This is my third article about gaming / collecting / painting / printing the range of 90mm Across Flats, modular terrain tiles from Hexhog Tabletops. Last month I spent my printing & painting time printing the lovely rolling, craggy landscape that Hexhog offer as a free sampler in there Campfire Confusion set. You can check out the original article about these pieces, which are completely free, by clicking here. This month I have focussed on adding a stream running into a lake, crossed by a road bridge.
All of the water pieces are from Hexhog’s Rushing Rivers Pack. The roads are from Rambling Roads pack, which is supplied free if you sign up for monthly access to Hexhog’s digital map maker software ($1.67 per month). The bridge is from the Beckoning Bridges expansion.
I have painted all of the tiles that I use at 0.2mm layer height on an Ender 5 3D printer using PLA+ filament.
Before painting tiles, I apply slightly watered down PVA glue to the top surface using an old brush. This makes a great surface for paint to bond to and helps to hide the 3D print lines. All tiles were undercoated with Bitter Chocolate from Sandtex smooth masonry paint range.
Once the primer had dried I gave the tiles a very heavy drybrush using Folk Art Antique White acrylic applied with a large make up brush. This technique adds to the shadow and highlight of Contrast / Speed Paints.
Water areas were painted using Games Workshop, Citadel Colour Contrast Paint: Frostheart.
Areas of deeper water were painted using Games Workshop, Citadel Colour Contrast Paint: Stormfiend. This was done before the first coat of Frostheart had dried so that the two colours could be blended in.
Rocks were painted using Games Workshop, Citadel Colour Contrast Paint: Basilicanum Grey.
Areas or earth were painted using Games Workshop, Citadel Colour Contrast Paint: Aggaros Dunes.
Using a large make up brush, a light drybrush of Khaki Folkart Acrylic was applied to the whole tile to pick out some highlights. The water areas were then varnished using Gloss Modpodge.
Combining the river pieces with the free basic terrain from Campfire Encounters has enabled me to build up a pleasing 30″ square playing surface which is ideal for D&D style encounters as well as my favourite tabletop skirmish system, Pulp Alley.
The latest release from Hexhog is called Crumbling Caverns. This release allows you to build caves and passageways to place inside your hills and mountains. I have been busy for several weeks printing the new pieces. By next month I will have them painted up and will put together an article to take a look at how they might work.
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