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Title: Building an oasis
Post by: Utgaard on 24 July 2025, 08:23:29 AM

for our wargames set in North Africa and the Levant I wanted to model an oasis including a water basin, water channels and of course showing it´s agricultural use.

And here are completed terrain pieces representing my version of an Oasis that is very far from perfect.
Palms and some of the bigger other plants are cheap China plastic ones which I've completely repainted, the citrus trees, pumpkins and many of the tufts are scratch built.

More background information and many more pictures can be found on my Blog at:
https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2025/07/terrain-building-oasis.html (https://utgaards-blog.blogspot.com/2025/07/terrain-building-oasis.html)


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Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: carlos marighela on 24 July 2025, 10:14:17 AM

Lovely work!

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 24 July 2025, 11:48:03 AM

lovely

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: snitcythedog on 24 July 2025, 04:32:21 PM

Very impressive.

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: Digits on 24 July 2025, 04:41:47 PM

This looks great…well done!

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: Belgian on 24 July 2025, 06:06:38 PM

Very nice, love the foliage, well and canals. Very cool!

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: Utgaard on 25 July 2025, 05:45:12 AM

Thank you very much to all of you, guys  :)

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: aircav on 25 July 2025, 06:28:14 AM

Cracking stuff 8) 8)

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: carlos marighela on 25 July 2025, 10:15:44 AM

The good thing aboat an Oasis is that you should be able to recycle it 20 years on. Hopefully yours doesn't come with outrageous ticket prices. :D

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: Utgaard on 26 July 2025, 06:06:39 AM

Thank you very much again, really appreciate that  :-*

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: Codsticker on 26 July 2025, 04:26:50 PM

Great work - love the well.

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: Digits on 26 July 2025, 04:46:59 PM

The channels look like the Madeira Levadas!  Pretty cool.

For my own irrigated fields I went a little more rustic with raised berm channels made from cocktail sticks.  Same idea though.   What did you use for the bricks?

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: FifteensAway on 26 July 2025, 10:01:08 PM

Very nicely done.

Must ask - had you seen Digits' work here on LAF?  His work inspired me - and I plan to get a well similar to his from Miniature Building Authority (15 mm, for Russia, but adaptable).

Your work is also inspiring, by the way.  ;)

Title: Re: Building an oasis
Post by: Utgaard on 29 July 2025, 07:46:55 AM

Thank you all again  :)

Quote from: Digits on 26 July 2025, 04:46:59 PM

What did you use for the bricks?

Well, water basin and the channel bricks are all made using XPS foam, sealed with a mixture of ModPodge and black paint before painting them.