>>a lot of history packed into a small area.
I found that just about everywhere!
I never did visit the D-Day beaches despite spending 8 months in Europe- the Nap period was my single almost entire focus!
Not unsurprisingly, I don't think I ever heard of this 'battle'. But then, English history books are littered with names that get a single mention and never any detail,…
Again- terrain I have the same roads- a square metre of brown felt cloth cut into 60mm wide strips provides a lifetime of roads; 80% straight, a few curves and some to align with 'rivers or streams'. Some used for irregular shapes, fields, cultivated land or BUA bases. Easy! Note I've recently used spray paint along edges of these felts to tone down the monotony of colour.
Of course the latter made in lighter blues, narrow 'gamers ones' only 25mm wide, but much wider 100-125mm 'rivers' and a lot of curved sections. By the time you add hedge rows, fences or walls, tree-lined lanes etc. you have most of the terrain for any area, depending upon coluring.
As for 'green' felt- woods/ forest/ cultivated areas with model trees/orchards on top!
Here's an example, where the features don't show well perhaps, but how they all combine- a deeply forested area of "Florida" beach, village – the felt road and woods bases all too clear. Usually the lichen goes around these edges but this table was so large I had to use it to 'fill in' the gaps of wide spaces otherwise players get carried.
IMG_3743_©dww 2019_Scene FloridaTop job James!
regards dave
