Anyone Here Make Their Own Terrain?

[Tewligan]

If you're making hills, don't use art supply foamboard. Go to Home Depot and get a big 4'x8' sheet of foam insulation board - it'll be either blue or pink. It comes in various thicknesses. Cut your hills to shape, putting smaller pieces on top, leaving tiers to stand the models on. If you can get one of those hot-wire foam cutters, they make things a lot easier (and tidier.) Flock it if you're so inclined, and paint it with acrylic paint - I get mine in big bottles at the local Michael's arts and crafts store.

 

[Maerdwyn]

We just re-did our floors, replacing the carpet with Pergo-type laminated flooring (I promise, this really is on-topic)

Anyway, afterwards, we had a few hundred square feet of carpeting and carpet pad left over. Couldn't do anything useful with the nasty old carpet, but I did find a use for some of the carpet padding.

The stuff is about 3/4" (2cm) think, flexible, and flat. So, I cut out some irregular shapes, spary painted it, and added some flocking. Presto: Lots of hills that can be rolled up and stored easily when not in use

The material is spongy, but not so much that even my large dragon models tip over - humanoid minis are no problem whatsoever, and if the dragon sinks into the ground a little when it lands, well, that's just fine with me (The material springs back after you pick the dragon up, in any case.).

 

[Griswold]

Re: Re: Re: Anyone Here Make Their Own Terrain?

Hirst-Arts is WONDERFUL!
Bruce Hirst is one of the most helpful guys I've found, his molds are top quality, and building beautiful buildings and dungeons with it is easy and very amusing. Truely, try it and you will thank me

I'll thank you now, THANK YOU!

Gris.