These pieces are my first experiments with making a set of modular, flexible terrain pieces. The idea is to have terrain bases with magnets embedded in them. These bases are kept relatively simple and can be used as areas of rough terrain or just to visually break things up on the board.
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| Bases laid out with the most important bit: the magnet template on the left to keep the polarities correct. |
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| The bases caulked and textured. |
Separately I'm making smaller pieces again with embedded magnets that can be put on top of these bases. These pieces will have more specific terrain pieces such as trees, rocks, brush etc. Combining the two will let me have woods, rocky areas, brush or whatever. The smaller pieces could also be used by themselves alongside the bigger ones.
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| Smaller bases. I should have actually made them slightly smaller in hindsight. |
In order to try to get things vaguely standardized I'm using a 40mm base as a guide for how big the removable parts should be. So I marked out the "holes" where the removable parts would go and tried to keep them clear of any bigger material.
I'm also experimenting with using cork bark for my rocks. Normally I like to carve rocks out of styrofoam but having seen people use cork to good effect I thought I'd give it a try. It's a little harder to get free standing rock formations to look the way I want but I figure the inherent texture will make them much easier to look like sedimentary stone.
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| I forgot to take a picture before I primed everything. Recce troop under construction in the back. |
Painting was pretty straight forward to keep with the style of the rest of terrain and most importantly the mat.
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| The bases |
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| And the smaller toppers. |
In the second part I'll add all of the flock and vegetation that will really bring the pieces together. I'm still collecting everything I want to use for this stage. The plan is to take my flocking up a step from what I normally do and add a bit more character to the pieces.
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| A sample of how they could be put together with Merlin hanging out. |
Neat idea. This has considerable potential.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm hoping once I get a few more pieces done it'll really shine.
DeleteNow that's a clever idea!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michael!
DeleteThose are looking fantastic! The cork rocks have turned out very well indeed!
ReplyDeleteI like the texture the cork gives as a basis for the rocks but I feel like I still have some learning to do with them.
DeleteDamn fine work there! Those rocks look amazingly realistic! The extra work definitely paid off IMHO. Very nicely done, sir!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jessy! I hope once I get the vegetation on they'll look even more realistic.
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