homemade scenery pics

[kengar]

I was going to put this in the "Homemade Minis" thread, but couldn't find it. I made these modular dungeon walls from foam covered in spackling filler. I weighted the bases by glueing pennies on, and I traced the brick outline in the wet filler with a BBQ skewer. I'm not totally happy with the results (the "sandstone" color is too red & the "seams" aren't quite as I pictured them in my head). I kinda like how the torch rings worked out, though.

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[Malessa]

Wholly cow, thats great! I think you're being too hard on yourself, I think it came out really good! Very cool idea, it's alot better than trying to draw room to room. It definitely gives a better visual effect!

That is definitely something we ought to consider in our ongoing campaign...My husband has the interactive maps he uses on the computer as we play, but we still have the dry erase markers on table..(messy)

 

[kengar]

Thanks for the kind words.

If you want to do something like this, it's fairly easy. You need a foam cutter (hot wire thing you can buy at a craft store for less than $10). Just cut the foam to size (I did it to 1"=5' scale, so that the walls fit the tactical mat's squares & are 2" -or 10'- high) making several of the common lengths of wall; 10' (2"), 20' (4"), etc.

The filler gets troweled on pretty thick. Trace the brick/stone pattern with a BBQ skewer (or whatever) before it sets up too much. Let it dry overnight before painting, though (it says an hour on the can, but you don't want it to "melt" when you get it wet with paint).

The painting was in 3 stages: thinned gray/brown all into cracks, etc. (wash) with a 2" wide housepainting brush, then the orange/red as sort of a "wet drybrush", then the light beige/tan as a true drybrushing. Except for the last coat, I used just satin finish Duron interior latex from the hardware store. If the filler softens up & "blurs" when you paint it, just re-trace the lines with the skewer (I had to do this a few times).

FYI, anyway, in case you wanted to attempt it

 

[KnowTheToe]

That is a great idea and it is more flexable than Dwarven Forge. Good job, this winter I may try this. You could also you the pink insolation and a dremmel tool for creating the stones. I bet it could be done very quickly.