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Joe Kawano
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Corrugation—to show or hide? Nov 6, 2013 16:21:41 GMT -5

Post by Joe Kawano on Nov 6, 2013 16:21:41 GMT -5

I started off making tiles with visible corrugation, but soon began to think that made the sides look unfinished. So I searched around everywhere to find a good, fast solution for hiding the edges. Hot glue took took a lot of material, thin cardboard was very time-consuming, toilet-paper-n-glue was very inexact, modeling clay made some very heavy tiles, etc. Until I found someone who just used masking tape!

Here are my lists of advantages

Hidden Corrugation:

"Finishes the item more thoroughly"
Disguises the fact that this is cardboard.
Gives tiles an additional surface to detail—i.e. the outside of the walls

Exposed Corrugation

Quick and Easy
Allows cardboard rectangle stone-block on top of walls technique (I'll show this later)
Provides a sense of detail on the edges at no extra cost (provided no one looks too close)

There's an additional and somewhat ironic reason that exposed corrugation is good. Today, I left my tile out in the rain after base-painting it grey. It was soaked. Tacky glue was starting to dissolve, and so was the hot glue even… But with open corrugation, I was able to run the hair-dryer on it and be confident that we had a really thorough airflow going on! Taped up tiles might have gotten mildewed inside if that'd happened.

So what are your thoughts? Open corrugation—or hidden sides? And if you do the latter, how do you accomplish it?

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bloodchoke Room Planner Posts: 256	Corrugation—to show or hide? Nov 6, 2013 16:33:39 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bloodchoke on Nov 6, 2013 16:33:39 GMT -5 I've usually don't bother covering them, though I have used hot glue to do so on a few, and almost always along the inside of the walls. I saw terrainaholic uses masking tape also. Seems like a good solution to me.

dmbrad Paint Manipulator Posts: 204	Corrugation—to show or hide? Nov 6, 2013 18:50:37 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dmbrad on Nov 6, 2013 18:50:37 GMT -5 Unless you are using the thicker cardboard I dont think covering the corrugation on tile walls is really necessary.

skunkape
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Corrugation—to show or hide? Nov 6, 2013 19:51:13 GMT -5

Post by skunkape on Nov 6, 2013 19:51:13 GMT -5

I've started cutting cardstock to size and gluing it to the outside of my tiles. I know it's a little extreme, but I'm also adding on a layer of foamcore between the cardboard and the walls, so I've got a somewhat thicker tile than most.

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markd1733
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Corrugation—to show or hide? Nov 6, 2013 20:54:21 GMT -5 via mobile

Post by markd1733 on Nov 6, 2013 20:54:21 GMT -5

I would not care about the corrugation on the outer most edges. But definitely anything within the tile like hills and mounds are getting something to cover the corrugation. I like the hot glue, but you can quickly use that up. What about just using white glue and sand? All in all it's cheap and easy. If doing an outdoor setting, you can leave it looking rocky or cover I with flocking.

bloodchoke
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Post by bloodchoke on Nov 6, 2013 22:17:57 GMT -5

Yeah, didn't think about it, but MonkeywithTacos posted some cave tiles where he used sand (or small gravel of some sort) to line the walls. It looks great. It's in either his Fun with 4e or Oh My Dungeons thread.

dm1scotty Administrator Posts: 1,207	Corrugation—to show or hide? Nov 6, 2013 23:46:01 GMT -5 markd1733 likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dm1scotty on Nov 6, 2013 23:46:01 GMT -5 I am of the mind that if you are looking down on the tile that it just seems like a lot of extra work to cover the corrugation. In vertical pieces I tend to cover it up.

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Corrugation—to show or hide?

Post by Joe Kawano on Nov 6, 2013 16:21:41 GMT -5

Post by bloodchoke on Nov 6, 2013 16:33:39 GMT -5

Post by dmbrad on Nov 6, 2013 18:50:37 GMT -5

Post by skunkape on Nov 6, 2013 19:51:13 GMT -5

Post by markd1733 on Nov 6, 2013 20:54:21 GMT -5

Post by bloodchoke on Nov 6, 2013 22:17:57 GMT -5

Post by dm1scotty on Nov 6, 2013 23:46:01 GMT -5

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