Rigmarole
08-05-2005, 09:23 PM
<p>After crunching some numbers I've spent well over $300 dollars to make
terrain and the such. So in the hopes of getting some back I'm selling off
some of the excess.</p>
<p align="center"><u>Scenery Building philosophy</u></p>
<p> I use temperature treated macenite (wood dust mixed with glue, same
material used for clip boards) to make all the bases. This stuff doesn't warp
like wood with a grain or cardboard. The edges are chamfered with a
Dremmel tool. Surfaces are painted or glued with medium ballast and then
painted, on some flock is then glued on again. For water or marshy effects
a layer of varnish is added to get a wet look. All the trees are on flocked
washers so that they can be moved out of the way of various movement stands,
so the flocked base </p>
<p>Functionality is rated over aesthetics. There are a great many people
out there who make spectacular looking lakes and forests. Works of art
that I can't match. Yet my preference is to have the marshes or lakes as
close to the table level as possible rather than cut out of insulation foam and
appearing to tower above the combats.</p>
<p align="center"><u>Discounts</u></p>
<p align="left">Listed is what it will cost to buy a couple pieces of terrain.
If the number of purchases gets equals four or more then I'll knock off $5 on each
item, so items that were $15 would then be $10, others that were $20 are now
$15, the discount does not include anything already priced at $10 or $5.</p>
<p align="center"><u>Shipping</u></p>
<p align="left">Exact shipping charges (similar to how I charge on ebay).
Reusing cardboard boxes and improvised packing material means that I don't lose
money nor have to ask for more from buyers. Which means
single </p>
<p align="center"><u>Payment</u></p>
<p align="left">Personal Checks, Money Orders, Paypal (if the total is at or
over $50), no mailed cash please</p>
<p align="center"><u>References</u></p>
<p align="left">My stats on ebay can be found <a href="http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=rigmarole_bob">here</a></p>
<p align="center"><u><font size="5">Item Images</font></u></p>
<p><font size="3">All images were taken with a digital camera under artificial
light. So everything looks darker than it is. </font></p>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Hills and forests are being sold for $15 each
<p>Entire surface is covered by med. ballast, then painted a brown, and
finally flocked. So any rubbing just looks like thin patches in the
grass. The trees are on flocked washers so they can be moved out of
the movement tray paths.</td> </tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/hills.gif" width="778" height="353"></td> </tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Small ponds/lakes $15 each
<p>The blue is a lighter tone with enough green in it to give the appearance
that the water isn't dead. It is not as dark as the picture
implies. The varnish gives the illusion of water. If closely
inspected the surface isn't perfect, but looking down from above while
playing they look good.</p> </td> </tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/smallponds.gif" width="741" height="232"></td> </tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Medium Marshes, Swamps, Fens for $15 each
<p> </td> </tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/largemarshes.gif" width="747" height="327"></td>
</tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Large Marshes, Swamps, Fens $20 each</td>
</tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/medmarshes.gif" width="1231" height="392"></td>
</tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Small Marshes, Swamps, Fens for $5 each</td>
</tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/smallmarshes.gif"></td> </tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Sand Dunes for $20 each
<p>Done in the same way as hills but sand is used instead of green flock.</td> </tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/sanddunes.gif" width="518" height="254"></td></tr></table>
terrain and the such. So in the hopes of getting some back I'm selling off
some of the excess.</p>
<p align="center"><u>Scenery Building philosophy</u></p>
<p> I use temperature treated macenite (wood dust mixed with glue, same
material used for clip boards) to make all the bases. This stuff doesn't warp
like wood with a grain or cardboard. The edges are chamfered with a
Dremmel tool. Surfaces are painted or glued with medium ballast and then
painted, on some flock is then glued on again. For water or marshy effects
a layer of varnish is added to get a wet look. All the trees are on flocked
washers so that they can be moved out of the way of various movement stands,
so the flocked base </p>
<p>Functionality is rated over aesthetics. There are a great many people
out there who make spectacular looking lakes and forests. Works of art
that I can't match. Yet my preference is to have the marshes or lakes as
close to the table level as possible rather than cut out of insulation foam and
appearing to tower above the combats.</p>
<p align="center"><u>Discounts</u></p>
<p align="left">Listed is what it will cost to buy a couple pieces of terrain.
If the number of purchases gets equals four or more then I'll knock off $5 on each
item, so items that were $15 would then be $10, others that were $20 are now
$15, the discount does not include anything already priced at $10 or $5.</p>
<p align="center"><u>Shipping</u></p>
<p align="left">Exact shipping charges (similar to how I charge on ebay).
Reusing cardboard boxes and improvised packing material means that I don't lose
money nor have to ask for more from buyers. Which means
single </p>
<p align="center"><u>Payment</u></p>
<p align="left">Personal Checks, Money Orders, Paypal (if the total is at or
over $50), no mailed cash please</p>
<p align="center"><u>References</u></p>
<p align="left">My stats on ebay can be found <a href="http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=rigmarole_bob">here</a></p>
<p align="center"><u><font size="5">Item Images</font></u></p>
<p><font size="3">All images were taken with a digital camera under artificial
light. So everything looks darker than it is. </font></p>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Hills and forests are being sold for $15 each
<p>Entire surface is covered by med. ballast, then painted a brown, and
finally flocked. So any rubbing just looks like thin patches in the
grass. The trees are on flocked washers so they can be moved out of
the movement tray paths.</td> </tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/hills.gif" width="778" height="353"></td> </tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Small ponds/lakes $15 each
<p>The blue is a lighter tone with enough green in it to give the appearance
that the water isn't dead. It is not as dark as the picture
implies. The varnish gives the illusion of water. If closely
inspected the surface isn't perfect, but looking down from above while
playing they look good.</p> </td> </tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/smallponds.gif" width="741" height="232"></td> </tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Medium Marshes, Swamps, Fens for $15 each
<p> </td> </tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/largemarshes.gif" width="747" height="327"></td>
</tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Large Marshes, Swamps, Fens $20 each</td>
</tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/medmarshes.gif" width="1231" height="392"></td>
</tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Small Marshes, Swamps, Fens for $5 each</td>
</tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/smallmarshes.gif"></td> </tr></table>
<table border="1" width="100%"> <tr>
<td width="100%">Sand Dunes for $20 each
<p>Done in the same way as hills but sand is used instead of green flock.</td> </tr> <tr>
<td width="100%"><img border="0" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~bloody_bob/sanddunes.gif" width="518" height="254"></td></tr></table>