Post by Yurrath (aka Rezzy) on Jan 8, 2013 14:09:18 GMT
I'm beginning to put together a BFG board, in the form of a painted sheet and some terrain. I'll make a seperate post and upload photos for each piece off terrain as I make them!
Below is a list of things I intend to acquire/make or *could potentially make, and how I could do it (those with * are those I probably need more help with when it comes to figuring out how to create them!). If you have any suggestions fire away.
"Board"
Planning to use a sheet rather than a board...though I'm not sure what type of material to use. It needs to be hardwearing, paintable, and not too 'springy' (so models can sit on it easily).
Terrain:
- Sun*
This needs to be large but light, and I'm not sure exactly how to pull it off. It could just be a dome, or an upside down dome on a flying base? Or beach ball that I can deflate for storage? Easiest option may be to paint a circle of fabric to represent the edge of a sun but I'm not a fantastic painter so it will look flat and lame...
- Planets and Moons
I have started on some of these already! I have one small planet (roughly 7" across) and three planetoids/moons (roughly 2" across). I have a handful of small wooden balls about 1.5cm across and I'm not sure what to do with them, they look too perfectly spherical to be asteroids but are a bit solid to reshape. They may do as small moons.
- Ringed Planets*
Planets are fairly easy...rings on the other hand, not so much. An old record would be ideal but a) I don't have any and b) I'm not sure how I would cut out the centre smoothly. May have to use card but again cutting a clean circle may be tricky and it would have to be fairly rigid.
- Asteroids
I don't really have anything I can use but I could find some stones or something.
- Comet*
Any ideas on this one? How to make a convincing 'trail' (suppose I could use sand)...
- Dust Clouds
Sand and/or gravel, easy that one.
- Gas Clouds
Will probably use cotton wool sprayed green/yellow.
- Nebulae
Will probably use cotton wool sprayed blue/purple.
- Solar Flare*
Yellow/red sand and cotton wool combo?
Below is a list of things I intend to acquire/make or *could potentially make, and how I could do it (those with * are those I probably need more help with when it comes to figuring out how to create them!). If you have any suggestions fire away.
"Board"
Planning to use a sheet rather than a board...though I'm not sure what type of material to use. It needs to be hardwearing, paintable, and not too 'springy' (so models can sit on it easily).
Terrain:
- Sun*
This needs to be large but light, and I'm not sure exactly how to pull it off. It could just be a dome, or an upside down dome on a flying base? Or beach ball that I can deflate for storage? Easiest option may be to paint a circle of fabric to represent the edge of a sun but I'm not a fantastic painter so it will look flat and lame...
- Planets and Moons
I have started on some of these already! I have one small planet (roughly 7" across) and three planetoids/moons (roughly 2" across). I have a handful of small wooden balls about 1.5cm across and I'm not sure what to do with them, they look too perfectly spherical to be asteroids but are a bit solid to reshape. They may do as small moons.
- Ringed Planets*
Planets are fairly easy...rings on the other hand, not so much. An old record would be ideal but a) I don't have any and b) I'm not sure how I would cut out the centre smoothly. May have to use card but again cutting a clean circle may be tricky and it would have to be fairly rigid.
- Asteroids
I don't really have anything I can use but I could find some stones or something.
- Comet*
Any ideas on this one? How to make a convincing 'trail' (suppose I could use sand)...
- Dust Clouds
Sand and/or gravel, easy that one.
- Gas Clouds
Will probably use cotton wool sprayed green/yellow.
- Nebulae
Will probably use cotton wool sprayed blue/purple.
- Solar Flare*
Yellow/red sand and cotton wool combo?
