Diving into 10mm head first: project log

[BeardedHammer]

I took some pics of the finished board!







I'm quite pleased with how the river turned out. The white parts are the deepest and are still curing, but its rock solid and drying clear.

And here is a pic of the next board project, a desert river bed. One friend suggested desert terrain to go with his skeleton army and this could also be used for ww2 North Africa games.

[paulr]

 

Great water effect, feels like you could dive into that river

[BeardedHammer]

Thank you! It didn't come out perfectly level like I had originally planned, but it gives the illusion that the water is flowing over the uneven river bed.

Just out of curiosity, would anybody be interested if I did commission boards?

[jambo1]

Really nice board, well done it looks brilliant.

[getagrip]

Cracking work 

[barbarian]

I may be a bit late, but maybe give a brownish/greenish tint to the river to simulate deepness ?

Then another coat of gloss varnish ?

[Techno]

Nice work, BH !
Cheers - Phil.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Good work fella!

[toxicpixie]

Cracking

Don't know about the pre-made boards - you'd be competing with people like TSS who can do decent terrain tile stuff very cheaply, or Battleboards who do amazing stuff (but ain't cheap, I gather). There might well be a good niche between them

[BeardedHammer]

Thanks guys!  And yes barbarian, a bit late. I had actually planned on doing that and forgot 

And if I made tables to sell it would be "per request" I wouldn't want to go full business with it. I've learned that it's not a good idea to make a hobby into a job.

[BeardedHammer]

Here is a pic of the desert board in progress

[getagrip]

Love to see "ground up" (literally) modelling

Quite inspiring

[BeardedHammer]

I love having people to share my work with. My friends appreciate good terrain but don't care how I make it 

[BeardedHammer]

Here is the board base coated. I did something a bit different than usual. I mixed medium and a bit of coarse sand into the paint to give it the rocky texture I was looking for. I know this is nothing new, but this is my first swing at it and I am quite happy with the results.

[getagrip]

I love having people to share my work with. My friends appreciate good terrain but don't care how I make it 

Find new friends

Wish my gaming buddies produced this stuff

[toxicpixie]

Nice start - looks like you got a really mix on the sand & paint there!

[BeardedHammer]

Some of it came out a bit more coarse than I expected, but I was planning on adding some ultra fine sand (grout sand) to the next layer to smooth it out.

[getagrip]

Some of it came out a bit more coarse than I expected, but I was planning on adding some ultra fine sand (grout sand) to the next layer to smooth it out.

Careful if you're rolling and picking up dice on that; you may find you have red knuckles 

Doesn't hurt at first but after a lengthy gaming session the trauma builds.

[fsn]

Wargaming pet hate: dice being rolled on the table! 

[getagrip]

Wargaming pet hate: dice being rolled on the table! 

For sure; sometimes needs must