The perennial problem. Resin roads look great on the flat, but put them on a hill or other protrusion and you get instant ski-ramp syndrome. As we're looking at Waterloo (and using Mark's hex terrain for the hills) this is an unacceptable situation. So I've been trying different materials to create both a flexible road but also a good looking one.
Hard to tell? So it is - and I only did a quick job on it.
But is it bendy? Compare it to the resin ski-ramp.
So it looks good, paints well and is bendy!
What is it? It's a foam sheet - usually used as in camping to rest your sleeping bag on. Cost £1 (Poundland, you see). Enough to make loads and loads of roads (probably 10m worth at least).
Next - what I made out of this!
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| Ski-ramp resin road. |
I've tried tea-towels, ordinary towelling, sacking, grip-mat but each has it's own unique problems. Tea-towel paints well but becomes stiff and inflexible. Sacking and towelling just soak up paint and the finish is just too rough (but great for grassy areas so I might return to the towel when doing fields).
But then I was in Poundland (a great place for wargaming 'stuff') and came across an ideal material for our needs. But first, lets look at the finish.
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| Which is which? |
But is it bendy? Compare it to the resin ski-ramp.
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| Passes the pen test! |
So it looks good, paints well and is bendy!
What is it? It's a foam sheet - usually used as in camping to rest your sleeping bag on. Cost £1 (Poundland, you see). Enough to make loads and loads of roads (probably 10m worth at least).
Next - what I made out of this!
