe | 19 Dec 2008 4:36 p.m. PST |
Wow. Not underground, but still awesome: link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 09 Jan 2009 12:17 p.m. PST |
How about the agents thwarting this 3-part evil genius plan? TMP link CC |
