"Rock Piles" Topic
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Mooseheadd | 24 Jan 2015 11:42 a.m. PST |
Hi everyone. Just as the title says im looking to find some terrain scenery. Rock piles maybe with a flocked bases. So the little soldiers can hide behind the piles when rolling dice. Maybe someone can point me to the right vendor. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. |
uglyfatbloke | 24 Jan 2015 12:10 p.m. PST |
Get some bark, some flock, some paint and some hardboard/MDF pieces. It's so easy that even I can do it myself….and I'm a total klutz. When you look at figures I've painted it's hard to tell whether they are confederates, SAS or zulus. |
Mooseheadd | 24 Jan 2015 12:53 p.m. PST |
Bloke, Im sure if i tried this project it would look stupendous when finished, because i am stupendous. However, being that i dont have the time to dedicate myself to this project is the reason i asked for perhaps a vendor that sells them made. Everyone need something. I need rock piles for miniature wargaming. Im willing to pay hard earned money to purchase already made rock piles. The games afoot. Anyone know anyone that would sell these rock piles. ;0) |
MajorB | 24 Jan 2015 12:58 p.m. PST |
Rock piles are not that common a terrain feature in any WW2 theatre that I can think of. |
Mark 1 | 24 Jan 2015 1:02 p.m. PST |
Small stones (medium ballast) from the local model RR hobby shop, white glue ("Elmers" in the US), and stirring sticks from the local coffee house (Starbucks). Add some flock around the base as desired. Cost: about $0.04 USD per rock wall (1 bag of ballast at $4 USD could serve at least 100 walls) Work Time: about 2 minutes of effort per rock wall (30 seconds per layer x 3 layers, 30 seconds for flocking) Idle Time: overnight to fully dry If you want a shape other than a wall, find something else to put them on. However, being that i dont have the time to dedicate myself to this project is the reason i asked for perhaps a vendor that sells them made. I understand the time constraint well. I have, myself, faced the constraint of the fully employed -- my hobby funds exceeded my hobby time. In this case, it would have taken me longer to paint and weather and shade the walls if they had been pre-made, than to make the walls with naturally shaded stones and white glue. As it was, the only thing I had to paint was the stirring-stick base, and I spray-painted those 30 or 40 at a time. Simple as can be. Very little time. Cheap, too, even though that was not one of you priorities. -Mark (aka: Mk 1) |
Mooseheadd | 24 Jan 2015 1:09 p.m. PST |
Those look great Mark. Bloke and Mark just gave me an idea. i dont even think i have to glue them down or flock them. Ill just get some model rocks big enough and small enough to work with 28mm figures, and simply stack them together. They dont have to be perfect. Just a couple of small stones laying together to give the appearance of. Thanks guys your the best. |
Martin Rapier | 25 Jan 2015 3:08 a.m. PST |
For rock piles I just picked up a few handfuls of gravel from the drive and gave them a wash. They now live in a sturdy plastic bag and are distributed around the table as required. A light drybrush of magnolia picks out the highlights. I suppose I could stick them to a base but it rarely seems worth the bother. My rough ground terrain templates do have a few such bits stuck to them. Handfuls of twigs are also useful for fallen trees, barricades etc. |
LesCM19 | 25 Jan 2015 11:11 a.m. PST |
Cat litter is good for smaller scales. I use one piece to denote command elements (handy for NCOs which use same figures as riflemen), looks like a small boulder in 6mm. Original idea from Lloyd link |
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