Hi All!
My order of XPS foam has come in, and I've started busily hacking at it, like an angry Uruk with a sharp thing.
I mentioned I wanted to do a coastal village terrain table, and it has begun!
The 30mm thick XPS foam is good. So good. To make the rock texture, I hacked at the edge with a retractable blade, cutting vertically, then at angles. Slice it up, hack and burn... okay no, don't burn. After that, I brutalised it by running the edge of a ruler along it. Bits of foam fall away, revealing a hacked up rock face in the making. So easy!
Check out Viv's channel on youtube for cool terrain ideas...
( https://www.youtube.com/user/RubbishInRubbishOut )
I've been scouring the shire... no... scouring the internet for inspiration. Another cool blog is Terrain for Hippos.
( http://terrainforhippos.blogspot.com.au/ )
These guys are full of good ideas, and I found them both really helpful.
The rocky coast will have a sandy slope which meets the rockface. I'm using my imagination brush.
The sandy shore will slope upwards, meeting the cliff about a third of the way up.
My first house, with thatched furry roof, is a bit of a fail. I used too much glue to seal the fur, and it got all... yuk... and I smooshed it down too much. If the next thatched roof works better, this roof will be turned into a burned out ruin.
Uruks burn things. I will make a burned out thing.
Fun times!
Cheers!
Oh, I base coated the houses with a quick brown as well, so I could use them in the game.
