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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: ancientsociety on August 21, 2014, 08:41:25 PM

Title: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on August 21, 2014, 08:41:25 PM

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I was lucky enough to find the awesome, sadly out of production, Crescent Root Studios "Adobe" buildings on Evilbay a few weeks back. I really liked this series - they had an awesome texture to the "stucco" finish and the cracks really show well when sponge painted. To match the CR buildings, I repainted the FOW Small Desert Buildings I already had to match.

More info and pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/08/15mm-north-africa-terrain.html

Title: Re: 15mm NA Terrain (CR, GF9, scratchbuilt)
Post by: ancientsociety on September 03, 2014, 04:49:08 PM

A quick followup to my previous NA Terrain, this time we're in Cyrenaica with some wadi banks and Greco-Roman ruins (also suitable for Greece or Crete)!

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on September 18, 2014, 05:23:16 PM

So I've decided to run a small, friendly FOW tourney for Adepticon 2015 in the style of 40K Combat Patrol. That means I need more terrain....and quick!

Let's start with a WIP post on the 15mm Lumber Camp terrain set. From the left, it's a small bunkhouse, the mill, and a maintenance shed. Not pictured (because they were half finished at the time) are the log and lumber pile linear obstacles. All that's left is a quick ink weathering of the exterior wood surfaces, some spot painting (mostly the tin roofs and bases), and flocking.

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More info and pics:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/09/15mm-lumber-camp-wip-2.html

Comments and critiques welcome!

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on September 27, 2014, 04:39:14 AM

I took a little break from making terrain to finish up some minis. I'd always wanted to add some assault guns to the Soviet Tankovy Battalion I finished a couple years ago but have been unwilling to spend the cash to buy them. Recently, I came across a good deal and bought them....then promptly realized I had lost the paint color chart I used for the prior minis! Instead I decided to try my luck at whitewash winter camo for the first time.

More pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/09/koshka-ubiytsy-zimoy-winter-1944.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: von Lucky on September 27, 2014, 09:40:22 AM

Nice stuff. Any progress shots on the lumber camp?

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on September 27, 2014, 02:54:15 PM

Lumber camp is almost done. Should post final pics in a couple days.

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on September 30, 2014, 10:41:49 PM

The lumber camp is finally complete and I'm pretty pleased with the results considering the amount of time it took. The entire complex, if not spread out, occupies around 2 sq. ft. - somewhere between a 1/4" and 1/3" of a table space. Considering it really only needs some roads and large tracts of woods, the size is "just right" for FOW. This lumber camp will be used to represent the Karelia Region of Finland/Russia in the FOW: Recon In Force tournament for Adepticon 2015.

Much more pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/09/road-to-adepticon-2015-15mm-lumber-camp.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: Firescale Whack on October 01, 2014, 03:38:40 AM

That lumber camp is phenomenal, I wish it was a retail product I would definitely buy one. Great work!

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: von Lucky on October 01, 2014, 11:24:59 AM

Beautiful work, something really to be proud of.

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on October 06, 2014, 06:13:55 PM

A little detour from terrain building, finished the 1/100 Tamiya Me262 & Me163.

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More pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/10/dawn-of-jet-age-15mm-me262-me163.html

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: OSHIROmodels on October 06, 2014, 06:35:38 PM

WWII isn't my bag but there's some nice little builds here  8) 8)

cheers

James

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on January 14, 2015, 11:30:30 PM

Just a small WIP post of the Western European town I'm working on. Enjoy!

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More info and pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/western-european-town-wip.html

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: von Lucky on January 15, 2015, 02:26:44 AM

Absolutely beautifully.

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: cram on January 15, 2015, 11:10:08 PM

These are fantastic!!  :-* :-*

Two questions if I may! Where did the ruined truck at the lumber camp come from, and what supplier did you get the fence in the Western European town pic?

Thanks, Marc.

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on January 17, 2015, 04:43:37 PM

A small bit of North Africa terrain - a mosque and walled courtyard - to add to my earlier NA terrain efforts. More pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/more-north-africa-terrain.html

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@Cram: The truck in the lumber camp is simply a Zvezda 1/100 Soviet ZIS truck with the wheels and bed removed. The walls in the Western Europe terrain are Kibri HO walls. The tutorial to make the park is at the link below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/tutorial-15mm-european-city-park.html

Thanks all!

