Painting terrain

[LMB]

I bought some terrain from ebay to make my own lava, but I'm wondering if I should not paint the sides where the pieces interlock. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm planning to shoot them with white first so that the red will be bright, then I'll be sealing them with clear dullcoat. Will 3 layers make interlocking them difficult? If I leave the sides unpainted will is show much? Thanks for any tips you guys can give me.

[special-jlk]

I made some custom lava tiles for heroscape and all i used was red spray paint ive had them for about nine months and they still look fine maybe a little flecking on the sides but not so much that you would notice

[Remice]

I normally paint my sides than spray after with a clear acrylic finish. It usually doesnt have much of a problem afterwards.

[pegasus]

I don't think painting the sides will give you any problems with interlocking. If you are worried about chipping resilience consider using a matte coat on top of a glossy one. Glossy coatings are much harder and wear resistant than dull coatings. It's what most pro painters do.

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

http://www.heroscapers.com/community...413#post901413

I've had no problems with mine:

[Warlord Alpha]

Worst comes to worst, go and paint two extra tiles you have laying around with your process and see how they work. If it works out fine, do the whole batch.

[Just_a_Bill]

Originally Posted by Raudulfr Shieldcrusher

http://www.heroscapers.com/community...413#post901413

I've had no problems with mine:

Looks fantastic, but ... they don't seem to stack and interlock correctly? Or am I misinterpreting the shadows?

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

No, you are not. When I took the pic I just shoved them together. They were only hours from the final coat of paint.I only posted the pic to show how I painted them. I've been using the tiles since the final coat of varnish and have not had any problems.

[habs1009]

They look like burnt hamburgers.

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

Hamburgers burnt by LAVA!

[habs1009]

They don't look like they stack too well though.

[omen20154]

I have flocked and painted all of my heroscape tiles and to tell you the truth, the type of paint u use is really what determinesif it sticks or not.

The prime example were my lava tiles.. I kinda messed up the firs time arround .. well not really messed up but i was not satisfied with them at all.. They stuck the frst time.. The second time arround they really stuck. I had to get a knife and scrape the extra off. I am glad it was only the lava set. It took forever to do. They still stick a little to this day.

Now I have have painted and flocked the other master sets all without any problems. Maye it was the ammount of paint I used on the lava set. With all the drybrushing I had to do. Mabye it was the type of paint i used. I dont know..