Paso a paso: cómo crear varias
secciones de carretera para Ambush Alley.
Materiales necesarios:
- Varios piezas de DM.
- Cartón pluma de 1 cm de grosor (si es autoadhesivo mejor).
- Carretera autoadhesiva (modelismo ferroviario).
- Masilla (aguaplast).
- Cola blanca.
- Cortezas de pino, grava y arena de distintos tamaños.
- Césped electrostático.
Step by step: creating several road sections for Ambush Alley.Choosen materials:- MDF pieces.
- 1 cm thickness foam board (self adhesive would be better).
- Self adhesive road (model train).
- White putty.
- PVA glue.
- Pine bark, gravel and sand with different sizes.
- Some flock.
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Empezaremos cortando las bases de DM. Al principio corté dos secciones de 13 cm de ancho y 50 cm de largo pero luego dividí una de las secciones en 32 y 18 cm de largo para poder combinarlas de distintas maneras.
Recortamos el borde largo para darle una ligera pendiente, el borde corto debe quedar recto y con la misma medida para todas las bases.
First off, cut MDF bases. I did two 13x50 cm bases but later I decide to divide one into two pieces of 18 and 32 cm long, so I can combine them in different ways.
Bevel the long edge to give a smooth slope, short edge must remain straight and with the same size for all bases.----------
Pegamos una lámina de cartón pluma sobre el DM. Tiene que ser ligeramente más estrecha que la base y nuevamente recortaremos los bordes para crear pendiente.
Stuck foam board over the base. Foam board sheet must be a little narrower than MDF, then we bevel the foam board long edge.----------
Pegamos la carretera sobre el cartón pluma, poniendo mucho cuidado de no dejar bolsas de aire. Es buena idea hacer unas marcas en los bordes para saber por dónde debe coincidir la carretera.
Now we stuck the road over the foam board, taking care of not leaving air between them. It´s a good idea making some marks to ensure the road matches correctly form one section to other.----------
Con una tira de cartón pluma creamos el borde de la calzada, dándole algo de forma para que encaje bien con la pendiente. La carretera quedará ligeramente elevada, de manera que pueda proporcionar algo de cobertura en caso de emboscada... :-)
With two foam board strips we make the road border, shaping it to match de bevelled edge. The road will have some elevation so it can be used as cover in case of ambush... :-)
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Las secciones están listas para el siguiente paso. Se puede apreciar en la foto cómo se ha cortado el cartón pluma de forma irregular.
Sections are ready for next step. You can appreciate in the picture how the foam board was cut in an irregular form.----------
Cubrimos los bordes con algún tipo de masilla (yo he usado aguaplast), no pasa nada si nos pasamos un poco y cubrimos parte de la calzada. Se puede dar algo más de textura a la masilla dando unos toques con un trapo.
Una vez seca la masilla, la cubrimos con una capa de cola blanca y añadimos la corteza, la grava y la arena (en este orden). Dejamos secar un rato y sacudimos para eliminar lo que no se haya pegado bien. Después damos otra capa con cola blanca diluida, para que la arena quede bien sujeta.
Cover the edges with some kind of putty (I used white putty), nothing happens if we cover part of the road. You can give a little more texture to the putty giving a few taps with a cloth.Once the putty is dry, cover the whole of it with PVA glue and then add the bark, gravel and sand (in this order). Leave it to dry and once it is, shake off the excess. Then we give another coat of diluted PVA, so the sand sticks better.----------
Normalmente pinto mis elementos de desierto empezando con una base de color ocre y después aclarando con un pincel seco con Arena Oscura y luego con Arena Oscura mezclada con Blanco. Para finalizar doy un pincel seco con Blanco sobre algunas de las rocas más grandes y añado algunos matojos. También he dado varias manos de pincel seco sobre la calzada para simular polvo y arena.
I normally paint my desert elementes starting with an ochre base and then highlighting it first with a drybrush of Dark Sand and then with a mixture of Dark Sand and White. Finally, I give a drybrush of White on some of the larger rocks and add some flock on the sides. I have also simulate dust and sand on the road with several drybrush.
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Y este es el resultado final: 1 m de carretera, dividida en tres secciones, para mi terreno desértico.
And this is the final result: a road 1 m long, divided into three sections, that I´ll use with my desert terrain.Nos vemos!
Step by step: creating several road sections for Ambush Alley.
First off, cut MDF bases. I did two 13x50 cm bases but later I decide to divide one into two pieces of 18 and 32 cm long, so I can combine them in different ways.
Stuck foam board over the base. Foam board sheet must be a little narrower than MDF, then we bevel the foam board long edge.
Now we stuck the road over the foam board, taking care of not leaving air between them. It´s a good idea making some marks to ensure the road matches correctly form one section to other.
With two foam board strips we make the road border, shaping it to match de bevelled edge. The road will have some elevation so it can be used as cover in case of ambush... :-)
Sections are ready for next step. You can appreciate in the picture how the foam board was cut in an irregular form.
Cover the edges with some kind of putty (I used white putty), nothing happens if we cover part of the road. You can give a little more texture to the putty giving a few taps with a cloth.
I normally paint my desert elementes starting with an ochre base and then highlighting it first with a drybrush of Dark Sand and then with a mixture of Dark Sand and White. Finally, I give a drybrush of White on some of the larger rocks and add some flock on the sides. I have also simulate dust and sand on the road with several drybrush.
And this is the final result: a road 1 m long, divided into three sections, that I´ll use with my desert terrain.
