The 20 dollar terrain failure

[ozzel]

So my gaming clubs big box of paper terrain got destroyed about a week ago, we really need to stop having beer on tap. It went right into are container of terrain and well they did not survive. No one really felt like spending any money for replacements since most of us are just starting a second army, and the bar needed restocking . ( well actually have everyone but both eldar tau bolter woman and black templars represented ) So i went down to the Menards found the cheapest possible material to pound out some ruins with, because im sick of all the intact buildings exploding . ( www.menards.com/main/building-materials/insulation/panels/r3-1-2-x-4-x-8-foamular-rigid-foam-insulating-sheathing/p-1384833-c-5779.htm )


The foam insulation actually turns out to be pretty hard to work with it doesn't like being cut in strait lines manually, and shreds when your try and use an electric table saw even on low speeds.
I figured strait lines didn't really matter as much. So then it came to the hole gluing foam together part. Most glues wont really bond well with foam my model glue melted it, tacky glue refused to bond, eventually ended up have to use gorilla glue. Gorilla glue though takes a long time to set, so i ended up have to add nails to hold the walls together while the glue set.

Then the painting began. First just tried a nice and simple can of discount spray paint that ended up melting my ruins a ton and gave them a acid eaten look. so i sprayed them down with some left over slate grey house paint from my second bathroom . i then didn't like how they looked so i sprayed them with some of that bargain spray paint again. ( ya that 1.20 stuff ) Guise what they still melted lol.

Finally I end up with some 3 year olds version of ruins that just don't look quit ruined enough.

[timmio]

They look massive! All very orky though so that kinds works.

Just pva round the base and throw some fine flock on them to make them look overgrown (if you generally use a green table.
Or if you don't, do it under any overhangs to make them look moldy, only takes a few mins and makes it look like you have spent a fair amount of time on them.

My club are just making a new batch of terrain, generally using fibre-board as the base and foamboard and plasticard as walls etc. Would love to get some chunky polystyrene but cant seem to find anywhere round here that stocks it.

[Skari]

I like them. But you also need some lower lying area terrain and rubble.

[ozzel]

the ruble melted when I sprayed it, so unless we just had a nid invasion its getting tossed. We also have a few bastions and 6 aegis defense lines we can use as terrain.

[ozzel]

Dec 11, 2012 2:19:09 GMT -5 timmio said:

They look massive! All very orky though so that kinds works.

Just pva round the base and throw some fine flock on them to make them look overgrown (if you generally use a green table.
Or if you don't, do it under any overhangs to make them look moldy, only takes a few mins and makes it look like you have spent a fair amount of time on them.

My club are just making a new batch of terrain, generally using fibre-board as the base and foamboard and plasticard as walls etc. Would love to get some chunky polystyrene but cant seem to find anywhere round here that stocks it.

polystyrene if you want it can usually be found at any big box home improvement outside of California, only other places ive seen it are contracting supplies houses. Plasticard is what none of us can seem to find here I always have to buy it online.

[Skari]

for the rubble. you need to cover it with a white glue + sand mix before you spray paint it.

[ozzel]

thanks skari makes sence ill pick up a bag of sand when i hit the menard this weekend

[ozzel]

another pick of the stuff on a table ( ps. i edited some stuff out of background )

[Skari]

Good use of styrofoam. Hehe you should put los blockers mid table as well.

[ozzel]

We have a few more buildings in the work as well as someone working on a mat to throw over the table. ideally we want 12 or so big pieces of terrain and about 24 smaller pieces we usually roll for terrain these days.

[Skari]

I used to have an entire city made the way that you are doing it. But we never got to painting it. Have you ever looked into cities of death? great fun, city battles, rules for those battlezones are awesome.

[ozzel]

I think we have a copy of the book somewhere never really wanted to do it because i play shooty armies lol. As for painting it the foam being pink and having cat pictures on it annoyed me so my horrible painting skills were put to use. ( if it aint a bike or maybe a car I cant paint it lol )