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Post by felixs on Apr 26, 2017 11:36:44 GMT
The rules state that a river "cannot be wider than 1 BW" (pg. 6). This means 40mm for 15mm scale.
Most commercially available rivers are a lot wider than that. Is there any vendor that sells rivers that would be the correct size for DBA?
Gale Force Nine's BB560 "Streams", from the "Battlefield in a Box" series, might be the right size, but I cannot find any information as to how wide they are. Does anyone know?
Thank you!
Felix
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Post by timurilank on Apr 26, 2017 13:14:08 GMT
The rules state that a river "cannot be wider than 1 BW" (pg. 6). This means 40mm for 15mm scale. Most commercially available rivers are a lot wider than that. Is there any vendor that sells rivers that would be the correct size for DBA? Gale Force Nine's BB560 "Streams", from the "Battlefield in a Box" series, might be the right size, but I cannot find any information as to how wide they are. Does anyone know? Thank you! Felix My rivers are 40 mm wide and include the banks on either side. dbagora.blogspot.nl/
These were produced by a local manufacturer called 'my sweat shop' of les Pays Bas.
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Post by felixs on Apr 26, 2017 13:30:54 GMT
Your rivers look great, as does all of your terrain.
I assume that you mean that you made them yourself?
That would also be an option, even though I find rivers relatively difficult. Are there directions anywhere on how to make rivers such as those?
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Post by timurilank on Apr 26, 2017 16:15:08 GMT
Your rivers look great, as does all of your terrain. I assume that you mean that you made them yourself? That would also be an option, even though I find rivers relatively difficult. Are there directions anywhere on how to make rivers such as those? It is actually simple work that requires very little tools and material. Tomorrow I have a number terrain projects planned that require similar technique. I will take photos so I can have a tutorial ready to post by the weekend.
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Post by bob on Apr 26, 2017 19:57:27 GMT
It's possible to invest in some really nice river such as noted above. It's also possible just to make simple ones get some blue felt from the local fabric store or craft shop, cut it into strips. Take a white crayon and lightly draw some lines to represent the current. Get some blue masking or duct. Draw some white lines on it to look like running water and stick it down on the battlefield. I have cut strips of balsa wood into 40 mm, painted them dark blue, and then spread two part epoxy over the surface to get a water effect. You could also use water material from a model train store. Also take a look miniature world maker who make beautiful rivers from latex rubber. miniatureworldmaker.com.au/products/id-6532/productlist/p-2/
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Post by felixs on Apr 27, 2017 7:34:39 GMT
It is actually simple work that requires very little tools and material. Tomorrow I have a number terrain projects planned that require similar technique. I will take photos so I can have a tutorial ready to post by the weekend. Great. Thank you! I look forward to that very much!
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Post by felixs on Apr 27, 2017 7:40:39 GMT
It's possible to invest in some really nice river such as noted above. It's also possible just to make simple ones get some blue felt from the local fabric store or craft shop, cut it into strips. Take a white crayon and lightly draw some lines to represent the current. Get some blue masking or duct. Draw some white lines on it to look like running water and stick it down on the battlefield. I have cut strips of balsa wood into 40 mm, painted them dark blue, and then spread two part epoxy over the surface to get a water effect. You could also use water material from a model train store. Also take a look miniature world maker who make beautiful rivers from latex rubber. miniatureworldmaker.com.au/products/id-6532/productlist/p-2/In an emergence, the felt method surely works. But I would prefer something nicer looking. Thank you for the link. It does not seem to work presently, but I will try again later. But shipping from Australia would be prohibitively high anyway, European (including, of course, UK) sources would be much better.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 30, 2017 8:53:47 GMT
Making rivers for DBA3 There is a brief description with photos posted to the blog of how my rivers were constructed.
The measuring sticks are in BW (40 mm) increments and placed so as to give you an idea of their length. 18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.nl/2017/04/making-rivers-for-dba3.html
The same system applies for the making of roads.
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Post by felixs on Apr 30, 2017 20:44:37 GMT
Thank you. I will now need to find some vinyl floortines somewhere.
Looks great.
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Post by timurilank on May 1, 2017 6:45:22 GMT
You should not have any difficulty finding the material at a Gamma, Hubo or any building supplier.
This past weekend I finished a dry river bed (wadi) and gully for my arid terrain. These will be used for an planned battle in a few weeks, but first I need to paint one more army for this.
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Post by felixs on May 1, 2017 9:33:40 GMT
You should not have any difficulty finding the material at a Gamma, Hubo or any building supplier.
This past weekend I finished a dry river bed (wadi) and gully for my arid terrain. These will be used for an planned battle in a few weeks, but first I need to paint one more army for this. I have some leftover PVC flooring material in storage. That should probably be fine. I might just try this next week... And "painting just one more army" is the beauty of DBA ^^
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Post by twrnz on May 1, 2017 10:11:39 GMT
Gale Force Nine's BB560 "Streams", from the "Battlefield in a Box" series, might be the right size, but I cannot find any information as to how wide they are. Does anyone know? Felix, I have some streams from BB560. I pulled them out this evening to double check the width. Including the banks they are 31mm wide so ideal for DBA. I hope that's of some use.
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Post by felixs on May 1, 2017 11:33:18 GMT
Felix, I have some streams from BB560. I pulled them out this evening to double check the width. Including the banks they are 31mm wide so ideal for DBA. I hope that's of some use. Thank you! That is very kind and much appreciated. Now I might need to do both... ^^
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Post by twrnz on May 1, 2017 22:43:33 GMT
I think the streams by Battlefront are really good and can look great with a little flock applied. Perhaps the only downside is as they are long you need some means to keep them flat. The don't stack well and remain flat. However, for DBA as you only need two so that shouldn't be a significant problem. Strangely I haven't used them for ages. I should get them out again...
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Post by bob on May 2, 2017 17:48:35 GMT
Miniature world maker site is back up. They have every piece of terrain that a DBA player could want, in latex rubber painted and flocked ready to put on the table. Here is the link to their rivers. They want to sell you three 1 foot pieces, maybe they will just sell you two for two thirds the price :-) miniatureworldmaker.com.au/products/id-6531/productlist/p-3/There are also rivers in 2 inch and 1 inch sections. With or without fords, with bridges with bends, with terrrain I have many of their pieces. I like their 6 mm villages for DBA hamlets. You could put a couple together to make a city. They have very good dunes and plowed fields.
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