| Captain Apathy | 05 Jul 2010 5:22 p.m. PST |
What is your favorite material for making buildings for you miniatures games? Personally I prefer cork tiles, even though they are hard to find. Whats your favorite? |
| Toaster | 05 Jul 2010 5:23 p.m. PST |
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| Cerberus0311 | 05 Jul 2010 5:36 p.m. PST |
Foam core, or for mass producing large numbers of buildings quickly a block of styrofoam and a hot knife. Now detailed and show off buildings are foam core or cork depending on what I want when I am finished. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 05 Jul 2010 5:43 p.m. PST |
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| galvinm | 05 Jul 2010 6:03 p.m. PST |
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| D6 Junkie | 05 Jul 2010 6:04 p.m. PST |
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| Wackmole9 | 05 Jul 2010 6:11 p.m. PST |
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| Another Account Deleted | 05 Jul 2010 6:15 p.m. PST |
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| quidveritas | 05 Jul 2010 6:47 p.m. PST |
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| rddfxx | 05 Jul 2010 7:03 p.m. PST |
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| Cosmic Reset | 05 Jul 2010 8:21 p.m. PST |
sheet styrene and basswood |
| Ambush Alley Games | 05 Jul 2010 9:12 p.m. PST |
Super Sculpy followed by foam core |
 War Artisan  | 05 Jul 2010 9:21 p.m. PST |
Another one for cardstock. Try doing this . . . link . . . at 1:160, in foamcore, and you'd see why. |
| Muskie | 05 Jul 2010 10:24 p.m. PST |
I gotta go with high density insulation foam. You can really do a lot with it, some of the miniatures for Lord of the Rings were carved out of it. I can't imagine doing most of my large terrain projects without it. I could live without foam core or just about anything else but paint and glue. I'm also big on beach sand and cat liter. ;-) |
| Alfrik | 05 Jul 2010 10:38 p.m. PST |
I know that card stock is one fellows favorite material as he is making the INSIDE layout of a zepplin with it:
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scroll on down and see the fabulous interior, with furniture, instruments, biplane launch and cargo bay. |
dampfpanzerwagon  | 06 Jul 2010 2:24 a.m. PST |
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| Schogun | 06 Jul 2010 5:15 a.m. PST |
Has to be foam core, various thicknesses. Hard to find the right cork tiles here in the U.S. Mdf is too heavy. |
| Michael B | 06 Jul 2010 8:03 a.m. PST |
foam core, political plastic signs, card stock |
| nebeltex | 06 Jul 2010 9:14 a.m. PST |
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| Feet up now | 06 Jul 2010 1:18 p.m. PST |
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| Ambush Alley Games | 06 Jul 2010 3:11 p.m. PST |
Yes, the plastic political or garage sale/for rent signs are EXCELLENT material. |
| pahoota | 07 Aug 2010 9:01 a.m. PST |
Another vote for sculpey (super or regular… any polymer clay really). Durham's rock hard water putty Also, a lot of folks have mentioned card stock. Is this thicker than cereal packet? |
| Borathan | 08 Aug 2010 12:28 p.m. PST |
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| Mehoy Nehoy | 08 Aug 2010 4:59 p.m. PST |
Offcuts of 3mm MDF from my local DIY shop and spruce strips from Hobbyscraft, for buildings that are built to last… |
| link hunter 99 | 09 Aug 2010 12:27 p.m. PST |
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| tuscaloosa | 09 Aug 2010 1:34 p.m. PST |
The card stock buildings look detailed, but they don't have any texture to them. Personally, I am not a fan of them but to each their own. |
| Borathan | 09 Aug 2010 5:29 p.m. PST |
tusca, one thing that is nice to do with them is to use them as a basis for a structure. I've got one half timber building that started as a cardstock building that I'd improved by adding to it. The cardstock adds structure to the piece and works as an excellent guide for the rest of the work And they're cheap |
| dandiggler | 11 Aug 2010 10:31 a.m. PST |
foam core, foam insulation, balsa, cereal boxes, Masonite, plasticard, cork tiles, I've used a good amount of all of the above. |
