More Hexon bits

The completed hex tiles.

I recently needed a few single 'desert' hexes to add to my existing Hexon collection.  As I had 'flocked' my own desert set (the original pre-flocked desert Hexon was a bit too orange to my eyes...) I used a few of the blank (bare brown plastic) hexes I bought at a show earlier this year.  It occured to me while engaged in this process that it might make a useful post for others considering a similar course of action.

First I washed the plain hexes in soapy water and rinsed them thoroughly before leaving them to dry overnight.  Next I 'painted' one hex at a time with a liberal coating of PVA and doused them with fine sand - as per the photo below.

When dry, I dabbed on further blobs of PVA and piled on clumps of 'grass' flock.  This is a good way of covering up any 'bald' patches in the sand.  Finally the tiles were treated to a blast of spray varnish.

The completed hex tiles playing host to some 6mm South Africans.