Hey everyone I hope you can help me out on this one,
I've been putting together a large terrain board using GHQ's terrain maker for eastern front games (WW2). I've figured out roads, rock walls, scratch built bridges, hills, bushes and even logs caught in streams. What I have yet to figure out is how to model fences in ww2 era terrain at this scale. Does anyone have any ideas? Nix any chain link ideas because of the time period and locations, I was thinking wooden post styles.
I know with the talent I've seen here people have run up against this fence (pun) before. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Respectfully,
GunBunny
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Gunbunny...
There are several commercial products in "Z" scale that will provide an answer to your problems. You could also use a combination of fine wire for the posts and Evergreen scale plastics for the rails but the process is tedious and the eventual product delicate, ...perhaps not truly suitable for gaming.
Here you can see two commercial products in the upper right and lower left.
Hope this helps... Will
There are several commercial products in "Z" scale that will provide an answer to your problems. You could also use a combination of fine wire for the posts and Evergreen scale plastics for the rails but the process is tedious and the eventual product delicate, ...perhaps not truly suitable for gaming.
Here you can see two commercial products in the upper right and lower left.
Hope this helps... Will
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Sorry, ...duplicate post again. The system didn't acknowledge the post for a long time so I clicked submit again. When it finally acknowledged the post there were two.
This has happened a couple times to me recently...
Due to the size issues in 1/285th scale I recommend commercial fence products primarily because making your own with wire and plastic will really drive you crazy, ...especially if you are a perfectionist which is why you don't see too many rail fences in micro-scale gaming.
This link will take you to some of those available [link to Walther deleted - CAMA - per forum rules. Thanks!]
Recently there have been "Z" scale chain link fences introduced but I still prefer my method of representing them using scribed clear plastic as you can see below...
In the picture below you get a better view of the scribed lines. Note the vertical "post" lines and the diagonally scribed chain link mesh. Fine Piano wire is glued to every other (or whatever is necessary to secure the fence) vertical lines. Granted the mesh isn't to scale but the illusion works from normal gaming viewing distances as you can see from the picture above.
I hope this helps... Will
This has happened a couple times to me recently...
Due to the size issues in 1/285th scale I recommend commercial fence products primarily because making your own with wire and plastic will really drive you crazy, ...especially if you are a perfectionist which is why you don't see too many rail fences in micro-scale gaming.
This link will take you to some of those available [link to Walther deleted - CAMA - per forum rules. Thanks!]
Recently there have been "Z" scale chain link fences introduced but I still prefer my method of representing them using scribed clear plastic as you can see below...
In the picture below you get a better view of the scribed lines. Note the vertical "post" lines and the diagonally scribed chain link mesh. Fine Piano wire is glued to every other (or whatever is necessary to secure the fence) vertical lines. Granted the mesh isn't to scale but the illusion works from normal gaming viewing distances as you can see from the picture above.
I hope this helps... Will
"The three most important words when trying to make a decision are: communications, communications, communications, ...in that order" MGen BG Hollingsworth USMC (retired)
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Hi
Scalelink make some nice brass etched wooden fences. I have a picture of some here on my 6mm site
http://6mm.wargaming.info/page216.shtml
They are a bit fragile but they look great.
Cheers
Kieran
Scalelink make some nice brass etched wooden fences. I have a picture of some here on my 6mm site
http://6mm.wargaming.info/page216.shtml
They are a bit fragile but they look great.
Cheers
Kieran
