"Hills or, throwing some shapes." Topic

Hi guys,

now up to my neck in the powdery stuff, I thought I'd share this. Making hills with high density foam board.

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You never know, it might help some one.

Superb instruction… many thanks for posting it.

You stated that you used a cloth as an underlay for your terrain mat (baize). Why do you do this and what type of cloth is ideal?

I use a very simple underlay to put my cloth over – cheap as chips but a bit 'padded'. Hill shapes go between. Two reasons. First, the underlay stops things slipping (for want of a better word) on a wooden table top. Secondly, my table cloth is a very high quality woven woolen fabric – it is a championship snooker baize, 97% merino wool (it's probably a better cloth than your best suit is made of) worth in excess of £1,000.00 GBP – and I want it to wear well. I got this one free, I will not get another.

Very nicely done tutorial. I've used both 1/2" and 1" high density foam. I have some more hill I need to make so I'll give your techniques a try.

Thanks,

Jim

Excellent set up. Using the contours under your cloth gives a nicely finished look to the table and creates real " hidden ground".

Thanks guys,

Oh, BTW, the stuff in the corner, it isn't hills, is coast for some galley stuff. Different foam, that stuff was 20mm pink.