For the last couple of days, I have been painting my new latex roads from Early War Miniatures (EWM). These were a joint birthday present from my family who all chipped in as I wanted to make sure I would have more than enough for any future Chain of Command (CoC) game.
This was my first serious use of acrylic paints as I figured they would be less likely to flake off than my usual enamels. And overall, I think they look pretty good, albeit the grass bank could've done with being a little less green to blend in with my fleece mats (from Tiny Wargames) - see below...
...and a slightly better close up.
The road sections consist of: 10x long straights; 2x long curves; 4x short straights; 10x short curves; 4x T-junctions; 2x Y-junctions; and, 2x crossroads. With long sections about 12" in length, short straights and Y-junctions 6", and the rest 4", this makes approximately 18 feet of road, much of which can be seen below...
...and from the other side.
One thing that did become apparent when laying out the roads for a photo shoot, is that the sections are not designed to fit on a grid. This means closed loops will need to use a symmetric arrangement of sections - annoying but unlikely to be required on a 6'x4' CoC layout.
But is it enough? Having laid it out I can't help thinking some more straight sections and long curves would be useful. Maybe another day, as I've had enough of painting roads for now.
ReplyDeleteThose look really good Rob…
ReplyDeleteI’ve been tempted to get the Early War Miniatures roads in the past but I’ve bee a bit unsure of how they would take paint…
It seems to have worked okay for you…
How wide are the roads?
All the best. Aly
I started with a spray of acrylic grey, don't fancy my chances with washes or dry-brushing without that as a primer.
DeleteThe roads are listed as 7cm wide, but I haven't measured to check. It will be a real squeeze for two 20mm tanks to pass each other, but then that was often the case in Normandy.