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: cram on January 19, 2015, 09:04:34 AM

Thanks for the reply  :)

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on January 29, 2015, 03:59:04 AM

Yugoslavian House Conversion. So I'm sure the first question is "why Yugoslavia?"....and the simple answer is because it was an easy conversion. Crescent Root's (now out of production) resin buildings were the first 15mm buildings I had purchased years ago and, while they're nice, straight out of the box they're rather odd-looking - as if they don't really fit any particular nation or architectural style.

More WIP pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/yugoslavian-house-conversion.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: von Lucky on January 29, 2015, 08:38:46 AM

Nice simple set. But I think you mean the 1940-41 campaign?

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: pocoloco on January 29, 2015, 09:44:16 AM

Great scenery work all around!  :-*

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on February 03, 2015, 11:20:20 PM

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Recently broke down and bought a handful of the awesome Mark IV 'Fury on the Steppes' buildings. Full product review, WIP pics, and more completed pics in the link below:

http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/product-review-mark-iv-miniatures.html

Comments and critiques welcome!

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: von Lucky on February 04, 2015, 06:41:36 AM

Nice painting! Yes - weird battle damage, but lovely buildings.

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on February 04, 2015, 04:34:50 PM

Still on the Eastern Front - this time I've got a tutorial for making realistic marshes like those in Belorussia. Full tutorial with WIP pics at the link below:

http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/tutorial-marshes.html

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Comments and critiques welcome!

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on February 06, 2015, 09:51:30 PM

Vineyards make excellent, useful terrain features in all kinds of different games. They limit maneuverability, provide concealment for infantry, and nicely fill table space. I'll show you how to build realistic vineyards that are easy to assemble.

Tutorial and more pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/tutorial-vineyards.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on February 12, 2015, 11:50:32 PM

While I don't really need more North African style buildings, I just can't seem to stop building them. I found a few old offcuts of cork flooring tile and decided to try my hand at building some cork terrain. The basis of these buildings are Matakishi's amazing cork buildings, specifically his Afghan Buildings.

More pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/cork-tile-houses.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on February 16, 2015, 05:11:52 PM

I have a love-hate relationship with the Battlefront Plowed Fields - I love how awesome they are and they're useful in many more games outside of Flames of War, but I hate the cost. $20-something should get you more than two small rectangular fields. So I decided to try making my own and the results are awesome.

Tutorial, more pics, and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/tutorial-flexible-plowed-fields.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: von Lucky on February 16, 2015, 08:54:22 PM

Filed away for a future project. Thanks.

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: cram on February 16, 2015, 10:40:57 PM

Very nice!!

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on February 19, 2015, 12:38:00 AM

A quick post for today, nothing in-depth. I've been struggling with urban roads since I started the 15mm terrain project and ran across someone mentioning using faux patterned leather as stand-ins for cobblestone roads. Oddly, we had about 3 yards of good quality faux leather we'd ordered about 6 years ago for a home decorating project that never got done - bingo.

More pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/15mm-cobblestone-roads.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: Poiter50 on February 19, 2015, 02:12:46 AM

They look great. I'm off to see my local furniture restorer.

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on February 24, 2015, 05:18:44 PM

Another quick update for today, this time I've done up some snow-covered woods using after-Christmas clearance trees and felt fabric. More pics and info at the link below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/snow-covered-woods.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: dampfpanzerwagon on February 24, 2015, 05:33:42 PM

I enjoyed reading the tutorial on building the vineyards.

Tony

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on February 26, 2015, 04:09:04 PM

By the 1930s, much of Europe was criss-crossed with a wide array of telegraph and telephone overhead wires.Usually located alongside roads and rails, often at the edges of cultivated fields, communication line poles quickly became rocky and overgrown. As such, they make great linear obstacles that provide useful concealment to infantry and AFVs alike.

Tutorial below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/tutorial-15mm-telephonetelegraph-lines.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: ancientsociety on March 09, 2015, 12:55:38 AM

In an attempt to add more Western European terrain, I went back and re-did the French Chateau I'd painted back in August. I gave it a larger base of 2mm MDF and built it up with successive layers. I then smoothed everything out some spackle and glue mixture. I then added stucco walls made from basswood strips. The gate is large basswood rod cut to size, with shingles made from thin cardboard, and gate doors from an HO scale factory doors. I used Milliput to sculpt a longer driveway and walkway leading to a Faller HO scale greenhouse.

More pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/03/french-chateau-redeux.html

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Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: von Lucky on March 09, 2015, 01:23:01 AM

Very nice. The greenhouse is certainly effective.

Title: Re: Building the battlefields of WW2 (15mm Flames of War)
Post by: Neonwraith on March 09, 2015, 08:05:41 AM

WOW looks amazing.