| redheavandog | 12 Oct 2009 3:57 p.m. PST |
Inspired by William Siborne who used towling to represent the fields of waterloo I thought I'de give it a go. The buildings on the battlefield only represent the actual structures and ofcourse are not to scale. The whole thing is 8x5 only 1/10th the size of sibornes diorama . Waterloo crammed into a sardine can.. but I think it'll work. We plan to do the battle in 6mm once all the figures are painted.. link If you can't click on the link,just copy and paste it onto the search bar. |
| DeanMoto | 12 Oct 2009 4:13 p.m. PST |
That looks great! The colors are perfect – they look realistic. Regards, Dean |
| darthfozzywig | 12 Oct 2009 4:50 p.m. PST |
Really effective! If the actual terrain had been as absorbant, Napoleon might have fared better. |
| Custer7thcav | 12 Oct 2009 4:51 p.m. PST |
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| Privateer4hire | 12 Oct 2009 5:17 p.m. PST |
My good towels! Hope da missus don't find out :) |
| Steve Hazuka | 12 Oct 2009 6:16 p.m. PST |
Why did my spyware give an alarm when I went to your page? |
| rusty musket | 12 Oct 2009 6:22 p.m. PST |
That is a very interesting concept. |
| Extra Crispys Evil Twin | 12 Oct 2009 6:40 p.m. PST |
Are those terry-cloth bath towels? |
| Ivan DBA | 12 Oct 2009 6:57 p.m. PST |
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| Pijlie | 13 Oct 2009 10:14 a.m. PST |
I guess there would have been a lot less casualties if they would have used towels the first time…… |
| taskforce58 | 13 Oct 2009 12:10 p.m. PST |
A towel really is about the most massively useful thing. |
| Tango India Mike | 13 Oct 2009 12:18 p.m. PST |
Very Nice. A good 6mm substitute for Teddy Bear Fur! |
Dave Jackson  | 13 Oct 2009 1:02 p.m. PST |
If you can find some corduroy, then you'll have furrowed fields! |
| svsavory | 13 Oct 2009 1:22 p.m. PST |
Great looking terrain! I never would have thought of using towels. Did you dye them, or are they all in their original colors? |
| Privateer4hire | 13 Oct 2009 2:21 p.m. PST |
He must be a really hoopy frood, eh? |
| The Jim Jones Cocktail Hour | 14 Oct 2009 2:17 a.m. PST |
Just be careful if you are planning a towel flicking re-enactment of Waterloo. As your mother probably sternly intoned at some point in your life 'you'll have someone's eye out'. |
| Vosper | 14 Oct 2009 7:19 a.m. PST |
The effect is just amazing – well done. |
| blucher | 14 Oct 2009 4:11 p.m. PST |
would it be possible to glue these to a heavy underlining material (coloured like roads) and then put it over hills? |
| redheavandog | 14 Oct 2009 6:57 p.m. PST |
blucher… That's exactly what was done. The roads were made from latex caulking applied to an old table cloth and then contoured to look like a road and then painted. Then the pieces of towling were cut to fit and stuck onto the table cloth with fabric glue. I spray painted a few of the pieces to mute the colors. It did not take long to do. The hardest part was finding cheap towels. Hills made from foam insulation are slid under the cloth and voila. Lastly, decorate with trees and buildings to taste! |
| EagleSixFive | 15 Oct 2009 7:40 a.m. PST |
Impressive, well done. Did you have to buy bathroom towels or did you find a supplier who sold bolts of toweling? |
| redheavandog | 15 Oct 2009 7:41 p.m. PST |
The towels came from home mostly and a few from the local liquidators and one from walmart. |
| Tango India Mike | 19 Oct 2009 7:54 a.m. PST |
…. and the rest from Holiday Inn. :) |
| jimborex | 22 Oct 2009 8:01 p.m. PST |
I used your idea but added a bit of drybrushing to the toweling with a wide brush; a bit of ochre on the green towel and a bit of yellow, green, or brown on the tan towel really made a nice difference. I encourage you to try this to vary the shade of the toweling a bit. Jim |
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