Howdy folks!
We're going to be working on a lot of terrain in the near future, so to kick things off we're going to take a look at these cool gaming hills the club got ahold of! We've been using them for a while, but there is an interesting thing about these hills: they've been refurbished.
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| Sacks the Giant, out for his evening stroll through the Badlands. |
Jerry Wargate brought the three gaming hills (the roundish three) a few years back. They were covered in a green flock that had lost it's adhesive, and the flock was peeling off. Any touching it, and it would come off. So, we did what anyone else would do. Underneath the flock was a styrofoam hill that was in great condition, and I was determined to keep that.
The flock came off relatively easy, but it took a moment and everything had to be as smooth as possible on the surface. A layer of white glue went over the entire hill, and we allowed that to dry. This created a second "skin" on the hill and made it a bit denser, but the real reason we put that on there is so we could spray paint the white hill with a light brown satin spray.
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| Oh no! Sacks will have to walk around the steep part of this hill. |
The irregular piece was done the same way, but it was carved from some leftover foam tiles. Once they were dry, another layer of glue went on in places (but not the sides) for some light brown flock, or dark brown, some talus and some dead grass for the irregular piece. I hate putting flock on the sides of hills where it will be rubbed away by gamer's hands.
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| Such a jolly old stroll! Now, to head back home and have a snack! |
These hills turned out to be quite interchangeable. They can be stacked and arranged in many different ways, which is always good for terrain. They fit right in on the Brown World table, but don't look out of place anywhere else so they are good for a lot of table configurations.
Well, that's it for me for now. Until next time, try not to die of thirst in the desert.
