| photocrinch | 20 Sep 2015 4:42 p.m. PST |
Now that a larger board is desirable for DBA 3.0, I decided to retire my 3' boards and go for 4'x4'. To make it small enough to fit in the car I have hinged together two 2'x4' boards. The boards themselves are made of pink insulation foam board for light weight. The hinges and edges are made from black gorilla brand duct tape. The board was then painted, sprayed with adhesive and flocked. I'll do a protective over spray once I am satisfied with the flocking.
Hopefully this weekend I'll finish it up and get some final shots uploaded.
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| photocrinch | 20 Sep 2015 4:47 p.m. PST |
Now a 50/50 mix of white glue and water was applied to secure flowers, shrubs, rocks and larger details that might otherwise rub off. Looks pretty ugly until it dries. The initial application of flock was not very smooth, so rather than fight it, I decided to vary the flock and ground materials.
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| photocrinch | 20 Sep 2015 4:50 p.m. PST |
The finished board. In the first shot you can see how the thick 50/50 glue mixture mashed down the flock and darkened it. It looks a little funky in this picture in bright sun, but actually on a table and lying flat in a room the effect is quite appealing. After this thick white glue mixture was applied, the whole board was sprayed with a much more dilute white glue and water mixture.
Now I just need to get out there and play a game on it! Hope you enjoyed, David |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 20 Sep 2015 5:11 p.m. PST |
Thank you for the tutorial. I am going to shamelessly pirate your ideas. |
| photocrinch | 20 Sep 2015 5:36 p.m. PST |
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| agrippavips | 20 Sep 2015 5:58 p.m. PST |
Lovely figure painting also. |
| lkmjbc3 | 20 Sep 2015 7:35 p.m. PST |
Dave…
of course we could have just used 3/4" plywood and made Joseph carry it…. Lighter than a feather! Joe Collins |
| photocrinch | 20 Sep 2015 8:02 p.m. PST |
Sounds like an excellent training regimen. Sign the big guy up! I'll get to work on another board right away… |
| Thomas Thomas | 21 Sep 2015 1:26 p.m. PST |
Great work and great figures. I assume from the figures and mention of DBA 3.0 you intend to use D3H2 for fantasy? TomT |
| photocrinch | 21 Sep 2015 2:45 p.m. PST |
For now we are just sticking with straight HotT. The board was made primarily for DBA 3.0 in 25mm. I assume D3H2 is a hordes variant using the new DBA version movement? David |
| Thomas Thomas | 22 Sep 2015 2:28 p.m. PST |
Yes D3H2 is combines DBA 3.0 with Hordes so that you are playing essentially the same game but with all the fantasy elements. So you get all the advantages of 3.0 and now need to teach and learn only one game. Stopped playing all style HOTT many months age. TomT |
photographs the same figure, with different cameras and equipment.
