Friday 16 January 2015

Four Boards

Added three more 2'x2' boards to use for my modern games. I've kept them simple, primarily since FoF tends to be urban based. So added a crossroads, T-junction and  another straight but with the road passing over a culvert. The culvert was to break up the flatness of the boards and add an interesting feature.  

All are mounted an 15 MDF base with a surround of 25mm MDF off cut and Styrofoam inner of 600x600x25mm. Had to cut the Styrofoam to fit the frame so it is more 570x600x25mm. The roads are made from 1mm MDF and the culvert pipes are made from the hollow metal circle tubing. The type used to provide a hanging rail in certain wardrobes. Cut off about four 1.5" lengths and sprayed black. Dug a hole into the side of the banks and pushed in the tube. The water is made from Vallejo Still Water mixed with Vallejo Model Air Light Brown to give a mucky appearance.

 

I've placed what terrain I have at the moment to give me an idea of what they look like and what needs to added. At the moment it may appear sparse but useable I believe.


Despite working on this project for some 15 months still a lot to do. More buildings to be completed, fields, junk(?) etc.. Of course none of vehicles or figures I have painted are on the board and I have some 1/72 diecast cars to add which will add another feature when placed in the village/town.










Hopefully this will give an idea of the sort of appearance I'm trying to create for my games set in the Middle East. I've kept the boards sand coloured and not added grass since the intention is to add more terrain. But I am considering adding small clumps of grass to break up the dull brown colour! But the juries still out at the moment.

With the impending release of the modern supplement for Chain of Command I will be intrigued how the game play will compare to Force on Force/Ambush Alley.

That's it for now more to follow......  

13 comments:

  1. They look great buddy, perfect to fight over....
    I think you will enjoy modern coc, I have play tested the insurgent version, some very nice mechanisms.
    Cheers stu

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    1. Thank you Stu. Modern CoC is one set of rules I'm eagerly anticipating.

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  2. The boards look great Mark, that drain running under the road section is inspired!

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    1. Thank you Michael. I'm pretty pleased with how the culvert turned out.

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  3. Wow! Superb work Mark. As mentioned, the culvert under the road is spot on and the Vallejo water effects look very realistic (will have to put that on my shopping list). Your attention to detail is very impressive and I look forward to seeing all those other bits that you mention being added along with all those figures and vehicles that you have done.

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    1. Thank you Pat. I'm pleased with how the water effects worked. But word of warning I applied the second layer during a cold snap and it contracted during drying causing splits in the material. So when I applied the third and final layer, I did it the house and not the shed. The third layer covered any cracks perfectly and dried nicely in a warmer enviroment.

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    2. I know what you mean Mark, this cold spell is causing havoc both with modelling materials and trying to stop my teeth from chattering when in the garage. Roll on the spring.

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  4. The setup looks fantastic. Nice to see all of your pieces together at one time, and the culvert really is excellent work.

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  5. The drain under the road...bluffing!!! Never saw that, I love this idea Mark, one of the best, beautiful and creative table I have ever seen!

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  6. Wow, it's a great representation. You've absolutely captured the feel of Iraq. If I squint a little, it looks like the real thing. Your roads are the best on the web. I saw quite a few Opel vehicles during my visits, if you can find any in scale.

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    1. Thank you Baconfat. I had noticed that the Opel badge was popping up in photos of the vehicles in the region. Thank you for confirming my suspicions, it was a popular/common make any little bit of info like that is very useful. At the moment though I haven't found any appropriate models, but I won''t stop looking.

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  7. Love this scenery.Are the concrete obstacles on the road scratchbuilt from foamboards?

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