RE: [Epic][E40K] Terrain

From: Waiming Poo-Cheong <waiming.poo-cheong_at_...>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 20:56:46 +0100 (BST)

speaking of the treehouse, how about a tree top community ala the ewok
village on endor? you could have loads of rope bridges between tree
houses, which could function pretty much like buildings, but with more
more vulnerability to quake cannon etc.
there may be problems with integrating woods terrain with buildings
though, eg LOS, calculating movement.
though not mentioned in any fluff, this could be an Exodite settlement or
something, with Craftworld forces thrown in as reinforcements; probably
just means that Eldar Knights are a compulsory part of the army.
i know this may sound like a shitload of work, but think of the visual
impact! :)

cheers

waiming

On Fri, 16 May 1997, Shayn Raney wrote:

> 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 ideas 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 working 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 writes;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 relatively inexpensive and results in a hard durable terrain.I use
> >guesso and marble 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 up two artificial christmas trees and mounting them on
> >metal washers.The results 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, and use scenic foilage for
> the leaves. For pine trees I just wrap foilage around a single piece
> of sodder wire. I prefer the sheet type, not the clumps (a little
> pricy though). The stuff I buy comes in 4 different shades, and I
> like to mix all 4 with trees of various sizes and types.
>
> For dead trees, I take alot more care with making them, sticking
> smaller sodder pieces onto the branches and warping the branches
> so they loose their cylindrical 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 carve various sized rock formations out
> of styrofoam (I get high quality stuff from biological shipping containers,
> since the cheap stuff crumbles). This 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 making my terrain. Using flocking looks nice enough, but it
> uses lots of materials. I'm interested, though, in how much you sell
> your terrain for. People 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 (adding up the materials is
> relatively easy).
>
> David
>
>
>
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