Ok it has been a while since I posted, there has been quite a bit going on. I have been working on a book, wood turning and of course working full time and helping Ruby in her job too in the evenings.
I have been making flock and my own trees with some success and making other bits and bobs for wargaming.
Importantly for this site I have been developing the product range and have come up with the Room and Corridor foam kits. Each kit contains 3 10mm wall pieces about 12" long, 2 corridor pieces at 6-7" long and 1 room floor piece that is about 7" square. They are available from the shop for £2.50
What can you do with this stuff I hear you ask, well here are some images of what I am currently working on, I hope to have these ready for Colours 2011, my local wargames show here in Newbury. I will be there this year as a trader so pop over and say Hi.
Here we see a couple of walls, some rooms and corridors all in different stages of construction
This image shows a room panel glued to a cardboard base and the tiles have been carved into the foam with a standard biro. The corridor section in the foreground has been done the same way and painted.
This picture shows a carved wall section. This was done using an old pencil. Get one with a rubber on the end and remove the rubber from the metal ferrule. Shape the ferrule into a brick shape with some needle nose pliers and using a little pressure puch the ferrule into the foam. To prevent the wall looking too regular I rotated the pencil as I did the bricks.
This is a shot of the formed ferrule, very simple and a lot quicker that using a pen or pencil to draw the blocks into the foam. You can see under the pencil a ball of tinfoil, this ball is rolled and dabbed onto the carved foam to add texture to the surface. In the carved wall picture above there is another section of wall visible, if you look closely you will see how smooth it looks compared to the wall in the foreground.
Here we see the beginings of another corridor section and an Archway or doorway carved into the wall section.
This all looks great for the dungeon builders and fantasy gamers but what about sci fi?
Here is a sneak preview of something I am working on for Terragenesis, I might expand this into a full 3D Space Hulk terrain set, my daughter enjoys playing the game and a special 3d setup would be amazing so watch this space lol.
This is a prototype bulkhead door made from a piece of 10mm foam
