And here is most of the ticks I have left. I'd say there are ~250 in there, it's a few cms deep.
>>4992625
It sounds reasonable, but dried, flat ticks would be pretty boring compared to the plump, engorged ones I have.
>wait a couple hours to harden a bit
Surprisingly, the surface was too hard to penetrate without damaging the whole thing after only ~20 minutes. It's going to be very time-sensitive.