I have Hirst Arts' Mold #210 Cobblestone, which I ordered back in 2010. I am not exactly sure when I had cast all the tiles I needed for the modular roads I had in mind, but I guess it was at least 10 years ago. At some point I had glued the modules (lying them on the cobblestone side, to get a level surface, thus compensating for the bottoms not having been screaped to the same height by me consistently). Some time later I had the MDF sheets cut in the DIY store, to mount the segments on.
Then, this was always "the next" quick side project when my current project was finished. And then it was the next again… and again…
Now, some 10 years later, I actually need the roads for the next scenario I intend to play. So I set to work.
This is what I start from:
First, I marked the width of the roads, centered, on the MDF sheets, then bevelled the edges with a knife.
I glued down one master piece, to get the interlocking ends the same on each tile. Then glued the rest by aligning it against the master.
For the intersections, the MDF tiles were too long, but the offcuts had been intended for the branch-offs from the start.
While I was working on the road tiles, I saw the test prints of dwarf models, which I had used to find the correct size to tprint the models to fit with the dwarves I already had. I had the faint idea, to mount them somehow and use as statues. Well… what better place to have dwarven statues than besides a dwarven road…?
So I quickly got out my Proxxon, cut strips of shapes, and then many, many slices of these shapes.
For then status I cut ten blocks, then 3 times 40 decorative slabs.
Into the blocks, I first cut the stonework, then widened the cuts with a metal tool.
Finally I used an aluminium foil ball to get some texture into the foam.
The bases I again cut from 3mm ePVC sheets.
For a better bond, I inserted paper clips into the dwarves by drilling a hole in one of their feets.
Then I mounted the dwarves.
