"Roads on the cheap!" Topic
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| Ethanjt21 | 23 Jun 2015 11:32 p.m. PST |
Hello gamers! Working into a 3 part terrain tutorial over on my blog. Here's part one: Roads. End Result:
Watch for the big collated showcase post to see all the components put together! link |
| Baranovich | 24 Jun 2015 5:30 a.m. PST |
Those are great! I took a similar idea with a big piece of carpet that I bought at Home Depot. Same deal, about $20 USD of carpet and I was able to do many feet of road. Just flipped the sections over and used the back-side of the carpet. The cork tiles are a great basing alternative. Nice work! |
| darthfozzywig | 24 Jun 2015 8:13 a.m. PST |
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| Ethanjt21 | 24 Jun 2015 8:14 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys! That's a great idea and probably much simpler than mine Baranovich. I'll have to look into that. |
| Sloppypainter | 24 Jun 2015 8:28 a.m. PST |
Looks great! How thick are the cork tiles? Any problems with warping/curling at the edges? |
| (Leftee) | 24 Jun 2015 4:18 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the tutoriaal; will look at more in-depth when I get home. |
| Ethanjt21 | 24 Jun 2015 10:33 p.m. PST |
Thanks again for the compliments guys! The cork tiles are 2mm thick, and I haven't noticed any warping as of yet. Then again, they are only about 4 days old so they might in time. Do you think gluing a piece of basswood to the bottom would prevent warping? |
| (Leftee) | 30 Jun 2015 6:05 a.m. PST |
Plastic maybe. But wouldn't want them to be too thick. Where in Wal-of-China-Mart do you find these? Went all over store the other day. Local hardware store didn't seem to have them either. |
| acctingman1869 | 30 Jun 2015 10:51 a.m. PST |
Try Michael's Craft stores |
| (Leftee) | 30 Jun 2015 10:30 p.m. PST |
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| Ethanjt21 | 02 Jul 2015 11:10 p.m. PST |
I found the cork tiles next to the bulletin boards and white boards in the office supplies section. |
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