making a battlefield

boo-boo

Hi,

Can anyone point me to any good links or have good tips for making battlefields ?
Its not for warhammer etc but for ordinary models, ie Romans / waterloo that type of stuff.

TIA.

Lemming

Obviously, the big thing is build to the scale of whatever models you're using. I would still think that much of the GW scenery building stuff applies elsewhere too.

Polestyrene works wonders for hills, but use a special cutter otherwise it will blunt whatever blade you're using like there's no tomorrow.

Put some glue onto the side of polestyrene to melt into an overhang or cliff-face. Be careful with spray paint on polestyrene too.

A lot of the suff in model shops for train scenery, etc works quite well too.

Trees/bushes/shrubery can be, at the most base level, be represented using that wierd "moss & lichens" stuff you can pick up in any hobby shop which deals in trains. If you want to get more sophisticated, you can start to build wireframe models and then cover them with material that way, or buy the GW stuff or train ones, etc.

the list goes on. Cardboard/thin card is a valuable commodity too. Everyday materials such as the little metal cake cups from mr. kipplings can be used as craters if you turn them upside down, and then take your index finger + one beside it and just push down on the centre. Pringles cans make excellent silos, etc.

boo-boo

good stuff- thanks Lemming

Runfree

Some of the white dwarf feature parts on how to make scenery.

Also try search engines on the internet.

RunFree

LoLth

cheap trees and bushes =

green food dye (maybe yellow as well).
cocktail sticks and maybe light wire
sponge. really light sponge for bushes, thick stuff for trees.

packing foam is great for hedgerows.

use the food dye nice and messily so you dont get a "painted" effect. yellow food dye on the lighter bits helps break up the flatness.

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pebbles superglued together make great walls. though can be a bit heavy, try to arrange them so they are like _|

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¬_ that way you can make them as smaller elngths and slot them together. prepare them on card bases to move them about easily.

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Paper mache is great for uneven ground or rocky formations. Spray paint grey and drybrush with light grey to white.

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polysterene lumps are excellent for hills. Pile on top of one another in steps with a central "pin" (a cocktail stick will do). If you want you can get a green "grasscloth" (gold practise cloth, knacker the covering to an old snooker table or just a length of cheapy course green cloth from a haberdashery. Drape this over the table once polysterene hills are in place and you've got instant battlefield

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If playing on a length of wood (a board not a table) you can use thumbtacks to keep the cloth in place around the edges and pins to secure it to the hills and into the craters.


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