{"id":824,"date":"2013-10-31T06:18:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T06:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tabletop.magigames.org\/?p=824"},"modified":"2013-10-31T06:20:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T06:20:45","slug":"terrain-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tabletop.magigames.org\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"Terrain Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

I needed a break from painting my Germans for Chain Of Command<\/a>, so starting this past Thursday, and finishing today, I worked on terrain. \u00a0I planned on making some bocage<\/a>, but after a trip to the hobby store, I ended up with some strip styrene to make tank traps with. \u00a0Then, I saw some great 15mm stone walls<\/a> on Brookhurst Hobby’s site, so I ordered those.<\/p>\n

\"bocage_start\"<\/a> \"bocage_start_cross_section\"<\/a>In the model airplane section of my local hobby store<\/a>, I found this curved piece of wood, as well as the flat pice I used as a base. \u00a0This will serve as the basis of my bocage. \u00a0I glued them together, let it dry overnight, then cut them with a circular saw, since I don’t have anything more subtle. \u00a0Then I sanded the sharp edges to a slight curve.<\/p>\n

\"tank_traps_start\"<\/a> \"tank_traps_start_2\"<\/a>At that same hobby store, I found this strip styrene. \u00a0They had all kinds – I beams, hollow square, etc. \u00a0I thought it would be perfect for tank traps. \u00a0I used superglue to make the tripods, and glued them to some leftover wood from the bocage base.<\/p>\n

The mini is a 15mm Sci-Fi soldier from Rebel Minis<\/a>. \u00a0I’ll be using him as a size reference today. For you Flames Of War players, he’s almost exactly the same size as Battlefront’s plastic soldiers.<\/p>\n

\"walls_start\"<\/a>These are the 15mm walls, cleaned and ready for primer. \u00a0They are resin, and are made by Peter Pig.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"bocage_primed\"<\/a> \"bocage_with_rocks\"<\/a> \"bocage_with_rocks_painted\"<\/a>I primed the bocage black, glued some model railway ballast rocks to it, and let it dry overnight. Then I used some leftover Citadel sepia shade on it, and let that dry. \u00a0Last, I dry brushed it gray. \u00a0I like the black \/ brown \/ gray combination.<\/p>\n

\"tank_traps_primed\"<\/a>I used some vinyl spackling mixed with sand to fill in the base of the tank traps. \u00a0I talk about that process in several other blog posts<\/a>. \u00a0I let that dry overnight, then primed it all black.<\/p>\n

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\"wall_primed\"<\/a>At the same time, I primed the stone walls black.<\/p>\n

\"tanktraps_top\"<\/a> \"tank_traps_complete\"<\/a>I painted the tank traps and base. \u00a0I used the sepia shade on the base to good effect, I think. \u00a0I could probably use more practice painting rusty metal, though.<\/p>\n

\"walls_closeup_full\"<\/a> \"walls_extra_close\"<\/a>I’m really happy with how the walls came out, and they were really easy to paint. \u00a0A dry brush of gray, followed by a dry brush of white. \u00a0Then a green dry brush for the grass, some light dabs of tan, and a tan paint for the weeds.<\/p>\n

The gate is brown, with a yellow-brown highlight and a black wash.<\/p>\n

\"bocage_complete_side\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"bocage_closeup_2\"<\/a>The bocage was a lot more work than the rest. \u00a0I used Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue. \u00a0I spread it all over the top, then stuck the foliage on it. \u00a0I used several different colors. \u00a0After it was dry, I touched it up with some more glue and foliage. \u00a0When that was dry, I soaked the whole thing in watered down PVA glue. \u00a0That took 2 days to dry, but they are pretty solid now. \u00a0Nothing is falling off these bocage.<\/p>\n

Finally, some static grass on the edges. \u00a0I think I need a “greener” static grass. \u00a0This is “winter grass”. \u00a0I need to get some “summer” grass or something like that.<\/p>\n

\"trees\"<\/a>I had originally ordered some Woodland Scenics trees from Amazon when I ordered the foliage, but they turned out to be too small to stick on the bocage, so I based them on the last of the leftover base wood from the bocage in 2 groups of 4.<\/p>\n

\"all_terrain_on_workbench\"<\/a> \"all_terrain_on_grass\"<\/a>The fruits of 7 days of labor.<\/p>\n

I’m going to get back to painting my Germans, but at some point I need a lot more trees, some more tank traps, some farm fields, roads, minefields, etc. \u00a0The list goes on.<\/p>\n

I really enjoy making terrain. \u00a0It’s a nice break from painting minis. \u00a0Now I can attack my Germans with renewed enthusiasm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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