Siege of Acre 1191 - TerrainFest 2023
A gaming surface texture experiment
One of the first things that I started to explore were options for adding texture to the foam ‘mat’.
Now its actually quite easy to do with PVA, Sand and the usual suspects all working fine in terms of adhesion and final look – the difficulty comes if you want to keep the flexible property of the foam. The usual suspects set rock hard and mean the foam has to be stored flat, which for me was not ideal.
Experiment 1:
PVA
Bicarbinate of Soda
Pigment Powders
Mix of ground corks
An attempt to create a kind of flexible modge podge, didn’t work very well, it was flexible for sure but the bonds were weak and it just tore and crumbled. So not recommended.
Experiment 2:
Silicone Adhesive (Tec7)
Mix of ground cork
Thinned with white spirit
This is an interesting option but takes a fair bit of testing to get the thinning right while not a complete failure it hadn’t just got it stable enough to use on this project so perhaps I can get this perfected for a future attempt.
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