"Gullies" Topic

Has anybody scratch built gullies? Are there any commercially produced ones available? Specifically looking to construct or buy one that is suitable/legal for 15mm FoG games. Also can't be so steep that the figures tip over when they are placed on the slope. Links, blogs or replies would be greatly appreciated.

I have found the simplest way of depicting gullies is to use either cat litter or aquarium gravel to outline the edge.

Funny you mention it. I'm building a couple of gullies right now. The method I'm using is to start with a base (I'm using thin sheets of plywood to base my terrain features), then I'm building up the lip of the gully with foamboard. Then I'll give it some texture and ground cover, then paint & flock. The look I'm going for is of a small, shallow wadi:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi

link

I would use the same method as constructing rivers, but painting the dry riverbed a bit darker than the surface colour. Shading and painted stones can help the illusion of depth.

One nice point, the gullies or dry riverbeds can taper to a point on the table or have two sections tapering toward each other with the space between representing what would be a ford during the wet season.

I have photos of some used during a game.

Cheers,

I have remove the whole of the middle of the template leaving just a rim. It is a gully. With a blue shaped layer underneath, it is an 'impassable'.

I may have photos (I'll post if I track any down)

Would appreciate any photos or links to your blogs so I can see how you fellows do it and get (steal) some ideas.

The rim template

(used as a gully: some Saracen Light Horse emerge from the concealment in the gully)

As happens with photos from an actual game, the cloth is a tad too blue, and one of the Saracens had been put on the table facing the wrong way!

(same rim, this time with the blue card underlay, being used as a lake – impassable – against which a couple of cohorts have deployed)

Simple and not spectatcular, of course – just the rim of a depression. But hopefully you get the idea.

An elegant solution. What's it constructed of, looks like MDF? Thanks

Cork tile, with a layer of foam backing for durability. A bit basic, but easier on the eye than felt, I hope.