Mice & Mystics: Heroes and Villains

The small intermediate project ends with this. I'm looking forward to a few magical mouse adventures with family and friends.

Building a river for Congo

For adventures with "Congo" and as habitat for the crocodiles, it was time to build a river.

 

Cut Styrofoam 35mm thick into a roughly shape. The river has a length of 80cm, so the piece spanned my standard tabletop exactly.
Sketch the riverbed and deepen it with a butane gas burner. The burner glazes the styrofoam and gives a nice texture, so that one can usually save on filling. Then the whole is painted, giving the riverbed a visual depth in several shades of blue and green. Then flock with gras, sand, bushes and stones. Finally fill in the liquid acrylic in the riverbed.

 

Warning: When using a butane gas burner to deepen the styrofoam, vapors are generated. Ideally use outdoors or in well ventilated areas only. Hold the flame not too close to the styrofoam, otherwise it will start to burn. It should melt, not burn!

I have used "Woodland Scenics Realistic Water" and should have used a lot more of it, because after about five days drying time the acrylic has shrunk around 4 to 5mm. But in the end I'm satisfied with the result.

 

 

 

Mice & Mystics: Lilly and Collin

The river terrain piece for Congo dries just now (photos are coming soon) and the Saracen cavalry is already scratching with the hooves, but there are still a few smaller things between them: mice.

 

Congo: Bearers, Crocodiles and Mission Markers

The very last pieces of my Congo miniatures collection. Now it's time to build some terrain, we still need rocks and a river.

 

Congo: Mission Objectives

Some mission objectives for Congo: A missionary, a princess and two hostages.

Congo: Big Game Hunting

A lion or a gorilla is already a big challenge in the Congo rules, so thankfully no packs have to be painted. Soon two crocodiles will follow and all scenarios with wild animals are covered for the time being.