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Title: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on April 06, 2021, 03:37:35 PM

At the moment a placeholder for my project. Probably something for Vietnam war.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on April 08, 2021, 03:31:01 PM

So now the rules are clear about how many pieces of difficult terrain can be included, I am of to start. Sort of anyway.
I will build different kinds of boobytraped terrain, or terrain made difficult through boobytraps, punjistakes, etc.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Hammers on April 11, 2021, 08:39:54 PM

Quote from: tomrommel1 on April 08, 2021, 03:31:01 PM

So now the rules are clear about how many pieces of difficult terrain can be included, I am of to start. Sort of anyway.
I will build different kinds of boobytraped terrain, or terrain made difficult through boobytraps, punjistakes, etc.

Stellar! I was hoping someone would build something like that.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on April 12, 2021, 02:00:41 PM

I build these little surprises into patches of marshy elephant grass patches like in the sea of reeds in the mekong region.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on April 13, 2021, 03:12:12 PM

Here is the star of the first difficult terrain base. A narrow way across swamp terrain blocked by a nasty surprise:

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Will Bailie on April 13, 2021, 03:50:30 PM

Ouch!

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on April 15, 2021, 02:21:26 PM

Some  more progress:

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Mick_in_Switzerland on April 15, 2021, 02:34:12 PM

Interesting idea. I am following with interest. ;)

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: marianas_gamer on April 15, 2021, 08:51:41 PM

Great, I have done a series of traps before for my board. Looking forward to how this turns out!

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on April 16, 2021, 06:31:11 AM

I will do 6 different traps, like a hanging bomb, a bent tree limb with pun stakes on it, the handgranate in a tin type ,maybe a snake pit etc all hidden on or near a trail through swampy terrain.
By the way the space between the trail and the elephant grass will be waterlogged , so you have to walk over the pit ;)

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: AKULA on April 16, 2021, 08:54:20 AM

Are you considering multiple traps on the same base?

Reason I ask is that it was a common tactic to punji stake ditches before a tripwire, so that when the lead soldier triggered the initial trap, others were injured diving into ditches off of the trail.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on April 21, 2021, 02:14:03 PM

Yes there will be bigger bases with more traps on them . The one you see is just a test piece

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on May 05, 2021, 08:07:01 AM

OK, I made a little bit more progress. In the pictures below you see one of the big terrain pieces. It measures 20x30cm. There will be another of this size and 4 smaller ones. I changed the placement of the boobytraps a bit.
as you can see I made a whole in the track which can accomodate the washewrs I use as bases. On the bases I will place either a trap or a harmless terrain feature as can be seen in the pictures. So you don#t know in advance how dangerous the track through the swamp is.
The elephant grass is artificial lawn glued on with a hot glue gun.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on May 05, 2021, 08:09:38 AM

ooops, somehow the pictures are all upside down? Wasn't the case when i uploaded them....

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Blackwolf on May 05, 2021, 08:43:19 AM

Nice work Tom 8)
I often seal the stakes off in the oven before putting them in the pun ;)

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Mick_in_Switzerland on May 05, 2021, 12:08:14 PM

I like the idea of swapping trees for traps.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on May 06, 2021, 09:14:14 AM

Especially when the tree is the trap ;)

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on May 18, 2021, 02:27:14 PM

Here are some more pictures of my tree trap. If you step into the trap the bamboo branch or rather the attached spikes will get you real nasty.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Mick_in_Switzerland on May 18, 2021, 02:39:31 PM

Nicely done

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on May 18, 2021, 03:39:01 PM

Thanks

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Daeothar on May 18, 2021, 04:07:24 PM

Nice. That actually looks functional!  :D

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on May 20, 2021, 02:02:41 PM

thanks

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Bearwoodman on May 20, 2021, 11:28:39 PM

Quote from: Daeothar on May 18, 2021, 04:07:24 PM

Nice. That actually looks functional!  :D

Absolutely - if you were 28mm tall getting that in the face would definitely ruin your day!

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on May 25, 2021, 02:03:54 PM

indeed.

I just tried to upload some more pictures . But the system won#t let me, telling me not enough disc space?

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on July 07, 2021, 10:04:46 AM

So now that I droped out of the Contest I can post more pictures of my build.
Here are pictures of the finished traps:

(https://wargamesgazette.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/third-roundf.jpg)

(https://wargamesgazette.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_20210603_203008.jpg?strip=info&w=1600)

(https://wargamesgazette.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_20210603_201809__01.jpg?strip=info&w=1467)

And of the finished terrain boards:

(https://wargamesgazette.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_20210603_203048.jpg?strip=info&w=1600)

(https://wargamesgazette.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_20210614_192850.jpg?strip=info&w=1200)

And a section of Marines moving through:

(https://wargamesgazette.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_20210614_193510.jpg)

Many more pictures of the build and the finished terrain boards at: https://wargamesgazette.com/2021/07/07/the-build-something-contest-2021/

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Codsticker on July 07, 2021, 04:13:30 PM

Well done. The trap bases are particularly clever.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: AKULA on July 07, 2021, 05:18:37 PM

Love the interchangeable nature of the traps  8)

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: Vanvlak on July 07, 2021, 06:02:23 PM

Great job - I like the modularity of it all, and the trap is perfect.

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: mikedemana on July 07, 2021, 09:50:30 PM

So much good Vietnam stuff on LAF, lately! You guys are killing me worse than the traps...! Trying...to...resist...new...period  >:(

Mike Demana
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/

Title: Re: BSC2021 Tomrommel1's difficult terrain for Vietnam
Post by: tomrommel1 on July 08, 2021, 08:46:29 AM

Thanks Guys!