Re: [SGII], [DSII] Can't see the forest for the....

Matte sealant is a good idea, I'll try that.  

yup, me too one of our first ultra-modern minis battles was fought on a 
'Moon' where we took a sheet of extruded polystyrene (blue or pink 
styrofoam board for those not in the know)  and spray painted it grey. 
 the spray paint ate into the blueboard enough so that there were what 
looked like crater marks and rough terrain It was really nifty, then the

dog ate the board (and some minis) and the moon went away.

What sort of ratio do you use with spackle?  I have taken to spackling 
the hills before I paint & flock them. It adds a comfortable amount of 
weight to the hill and that way it can be made out of white styrofoam 
(beadboard) instead of extruded polystyrene (it's a bit cheaper).   once

you get the wallboard mud on the styrofoam, you can put all sorts of 
cool textures into it before it dries, scratch wheel ruts into roads 
formed by dragging a 1" ruler along the surface etc. The textures that 
you can acheive are really great too.  Anything from the rocky terrain 
of Mordor to the smooth surfaces of a frozen comet.  I have been known 
to cast rocks from plaster and embed them in a hillside.  

Diamond wrote:

>
>>
>> I don't really like the look of  pvc covered flock.	IMHO it is a 
>> little shiny.
>
>
> I have found one can add more water to the mix to lower the shiny 
> level (lowering the protection factor as well, of course). A quick 
> dry-brushing or dusting with the appropriate colored chalk also does 
> the trick. Matte sealant might take off the edge as well.
>
> I am actually trying to move away from flock entirely by texturing 
> stuff with a spackle/pvc/house-paint/sand mixture. I am tired of every

> battle being in a green field, or green forest, or on green hills, or 
> on green...  well you get the idea.
>
> Ndege
>
>

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