Hi,

I was thinking about making some kind of gaming board for my mines of Moria set. But instead of mines i am turning it more into a swamp. I was thinking about buying me a grass mat/ sheet , dunno so well how i should call it. And glue that grass onto some piece of cardboard. ( that would be game board size ( dunno how big I should make it ? might be bigger then just for Moria mines, because i want to be able to use it for regular games to.) I was wondering how i should make some water effects .. like it would like the grass is standing under water in some parts, and some parts only water...
Surface should remain flat enough to put ruins or plants or something somewhere on the board. I thought it might be cool to have pieces of long grass all over it to. But I guess it would be more easy to store the board if it is flat... ( So i would make hills and stuff like that if i want to play separate. Advantage of changing the board quick and easy...)
Any one has any good suggestions for developing this thing?
(maybe i should keep it to a grass board and everything removable? swampwater and stuff on separate layers or something?)

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

Okies, advice #1..

DON'T USE CARDBOARD AS THE BASE!

Cardboard warps very easily once glue is applied and, while it is not as heavy as a wood base, it is much less durable and has the tendency to bend in very awkward and unhelpful angles.

For water effects, I'd suggest E-Z Scenics Melt-and-pour. Much cheaper than normal water effects, and works well in my experience.

I'll give this some more thought, and get back to you if I think of anything else.

-Josh

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ty for the warning about cardboard
Maybe i should start with the more basic things then , like making trees and stuff like that

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

yeah, don't use cardboard. It's awful, and doesn't work.
Try to use a wooden base or something. Sounds like a good idea though, I'd like to see it done.

P.S. Never spray paint unprotected polystyrene, it goes all weird and melted.

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"We will drive the machine of war with the sword and the spear and the iron fist of the orc"
-Saruman

to spray paint un-protected polystyrene you need to use the paints called
"H20" they don't melt it and have fairly good coverage while being water proof.

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[quote="Sharkai", I'd like to see it done.

P.S. Never spray paint unprotected polystyrene, it goes all weird and melted.[/quote]

That could take a while ; don't really got the time to start it all up yet
but i needed some hints already since christmas is comming up
that i could order my materials from santa ; )

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

the H20 paints i sujested are spray paints.

and you should make the desition on what parts are going to be moduler.
i would say keep it atleast partialy modular as it could get boringafter a few games if it was all static terrain.

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i was thinking about movable trees, rocks, hills , ruins, barricades, bushes, rivers, lakes, ...
about everything, I dunno if i am wanting to much or not
but i like the idea of one basic thing, and being able to change terrain time after time... without having to create everything back again

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

it's not too much at all and they tur out really good games

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In the beginning there was the great music of illuvitar AKA Led Zeppelin

If you're looking to make movable terrain and have some dodgy old CDs lying around they make good bases, fairly strong and a good size for terrain items, the only drawback is that all your terrain bits will be exactly the same size and shape.