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TacticalPainter0122 Sep 2024 3:05 p.m. PST

Ever since we played the Road to Bremen campaign for Chain of Command back in 2018 I've been wanting to have another crack at creating the final map – the ruined city itself (or a small part of it at least!). I finally had the chance this weekend as I've been taking a new player through the campaign and we've now reached that particular map.

While I've had many of the buildings since I made the original table I didn't have a suitable mat nor did I give enough thought to rubble. If there is a single lesson from this, it's how well a bit of scattered rubble manages to tie a table together. The majority of buildings are scratch built using foam core and as usual for me this is in 20mm.

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Disco Joe22 Sep 2024 3:36 p.m. PST

That looks great.

14Bore22 Sep 2024 3:50 p.m. PST

Will work for most of German cities actually
Very good

Michael May Supporting Member of TMP23 Sep 2024 8:40 a.m. PST

Wow! That's really remarkable!

Mad Guru24 Sep 2024 2:25 p.m. PST

Awesome tabletop!!!

My question is if the mat is homemade using gray carpet or thin gray fleece with some nice dry-brushing, or -- if neither of those -- then… what is it?

Bill N24 Sep 2024 4:28 p.m. PST

You are right. The rubble really helps. I'd like to see a bit more of it.

AussieAndy24 Sep 2024 6:36 p.m. PST

Looks great, but, unless someone has carted it off, there should be a lot more rubble.

Personal logo Artilleryman Supporting Member of TMP24 Sep 2024 11:01 p.m. PST

Excellent table. I nice balance of a model of a ruined built-up area while still usable for gaming.

14Bore25 Sep 2024 1:18 a.m. PST

Even in the worst cases seems paths got cleared quickly otherwise nothing could move. No doubt those paths might have gotten narrow after another bombing

TacticalPainter0125 Sep 2024 12:47 p.m. PST

Looks great, but, unless someone has carted it off, there should be a lot more rubble.

Form follows function 😉

TacticalPainter0125 Sep 2024 12:51 p.m. PST

Awesome tabletop!!!

My question is if the mat is homemade using gray carpet or thin gray fleece with some nice dry-brushing, or -- if neither of those -- then… what is it?

You are close. It's brown fleece that's been painted (a mix of rattle can spray and brushing). It had been made into a desert/arid terrain map originally and I just repainted use a similar colour palette to the buildings.

Umpapa26 Sep 2024 1:31 p.m. PST

That would work for most cities in Eastern Europe.

For Warsaw you would need more ruin dunes and less standing walls.

Eccellent job, as always from TacticalPainter.

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