Normandy Terrain Quick Fix(?)
As the next map scenario in my 20mm WW2 Chain of Command (CoC) campaign has even more buildings than the last (see my last CoC post) I thought I should try and improve the look of my games. Inspired by the blogger 'The Tactical Painter' I decided the best way to do that is to make bases for my buildings, which I think much improves the look of the thing...
Being an impatient cheapskate, I decide I would simply use some stiff card to make the bases with some texturing (pva glue and sand), leftover model railway grass sheets, hedges (pan scrubber or sponge cover with flock) and some walls I already had.
My intent was that this would be a quick'n'dirty fix, but what I didn't allow for was my 2ft square modelling/painting desk. This made it very hard to do anything else while one piece was drying. Luckily my wife went away for a few days visiting a friend allowing me to spread the work in progress all around the house. This helped me make much better progress, albeit there were several setbacks that required re-work, but in the end, it was done and a photo session followed.
Very nice work, I am swithering about basing some of my buildings, yours look great, I like them better based, this post has probably made my decision for me!
ReplyDeleteOf course the buildings just sit on the bases so I can always use them without or make more bases for different arrangements of the buildings.
DeleteWhat remains to be seen is whether the use of card is a false economy - The Tactical painter does it 'properly' with MDF.
Cunning idea, I think that is the way I will go as well, very handy to use with or without a base depending what is needed.
DeleteThe bases have worked out very well and definitely give a good looking town or built up area.
ReplyDeleteThey all work well and there’s no reason to think card will be inferior to MDF, time will be the test of that, but for now they do the job nicely (as your with and without pictures show).
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