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Hi SFC MAC

I have made lots of terrain using the Terrain Maker system. For my hill hexes I have 2 elevation sizes that I currently use. For my gentle sloping hills, I actually use 1/2 inch hexes cut in the same fashion as the 1 inch hills described in the instructions.

Whether I use the 1 inch or 1/2 inch slopes, I do glue these to the 1/2 inch base hexes. The reasons I do this is two fold. 1. It is sturdier and less likely for the slope to shift during play. 2. I blend the base of the slope in with the actual slope using Durham Water Putty. This allows for a smooth transition with no visible gaps in the slope hex.

For the hilltop hexes, I have done them both ways - For my 1 inch hilltops I have glued the hilltop to the base. For the 1/2 inch hilltops which is what I mostly use, I just use the 1 inch hill hex by itself without any base hex underneath. Alternatively, you could use 2 1/2 inch hexes here as well - the one underneath being a plain unpainted styrofoam hex
used as a spacer for the 1/2 inch hex above it.

The 1/4 inch hexes are usually used to make the rivers, streams, and lakes. I don't use these in making my hills and slopes but do everything using the 1/2 ground base.

I also use a floral cutter to cut my styrofoam as my luck with the coping saw method was pretty bad. I hope this helps you a bit.

Pete - Binpicker, Out!

The reason for using the 1/2" hexes as the flatland hexes, and basing all of the hills on them is that you can build up, or down, from a 1/2" hex. If you look at the instructions for the water hexes, you take a 1/4" hex and cut the stream/lake/beach/etc. out of that hex, and then you glue it on top of another 1/4" hex. Then you paint the bottom hex with water, and there is a stream bank up to the flatland hexes (1/2" hexes). This is illustrated here on our website:

http://www.ghqmodels.com/pages/military/stream.asp

GHQ