Showing posts with label Display. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Display. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

40k Display Board Part 2

So with the board being based and ready to go the next step was to get it primed up. For this I used flat black Krylon primer. This step was a pain because I didn't want the paint to mess up in the humid weather we have been having so after I primed a bit of it I had to take it in to let it dry in the cooler air.


After a day of slowly getting the whole things good and primed.

After getting it primed I started on doing a quick couple of dry brushes of Apple Barrel Grey Paint. If you haven't tried this paint it is great for anything large terrain project and being around 2 bucks a big bottle it will last you for a good bit. So after dry brushing it, I went out and tried Krylon Mat Vanish since I had great things about it, and when I did it melted off the spray paint on the border of the board making me have to hand paint all of the sides. I don't know if I was using it too close or what but I hope I can get it to work on future projects since I have 2 cans of the stuff. So finally after repainting the sides and using a different varnish I finished the board and I am very happy with how it turned out.


A couple of pictures of the display ready for action

Total cost of the board 10 bucks with tons of stuff left over

Thursday, July 1, 2010

40k Display Board Part 1

So with me trying to go to more tournaments I need a new display board as my old one had broken apart and was to big for easy transport. So with this in mind I went to walmart to get some items to make it with. I came home with some sand, spray paint and a 5 dollar cork board.
The glue I already had and the sand(forgot to take a picture of the board).

So with all the items I needed on hand I went to work covering the board with watered down glue and slowly putting the sand on it. I let this layer of sand dry for a day and then painted another layer of watered down glue on top of it. So after two days of work I have a board ready to prime and paint.

After the sand first got glued down with a model to show scale.



Layer of watered down glue over the top.