"Rocky Terrain" Topic

Built some rocky terrain areas to use in my Afghan War/North-West Frontier games. If interested, please check it out here:

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Effective terrain…or could it be that I have gone mad, too? Nope, that looks like good use of bark.

Looks just right

Awesome work!

What was the pebble mix called at Home Depot?
I just did a quick search on their site, but it didn't turn anything up called "soil erosion mix". Appreciate any guidance!
-Mike

Great work, especially as all the newer items bring a unified look to the game table. I liked the scrub field.

Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic terrain pieces. The large number of photos really shows how the process comes together. Thank you for sharing.

Lots and lots of photos!

Brilliant!

I used to sell pine bark and now I wish I had some left.

Thanks very much for all the positive comments, guys.

@shelldrake: I sympathize!

@timurilank: those scrub pieces are plastic flora from Michael's craft stores, plucked off their branch and given a wash of Delta Ceramcoat "Antique Gold", to damp down the sheen of their green plastic surface. They are the cheapest and easiest to make (just pluck 'em off the branch and wash with a diluted coat of paint) terrain items I use, but always get more interest and positive remarks than anything else on my table from fellow gamers!

Mad Guru,

"@timurilank: those scrub pieces are plastic flora from Michael's craft stores, plucked off their branch and given a wash of Delta Ceramcoat "Antique Gold", to damp down the sheen of their green plastic surface. They are the cheapest and easiest to make (just pluck 'em off the branch and wash with a diluted coat of paint) terrain items I use, but always get more interest and positive remarks than anything else on my table from fellow gamers!"

Thanks for the time. Michael's does not operate in this country, but I am aware of the type of store. I shall look at our comprable outlet for something similar. Looks great.

Cheers,
Robert

Nicely done!

Wow, that is excellent! The hill tutorials are great too. What kind of bark or wood chips are you using, and where do you get it?

Also, what is the name of the ballast from Home Depot?

Here's a pic of the woodchips, which are "Garden Bark – Western Decorative Bark – Medium size":

The "Soil Erosion" ballast -- that's all they call it at my Home Depot, "Soil Erosion" -- is a seasonal item they stock during the rainy season in LA, for use against mud slides and other "soil erosion"-related difficulties. It's just very rough and inconsistent fine gauge gravel, which was perfect for my own terrain needs, since perfectly consistent builders sand or playground sand would have been a bit too perfectly consistent for Afghanistan, as opposed to the Sahara Desert, at least IMHO. Here's what a 5lbs. or 10lbs. sack of the very low-cost stuff looks like:

Inside it looks like this:

To be honest, I have no idea if Home Depot carries it anywhere else in the country, or even in the various other Home Depots around Los Angeles.

Hey, Ivan, sorry I missed one of your questions! I believe I got the wood-chips at Lowe's.

Cool, thanks! I'm guessing they may not sell the soil erosion stuff here in Texas, but its worth a look! I definitely want to pick up some of that bark, good stuff.