Craters - Steve Freshour

Tools Needed:

Hotwire cutter
Craft glue or Liquid Nails in caulking tube
Spackle, or drywall mudd
Old Internet installation CD (I use CDs for this as they are freebees and roughly the size of ordnance)
Static Grass and /or Flocking (optional)
1" Blue, Pink, or White Insulation foam
Textured paint
Cheap plastic pallette knife
Utility knife
assorted craft paints and brushes

How To:

1. First take your CD's and glue them to the flat side of the foam in straight lines, and about 1" between each CD and let dry, this way you can make multiple craters at once.
   
   
2. Take your utility knife and score round the CD edges, and snap the foam along the score marks.
   
   
3. Use your foam cutter and taper the edges of the craters using the CD as a guide.  Take a knife and hollow out the crater pit.
   
   
4. This is the time you can add gravel to your base if needed/wanted. textured paint is enough for craters in my opinion, and let dry
   
   
5. To finish paint however you like, most look good with the center and top around the crater blackened from the explosion.  Because of the textured finish this can be quickly and effectively painted using the dry-brushing method.

Steve Freshour

Custom Terrain:  orcdom@hotmail.com

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