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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 3789475" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p>Greetings!</p><p></p><p>It’s football season, which means I don’t have a lot of painting time, but I did manage to work on some cavern tiles. I was enchanted by Dwarven Forge’s Cavern River and Lake sets, and with the release of Hirst Arts’ new cavern molds figured I could make my own.</p><p></p><p>A lot of these pictures were taken on the fly, but I think you can tell what I was doing.</p><p></p><p>I started with some black-marbled self-adhesive floor tile I picked up from Lowe’s for 88 cents each. I cut the 12 inch square tile into 4 inch square tiles.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles01.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I unpacked my recently purchased Hirst Arts molds. These run $65 or so for the pair.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I also picked up some acrylic paint from Michael’s. I got it on one of their many 40% off sales, otherwise I might have gone with cheaper craft paint.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles03_paint.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I painted the tiles with the dark green-blue paint. Notice how the marbling gives some natural highlights in the water.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles04_tiles_painted.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Naturally, I had a lot of casting to do. I use a super-hard dental plaster for my molds. It’s every bit as tough as resins and not as hard on molds.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles05_molds_filled.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Following a lot of casting and gluing I had my tiles built. I used Dwarven Forge’s sets as my model.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles06_building tiles.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The river pieces needed some rocks and gravel along the edge. I put down a line of glue next to each “shoreline.”</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles07_glue_on_tiles.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I used sand and covered the glue and allowed these to dry completely before shaking of the excess.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles08_sand_on_tiles.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I finished up making a few walls.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles09_walls.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I painted all of the stone a dark gray.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles10_painted.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I dry brushed the stones with successively lighter shades of paint. If I were to make more I would not go quite as light on the floor tiles. Following painting I sprayed it all with gloss and brushed even more gloss on the water.</p><p></p><p>I removed the adhesive backing from the tiles and placed felt on each tile.</p><p></p><p>Here is a set-up using some of the tiles. I built the equivalent of two sets of master maze cavern river sets and two sets of cavern lake sets.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles11_finished.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here’s a closer shot of some of the river tiles.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles12_closeup.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Coincidentally, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I needed an underground lake in one of my adventures. Here is a shot of that encounter.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/ctiles13_gamingaction.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks for looking and let me know if you have any questions.</p><p></p><p>- pogre</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 3789475, member: 6588"] Greetings! It’s football season, which means I don’t have a lot of painting time, but I did manage to work on some cavern tiles. I was enchanted by Dwarven Forge’s Cavern River and Lake sets, and with the release of Hirst Arts’ new cavern molds figured I could make my own. A lot of these pictures were taken on the fly, but I think you can tell what I was doing. I started with some black-marbled self-adhesive floor tile I picked up from Lowe’s for 88 cents each. I cut the 12 inch square tile into 4 inch square tiles. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles01.jpg[/IMG] I unpacked my recently purchased Hirst Arts molds. These run $65 or so for the pair. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles02.jpg[/IMG] I also picked up some acrylic paint from Michael’s. I got it on one of their many 40% off sales, otherwise I might have gone with cheaper craft paint. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles03_paint.jpg[/IMG] I painted the tiles with the dark green-blue paint. Notice how the marbling gives some natural highlights in the water. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles04_tiles_painted.jpg[/IMG] Naturally, I had a lot of casting to do. I use a super-hard dental plaster for my molds. It’s every bit as tough as resins and not as hard on molds. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles05_molds_filled.jpg[/IMG] Following a lot of casting and gluing I had my tiles built. I used Dwarven Forge’s sets as my model. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles06_building tiles.jpg[/IMG] The river pieces needed some rocks and gravel along the edge. I put down a line of glue next to each “shoreline.” [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles07_glue_on_tiles.jpg[/IMG] I used sand and covered the glue and allowed these to dry completely before shaking of the excess. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles08_sand_on_tiles.jpg[/IMG] I finished up making a few walls. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles09_walls.jpg[/IMG] I painted all of the stone a dark gray. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles10_painted.jpg[/IMG] I dry brushed the stones with successively lighter shades of paint. If I were to make more I would not go quite as light on the floor tiles. Following painting I sprayed it all with gloss and brushed even more gloss on the water. I removed the adhesive backing from the tiles and placed felt on each tile. Here is a set-up using some of the tiles. I built the equivalent of two sets of master maze cavern river sets and two sets of cavern lake sets. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles11_finished.jpg[/IMG] Here’s a closer shot of some of the river tiles. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles12_closeup.jpg[/IMG] Coincidentally, ;) I needed an underground lake in one of my adventures. Here is a shot of that encounter. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/ctiles13_gamingaction.jpg[/IMG] Thanks for looking and let me know if you have any questions. - pogre [/QUOTE]
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