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Offline Rob P

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making hills
« on: November 08, 2009, 10:52:13 am »
from the guy that brought you making ruins heres a tutorial on making hills

http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/haFEq8DZCR1l

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Re: making hills
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2009, 08:00:29 pm »
The chappie doing it does look a little like a baddie from Star Trek, also one has to question when there are so many shots of him rather than what he is talking about. I think we have found the worlds only narcissist prepared to wear brown and beige velour!
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Re: making hills
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2009, 12:37:42 pm »
He goes on a lot. I seem to recall that the blue foam is difficult to get hold of in the UK in the kind of smaller volumes wargamers would need and he still needs to use bigger brushes. But I am just nit picking these are good tutorials and he makes some good points about paint, knives and whatnot, keep posting them up!

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Re: making hills
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2009, 01:25:54 pm »
Yes, sorry, I notice my earlier post was rather disparaging and perhaps not picking up on the fact that there are some good tips and techniques in there.
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Re: making hills
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2009, 02:19:38 pm »
There's something strangely hypnotic about the video. Not sure if its the background music or not! Definitely a nice looking hill though, and some good tips.

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Re: making hills
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2009, 01:18:46 pm »
He goes on a lot. I seem to recall that the blue foam is difficult to get hold of in the UK in the kind of smaller volumes wargamers would need

Easier than you think mate, I have been getting it for years from this guy on Ebay


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Re: making hills
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2009, 01:24:28 pm »
Also that guy does my head in...Why is the camera not level with his head....?


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Re: making hills
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2010, 02:25:25 pm »
I made a 2' x 1' one :)



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Re: making hills
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2010, 02:41:43 pm »
Looks delicious, what is the frosting made of?

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Re: making hills
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2010, 02:49:51 pm »
it's a blend of icing sugar and green cornflakes.

or....

it's 3 coloured sands, green flock, static grass and small rocks (and bob the marauder).
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Re: making hills
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2010, 05:34:03 pm »
good lord, that is one big hill, gotta win choice of sides if playing against Dwarves!! :thumbsup:
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Re: making hills
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2010, 05:40:19 pm »
Nah, just place it in the middle of the board when doing random terrain placement.

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Re: making hills
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2010, 05:49:05 pm »
Nah, just place it in the middle of the board when doing random terrain placement.

it's flat at the back for butting up to the edge, but that might change.....
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