Re: Pete's Place
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:23 am
Pete,
As always, amazing vehicles and amazing terrain. The trees look great and very real. I get a shiver every time I look at them. I will have to try that method of separating them to look more real. When you use the watered down glue mixture, do you spray it on? What is typically the ratio you use? I have heard that people sometimes seal there terrain with water down glue. Have you done that or do you ever seal them?
That is the struggle, to get the right mix of realism and playability. I think you have got it down to a science. I like how you represent your woods. I used a method that was featured on Little Wars TV. the use the same stock material for there trees. However, They make dense little stands that you cannot put anyone or thing inside. This in part, could be do to the scale that they are using. If the ground scale is small enough, I suspect that you would or could be always closer to one side or the other... So on my tree stands, I left some extra cleared realestate to put a vehicle or infantry on and be considered "In the Woods".. Then I built some single row or thinned rows of trees that had gaps to position vehicles in for ambush or camouflaged positions. My thought was, that if the woods were big enough, I could position multiple stands near each other and by default the extra space around the stand would space them with enough room for vehicles or infantry stands to move among them. Not sure how it would look on a table, I only have a few built. I might try some stands that look like what you have for spacing. If I make the base right, they could be interconnected to make a forest that is functional for the game. Here is too examples of what I have done so far. The trees, themselves do not look as good as yours but I like how they came out for a first attempt. Practice practice
As always, amazing vehicles and amazing terrain. The trees look great and very real. I get a shiver every time I look at them. I will have to try that method of separating them to look more real. When you use the watered down glue mixture, do you spray it on? What is typically the ratio you use? I have heard that people sometimes seal there terrain with water down glue. Have you done that or do you ever seal them?
That is the struggle, to get the right mix of realism and playability. I think you have got it down to a science. I like how you represent your woods. I used a method that was featured on Little Wars TV. the use the same stock material for there trees. However, They make dense little stands that you cannot put anyone or thing inside. This in part, could be do to the scale that they are using. If the ground scale is small enough, I suspect that you would or could be always closer to one side or the other... So on my tree stands, I left some extra cleared realestate to put a vehicle or infantry on and be considered "In the Woods".. Then I built some single row or thinned rows of trees that had gaps to position vehicles in for ambush or camouflaged positions. My thought was, that if the woods were big enough, I could position multiple stands near each other and by default the extra space around the stand would space them with enough room for vehicles or infantry stands to move among them. Not sure how it would look on a table, I only have a few built. I might try some stands that look like what you have for spacing. If I make the base right, they could be interconnected to make a forest that is functional for the game. Here is too examples of what I have done so far. The trees, themselves do not look as good as yours but I like how they came out for a first attempt. Practice practice