Finished Terrain pieces & other battfield bits

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**Ruglud**

Superb piece there, great scratchbuild and awesome paint job as ever

**poz_dog**

Wow! Wish i could play on a table covered in those awesome scenery pieces. Awesome job. So jealous.

**Cave_Dweller**

I love your scenery!

**Ash 1**

Cheers for the feedback chaps.
Made this little mine field marker:

**Desubot**

Woh are those the forgeworld mines?

that marker looks boss.

edit never mind. for whatever reason i though forgeworld had mines but i cant seem to find them.

**Ash 1**

I think the original mine came from one of the FW Cadian upgrade packs, but I can't see it either. There was an arm carrying a mine, a mine in a sort of pouch to either stick on a vehicle as stowage or add to a backpack & a plain mine on its own.

**Wagguy80**

Very nice pieces. I think it's easy for some people to overlook how much enjoyment quality terrain can add to the gaming experience.

**Kal-El**

Ash 1 wrote:
@ mayfist, MattRendar, spudkins, Element206 & Purifier: Thanks very much for the encouraging comments, I'm glad you like it so far.

Re the sandbags:
I'll try to take some pics next time I make some, but it couldn't be easier.
Mix your GS; roll it out like a thin sausage; chop into suitably sized pieces with a sharp blade (don't go too big, some of the ones on FW pieces look like futons next to the minis!). Flatten the GS a bit with finger/scalpel handle; try to keep the shape rectangular; place it where you want it to go; give it a push to mold it into the surface of whatever you want it to stick to. Lastly I press a piece of gause bandage (not the thin stuff that I use for netting, but heavier weave like an Elastoplast) into the still soft GS, this leaves an nice imprint of the texture on the 'sand bag'. It looks the part and hides/covers any finger prints. Add paint . . .

Hey Ash thank you for posting this tip. Do you think it would work with air dray clay? Its extremely cheap in contrast to greenstuff.

**Ash 1**

I've made sandbags with Milliput and they take the texture well. Not quite as good at molding to uneven detail as GS, but good for building sandbag walls. I've not tried airdry clay, but I would have thought it would work just as well. If you make some send me a link I'd be interested to see the results.

**dsteingass**

I use air-dry clay, it works well, but if you are building up a fortification with piles, you can glue them with white glue while they are still wet.

**Rorschach9**

Air dry clay works perfectly. I've made hundreds of sandbags out of the stuff.

You can glue it together with white glue while wet, or wait until the entire assembly dries, then take each piece individually and re-place it with glue between. It takes the pattern off of your gauze for the sandbag look quite easily as well and is easy to work with (no mixing, shapes and cuts easily, dries overnight).

@Ash - I love your work! It's inspiring. Keep it up!

**dsteingass**

Oh..but don't use the Crayola stuff..it tends to crack and crumble when dry.

**Dinamarth**

Wow, everything looks amazing, especially the OOP Forgeworld ruins.

Would love to see a pic of it all on a battlefield.

**suspiratus**

Awesome work there, really like the eye for detail on all your pieces.

**Grugknuckle**

Could you give a quick run-down on how you make the posters? i'd love to be able to reproduce that little detail.

**Ash 1**

The posters are just lifted from the Interweb. I tend to just insert them into Word, as adjusting the size is so easy, then hit the print button . . .

Re the Forge World ruins, after finding a load of suitable basing bits at Salute, I've added bits of grass tufts and Ivy. I think they look a lot better, breaks up all the grey!

**Ash 1**

This is done; although now I'm looking at the pics I think I may give the grass tufts a bit of a dry brush and baybe add a bit of a darker tone to the middle of the craters: