Terrain queries #1 - The gaming board, test board done 31/1/16

[Mr.J]

Here's a step by step of my own. Much more basic than many of those shared already but it does the job and was dead simple to construct:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=84856.msg1042864#msg1042864

[Captain Blood]

A few areas of 'water effects' (that are beginning to bloody well bubble  )

Yours too?
You see, it can happen to the best of us 

Looking forward to what you come up with Charlie_

There's a lot of proven techniques and experience in all the various threads that have been quoted at you so far, so you should be in good stead 

[Ockman]

This is how I made my 2' x 3' board for 15 mm skirmish:

1. Apply PVA with brush
2. Add sand
3. Let it dry

4. Apply 1:1 PVA/water mix (preferrably with baby on shoulder)
5. Let it dry



6. Undercoat with Burnt Umber Acryllics
7. Basecoat with Burnt Umber Acryllics
8. Drybrush with Burnt Sienna Acryllics
9. Light drybrush with Grey Umber Acryllics
10. Touch up with Soft Tone Wash wherever the last drybrush got to heavy
11. Use Instagram to make an artistic picture!

[tyrionhalfman]

Thanks for the examples and the step by step. BTW who says men can't multitask?

[Ockman]

Thanks for the examples and the step by step. BTW who says men can't multitask?

It's a common misconception that women can multitask - noone can multitask!
The human brain is somewhat like an old computer: we might seem to multitask, but actually we are rapidly switching between tasks. Although holding a baby on your shoulder hardly counts as a task

Here is an undoctored picture of my gaming board:

[Charlie_]

Well here's my completed test board. I'm very pleased with it!

The filler stippling technique worked a treat, much better than using sand I think. After several layers of drybrushing and a wash, it looked so good it seemed a shame to cover it in flock! I mixed up a 'special recipe' of two parts static grass, one part light green flock and one part a darker flock.





Does anyone have any tips for taking good photos of terrain and such, including shots of the whole army? I can take good enough shots of individual models with a lightbox I bought, but when it comes to this sort of thing I could do with some new tips!

One thing I'm kind of regretting is how I based my figures, as it would be nice if they matched the board perfectly. It's not far off as you can see, but I wish I could magically remove the static grass on the bases and replace it with my new flock mix!
Perhaps when I do the movement trays, I can have them as a sort of half-way between the board and the bases?

[FifteensAway]

Try a 'drybrush' top coat of your terrain on your existing bases, will match better.  Or, simply get a matching color of paint(s) and actually dry brush your bases, again, will match better.  I am working to have my based figures match closely to my terrain but I consider it a master modeler goal (not that I'm a master modeler!) - one we seek as we get well and far into the hobby.