Longbottom Leaf's WIP: Arvedui and Malbeth 5/22/10

Hallpers · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:39 pm

I'm sure it will.

Here's some pics, from BrentS' old WIP thread, of a Moria kind of board where he used bark, just so that you can see what it'll look like. :wink:

Ranger of Gondor · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:56 pm

I can see into the future of this board... and it's looking great! :rofl:

Might I ask what you plan to do in the chasm? An underground river? A goblin highway?

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:35 pm

Thanks for the comments you guys and also, thanks for the pictures, Olle.

Last night I began work on two more rock formations and today, I began work on the second board.

C&C welcome.

gaarew · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:37 pm

It might be a bit late but...

Don't use low density polystyrene. It is a horrible and fragile material to work with.

If you want your board to stand up to the rigours of gaming, high density polystyrene would be a much better choice.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:42 pm

Yes, John, my original plan was to use high density polystyrene, but I wasn't able to find any. I tried a few hardware stores with no luck. Onyx also seems works with the white polystyrene, and his boards appear to hold up fine.

Optimus Rhyme · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:25 pm

Hallpers wrote:

I'm sure it will.

Here's some pics, from BrentS' old WIP thread, of a Moria kind of board where he used bark, just so that you can see what it'll look like. :wink:

I can see some pick peaking out here to the left of the cave mouth, perhaps to Badab Black to cover it up? Otherwise it looks fantastic.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:44 pm

Optimus Rhyme wrote:

I can see some pick peaking out here to the left of the cave mouth, perhaps to Badab Black to cover it up? Otherwise it looks fantastic.

Not in my power to do, as that's Brent's board. :wink:

I'll have more pictures of the second board up later guys.

Corsair · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:48 pm

taking shape quickly! nice stuff.

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:19 am

Longbottom Leaf wrote:

Gorgoroth wrote:

Although, as you obviosley know, polystyrene makes heaps of mess, so you could but a hot wire cutter, or you do what I sometimes do: Heat up a wire over a flame.

It also leaves a nice rock-looking texture where you have cut it.

Well, I would have prefered to use the blue styrofoam, instead of polystyrene, but was unable to find it. The rock formations are very far from being finished, so they will look different in the end. Only the basic structure of those two rock formations is finished.

Yeah, I too was trying to find some high density foam for ages, but failed

Hallpers · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:36 am

Looking great, Josh. I'm getting inspired to build my own terrain now.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:53 pm

Thanks for all of the comments guys, they really mean a lot to me. Here is my porgress on the second board, hope you guys like it.

C&C welcome.

king elessar 2615 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:55 pm

wow that looks really good :-D

keep up the good work

TheBucklandBrewer · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:17 pm

Looking very nice so far Josh!
Makes me feel like making a board aswell!!

Keep us updated please!

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:31 pm

Thank you all for the comments, they're greatly appreaciated as always. Glad to hear I'm inspiring people to build terrain, as well.

I'll try to get another terrain update in soon, I've also done a little painting on an Iron Guard, so I'll post an update with him too.

Thanks again for all the comments guys, they mean a lot. :wink:

Ranger of Gondor · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:59 pm

Sweet job so far, man! Are the boards gna be made for a specific 'arrangement', or will you be able to move them around and creat a different board each time? (Not sure if it makes any sense :oops:

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Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:25 pm

Ranger of Gondor wrote:

Are the boards gna be made for a specific 'arrangement', or will you be able to move them around and creat a different board each time? (Not sure if it makes any sense)

The board will indeed be modualar, Julian. I'm making 4, 2ft x 2ft boards, which can be aranged into one 4ft x 4ft board.

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:30 am

Nice work Josh.

How many chasms are there going to be? Will there be a whole chasm system or a circular one in the midddle?

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:44 am

Looks awesome Josh!

I cant wait to see it finished.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:09 pm

Thanks for the comments everyone.

King Elessar the Uniter wrote:

How many chasms are there going to be? Will there be a whole chasm system or a circular one in the midddle?

Actually the two chasms shown, are all I'll be making. The other two boards will focus more on the rock formations, and will not feature chasms and will also have minimal mine workings as well. I was thinking of making the other two more crowded, to give them a more tunnel-like feel.

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:53 pm

Longbottom Leaf wrote:

Actually the two chasms shown, are all I'll be making. The other two boards will focus more on the rock formations, and will not feature chasms and will also have minimal mine workings as well. I was thinking of making the other two more crowded, to give them a more tunnel-like feel.

Sounds cool!

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