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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Gracchus Armisurplus on December 05, 2016, 09:55:04 AM
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I finished my river today. Should see the most use in SAGA, and I'll have to complete another 2' long section if I want it to be long enough to cross a 6x4 table as it's only 4' long at the moment. And of course, I'll need to make up a bridge and a ford for it as well, but I'm just glad to have the river itself finished!
(http://i.imgur.com/WJUKkB8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/GvzI46B.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/WzDnwvX.jpg)
Construction details and a few other thoughts here:
http://antipodeangaming.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/building-wargaming-river.html
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Indeed. What a lovely river. I will be looking into the details of how you did this with great interest. Thanks for sharing. ;-)
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Lovely river :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
The buildings are outstanding as well, the church is particularly good, I may need to steal your design?
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Lovely!
Great colouration.
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Lovely river :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
The buildings are outstanding as well, the church is particularly good, I may need to steal your design?
Thanks! Please do, and post some pictures when you're done! I made it with Hirst arts fieldstone molds and used balsa and cardboard for the room/tower.
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That is a great looking river. One day I hope to build one like that for myself.
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Great work, that's a really clean, neat looking setup you've got!
Though are you tempted to flock the table to match the rest of the terrain pieces?
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Very very nice! :-*
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Yeah, that looks spot.
Makes me want to re-do mine (which could do with a bit of smartening up).
Tell us how you did the water.
I sprayed the whole project black, then used a dark green spray to do the water, leaving a bit of black showing in the centre. Then I sprayed a sandy brown on the banks/shallows to simulate a sandy/muddy shore. Then I covered it in gloss varnish from a spray-can, about 8 coats I think. I just used the whole can. You can see how it came along here:
http://antipodeangaming.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/building-wargaming-river.html
Great work, that's a really clean, neat looking setup you've got!
Though are you tempted to flock the table to match the rest of the terrain pieces?
Yeah, the table surface was a bit of a debacle which you can read about here:
http://antipodeangaming.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/making-gaming-table-for-saga.html
The short version is that I had intended to use a grass mat to texture the surface, but screwed up the application and went for a painted version instead. I had been to-ing and fro-ing about whether to use a grass mat or a neoprene mat for SAGA since I already had a 3'x4' board in the shed for X Wing and could have laid the neoprene mat over the top for a quick and easy playing surface, but I decided in the end to go with a flocked surface since it would better match the models and terrain. So when I screwed that up, I went with plan B which was a flat playing surface, but because I was ranting and raving and carrying on due to the failed project I didn't want to order a neoprene mat and wait for it to be delivered (plus I already had the timber for the board at this point) so I just painted the surface on.
It has it's own pro's and con's. A totally flat playing surface allows terrain features to sit neatly onto the table, unlike a flocked table, and it doesn't shed at all like tables made from flock or static grass do. I know it will not develop patches where people rest their hands during games, or that if it does I can easily touch it up with some paint. But the downside is of course that you don't get that nice grassy effect :(
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That river is dead sexy!
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That's a nice meandering river! 8)
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Nice result. I could do with one that wide. Mine were bought when we largely into 15mm gaming and look a bit more like streams now we're all mainly into 28mm.
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That turned out well 8) 8)
cheers
James
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Beautiful river. Excellent job.
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Indeed. And those are pretty decent looking trees as well. All in all a very good setup and it would be a pleasure and privilege to game on that. ;-)
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Thanks for the very kind comments everyone!
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You did a great job on that river. Read your blog, and I found it very illuminating on the process of making it.
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You did a great job on that river. Read your blog, and I found it very illuminating on the process of making it.
Cheers. I actually suffered a bit of a set-back while writing that post, since it took about six weeks or more from start to finish and I lost my phone with a lot of the WIP shots on it about half-way through. I usually try and detail which products I'm using, what things worked and what things didn't, as much for my own sake as anyone else's, so I can remember how to replicate projects later on down the track!
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Lovely river! I'd like to use your method of doing it. I need to make one for myself. Maybe now is the time! ;)
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Lovely work
table is coming along nicely.
I don't see what is so "Dark Ages" about teh river though? Looks like it coudl be used for any 28mm game :D
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Lovely work
table is coming along nicely.
I don't see what is so "Dark Ages" about teh river though? Looks like it coudl be used for any 28mm game :D
This is true! But I made it specifically to play SAGA on since I didn't have a river in my collection and was unable to play the battle at the ford scenario : (