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Post by Brian Ború on Sept 18, 2023 14:51:08 GMT
A gully  The piece of styrofoam.  Paint, rocks, sand, grass and wood... |
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Post by carll on Sept 18, 2023 22:44:47 GMT
Well done Brian Boru.
Dry river beds and like could well be features of grassland steppe in dry season.
Enjoyed seeing your carved starting piece.
An alternative might be flexible or solid base and build up its sides (fast dry clay? Flexible resin grout? Strips of Styrofoam?) and use paint shades to give sense of depth in centre of gully.
A flexible base would need flexible surrounds if you wanted to suggest gully or dry stream etc falling or rolling down hillside?
CarlL
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Post by Brian Ború on Sept 19, 2023 9:06:00 GMT
The dry gully.  Hi carlL, you are right, later on I should give the gully more depth with a bit dark paint. The light dry bushes I like very much. They look well and lie flat if the units tread on them. So there is no toppling of my soldiers. Concerning flexibility I thought of using brown silicone caulk to create a muddy dirt road. Somewhere in the www I found a description and it sounded very easy... |
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Post by carll on Sept 19, 2023 10:40:31 GMT
Yes "Brian Boru" the brown caulking would work well if sometimes a messy medium to work with! (From my personal experiences! My wife might suggest I am the messy component! But I stray off topic.)
Your gully is all the more impressive in your last photo as the figures (15mm I presume) give a context to how long and wide your gully is, which makes it all the more impressive!
Watch out for "Colonial" types (like me) wanting to move it to the 19th century Sudan!
CarlL
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 19, 2023 19:17:21 GMT
Nice work Btian! Made some similar gullies using 6mm cork tiles. A little harder to carve but a little more flexible. Similar result.
Cheers
Jim
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Post by carll on Sept 19, 2023 21:36:42 GMT
Carving out cork tiles is impressive, Jim1973,
I would definitely need eye protectors and lots of bandages for cut fingers if I try that one!
CarlL
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 19, 2023 23:14:35 GMT
I cut long thin "V" slit with a craft knife. Then pulled at the cork to roughen it up. I went with thin, forked gullies so the elements wouldn't tip into it!
Jim
PS a rasp is very useful to file down and bevel the edges of the piece. The waste can be gathered up as it is great as rocky flock for bases!
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Post by Baldie on Sept 20, 2023 9:31:18 GMT
Back to the old argument of terrain that looks nice vs flat terrain to ensure you know where the edge is and figs font fall off.
Especially important for DBA type games where a mm can make a big difference.
I wandered past the SAGA tables, another really enjoyable game, at Britcon and the tourney players like us DBAers were mostly using totally flat terrain. Many were neoprene print outs. I am not sure if they were using them for ease of transport to a tourney, becausevghere are some special SAGA packs of neoprene terrain or because SAGA also needs mm measurements.
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 20, 2023 9:48:15 GMT
I've looked at some neoprene 2D terrain for holiday, travel, etc. But I haven't found the right mix for DBA. Would also use it for a quick throw down battle in an evening to minimise setup and tear down time.
Jim
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Post by Brian Ború on Sept 20, 2023 11:00:20 GMT
I cut long thin "V" slit with a craft knife. Then pulled at the cork to roughen it up. I went with thin, forked gullies so the elements wouldn't tip into it! Jim PS a rasp is very useful to file down and bevel the edges of the piece. The waste can be gathered up as it is great as rocky flock for bases! I'll try this for my rocky terrain!  |
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Post by Brian Ború on Sept 20, 2023 11:14:44 GMT
Back to the old argument of terrain that looks nice vs flat terrain to ensure you know where the edge is and figs font fall off. Especially important for DBA type games where a mm can make a big difference. I wandered past the SAGA tables, another really enjoyable game, at Britcon and the tourney players like us DBAers were mostly using totally flat terrain. Many were neoprene print outs. I am not sure if they were using them for ease of transport to a tourney, becausevghere are some special SAGA packs of neoprene terrain or because SAGA also needs mm measurements. Well, I love a battlefield that really looks nice, certainly three dimensional. (Besides, I found that I win more often when I use my own terrain.) And use several measures against falling or sliding figs: 1. Flat terrain, that can be levelled up and down again, e.g. a wood. 2. Thin bases with quite heavy magnet strips (for storage in metal boxes). 3. Some drops of sanded glue (raw) or special paper glue (fixogum) next to the strips to prevent sliding. 4. Next thing I try is very thin felt or foamed material, because I found that it sticks good to the model lawn mats I use. |
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Post by hodsopa on Sept 20, 2023 15:54:06 GMT
Myself, I think God invented bluetack to allow us to wargame on 3D terrain
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Post by vodnik on Sept 21, 2023 7:18:26 GMT
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Post by vodnik on Sept 21, 2023 21:06:51 GMT
...an early battle in Britannia...  ...not much terrain but with a village... |
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Post by carll on Sept 22, 2023 14:27:45 GMT
Nice one Vodnik.
Is the blue tint a result of the camera responding too 'blue' in village stone paving? It seems to create a marsh like tint to the mat too, all of which reminds me of rain here in Britain!! So a successful Britannia look. Lovely figures and terrain.
What did you use for tents / huts in the camp? From this distance they could be round houses or tents.... but it could also ne my fading eyesight and growing imagining of what I think I can see!!
CarlL
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