Project Landscape

In order to get the "lake" look I need a clearish blue cover in previous experiments involving nail polish I noticed that styrofoam melts and produces a hard clear blue material:



So of course I'll make a lake out of it

*note that if you do this you will need glass cup a lot of styrofoam and a well vented area (such as a garage)









for more :
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As will I.

So as disappointed as I am to go back to college tomorrow, here is what I've got. (last update for at least a week)

some interchangeable cliffs (no armed lictor for scale)





and here is the "lake" 5ish hours after it was poured... not done yet :/
It isn't as big as I intended in part because it wouldn't spread out when I poured it and also because I think it shrank as it hardened.

Thanks what you can see on the edges is how it should all look like when its done

On top of what is here I will most likely be putting in magnets to hold down scenery while maintaining its storage and transportation abilities. I am trying to make sure that everything is interchangeable and the reason for all of the blank spaces is so we can put on buildings, trees, wreckage, etc or even my acid pits
thetyranidhive.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=converting&action=display&thread=36778

(how do I make a word into a link to this page?)

I'm interested to see how this turns out I have wanted to do something like this for a while but I havent had the time or the effort in truth, keep up the good work

Alright here is an update from last weekend (because I couldn't find the camera connector)

Here is how the lake is stacking up. looks nice, but it is much smaller then anticipated. As I mentioned it has shrunk quite a lot. I'l be able to fill in the rest of the lake with elmer's/PVA glue.




I made another cliff and I shall be adding more detail later.



I made some tank/vehicle tracks for te plain ground.






If you want tank track look here is how I did it,
I apologize if this makes absolutely no sense

take a knife 45 degrees off of the foam and turn the blade perpendicular to the direction you want to cut. apply some pressure and move the blade against a strait edge and let it dig in and pop out (it'll seem kind of like the blade is bouncing) this will give you triangle grooves. next take a heat tool (hair dryer for crafts usually for embossing) and heat the foam until it looks how you want it. adjusting the amount of pressure on the blade and the speed you cut change the shape of the treads.

Thanks for the comments!