"15mm dry river bed help" Topic

I need help finding a MFR or at least tips on how to make 15mm scale dry river beds for a Zulu game.

These are essentially deep trenches cut by rivers that dried up obviously. Actually trench terrain may work here.

I know that a company called WizardCraft used to make nice flexible river terrain of all scales but not necessarily dry river beds.

Thanks

Why not use the same materials you would use for a standard river, but paint them in earth tones?

Scroll down to photo nr. 3.

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Cheers,
Robert

Thanks I was thinking of making my own but I forgot to add that I'd like the rivers to be flexible as well probably made out of rubber latex or something. That stuff can get kind of messy and I'm not sure if I have the patience to work with rubber.

Buy some cheap bicycle tire inner tubes and use those as the base material.

Extra Crispy – you may be on to something…maybe going a step further and find some thin rolled flat rubber floor mats and cut them as base too.

Maybe some anti-slip flooring mats without the deep grooves like you see in hallways.

AlexanderIII wrote: "… I'd like the rivers to be flexible as well probably made out of rubber latex or something."

The material is not what you think it is. See link:

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This material was used to make all my area terrain, low hills, rivers, roads, swamps, forest areas, rough groud, plough fields, beaches, etc.

Take a look at the current posting for the fields and roads.

Only 2 mm thick, flexible has a white waffle backing and can take acrylic paint and white glue for flocking quite well. Roads and rivers in the photos are more that ten years old.

Cheers,

That looks nice Timur..

what brand of vinyl floor covering did you use?

I just picked up some nice rolled anti-slip rubber mats for use in shelves but I might try vinyl if you say that acrylic paints can adhere to it without flaking too much.

I don't know if I can paint over the rubber mats that I bought.

Also what is the best way to build up embankments on the edges for river terrain? Clay? paper mache?

I am not sure that the European brands are sold in the US, but certainly any good Floor and Carpet outlet should have meters rolled up as "left-overs".

Once painted with household acrylic paint (earth tone), the material remains flexible. I would cover the edges with white glue and sprinkle with any colour electrostatic grass. This will simulate embankments covered with dry brush.

Next, darken the earth tone, paint over the electrostatic grass and let dry thoroughly. This will harden and afterwards you can dry brush the grass with a lighter shade of earth or white.

An extra detail. While painting the grass outline, thin the same dark earth colour and paint randomly the bottom of the river bed to create some depth. When you dry brush the outer edges you can also dry brush lightly the river bed.

Show us pictures when you are finished.
Cheers,

Thanks Timur. I'll give it a try.I'll try to post pics when done.