Quite awhile ago I started a set of 1x1 boards for SBH and managed to get three plain areas sorted and almost complete. Deciding that I do need to finish these ASAP and spurred on by Alfriks current work I started a swamp / slope tile as a change. Based on a 3mm MDF board from Warbases I started by cutting a normal ceiling tile in half and spreading some Evostick glue on the top in a random pattern. Now this is not the normal thing to do as the glue dissolves the tile but in this case I wanted this (and was using the low fume version) but make sure you open the window or do this in summer outdoors.
Once this had stopped eating away the tile I stuck this bit to the base using wood glue and and covered the other half of the board with pink foam off cuts that I had hot wired to a slope and to fit the white tile.
I first tried polyfiller (flexible) to fill the join but found it evaporated and left a sunken ridge that I could not get rid off – I cheated and used wood filler hence the brown lines below. I’ve now started painting the sunken area using an earth brown and just waiting for it to dry (hence the shine):
Once dry, I wash with black and dry brush with sea green before using the Woodlands Scenics water compound. Do not hold you breath though as I am working tomorrow…
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