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Troy’s Crock Pot: Building Terrain with One Tile Mold, Part 3
February 22, 2012 Posted by
Gather your painting supplies before you begin. Acrylic paints, brushes, a water dish and a pallet for mixing the paint. You'll be using a lot of paper towels, too.

In the first part of this series we cast the molds from plaster and in the second part we assembled and constructed the tiles into a modular dungeon set. Now we’re ready to apply paint. 1. Gather your painting supplies Apple Barrel brand acrylic paints are inexpensive and probably available at your local big box retailer or craft store. (More expensive brands of paints — acrylic or otherwise — are available, too.) Our set will need to replicate stone floor tiles and water in a…

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Building Terrain with One Tile Mold, Part 1
February 8, 2012 Posted by
Cracked Floor Mold makes 10 1-inch tiles and assorted smaller ones.

An aspect of the hobby I find rewarding is the craft side, namely painting miniatures and constructing terrain from plaster mold pieces. Here is a “how to” on constructing a modular dungeon set with a single mold, using the kinds of crafting materials that are available at craft stores and big box retailers. 1. Selecting the mold I purchase molds from HirstArts. For this exercise I chose one of the least expensive. Cracked Floor Tiles, Mold No. 203 is an excellent choice as a starter.…