Does anyone have photos of their work? I myself, and im sure others would =
like to, See them?
Maybe someone could start a "Terrain" web page for ide=
as and such. I've sceen a few pictures here and there. But just this thred =
alone could be of huge use to anyone doing terrain.
I have been workin=
g on the idea of a large Edar Treehouse for 40k. or Epic. Any Ideas?
- =
Shayn
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From: David Lado
Sent: Friday, May 16, 1997 10:43 AM=
To: space-marine_at_...
Subject: Re: [Epic][E40K] Terrain
>Sauron1 w=
rites;David, the paint sand mix is what I use for whole sets of
>hills,or =
when I make sets of 24 24"x24" terrain boards for customers.It
>is relativ=
ely inexpensive and results in a hard durable terrain.I use
>guesso and ma=
rble paste as well as other artist materials for individual
>pieces. What =
do you use for woods effects? I have tried many different
>types of floral=
pics for that alien terrain effect,but have found that
>plain green trees=
are my greatest seller,Imade over 300 last year.I am
>currently cutting u=
p two artificial christmas trees and mounting them on
>metal washers.The r=
esults are quite reasonable. sauron1
The artificial tree sounds like the =
way to go for mass producing terrain.
I actually hand make my trees out of =
sodder (sp?, that metal allow with
a low melting temp for fixing pipes and =
stuff). I sodder 3+ branches
on a tree, paint it black and drybrush it, an=
d use scenic foilage for
the leaves. For pine trees I just wrap foilage ar=
ound a single piece
of sodder wire. I prefer the sheet type, not the clump=
s (a little
pricy though). The stuff I buy comes in 4 different shades, a=
nd I
like to mix all 4 with trees of various sizes and types.
For dead tr=
ees, I take alot more care with making them, sticking
smaller sodder piece=
s onto the branches and warping the branches
so they loose their cylindrica=
l appearance. The result is time-consuming
but quite nice (I garnish with =
a little "autumn foilage" here and there
for a dead tree look). I also car=
ve various sized rock formations out
of styrofoam (I get high quality stuff=
from biological shipping containers,
since the cheap stuff crumbles). Thi=
s garnishes the woods stands and
also means I need less trees :).
I wish I=
had heard (or thought) of using the sand/paint combo before I
started maki=
ng my terrain. Using flocking looks nice enough, but it
uses lots of mater=
ials. I'm interested, though, in how much you sell
your terrain for. Peop=
le have offered to buy stuff from me, but I
always balk in the end because =
I don't know what a reasonable price
is given all the time I put into it (a=
dding up the materials is
relatively easy).
David
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