Kent Reuber  | 02 Sep 2008 9:04 p.m. PST |
So, I'm almost ready to move beyond the felt I've been using for roads and rivers. I'm interested in well priced decent looking roads and rivers for smaller figures (2mm-15mm). I'm located in the US, so products made in the US or products with good international shipping rates are a bonus. |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 02 Sep 2008 9:13 p.m. PST |
Take your felt cut outs and do what I did: 1) squeeze acrylic caulking over them, 2) run tracks or whatever on them, 3) wait a day or so for them to dry, 4) Dry brush with various colours. My friend added some flock on the edges of his for his ACE set up, but I didn't bother with mine. Some pics: picture picture picture I got the idea from Lloyd Nikolas 6 or 7 years ago: link --
Tim |
| Titchmonster | 02 Sep 2008 9:40 p.m. PST |
Ditto Bird,
What brand of Caulking did you use? Is it available in the US? |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 02 Sep 2008 10:33 p.m. PST |
I used Mono indoor/outdoor. I'm up in Canada. about the only thing that's different down there are the types of chocolate bars and McYuck's in the US doesn't have vinegar packets.  Other than that, a lot of stuff is the same. Oh yeah, you guys have to suffer with phillips screw driver heads instead of robertson… I think any caulking brand would work – the major thing is to avoid the silicone types. Most caulking tubes will tell you if it is paintable or not and that's what you want. A word of caution, these things always maintain a slight stickiness. I'm not sure if a matt spray would help with that. The roads in my pictures were made in two differrnt batches, hmmm 7 or 8 years ago and 5 years ago. They're not sticky any more, but I used to store them wth wax paper between each layer of them. BTW. you don't need to use felt – a thinner material would work fine, I'm sure – I think Lloyd uses a thinner material. the nice thing about these is that you can drape them over lumy terrain without too much trouble – this is a photo I just shared with someone who PMed me and is one of my hills with a couple of road sections climbing up to the top: picture
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Tim |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 02 Sep 2008 10:34 p.m. PST |
lumy = lumpy I'm up working late… |
| Kent Reuber | 03 Sep 2008 3:53 a.m. PST |
The road pictures look great. Have you done rivers the same way? |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 03 Sep 2008 12:21 p.m. PST |
No, my wife set me up with stain glass paints on thin plastic. I'm not 100% with the two sets of rivers I did, but what's nice about this paint is it shines. I have a section on my site on how I deal with water generally, and there is some instruction there on how to do it: link The above link has a number of picture links, some of which I show here: picture picture picture --
Tim |
John Leahy  | 03 Sep 2008 7:44 p.m. PST |
Hey Tim. I made my caulk roads on wax paper. I later peeled the paper off and have not had any issues with them falling apart. In fact I need to make some more. thanks, John |
| dooger | 06 Oct 2008 7:14 a.m. PST |
I've used this stuff to make roads, and despite dry-brushing afterwards I find it is still "tacky"….to the extent that when you lift your tank or whatever to move it along the road, the whole section of road comes with the tank.
Any idea how to de-sticky it??? |
| dooger | 06 Oct 2008 7:15 a.m. PST |
PS I'm in the UK but that shouldn't make any difference!! |
Gabriel Landowski  | 14 Jan 2009 1:35 p.m. PST |
I've base coated mine with Rustolium Chalkboard Black paint and that seemed to help seal them up. I also mixed in some fine sand sprinkled over the surface and I think that helped too…. |
