Marc the plastics fan | 19 Jul 2012 7:50 a.m. PST |
I am pondering making some 1/300th suitable terrain boards, and wondered how people deal with ground cover. When I look at peoples' basing of figures etc, I see sand and flock/static grass, which works really well against the figures, but I am not sure how it will work on a 6 by 4 table – would it look "too much". So has anyone got some good (or bad) experiences to share, and/or blogs etc that i can see how different techniques work please. Thanks |
RJ Smith | 19 Jul 2012 8:11 a.m. PST |
I don't think using flock overdoes it. I've built numerous terrain boards in 15mm and smaller scales and they seem to look ok. In smaller scales though like 1/300 you may want to stay away from static grass as it may look too big scale wise (yellow stuff to represent wheat fields aside) and look at some of the finer grains of flocking materials available. As a picture usually speaks better, here are some terrain boards I made up last year for 1/600 picco armour. I apologize that some of the of the photos are out of focus. link
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dmebust | 19 Jul 2012 9:49 a.m. PST |
My terrain boards are multi-scale. There are simple just flocked boards. Some flat, some with hills, ridges or depressions of various sizes. Roads, rivers, woods, towns and other terrain features for the battle field are all set on items, which depending on the game will be correct scale 6mm, 15mm, 20mm or 25mm. Any hills or depressions on the terrain board will be either small bumps (25mm) or a fair sized hill or mountain (6mm). |
Thomas O | 19 Jul 2012 10:30 a.m. PST |
I once had a set of terrain boards for 1/300 scale and used flock and it came out fine. I used the real fine flocking mostly but would and in small clumps here and there. My boards looked pretty much like the ones that RJSmith has pictures of. |
Bad Mood | 19 Jul 2012 4:34 p.m. PST |
Thanks for posting the pictures of the terrain boards. They look great. I'm hoping to build something similar and hope they come out looking so nice. Bad_Mood |
BattlerBritain | 20 Jul 2012 2:14 a.m. PST |
Over at the GHQ forums there's a great discussion thread on just this subject with some amazing examples of different terrain boards. Have a look here (see if this link works
) link Cheers, B |
Marc the plastics fan | 20 Jul 2012 6:11 a.m. PST |
Some nice stuff on the GHQ link. Interesting comments re teh scale of the ground cover, and I guess that is what i am concerned about, not wanting my "dirt" to look like rocks/boulders. |
RJ Smith | 20 Jul 2012 7:49 a.m. PST |
Those GHQ boards are great and may have inspired me to get off my duff and finish the boards I started. |
Marc the plastics fan | 07 Feb 2014 3:15 a.m. PST |
Any further updates on good micro scale terrain building out there that people have found please – blogs/tutorials etc. Thanks |
Elenderil | 15 Feb 2014 12:55 a.m. PST |
I have just come across the use of the cones from Alder trees as a basis for small trees. They are quick and easy to make (if you have Alders near you) and don't look bad at all. Alders like wet places and each tree has both cones and catkins still on the tree in the winter so that helps recognise them. I also make fields from felt. I flock these in rows about 5mm apart to look like growing crops. Cheap and reasonably easy to make. |
kmahony111 | 26 Feb 2014 12:42 a.m. PST |
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