More or less finished the four boards. Think I`m
going to do another two with some trenches and
room for a le FH 18 battery.
This post is pic heavy and just click on any
image to enlarge.
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Project : Normandy terrain boards stage 7.
Posted: November 1, 2014 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Project, Terrain, WW2Tags: 15mm, Battle Board, Bocage, Flames Of War, Normandy, Terrain, Wargaming, WW2
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Project : Normandy terrain boards stage 6.
Posted: September 25, 2014 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Project, Scratch Built, Terrain, WW2Tags: 15mm, Battle Board, Bocage, Flames Of War, Normandy, Terrain, Wargaming
There is light at the end of the tunnel 🙂
Finally nearly finished some of the detail including an
orchard, most of the Normandy farm, telegraph poles and bits.
I will let the pictures do the talking.
Click on any picture for a larger image.
The farm house(don’t worry about the chimney):
Rear view of a stable :
A barn:
Telegraph poles in production :
An orchard:
More farm buildings unfinished :
Stay tuned folks 🙂
Project : Normandy terrain boards stage 4.
Posted: August 26, 2014 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Project, TerrainTags: 15mm, Battle Board, Bocage, Flames Of War, Normandy, Terrain, Wargaming
This is just an update so please don’t get hung
up on the colours as I know they are not quite
correct. The colours I`m talking about are the
various shades of green on the board in the pictures.
I`m still very much in the building up the foliage stage
of things and I intend to correct some of the brighter
colours(eg bright green moss) by toning them down with an
airbrush.
Click on a picture to enlarge:
I plan for telegraph poles, road signs, fences, gates and
anything else you care to mention.
I am aiming to get a main road on the other two boards
running parallel and large a farm by http://www.lasermodellbau.de
A word on some of the scenic material being used. I`m
loving using the tall grass by Noch and the large, rough,
open area is a job lot of Model-Scene scree.
Next step is to get some trees into that bocage.
Until next time 🙂
Project : Normandy terrain boards stage 3.
Posted: August 19, 2014 in 15mm, Battlefront, Flames Of War, Project, TerrainTags: 15mm, Battle Board, Flames Of War, Normandy, Terrain, Wargaming
Next stage was a coat of masonry paint over all
the styrene. This seals the styrene and gives a bit
of texture.
Just click on a picture to get a bigger image.
I followed up the masonry coat with a coat of brown
household paint. The brown will act as the base, earth
coat. Please note I get all my paints from my local DIY
store and they always have a shelf with reduced price paints
on them. Just imagine the amount of people who bring paint
back because its not the exact colour which is great for
modellers as it means bargain low price paint 🙂
You have probably noticed some ready made roads in the
photos. They are made by Fatfrank(ebay seller name) and I
have had them in a box for over a year ,just waiting to be
used on such a project. Saying that I`m not sure if they look
the part ?
Next I started adding scenic materials to build up the
countryside look. This is going to time so I will start
on the hedge bases first and then spread out.
As I mentioned early days with the scenic build up
but I have started.
More soon 🙂
Project : Normandy Terrain boards stage 2.
Posted: August 15, 2014 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Project, Scratch Built, TerrainTags: 15mm, Battle Board, Bocage, Flames Of War, Normandy, Scratch Building, Terrain, Wargaming
Slow progress on the boards but progress is
being made.
Ok so next thing I did was mark up with a big
red felt tip pen a general outline of where I
wanted everything to go.
Click on a picture to enlarge:
As you can see I had some help from a passing
Panther tank.
Then I started scraping out the styrene road
route using a screwdriver and sharp knife. I
also put down a tile size layer of styrene to
help build up the scenery.
The tile layer is built up using more tile
where required and is stuck down again with PVA glue.
The cocktail sticks are used to temporarily hold things
in place while the glue sticks.
The next part of the plan is the foundation for
the bocage hedges. As far as I`m concerned bocage
has just as much tree in it as hedge. So I`m using
twigs as trees and sticking them with glue into the
hedge lines. They will help the horsehair bocage stay
in place.
Some of you have probably noticed that my boards
have a permanent look about them. The plan is to make
the terrain 50/50(half fixed/half moveable).
Anyway that’s it so far.
Project : Normandy Terrain boards stage 1
Posted: July 23, 2014 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Project, Scratch Built, Terrain, WW2Tags: 15mm, Battle Board, Battlefront, Bocage, Flames Of War, Normandy, Scratch Building, Terrain, Wargaming, WW2
I have been making small bits of terrain for some time and recently
a lot of Western front WW2 type stuff. Unfortunately I have an
Eastern front type terrain board which has been disguised , very
badly as of late to look like Normandy 😦
So without a further thought of what I`m letting myself in for
and inspired by Arkiegamer ,its off to the shed and out with
power tools 🙂
Now I started this project a couple of months back and to be honest
I have been up to other things but in an attempt to get myself moving
its time to post up my progress and get on with it.
Stage one was to build the standard boards which I already use. By
keeping to the same sizes they will fit perfectly in my terrain storage
tower(sounds impressive but wait for the picture).
My terrain boards are 610 x 610 in size, which fit nicely on most tables
and are not to bulky to move around as a permanent set up board is out
of the question.
I basically cut out four battens of strip wood(2cm x 2cm) and sand off any rough
edges.
These are then glued down onto a 6mm MDF board using industrial PVA
glue.
Once dry a couple of small screws are screwed through the MDF from underneath
the board into the battens to add to rigidity.
Next up I use styrene boards which just happen to be the exact height of
the battens. Cut out the desired shape with a saw(best tool for cutting large
bits of styrene neatly) and glue down again
with industrial PVA, use plenty. Please note by industrial PVA glue I mean the
stuff builders use for sticking just about anything . You can also use wood glue for
sticking down the wood if you choose.
Now we have the basic battle board all ready for whatever you plan to do.
For my project I made four of these basic boards.
Just as a note in case any body is interested, this is what the basic costs
are but a large amount of the stuff I already had in stock. The prices quoted
make at least four boards.
1. 6mm sheets of MDF x 2 £10.
2. 2×2 lengths of strip wood x 2 £12.
3. PVA glue big pot £8.
4. Styrene in packs of 5 £14.
5. Small screw pack £3.
So £47 so far or $80 dollars for you guys over the pond 🙂
Compared to GW boards x 6 at £170 or $289 and I will have lots
of kit left over for more boards.
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