| Midlander65 | 21 Mar 2022 7:55 a.m. PST |
I always admire the wargaming terrain setups where people have gone that little bit further to set the scene and create a convincing and interesting backdrop to the game. I'd like to emulate that approach myself. However, some of my model buildings, especially the older ones, lacked any sort of scenic base – appearing to just sprout up from the green gaming cloth so I decided to start rectifying that with a base for some old Hovels resin buildings to represent a pavement, side access way and back gardens.
To make it possible to place troops in the gardens, I made most of the details on three removable bases.
The chickens and pig are from Peter Pig but everything else is scratch built. I was particularly pleased with the corrugated iron effect. This is thick aluminium foil from a tube of tomato puree with the corrugations created by clamping it in a vise with some rubber sheet and a cat's flea comb.
There are some more photos and explanation on my wargames blog. smallitalianwars.blogspot.com
midlandshipyard.blogspot.com |
79thPA  | 21 Mar 2022 8:14 a.m. PST |
Great work all the way around; the corrugated roofing does look the part. |
| pzivh43 | 21 Mar 2022 8:31 a.m. PST |
Superb terrain pieces! Would love to game on them. |
| CAPTAIN BEEFHEART | 21 Mar 2022 9:27 a.m. PST |
Looks great and there are many ideas to be borrowed. |
| Artilleryman | 21 Mar 2022 11:22 a.m. PST |
Excellent work. However, I do not give much for the chances of the pig and chickens … |
| Midlander65 | 21 Mar 2022 12:11 p.m. PST |
Thanks all,. I'd think the pig will soon be guest of honour at a regimental dinner :-) |
| BrockLanders | 21 Mar 2022 1:08 p.m. PST |
Nice work! Details make all the difference |
 ColCampbell | 21 Mar 2022 2:03 p.m. PST |
That is nice work. I did something similar for my 28mm British buildings, but not to that detail. link Jim |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 21 Mar 2022 5:44 p.m. PST |
Very well done. Buildings do need something so that they don't look like boxes on a table and you've gone well beyond the minimum something. |
| Captain Pete | 21 Mar 2022 9:10 p.m. PST |
Very nice work on the details, Midlander65 |
martin goddard  | 22 Mar 2022 5:16 a.m. PST |
That gets a salute! Looks great.
martin
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| PeterH | 22 Mar 2022 7:59 a.m. PST |
excellent thanks for sharing it |
| Louie N | 24 Mar 2022 9:44 a.m. PST |
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| Borderguy190 | 24 Mar 2022 9:47 p.m. PST |
Excellent work. Now I need to upgrade mu Battle Front models, they look terrible now all lonely and plain. |
| Ryan Rabies | 30 Mar 2022 1:06 p.m. PST |
Those look great! Good work. The Hovels buildings look awesome, too. |
examines another pre-painted building for WWII.
