New Terrain
So, I've been putting togeher some terrain for use as Cityfight Terrain. Most of it is base coated black, except for one piece which I'll take pics of and post tomorrow night.
These two pieces are made out of packing styrofoam that came with our daughters bedframe. The pieces were very big and I just threw them on the garage floor and jumped on them Godzilla style. I kept three garbage bags full and tossed the rest.
I used two different methods of adding texture to the foam:
1) Heating up and melting the edges with a braizing torch and a masonary trowel.
2) I spread Polyinstafil onto the edges and faces of the foam.
So, method one was the most fun, I mean hey, who doesn't enjoy firing up a torch, heating some metal till it glows and then placing the metal on the styrofoam. However, although the results were good I still like the texture produced by method two, plus the fumes were a bit much after 10 minutes or so, even though I was outside.
I also added a hanging zombie to the one piece, I put the zombie together (in the he is still missing his arms) and wrapped picture hanging wire around his neck as a noose and then wrapped it around a piece of plastic sprue. I then broke off a splinter rifle blade and stuck it in his stomach for added effect.
I also took a zombie arm & hand and burried it under some foam rock, this makes it look like the poor sucker was buried under the rocks.
I also added some popsicle sticks and more sprue for debirs and then more popsicle sticks to look like broken floorboards.
I have plans to add more details, some more body parts, a sewage pipe, grate and a sewage trail from the pipe into the grate.
While all the paint is drying on those, I have built some foamboard ruinded buildings. I still need to take some pics and post them, hopefully tomorrow.
All of these are being mounted on 1/8" masonite.
These two pieces are made out of packing styrofoam that came with our daughters bedframe. The pieces were very big and I just threw them on the garage floor and jumped on them Godzilla style. I kept three garbage bags full and tossed the rest.
I used two different methods of adding texture to the foam:
1) Heating up and melting the edges with a braizing torch and a masonary trowel.
2) I spread Polyinstafil onto the edges and faces of the foam.
So, method one was the most fun, I mean hey, who doesn't enjoy firing up a torch, heating some metal till it glows and then placing the metal on the styrofoam. However, although the results were good I still like the texture produced by method two, plus the fumes were a bit much after 10 minutes or so, even though I was outside.
I also added a hanging zombie to the one piece, I put the zombie together (in the he is still missing his arms) and wrapped picture hanging wire around his neck as a noose and then wrapped it around a piece of plastic sprue. I then broke off a splinter rifle blade and stuck it in his stomach for added effect.
I also took a zombie arm & hand and burried it under some foam rock, this makes it look like the poor sucker was buried under the rocks.
I also added some popsicle sticks and more sprue for debirs and then more popsicle sticks to look like broken floorboards.
I have plans to add more details, some more body parts, a sewage pipe, grate and a sewage trail from the pipe into the grate.
While all the paint is drying on those, I have built some foamboard ruinded buildings. I still need to take some pics and post them, hopefully tomorrow.
All of these are being mounted on 1/8" masonite.
posted by sean at 9:28 PM
1 Comments:
I have found that a great system for setting up cityfight terrain it to use the same size base over and over. For example at the store we used 1' x 1' linolium tiles as bases. The tiles are the exact same size so when you put them together they make up different configurations easy. Then if you want smaller pieces just cut the tile into halves or quarters.
Annother good way to add texture is to take some fine sand (playground sand) and mix it in a cup with white glue and water. Then just mix it up with a bruch, and brush it on to your walls. Works really well.
Looking good, keep at it!
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