Re: [Semi-OT] Making alien terrain

On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Beth Fulton wrote:

> G'day guys,
> 
> Derek and I are just about to embark on a major terrain building phase
and 
> I was wondering if anyone had tried making terrain out of "spray
foam"? We 
> got the off cuts from a friend who was insulating her guinea pig hutch
and 
> they looked a lot like rock formations.
> 
> I've also painted up the blister packaging off kids toys before and
we're 
> all set to do some styrofoam and artist's board carving. Have we
forgotten 
> any other cheap material??
> 
> What have others used?

Go to your nearest large hardware/do-it-yourself store and take a slow
walk down the plumbing aisle. All sorts of interesting pipe shapes, end
caps, and whatnot. Good industrial park scenery material.

As well, spend an evening going over the Terragenesis website, if you
haven't already. I don't have the URL handy, but it's near the very top
of
my links page at http://warbard.iwarp.com/links.html

It's aimed at GW gamers, but the techniques are universal and the whole
site is excellent.

I've also got a few ideas, and a few more links, at my Scenery & Terrain
page - http://warbard.iwarp.com/scenery.html -

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
- http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html -

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Beth
> 
> 
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