I am so impressed with the moulds from Hirst Arts. If you haven’t used them I strongly suggest investing in a few! Here are a few images of my first major project using the fieldstone moulds. When you consider that it is a long time since I last used plaster of paris I think it turned out rather nicely.
The tower
The scary entrance
Skulls
The courtyard
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In the process of basing a few bits of pipe terrain it became obvious that a toxic waste pool was required. Initially I was tempted to get one of the proper pour-it-out-water-scenery offerings but, partly because I didn’t want to spend money and partly because I couldn’t be bothered to go to the shops, I thought I’d try just using PVA glue.
But I ran out…
So instead I hunted around the garage for a suitable alternative and came up with some UniBond wood glue. It’s fairly thick stuff so I didn’t end up with it pouring through all the unfilled gaps at the bottom of the pool. Also it dries a really nasty yellow! To be honest it looks like toxic waste even without painting.
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And by finishing touches I basically mean lots of glue and flock! I keep telling my son that there’s nothing you can’t do with PVA glue. So far he doesn’t seem convinced, but we have yet to come a cropper when using it. If it doesn’t stick, then that’s just because you didn’t use enough PVA glue!
Anyhow, here are a few images of the finished game board. The hills were fixed to the board with loads of PVA and then the whole thing was flocked with a couple of bags of woodland scenic’s turf – one bag of green blend and one earth blend (again, stuck down with a suitable quantity of PVA glue.
Game Board
One of the hill pieces
Difficult terrain on the hill tops
As can be seen from the last image I used some gravel to represent the rocky cliffs. That needed a lot of PVA, plus regular coats of PVA afterwards to make sure they were stuck fast. I ended up pouring small amounts of PVA over the stones over a couple of days to get them to stick properly. Also I sprayed a coat of watered-down PVA over all of the flock after a couple of hours just to bond it to the board a bit better.
Finally, and after everything had dried, I sprayed each of the boards with varnish (satin in this case) for an added layer of protection.
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