le Grande Quartier General  | 06 Aug 2012 5:42 p.m. PST |
My early camera experiments- a ‘half-table' quick set up to find the ‘look'. Having a product that conforms so well to ¼", ½", ¾" and 1" gradations especially makes the important ‘folds in seemingly flat ground' possible for tactical use and consideration in 6mm- that being the major imperative for doing this- modular terrain for reproducing maps during a campaign.
You can kind of see some of the dips and rises-I need to work on the lighting to bring them out more. link napoleoniccampaigns.com |
| rampantlion | 06 Aug 2012 5:57 p.m. PST |
Really nice looking board. |
| morrigan | 06 Aug 2012 6:47 p.m. PST |
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| Sparta | 07 Aug 2012 1:34 a.m. PST |
Wauw, I am inspired to do that for my 6mm´s, which set did you use for the setup? The 6-15 or the 20-30?
What did you put under the maps to make the undulations? |
| Dynaman8789 | 07 Aug 2012 3:50 a.m. PST |
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| Gazzola | 07 Aug 2012 4:31 a.m. PST |
Nice work. And all that open ground – a gunner's dream and great for cavalry. |
| le Grande Quartier General | 07 Aug 2012 6:13 a.m. PST |
Hi- I guess the gremlins got my last post or switched it with another having to do with the Silesian war! distilled-
Terrain guy green-brown mat Under the Field mats- Gamescape 1' x 1" modular terrain from 25 yrs ago re-flocked to match the mat. (not sure if made still) Geo-hex 4" modular terrain in 1/4" gradations, flocked as above. Enough of both for a 6x15 table of almost any type and up to ten variations in 1/4" contour. (A long project-thankfully over!) Some not all Woodland Scenics stuff added, water not added to this 'half-table' set-up. Set up to check the 'look' and utility of Eric Hotz's field mats (6-15mm) Can now model terrain in hundreds/thousands of variations as needed for transfer from campain map, with the 'looks' problem of too many hex outlines and some small folds moving around too much solved. Everything working in conjunction with each other 'fools' the eye a bit. The field mats solve the problem..and one I have had trying to make my own- flexibility and uniformity in enough square feet to be useful. They pull it all together perfectly, and the over-all look is great-without time consuming set-up and takedown. Hi Gazzola,
I wish my deployments always faced such a pretty picture of tactical utility. Alas, they never seem to! This quick set-up to check the 'look' is meant to be a cultivated lower area around a small town on a post-road in Southern Germany, with rougher terrain rising aroundit mostly off board. In 6mm the town is about 500 paces (6')along the road. A 5 x 12 table (twice the whole table in the pics)is approx 1.75 x 3.75 miles Cheers,
GQG PS- aplogize for the picture quality-borrowed an old coolpix last night and spent little time both figuring it out and taking the shots!
Will do better soon :) |
| le Grande Quartier General | 07 Aug 2012 6:20 a.m. PST |
I neglected to mention the whole purpose of the modular terrain- other than making the needed terrain for transfer to the table from a campaign map, the imperative has always been to be able to model the small variations in terrain, the 'folds' in seemingly flat ground,etc. that effect LOS and require a commander to consider terrain in a more realistic way when making deployment and movement/combat decisions. |
| GreyONE | 07 Aug 2012 10:25 a.m. PST |
Stunning to see. Very effective and the most natural "rolling" terrain I have seen on a wargame table. |
| Steve64 | 07 Aug 2012 2:51 p.m. PST |
That is absolutely outstanding !!! The finished look is the best I have ever seen Agree with the folds aspect as well – I use a thick green carpet laid over wooden blocks, which produces lots of rolling folds in the ground, and is strong enough to hold the weight of several units standing on a slope. However, the finished look of the Hotz cloth mat is brilliant. Might have to look at applying some type of Hotz mat over parts of my carpet. Tell us more about the building as well please – they really cap off a great table. |
| le Grande Quartier General | 07 Aug 2012 4:36 p.m. PST |
Hey Steve,
The buildings are about 12 years old, most of them, from the Stone Mountain catalog and GHQ as well I think, back then- for the life of me I can't recall the manufacturer-they are resin-perhaps someone will recognize them and can help with the name. I painted scads of them in 2000, using a black prime/wash/drybrush style and flocking for vegetation on the walls.
Rob
btw the mats look really really good 'in person' as well as on camera. |
looks at a fast-assembly naval kit for the Age of Sail.