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First you will need to make 108 hex tile bases. Here are 2 different ways to make your bases.
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| Ellison Die Cut EVA Foam Sheets |
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Two important things to remember when you cut the bases are to make sure they are all regular hexagons and they are all the same size. The best way to ensure uniformity is to use an Ellison die cutter with die #15928. This die cuts 6 regular hexagons with 1" sides. An Ellison is fairly expensive ($395) but you can probably find one you can use at your local teacher´s supply store. If your store does not have die #15928, you can buy one from Ellison for about $40.
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A good material to work with is black, 2mm EVA foam sheets. These sheets are inexpensive and you can find them at your local hobby supply store or in the craft department at Wal-Mart. They come in 2mm and 3mm thicknesses.
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Unfortunately, 3mm is too thick for the Ellison, and 2mm is too thin for InterSpace hex tiles. So you will need to cut 216 hexes (42 cuts of 6 hexes each) from 2mm foam and glue hexes together in pairs to produce 108 4mm hex bases.
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| Hand Cut Foam Core Board |
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If you do not have an Ellison available, you can cut bases from black foam core board. You can also find this material at your local hobby supply store.
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Before cutting, print 1 page of
Hex File D
on heavy card stock. Use scissors or a pen knife to carefully cut out 1 of the empty space hexes to use as a template. Then use a pencil to trace the template on the foam core board 108 times. Finally, use a pen knife to cut the hexes from the board.
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Foam core board is about 4mm thick so you will not need to double it up like the EVA foam sheets.
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