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Izner's Custom Terrain (NEW: CLEAR SWAMP TILES!)

Izner

The Little Warforged That Could
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I'm turning this thread into my general terrain thread. I figured a new thread for more tiles would be a little redundant.
Anyways! Scroll down to see my new works.

Without the help of Talyn's thread, Resin Cast Terrain Tiles, and Instructables.com These would have never existed. Thanks, Talyn!

.:Lava Tiles----------------------------------------------------------
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Note: The darker red lava tile is an official molten lava tile. (The lava field tiles are official too.)

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I was trying to get something slightly transparent, sort of like the 1st edition water tiles. My first attempt came out too clear, my second attempt came out too solid. The margin for error is slim. Regardless, neither one looks really bad. They fit pretty well too.

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Making the tiles took a bit of trial and error. The resin I was using was designed to set in 2-4 hours, but for some reason my first batch literally solidified as I was pouring it out of the mixing cup... Hence the radiant brick of plastic above. My later batches worked fine tho. Go fig.

.:Swamp Tiles--------------------------------------------------------
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So now that I've got my mold release, and I'm done with school, it's back to work! But I put the lava aside, to try something a little different. Swamp Tiles! The normal swamp tiles just didn't look swampy enough... I wanted to create something transparent, yet somewhat solid at the same time. Something that would convey the 'shallow water' feel that the game rules give it.

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These were made much the same way my lava tiles were created, using green and yellow pigments instead of the neon orange. After they were formed, I dabbed the underside with a sponge, using an olive colored paint. It's a little hard to see in the photo, but it resulted in a very nice alge like undercoat. SUGGESTIONS: Don't forget to wash off the mold release, or the paint won't stick. Also, spraying the paint afterwords with some clear coat will help make it last.

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With some of the left over resin, I made some counters. Poison maybe?

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The little bit I had left in the mixing cup made an odd little puck. Perhaps something will come of it yet.

I'll be getting back to my lava tiles next... and perhaps trying some 2 part molds, if I can ever figure out how to make them...

.:About---------------------------------------------------------------
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My tiles were made using Smooth-Cast 327 (Color Match, Slow Setting)
The pigment for the lava tiles is Ignite Fluorescent Orange Pigment
The pigment for my swamp tiles were generic green and yellow pigments.
My mold was made using Smooth-Sil 920 (Silicone Rubber Compound)
All of these can be found at Smooth-On.com

As always, comments and suggestions are appreciated!
 
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I can see the pics, nice job. I actually like the more transparent ones, both look great though.
 
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Must be just me then, because I don't even see "broken picture" placeholder to let me know that something is there.
 
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Must be just me then, because I don't even see "broken picture" placeholder to let me know that something is there.

Sorry, I'd upload the pics to HeroScapers instead of my DeviantArt Page, but it says I don't have permission. I don't know what else to do.
 
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No problem, I figured out what is going on. I went in and cleared out my "show images" option in CP, when I came back to this thread the images showed as links to deviantart. When I tried to go there, my work firewall stopped it. That's why they don't show up when I come into the thread normally, so I'll take a look at them when I get home.
 
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Those look awesome! I love the darker lava tiles. They give so much more life to the other pieces. Great work!
 
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Nice job, Izner! I like to dream that someday I'll be as ambitious as you are with your lava customs.
 
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Neat stuff, I have zero experience with mold making/resin etc. I was just curious how hard it would be to add swirls/multiple colors to a mold like that. Is it even possible?:confused:
 
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Neat stuff, I have zero experience with mold making/resin etc. I was just curious how hard it would be to add swirls/multiple colors to a mold like that. Is it even possible?:confused:

I was wondering the same thing actually. You have a very limited working period with the chemicals, and pouring them in such a way as to avoid bubbles takes up a lot of it. I have a silvery dye that i tried mixing with orange to get a swirly effect, but didn't have much luck... It WOULD be good for making my own sparkly water tiles tho... very similar effect.

Perhaps if i added the dye at the absolute last minute, or even after i poured it into the mold... again, I'd just have to watch out for bubbles...
 
