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Hi

I thought i'd start a new thread regarding terrain pieces that everyone has finished off. Show us what you've got!

I just completed some Modern Desert terrain for a wargaming buddy and here is a couple of pictures. The rest are on my site at

http://6mm.wargaming.info/page304.shtml
and
http://6mm.wargaming.info/page305.shtml





Even though they arent GHQ hopefully they are ok to post

Cheers
Kieran

Great looking stuff there as usual, Kieran.

I really think they need to do something on the zoning regulations though.

Mark

Hi Kieran

That really looks absolutely great! The small mosque in the lower left hand corner is one that is by Mainly Military I believe. GHQ used to carry that line many years ago.

The palm trees look really great. Did you make them or are they a commercially available product? If you have any closeups that would be great as well. Thanks.

Pete - Binpicker, Out!

Hi Pete

The trees are all brass etched trees from Samtrees.com in Hong Kong. They're are lovely trees and come ready to use.

I've details on each base (I made 20 but there is only 10 in these pictures) on my site in the link above.

Mark, your right about the zoning . I wouldn't want a chemical plant next to my apartment!

Has anyone else got any terrain pieces they want to post?

Cheers
Kieran

I would, but right now I'm in the middle of redoing my terrain now that I got new earth tone paints and more than just "suburban backyard green" static grass

We do a bit of terrain for our games and training scenarios.









More European though.
Will

Hi sfcmac

Oops I should add a link for samtrees. It is [SNIP! Please do not post links to other companies' websites in the forums.] and they are in Hong Kong.

I had a look on the Gamecraft site and they dont seem to sell them anymore which is a shame. You could try emailing Allen at Gamecraft as it may be a temporary thing.

Opsctr, lovely terrain and your site is always an inspiration. The amount of terrain you have is amazing!

Cheers
Kieran

Thanks for the link! ... samtree looks like good quality, cheaper than the German stuff, and comes in a wide variety of heights, colours and types... what could be better?

The good thing with Sam trees is you can pick and choose colour, size, shape and quantity of each.

I wrote a small review here for them along with their 1/300th cars here (near the bottom)

http://6mm.wargaming.info/page200.shtml

Cheers
Kieran

Kieran:

I have snipped the link to Samtrees from your posting above.

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MODERATOR Mk 1

Wow! Awesome terrain, everyone. Thanks for posting.

Hey, question I have re: the practicality of elaborate urban terrain in a gaming scenario. Do you build your urban terrain to accommodate infantry stands? That is, build in places where the infantry stands can be placed on top to indicate the infantry is occupying the buildings, in places where you don't have flat-topped buildings? If not, how do you deal with that in-game? Just lean the stand up against the side of the building?

I find that I often sacrifice aesthetics for functionality. I’m working on a modular terrain system now and I have to compromise on how it looks. For example hills if they are done totally realistically the infantry cannot be positioned ½ way up or down the hill. Forest can’t be modeled exactly or you could never move figures through them etc.

Urban terrain is the same way. What I found here is that at this scale the ground distance is slightly skewed. If you build a street the absolute correct size many of your stands won’t fit. Not to mention the fact that in the real world we don’t move on stands.

On a similar subject I'd been thinking of using Google Map prints of built-up areas to scale to show how small houses and streets are in this scale, and then just using the 3D buildings as 'indicators' of built-up areas.

At a typical tabletop scale of 1":50m a typical Brit/European house is only 1/10th" wide (~5m, and that's a big house in UK)

So a whole street is maybe 2-inches long, and only 1/10th" wide etc.

A GHQ tank model would therefore cover an entire disctrict at 1":50m .