Thanks, Tarkers!
OK, with BLAM fast approaching I need to pull my finger out and get a few things done for this.
Beginning with some more PD-specific scenery....
Games of Palaeo Diet have several terrain features that the Hunters can interact with as well as utilise to screen their movement etc.
First to be completed are some 'Thickets'.
Thickets not only shield your approach to Beasts but can also reveal extra items for 'The Menu' in the form of Critters that can be 'flushed out' of hiding and added to the take for the game. They may also contain more dangerous creatures but that is something for later.
The Thickets that I wanted to make were originally going to be utilising GW Woods but they have since gone OOP.
Rather happily, as it turns out, as I then noticed that War in 15mm had made use of some Playmobil plants etc to make some rather effective 'cartoon style' scenery for his 'Dr Who meets the Flintstones' project, which got me trawling ebay for some cheap parts.
I managed to pick up three different lots rather cheaply and set to making them work for this project.
Here is one of the lots, so you have an idea of what they look like in their original state....
As I am aiming for a slightly cartoony effect to blend in with the style of the figures, these would be perfect.
I already had these 'crop' pieces made by Silent Invader in my terrain pile, which had not seen any use for ages and thought these would make great bases for the 'trees' to sit on as I had developed a 'Cunning Plan!'...
Grabbing some leftover plastic sprue to use as trunks for the trees (which also rather conveniently fit in the holes in the underside of the treetops where the sprue narrows. Bonus!) I cut it to some random lengths and wrapped it in masking tape to help disguise the squareness of them and slapped paint on them and the treetops.
The, using green stuff and superglue to attach them to the bases securely, I ended up with these....
Combining the above with some movement trays made for OGAM...
...I now have some defined areas for the Thickets when placed on the table....
...where individual trees can be removed and replaced with figures when they are in the Thickets themselves.
Oh, and the movement trays can still be used for their original purpose.
Result!
I think the end result is pretty good and all three Thickets were made for less than the cost of one box of Citadel Woods, with plenty of leftover pieces that I can use to make more terrain features.
So, there will be more to come.