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Foam picture tiles1/23/2024 The thing I focused on was ensuring that the mountain layers were wide enough for big models to sit on. Once you start pairing the pieces up, you can make adjustment cuts on the jagged edges so that the layers look good together. so that I knew which tiles (1) matched to each layer (ABC). I marked my layers with 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 2A, 2B. Depending how you cut the edges, some pieces may look better together than others. When all your pieces are cut, line up the pieces to make a trio of bottom, middle, and top. Cut in a rough quarter circle shape, the exact shapes and positions don't matter, the only thing that matters is that the edges line up with your measured marks. Once you have your marks on the edges (6 in, 9 in, 12in) hold your knife vertically and cut a jagged shape across to create a rough outline for your rocks. If you want to cut your own corners, I would suggest cutting slightly under 90 degrees, rather than slightly over. This means you may have to buy a lot of a foam squares, and only use the corners, which can waste the middles. It's easiest to cut the mountain corners out of a corner of foam, to ensure that you have a good 90 degree edge. If you want to make a taller mountain, you can add more layers! Then, the middle row of the mountain was 9 in, to make sure that the steps were even. That means that each side has to be 6 in. I then decided how big I wanted the top layer to be, which was 12 in diameter (compared to the 24 in bottom layer). For my mountains, I wanted them to cover a quarter of the tile, so they started at 12 in. In order for this to work smoothly, you need to measure where the corners of each mountain ledge will end, so they line up no matter how you arrange them. The idea here is to create four tiles that can be rearranged to give you different mountain configurations. Once I had the foam as my base, I was ready to go. Check that they are actually 2 ft x 2 ft, even a slight amount (1/8 in) too big can make them fit too tightly into your table. I found big sheets that were 2 ft x 8 ft, and was able to get the store to cut 2 ft x 2 ft squares for me. We'll be using 1 in thick blue foam, which you can find at the hardware store. We'll make mountains, craters, give texture to the surface, and the paint everything. In this Instructable, we're going to cover four main ideas of making terrain. This allows you to use them with a variety of table sizes (4x4, 6x4, 8x4.) Since our gaming table is 6 ft x 4 ft, we're going to make our tiles 2 ft x 2 ft. Having a gaming table is one thing, having a table with beautiful terrain is another! It's time to step up your gaming.Ĭontinuing from the last Instructable where we made a gaming table, we're now going to make some terrain tiles to match! Continuing the spirit of keeping it modular, we're going to make a variety of tiles that can work together in many many configurations.
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