Rocky Escarpments part 2

Hi Folks

When I left you last on this project I'd filled in one of the box modules but of course I had 7 more to finish. With the sun shining this morning I headed out into the garden to tackle the remainder.

Part 1 of the build can be found here

http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/egyptian-adventures-rocky-escarpments.html


As you will see from the pictures below it was a really productive day.

The shot below is the first box I finished with the filler now added over the polystyrene. This will take about 3 days to completely dry and at the point I can start on the ground and base work.

The first box built

a sense of scale? heres one cliff with a 28mm figure

In the above picture you can see the first box with the second alongside. The pre-cut side panels allow these to align up neatly.

I thought you might be interested to learn how I fix the cork bark/cliff faces to the polystyrene inners. Quite simple really....I use barbecue skewers.

Just drill a hole in the bark and then push the skewer through. Not forgetting to add glue !

Drive a skewer through a drilled hole - you can also see the sandwich of foam in this picture

The skewers are then trimmed flush

The cliff faces soon started to take on a life of their own.

The run consists of three modules - I am building 8

By playing around with the boxes I can build an infinite number of shapes,. I still need to build a few more corner pieces but I think it is starting to take shape.

A rocky outcrop - four corner pieces

another shot of the above

A rocky canyon



Two corners against the table edge

A cliff wall to the front, a hill in the middle

The next big job is to complete the filler process on these pieces ! With a bit of luck I might be able to get these done next week

Until next time

Part 3 is now done and can be found here

Part 3