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So I decided to make a stack of 15mm terrain pieces for my local gaming club and also hold a few back for me.

1st off I cut 30 pieces of fibreboard 8" x 2" to act as bases.



With the Bases I intend to make 3 different types of terrain Tank Traps, Razorwire, minefield. I will do two colour schemes European (east & West) and a few in desert colours for our Africa/Med stuff.

I decided to do tank traps using the Spare resin you get on Forgeworld models. Using a face mask to stop me inhaling the dust, I cut them into approx 1cm pieces using a hacksaw (took about 1hour to do 80+ pieces). I glued them on the base and them Spackled the base (ready-mix polyfiller in UK parlance).



I then sprayed it Army painter Green. Painted the Concrete grey, drybrushed it, painted on some mud paths through them and washed them with devlin mud. Once dried, I carefully flocked the base, leaving the muddy bits showing. I think this looks pretty good.



I will do the same with the desert ones except use Brown primer and a sand flock and dry brush it with VJ Iraqi Sand. Another 11 to do!



So now the Razorwire. Using Paperclips as posts I have embedded them into the base (using a pin-vice) and then Spackled the base. I will follow the paint scheme above.



I then got hold of a cheap roll of 1mm steel wire and took 40cm pieces and tightly wound it around a small 5mm Diameter piece of tubing. This resulted in this.



Intention is to spray the razorwire lightly with black primer (partial covering it) just to take a bit of the shine off. Then I will zig-zag wind it around the paperclip posts, I'm looking at 4-6 lengths on each base giving a very dense amount of wire.









Just the Mine field to do!

Will post more this week, as I complete the sections.

EDIT - I didn't put this in P&M because no FOW player would ever see it there!

Wrecked Bunkers now complete and houses on the go. Some much to do, so little time.



WIP (will update once the building is finished).



EDIT - A bit more done.

I'm stealing those ideas, just so you know.

Looks good.

A couple of comments -

- For dragon's teeth, I've seen very good results using that green styrofoam-like stuff that you sometimes see dried flowers placed in. You cut off small chunks of the styrofoam and shave the edges at a slight angle to make the top of each piece narrower than the base. And when you paint over it, the rough exterior helps to provide a "weathered concrete" look.
- For barbed wire, an alternative for the posts is to use toothpicks. You need to use the round ones, and not the other kind. Cut one end off at the desired length, and stick the pointy end through your base.

Looks great!

Yes, looks awesome.

Some more bits done in the last 24 hours. Lots more to go.





A criticism of this model, it is good except that it is missing wooden shutters on the windows. This is classic Norman style, I don't have the space between them to put in my own!



I will probably give the barn another wash as it is a bit too clean.

Looks great! Especially like the openings on the bunkers.

Did you make the tiled roof and cobblestones yourself or is that something you can buy?

Amazing. Thanks for posting. I am now itching to make some terrain. As usual, your ideas are simple and VERY effective. Keep on updating us.

Thanks guys, I'm trying to keep the aesthetic simple and hopefully give a few months have alot of terrain like WWPD or Modeldads so I can have some nice games at home and also at my club.

My attempt at a Tobruk



I will clean this up with some sand paper. Then I'll pass it to a friend and ask him to cast up 6-8 of these bits.



More houses too.