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Cacique Caribe23 Jun 2009 5:57 a.m. PST

You guys might remember this previous thread:

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Ok. I went to Walmart and bought a pack of 4 tiles (around $10 USD here) and went to work.

I made two large hills and about 7 boulder "spires" (for lack of a better word), very much like the ones here, but not as high of course:

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After I glued the pieces with plastic cement and allowed them to dry under heavy phone books, I went to work on roughing the edges with a hobby knife and a little contouring.

Then I applied 2 heavy coats of straight PVA to seal the surfaces and add strength. They have turned out pretty strong and should resist any crumbling now.

The sheets are each 3/8" thick. And the two large stepped hills are about 6 sheet thicknesses high, while the smaller pieces are 3-4 sheet thicknesses high.

I am very, very pleased with the results so far. I suspect I may need to place them on 1/4 mdf pieces but, for now, it looks like there's no or minimal shrinkage.

I'll try to take and post photos this weekend.

CC
PS. The hills will be used with my Rebel Minis Sahadeen. I think they are fantastic figures and deserve a proper desert canyon environment to hide in and defend:
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Cacique Caribe23 Jun 2009 6:32 a.m. PST

PS-2 I made the steps on the hills wide enough so I can still use them with my 28mm figures.

As you know, I have not given up on 28mm. I'm just "diversifying". :)

CC

Cacique Caribe23 Jun 2009 7:40 a.m. PST

If I were home right now, instead of in hotel rooms, I would have tried to imitate what Irish Serb did here:

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That is absolutely fantastic work!

Mine will work for my needs, and are extremely easy to do, but will not be anywhere near as nice as his.

CC

Xintao23 Jun 2009 10:23 a.m. PST

Look forward to the photos


Xin

Cacique Caribe23 Jun 2009 6:49 p.m. PST

I guess I tried to follow some of the suggestions here, but tried to go a step further to make permanent and strong stepped hills:

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CC

Cacique Caribe28 Jun 2009 12:57 p.m. PST

Xintao, here ya go:

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So what do you think of them so far?

CC

Glenn M28 Jun 2009 1:10 p.m. PST

Wow, those look great. I am thinking doing some now as well. They'd look great with my Zuzzy Wastelands mat and the Hirst Arts Water Cavern walls.

Eli Arndt28 Jun 2009 1:16 p.m. PST

Good stuff CC,

I had asked questions on another thread that are answered here. Deleted those questions.

You are a bit hard to track at time CC. Your posts are fun to read but you reference other links so often that it's easy to get turned around and lose track of where you are in the present.

Good stuff though as always.

-Eli

Cacique Caribe28 Jun 2009 3:00 p.m. PST

Thanks, guys.

Eli, sorry about all the confusion. I was trying to keep the most recent stuff in this "Part II" of the topic.

I'm very pleased with how many pieces (and the look, of course) you can make with just 2 packs of 4-tiles (each pack at $9.99).

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The apparent glossiness should go away once I spray paint them with flat spray colors.

CC

Eli Arndt28 Jun 2009 4:21 p.m. PST

The glossiness might be desirable for a glassy, volcanic terrain. Maybe paint it with various gloss blacks and such.

-Eli

Cacique Caribe02 Jul 2009 1:30 p.m. PST

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I am actually planning on a color scheme that will work for a number of Martian-like (or Tatooine-like) settings:

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CC

Cacique Caribe06 Oct 2009 9:23 p.m. PST

Here is my "Mars Board":

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The hills still remain un-based and unpainted. That is next.

CC

Cacique Caribe17 Oct 2009 1:42 a.m. PST

Look here:

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So, how did I do?

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AWuuuu17 Oct 2009 2:15 a.m. PST

I love your cork terrain
easy to do, very evocative and i don't have to paint or flock it !!

If only i knew where to get cuch cork here…
Bu i am looking

Cacique Caribe26 Dec 2009 5:58 p.m. PST

Guys,

Check out what JRacel has done with cork!

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Dan

Alxbates01 Dec 2011 7:43 p.m. PST

Dude, that looks fantastic!

I think I'm going to try something similar, and cover mine with assorted jungle plants…

War Monkey23 Sep 2013 6:20 p.m. PST

So what have become of this terrain and what have you done with them lately

Cacique Caribe24 Sep 2013 1:33 p.m. PST

Wow. I can't believe how quick time flies and how easy it is to forget that you've started really cool projects when you suddenly have to drop everything and go on business travel. Then, when you eventually get back, you find that you forgot which box you put them in.

Well, believe it or not I found them. They've been in plastic bin for the last 3-4 years!

I was really excited about this project too. So many projects, so little time …

Dan

War Monkey24 Sep 2013 7:51 p.m. PST

Man I really like the way those look, I figured you had them finished, I'll have to give them a try.

I feel your pain so many projects to do and so little time.

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