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*looks around*

No new model renders?

*walks out*

You could pretend it's the new artwork for a LE male Collette thats soon to be released...

There is also this method using super sculpey to make a larger area stamp:

Aaaand, just in case you need it here is a repeating cobblestone pattern:

For cobblestones, I have a selection of different sized brushes that have been shaped into roughly round sizes that I use.

Just a tip, heat the ferrule of the brush witha  candle to losen the bristles and make removing them easier.

It measures 8mm x 3mm

I use a very similar technique, with on exception; I have built a brick stamp with an old brush. Pull all the bristles out of the brush, then with a pair of long nose pliars shape the metal ferrule into a rectangular shape. As an optional you can lightly sharpen the metal edges so that it cuts more into the foam. Then it's just a case of pressing the stamp into the foam.

I used this technique in my roudn two Iron Painter entry:

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It is with great pleasure, that I can now anounce that the date has been changed to Sunday!

I'll change the promotional material as soon as I can.

Could anyone interested in coming to Wintercon please post or PM their preference of games. If there is enough support I will try and move this to Sunday.

87 days to go till Wintercon!

Player pack is now available (see the original post).

We have some exciting developments:

We have three 'Breaching the Faux' custom Fate Decks to add to the prize pool.

And, every entrant will receive a Custom Made Commemorative Wintercon MDF 3-2-1 Measuring Device (or CMCWM321MD for short).

Places are limited, but tickets are now available.

Any questions, comments or feedback are graciously accepted.

See you at Wintercon!

Seb

Jonny rotten.

Those crystals look awesome! As fellow snow terrain maker it's great to see a variation to the usual field of blue ice. I might have to steal adapt the idea myself.

How did you build/create the base of your snow board?

On a side note, I like the idea of how you made a foldable table but the structural supports become an area for cards. Very neat idea.

That is sheer genius! Love your work. It should work out quite well with the new Boondoggle Seven too.

Ha ha, I was never rich enough to buy into WarHammer when I was younger although I do still have my copy of White Dwarf that came with the box set of Space Marine (the now discontinued Epic Warhammer 40k stuff).

I use paper terrain glued to cardboard boxes (Huggies nappies boxes as they are in plentiful supply in our house). It can be folded flat but has a lot more strength.

Registration is closing on the 10th of July, last chance...

Tickets now available

Pencil the date into your diary.

Player pack is here  (version 3 - 26/5/2015)

Yes

Updated, and I added some of my own (mostly free stuff too).

She looks like she's trying to squeese out a turd (or she has a mechanical dove hidden up her skirt)! I'll stick to my metals for Colette.

The mannequin on the other hand will be added to the crew as soon as it's available.

Hello all, my friend an I have been playing some story encounters lately, and we played the Jail Break encounter for the first time last night and we came up against a question. Does the Leader while imprisoned in the Jail get an activation, and can they be targeted by actions that don't require LoS?

We played it that they didn't activate and couldn't be targeted while imprisoned, but this seemed very unfair that the attacking player lost a big advantage not being able to utilise their master.

Thoughts?

Thanks Furio, unfortunately it's 30 degrees (86 Fahrenheit) outside so it might be a bit hot for snow.

Last request (I promise), can updates in the Terrain section appear in the 'Recent Forum Activity' list?

Thanks

Thanks Requirement.

Some more work in progress:

Firstly a brief experiment into trees. I personally don't like the look of conifers covered in snow, as it just looks so happy and Northern Hemisphere Christmas to me. Here on the Southern hemisphere (aka the real top half of the planet), our snowy trees look more like this

and

So I decided to try the same technique for my board.

The branch is from a Magnolia tree (that grows in my front yard; modelling paste is then applied to the branches and then flocked with Bicarb.

(I really should glue Snow's arms back on and give her a coat of paint.)

So after a 'little' break with the festive season, I decided to make a start on my snow themed modular board. I started to experiment with the basic empty terrain panels. Instead of just a flat expanse of white snow, I wanted to achieve slight undulating gound with the occasional rock outcrop. The down side to this is it will make placing scatter terrain more difficult.

So here are the results so far, a basic rise and a small exposed rock:

For the snow covering I decided to try out a new product, this was the Mont Marte Modelling Paste. It cost roughly AU$8.50 for 500ml. This was then applied relatively thick with a plastic spoon.

Then a liberal coating of Bicarb Soda was applied to give the snow a powdery finish.

Lastly when the piece was dried, the whole board was sprayed with a 1:6 mix of PVA:water to seal the bicarb in. The bicarb did foam up in contact with the water but when dried gave a nice tough coating.

Final thoughts:

The PVA mix did dull down the sparkly effect of the bicarb, but still gave a nice snow look and probably a much more durable play surface.

The hill is probably a bit too sharp for my liking. I had hoped that it wouldn't look like it just jutted out of a flat piece of ground, but without making the whole tile a piece of carved foam, this is probably the best it's going to be.

Make sure you undercoat the piece with white paint before applying the modelling paste, as some areas are darker where the board shows through and especially where the paste has been applied on top of the bark.

The modelling paste worked very well as it has some flex when dried which meant I could bend out any warping of the board to ensure it lay flat

+1 for lots of hanging vines; combined with heavy shrubs and you have dense, blocking terrain.

These were some tree ideas I was working on a while ago. They give a swampy feel

Whoops, missed one:

http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com.au/2009/10/tutorial-overview.html

That looks really cool. Seeing your modular board has given me a +1 motivation to get mine done...

Couldn't you still put lots of foliage in the swap sections to block LoS?