Re: Cardboard Armour (Don't tell Jon)

Brian spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
 
> Medical gauze (clean, please) makes pretty good camo netting. As
follows:
> unfold the gauze to a single layer, pin it to something - a piece of
wood
> or something - and use fairly thick paint. While the paint is wet,
> sprinkle ground foam 'grass' on. Most of the foam will come off, but
the
> remainder has a fairly effective patchy look, with the net underneath.
> Looks pretty good, IMHO. (A really heavy camo job - net, foliage, etc
-
> would help disguise the relative lack of detail on homegrown vehicles)

Must try this one when I build some bunkers. Good idea. 
 
> I use air-drying clay for hoverskirts. It's a bit more work, but looks
> good and is totally solid. For cardboard vehicles, it could provide
needed
> stiffening, as well as ballasting the vehicle to stop it from drifting
> across the gaming table in a breeze...

Shouldn't GEVs move in a stiff wind? (grin)
 
> On the subject of wheeled vehicles, does anyone have any ideas for
making
> wheels? I'd like to make a wheeled APC and various other wheeled
vehicles,
> but lack of good wheels is getting in the way. Wooden dowelling,
maybe?

Cheap model kits could provide a source of these. Perhaps dowelling. 
Perhaps some buttons. Don't know. 

 
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