Hi. I worked on more of the Corner Houses 1 & 2 today from the Mordheim Starter Box Set Terrain. Well, mainly, Corner House 2. Again theses are my takes on the starter terrain, but I wanted to stay close to the source material as I can.
The challenge today was the recreating the arched doorway using basically the formboard and hot glue. I was able to use a lot of my off-cuts of foamboard. I created the arch by using a carpentry technique – you cut multiple slips where you want to the material to bend. Then slow bend the material allowing your cuts to separate from one side only. As long as you don’t cut through only one side the foamboard, the paper on the other side should be intact and able to make the arch. Or, I could have just cut a whole mess of smaller “bricks/stones” and created the arch one stone at a time. Meh. Maybe next time. And, no, I don’t own a 3D printer. The cost (machine, consumables, operating expense, knowledge curve) to me is not justifiable for my budget of “free.99”. Also, I am debating whether to add a door to the archway similar to my partially open doors on the first build series. What do you think?
I also installed some “slate” flooring. I cut up some “cereal box” cardboard – well, in my case, some tissue box cardboard into appropriate sized stone shapes. I used wood glue – because my white PVA glue was across the room – to glue down the stonework flooring stone by stone. It was tedious, but once you get into a flow, it wasn’t too bad. I got the floor done in no time. When the flooring was done, the base material (corrugated cardboard from a keyboard box) started to warp. I placed a piece of parchment paper on top and placed some heavy bottles in an effort to flatten the base down. I will let it dry overnight and see if that helps remove the warping. I will probably have to do this again when I base/seal the structures.
Yes, there are pics. Here ya go. Maybe I’ll start on the Long House tomorrow.
Happy crafting!
A Little Bit of Glue 