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Post by wallyswonders on Mar 19, 2018 20:36:38 GMT
Hi all! I've been recently making a lot of terrain for DnD, and as I realized I don't have enough space to have permanent boards for each terrain scene I want, I'm making everything modular. I have a board that's spray painted green, and I can put say a house on and a few trees. But even after doing so, the board looks like it's missing something. Is there anyway I can fill up the ground without flocking the whole board? Can you also please include pictures?
Thanks, Wally
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sotf
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Post by sotf on Mar 19, 2018 21:24:27 GMT
Bushes, woodpiles, crates, barrels, and the like work. Same with larger rocks or rockpiles.
If you take some corrugated cardboard and remove one side of the cladding and roughly texture/reinforce it with some hot glue, then further texture it with white glue and sand...well, you get a rather good looking field as a result.
But if you're going with just green paint for a board, flocking it with some cheap flocks is one of the better options, not static grass though. Get some of the larger tubs of railroad flock and the stuff will last you forever.
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Post by wallyswonders on Mar 19, 2018 21:52:40 GMT
Thanks so much sotf! I think I'll make woodpiles, crates, barrels, and rocks. The corrugated cardboard field sounds like the solution to all my problems. Thanks again mate!
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Post by sgtslag on Mar 20, 2018 1:48:12 GMT
I would also suggest adding some trees, and shrubs (balls of lichen) to CD's. Paint/flock the CD, Hot Glue some cake decorator trees onto it, along with some clump foliage. Cheers!
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Post by wallyswonders on Mar 20, 2018 12:17:21 GMT
I would also suggest adding some trees, and shrubs (balls of lichen) to CD's. Paint/flock the CD, Hot Glue some cake decorator trees onto it, along with some clump foliage. Cheers! Hey, sgtslag, that's also a great idea! I'm going to have to try that! I assume I could also just use cardboard for the base, right? Does anybody know a good way to dry out sand? I picked some up but it's slightly damp, and therefore clumps up instead of spreading out evenly.
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Post by sgtslag on Mar 20, 2018 12:26:55 GMT
Yes, cardboard can be used for basing, as well.
Spread the sand out into a relatively thin layer on an old cookie sheet. Bake it at 300 F, for an hour. Let it cool for an hour, afterwards, before handling it. This will kill everything in it, as well as dry it out. Cheers!
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Post by sotf on Mar 20, 2018 23:18:03 GMT
Yes, cardboard can be used for basing, as well. Spread the sand out into a relatively thin layer on an old cookie sheet. Bake it at 300 F, for an hour. Let it cool for an hour, afterwards, before handling it. This will kill everything in it, as well as dry it out. Cheers! Put foil over the sheet first, sand can do some damage to a lot of the cookie sheets if directly on it due to being a rather good abrasive agent. It also makes it easier to get out in the end.
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