Besides painting I have used my vacation to work on a terrain project I've been planning for a while. It's a two piece riverboard which folds up for easy storage.
Materials used:
3 cm (1.25") Styrofoam (the hard noncrumbling pink kind)
MDF board (I think that's the name)
Hinges
Paints (I used cheap house paints for this project)
Hinges
Glue
Nails
Sand
Hirst Arts blocks
Thin planks for the frame
The foam is glued to the the board and in this pic I have also put planks on the sides for increased durability.
A closeup of the HA blocks. I cheated a bit and used thin foamcore strips for the lowest layer since I didn't have enough of the think blocks cast.
The hinges. I made an indentation for the hinges so that the board would fit properly when opened.
Hinges in action.
Finished picture along with some houses (I have enough pieces to create a quite dense city. The river is just painted with two shades of blue and then a few layers of varnish.
Vince taking a walk along the riverbank and checking out that strange green slime coming from the sewer.
The next thing to do is to build three bridges. I will also use some leftover foam to make pieces to cover the river if I want a plain board.
