Not "Dune 1984"
He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing. On the board
Well the board started like most boards with a frame (in this case a high frame) and 3 styrodur/hardfoam plates 60 x 120cm inside. On the underside i added 4 triangles in the corners for rigity and between the plates 2 closing bands. Then additional painter tape for closing the connection. Then i added some solvent-free glue to the connections (very important, solvent melts the foam). On top of this filler mass. I wanted a very flate surface. You may think on dunes, but i would do those on bases.
When everythink was dry i added again water thinned glue and on top of that fine sand (my one was almost to fine). Then don’t do the whole plate at once, because the glue dries and the the sand doesn’t stick to it anymore:
When everything was dry, i removed the sand (saving what i can) and paint the sand with a light sahara color from the hardware-store. Some more white and drybrushing. Due to the fine sand. The effect was more marginal. After this i wanted to try out a 2D sanddune-effect and i like it. You may try to do smaller ones with more breakouts. For this i cutted cardboard (pizza) in the right shape and sprayed with model mates sand effect on the surface (i added some references too):
May look i little bit hard. Less may be better. But overall i can live with the result:
Next step finishing the board sides took some time and i finished them in january 2018. So other pictures may not include them. But i want to finish this. So next post is on the board part 2.
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