nickmodaily
March 4th, 2007, 02:28 PM
Let me first say that I got the idea to make a custom graveyard after
seeing Skynight’s graveyard here:
http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=1110
I think he did a fantastic job, and without his inspiration, I never would
have tried to build my own. I tried to do it with the foam that he
suggested but I didn’t like the feel of it once it was completed. It seemed
too soft and fragile. I wanted to just be able to store my pieces in a box
with the rest of my terrain without the fear of them getting damaged. I
also wanted the pieces to look like they were actually created for
Heroscape. So all of the custom pieces that I created are made from
plastic and hot glue and they are quite durable. I’m currently working on
getting detailed instructions made so that anyone else can make these as well.
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10297/Zombie_Graveyard~0.jpg
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10297/Zombie_a.jpg
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10297/Zombie_b.jpg
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10297/Zombie_c.jpg
In short, to make the Kyrie statues I just stacked three Lego blocks on
top of each other for the bases. Then I used a hot glue gun to stick the
figures on and to make that little ridge at the bottom. Hot glue works
great because you can really mold it. Once you glue it on, let it dry and
then use the side of the tip of the hot glue gun to smooth out the edges or
sculpt it any way you want to. I used that Stone Touch paint that you get
at Wal Mart to paint them. I first heard about that type of paint from
Skynight's Custom Terrain thread as well.
The crosses are also just made out of Lego blocks with some hot glue.
The tomb stones are Battlements that I cut a little bit with a jig saw. I
used hot glue to fill in the sides and to round out the tops, then just
painted them. I also added little patches of green paint around the bases
to make it look like either ivy or moss.
The walls are Ruins with the tops cut off with a jig saw and then painted
with the same Stone Touch spray paint.
One of the most important parts to making this work is once they have all
been painted, you need to spray them with a matte finish. The Stone
Touch paint tends to stay a little sticky even after it has dried. By using a
finish on it, it gets rid of the stickyness and makes them less likely to chip.
Also, each of the pieces is hot glued to a one hex tile. They looked funny
when I tried to use a regular tile, so I used some cheap wire cutters to
clip around the base of each hex to make them around the same height
as water tiles. After I cut the tile, I sanded down the bottom to make it
smoother. They don't slide around the board and they still kind of
interlock with the other peices. And since each piece is on its own tile
you can change the set up of the graveyard for each game.
Again, I'll try to get more detailed instructions later on.
seeing Skynight’s graveyard here:
http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=1110
I think he did a fantastic job, and without his inspiration, I never would
have tried to build my own. I tried to do it with the foam that he
suggested but I didn’t like the feel of it once it was completed. It seemed
too soft and fragile. I wanted to just be able to store my pieces in a box
with the rest of my terrain without the fear of them getting damaged. I
also wanted the pieces to look like they were actually created for
Heroscape. So all of the custom pieces that I created are made from
plastic and hot glue and they are quite durable. I’m currently working on
getting detailed instructions made so that anyone else can make these as well.
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10297/Zombie_Graveyard~0.jpg
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10297/Zombie_a.jpg
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10297/Zombie_b.jpg
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10297/Zombie_c.jpg
In short, to make the Kyrie statues I just stacked three Lego blocks on
top of each other for the bases. Then I used a hot glue gun to stick the
figures on and to make that little ridge at the bottom. Hot glue works
great because you can really mold it. Once you glue it on, let it dry and
then use the side of the tip of the hot glue gun to smooth out the edges or
sculpt it any way you want to. I used that Stone Touch paint that you get
at Wal Mart to paint them. I first heard about that type of paint from
Skynight's Custom Terrain thread as well.
The crosses are also just made out of Lego blocks with some hot glue.
The tomb stones are Battlements that I cut a little bit with a jig saw. I
used hot glue to fill in the sides and to round out the tops, then just
painted them. I also added little patches of green paint around the bases
to make it look like either ivy or moss.
The walls are Ruins with the tops cut off with a jig saw and then painted
with the same Stone Touch spray paint.
One of the most important parts to making this work is once they have all
been painted, you need to spray them with a matte finish. The Stone
Touch paint tends to stay a little sticky even after it has dried. By using a
finish on it, it gets rid of the stickyness and makes them less likely to chip.
Also, each of the pieces is hot glued to a one hex tile. They looked funny
when I tried to use a regular tile, so I used some cheap wire cutters to
clip around the base of each hex to make them around the same height
as water tiles. After I cut the tile, I sanded down the bottom to make it
smoother. They don't slide around the board and they still kind of
interlock with the other peices. And since each piece is on its own tile
you can change the set up of the graveyard for each game.
Again, I'll try to get more detailed instructions later on.