For the Battle of Jotunheim I'm running at Fall In, I realized that I've made good progress towards having an active volcano camp for the Fire Giants, but that the Frost Giants weren't so well equipped. Well, we can't have that. So some quick work on graph paper, put together the new Proxxon foam cutter a friend gave me (to supplement the freehand foam cutters I already had), and here we go.
The camp (when finished) will be a glacier between two mountain ranges. The Frost Giants live in the glacier, which they have hollowed out to make a really nice home for them. The camp will be about 20" wide and like 6" deep.
Here's the main piece glued up:
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Note that the image shows the back view (the interior of the Glacier Keep), not the front view. The pink insulation is 2" thick; the rooms will end up being 4" tall (because the Frost Giants are like 3" or more each, and it's their home) but I am waiting to cut the final shape of the interior rooms until the glue is dry. The glue used is special and can be cut by hot wire cutters like the Proxxon.
And the upper levels of the mountain peaks, also glued up:
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After the glue dries (two days, I suspect, given that pink foam is not good at permitting glue to dry) I'm going to finish the cutting on the interior rooms with the Proxxon, then do the mountains (mostly with knives). I've got some clear wax to make the glacier with, and my special ice technology to make the floors of the keep and the interior door. I'm not going to cut a base for the whole thing out of MDF until after I've got the mountains in final shape, but the base won't take long. I've still got to carve a good fortress exterior door out of lexan, but that shouldn't be too bad; might be able to do that today after I finish experimenting with the volcano flames.
