been some time since I posted.
I'm a firm believer in recycling, as most of you know by now. ( see my posts on sprue )
I strongly believe that we are the sole saviours of this planet of ours. I fear that with the easily available
home 3D printers we will produce more & more plastic. The positive thing is that we gamers usually
tend to horde stuff & not throw it away , so please reduce, reuse , recycle.
Here are Scratchbuilt terrain from plant containers 15 to 28mm & diy silicon gaming mats
The guy who we buy plants from had these trays used for putting pots in, seedlings etc.
Obviously as soon as I saw them I thought that they'd be great for terrain. The pics are top
and bottom. As you can see the shapes are excellent for buildings etc.
These are my thoughts.
1) Fill them with plaster & cast but these would be too heavy.
2) Fill them with expanding foam but I have to make a contraform otherwise the
foam will force them out of shape. The pieces can be cut into individual parts.
great for variety. There are corridor like shapes also.
3) The square shapes can have card roofs glued to them , then cut into individual parts & fitted into each other for superb storage. I may glue magnets on the inside so that walls , door, vents etc can be easily removed and will add to endless variation.
The diy silicon gaming mats is not my idea but by a great Australian guy. It's a great idea not to share.
on this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5W4FKqRbSs&list=PLvPfu-FaNiXdSZByp7kUGAwXWdbIgNxD3&index=103&t=0s
and here are some 15/18mm buildings using plastic egg cartons. I found out that this stuff is actually very thin polystyrene, i.e. the same stuff used for plastic kits and so can be glued with the normal glue.
It is thin and very brittle but can yield great results. It can also be easily melted to make goo... as explained in another post ... I think I will be filling them with a little expanding foam to make them sturdier then fix them to a card base.
Enjoy
Thanks for your comments.
Z