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Much coolness!

As is, I tink the darker ones are nicer, But I'd be interested to see the more transparent ones done as a full-thickness terrain piece (w/ the embossed top), then washed, top painted, & perhaps "charcoal flocked" as several other (non-transparent) custom lava tiles have been done here.

....then underlight 'em :)
 
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Much coolness!

As is, I tink the darker ones are nicer, But I'd be interested to see the more transparent ones done as a full-thickness terrain piece (w/ the embossed top), then washed, top painted, & perhaps "charcoal flocked" as several other (non-transparent) custom lava tiles have been done here.

....then underlight 'em :)

I have no idea how to go about making the kind of 2 part mold that would require. :confused: Talyn did it, but I'm not quite sure how... If I could figure out how to do it, I'd most certainly give it a try.

On a side note, if I were to offer these tiles in sets of 11 (equivalent to one Volcarren Wasteland pack), would anyone be willing to trade gen con figures for it? I'm never gonna make it to a gen con, but I'd kinda like a Skahen, Win Chiu Woo, etc. One gen con fig would get u 11 of these things. Maybe 22 for Hawthorne or Nerak...
 
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Nice work by the way, however this begs the question of whether there is a fluorescent green paint. To make radioactive titles of course (if you were wondering).

Now if that were possible i can see quite a few scenarios coming up regarding some fallout characters people were talking about in another thread.
 
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Nice work by the way, however this begs the question of whether there is a fluorescent green paint. To make radioactive titles of course (if you were wondering).

Now if that were possible i can see quite a few scenarios coming up regarding some fallout characters people were talking about in another thread.
1-Radioactive tiles would be awesome!
2-Love the tiles!
 
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Nice work by the way, however this begs the question of whether there is a fluorescent green paint. To make radioactive titles of course (if you were wondering).

Now if that were possible i can see quite a few scenarios coming up regarding some fallout characters people were talking about in another thread.

There is indeed both brilliant green and yellow dies that could be used.
I could get 'em, if people were interested in trading me something for a set of tiles.

The orange dye is incredible to look at. It's liquid neon. Its actually even more brilliant then those tiles. If I had used more of it, going for a totally solid color, it would have been almost shocking. I'll bet I could get a pretty good radioactive chartreuse.
 
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Fantastic job with the tiles. I truly do envy you. Tell me, can the transeparent moltan lava tiles be made verticaly into moltan lava pilars? If so, could objects be placed in the silicon batch before it hardens?
 
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Tell me, can the transeparent moltan lava tiles be made verticaly into moltan lava pilars? If so, could objects be placed in the silicon batch before it hardens?

Not quite sure what you mean about the pillars. Like, a stack of the lava tiles? I don't see why not. If you're thinking like a waterfall pillar of lava, I'd consider perhaps modifying a castle wall piece with some clay or something, and building a mold off that. Something like that tho would use a lot of resin. Either that or it'd be a really fussy mold.

As for putting something in the resin... it should be doable!
You would want to place the object in the mold first, and pour the resin around it for best results. Pouring the resin and then introducing the object could lead to a lot of bubbles... and the resin solidifies fairly quickly.
The other thing to keep in mind is that the resin gets REALLY hot, especially in larger quantities. See that big orange block in my photos? It was so hot it actually warped the plastic cup I was mixing in. It was too hot to touch. So whatever you put in the resin has to be able to withstand that. I'm guessing you're thinking a heroscape figure. :p
My guess is that most figures would be fine. Perhaps some damage to the paint or stickers, at most.

I made a resin casting of my hand once, that incorporated some wire contacts and a module containing some LEDs. Taking hold of the hand bridged the contacts and illuminated it. So electronics and such aren't effected by the resin. Could make some interesting glow effects with a few hidden watch batteries and some encased LEDs.

Sorry, this is a little long winded, but I hope it helps!
 
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....So electronics and such aren't effected by the resin. Could make some interesting glow effects with a few hidden watch batteries and some encased LEDs.....

I like where this is going.
 
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