Cacique Caribe | 21 Aug 2018 2:36 a.m. PST |
When using CD-based scatter terrain on the table for a game with smaller figures (15mm or smaller)… A) Do you put multiple CD-based scatter terrain pieces on top of a single piece of colored material (such as felt), to show that they are all part of one large continuous area? B) Do you just overlap the CD pieces, so that no gaps show (or at least minimized)? Example of overlapping:
C) Do you leave them simply touching, even though the curvature of the CDs leaves the configuration with big gaps in between them? Examples:
D) Do you do something else with those multiple CD pieces to create the single area effect?? E) Or have you never been concerned with how multiple CD bases will sit together on the table? Thanks Dan |
Katzbalger | 21 Aug 2018 2:48 a.m. PST |
I've done A, B, and D. For the D, that was adjacent and touching, but with extra lichen scattered in the gaps. Rob |
Flashman14 | 21 Aug 2018 2:49 a.m. PST |
Same – I put single trees or lichen in the gaps to interrupt the regularity, but otherwise let the borders be defined by the CD edges. I also don't exclusively use CD bases as I have generations of terrain building items and it all gets used at one point or another. |
45thdiv | 21 Aug 2018 3:52 a.m. PST |
I like those road versions. I would add clumps of foliage and the odd tree to break up the pattern. Stone or brick walls might be good too. Matthew |
Dexter Ward | 21 Aug 2018 4:05 a.m. PST |
A and D for me. I'm surprised how good that road looks; would never have occurred to me to use CDs for a road. |
Cacique Caribe | 21 Aug 2018 4:26 a.m. PST |
I wish I knew who made those roads. Dan |
etotheipi | 21 Aug 2018 5:10 a.m. PST |
I put them over top of a similar colored and patterned groundcloth or board. I also have one project where I am making a board with the "gaps" in it and the CDs fit in between. |
Wilf12358 | 21 Aug 2018 5:20 a.m. PST |
If you want scatter terrain to tessellate, perhaps trim the CDs into hexagons or squares? |
Garryowen | 21 Aug 2018 6:25 a.m. PST |
That problem is why I don't use CDs. They are fine for stand alone pieces (but you are restricted to their size which may be too small or too large), but not so red hot for larger areas. I just use Sintra and cut it to the size and shape I want. I do squares or rectangles if I am going to want to combine pieces. I can leave gaps if I want, or I can butt them against each other. The material is thin and cuts easily. SO far I have had no trouble with it warping. But I don't think I have used it on any piece larger than 4" x 4". Tom |
Legion 4 | 21 Aug 2018 7:32 a.m. PST |
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Cacique Caribe | 21 Aug 2018 8:38 a.m. PST |
Wilf12358: "If you want scatter terrain to tessellate …" Wow, I hadn't heard that word in many decades! Dan |
Thresher01 | 21 Aug 2018 11:42 a.m. PST |
Use a sheet of styrene, instead. |
Toaster | 21 Aug 2018 12:47 p.m. PST |
D. Cut a crescent out of some of the CDs
Robert |
Legion 4 | 21 Aug 2018 3:07 p.m. PST |
It's a jungle out there ! |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 21 Aug 2018 3:26 p.m. PST |
I mostly use CDs for individual terrain features, particularly ruins and rubble. The table would have ruin and rubble features separated from each other by other terrain. That situation occurs in real ruins. I did once make some jungle using CDs and aquarium plants and some large pieces of mottled green cloth (mottled with brown and black spray paint, as I recall). I used the cloth to demarcate the jungle terrain for game purposes. The bush-covered CDs just identified the terrain feature as jungle. It worked well. That road is amazing, by the way. I hdd not thought of that. |
Karellian Knight | 21 Aug 2018 4:56 p.m. PST |
C. We play a lot of games on a 5" hexed cloth. My roads are similar to yours above. |
Cacique Caribe | 22 Aug 2018 7:06 p.m. PST |
Toaster: "Cut a crescent out of some of the CDs" Wow, how in the world did you get those crescents so neatly cut? Dan |
Cacique Caribe | 05 Sep 2018 2:36 p.m. PST |
Guys So … what's the best way to cut a CG without it shattering into uneven shards? Dan |
Cacique Caribe | 05 Sep 2018 4:20 p.m. PST |
Oops. That should have read CD. Dan |