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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Gunbird on December 22, 2011, 04:04:42 PM
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For the first Big Game I had in 2010 I needed minefield for NATO to defend themselves with vs the Great Russian Horde. I spent some time cutting out 10x10 cm sheets of plasticcard, basing them, painting them and eventually just finishing 2, the rest languishing in my spares bin.
10x10 Unmarked Minefield
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/Unmarkedminefield.jpg)
10x10 Marked Minefield
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/Markedminefield.jpg)
Looks very nice, but in the end a waste of time and resources, cause how am I easily going to carry 10 of these without damaging them, in my transport case through 2 airports? Thinking before acting isn't my forte, thats for sure. And you don't even need unmarked minefield, cause they are.....unmarked! (Thx Rob)
So, how change it? Well, like this:
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/Minefield1.jpg)
And for a 10x10 field:
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/Minefield2.jpg)
Simple really, in the logic that I just need to mark the field 4 signs on the corners should suffice, right?
Made for Rapid Fire Moderns, they are generic enough to work for other systems as well. They take hardly any time to build as well, cause the bases are 20x20mm precuts, a bit of brass wire and 0.5mm plasticcard I cut out with a punch actually meant for scrapbooking. More importantly, 1 minefield now takes up 40x40mm so more fit my small scenery storage boxes and they are a lot less susceptible to damage.
I'll be making another set with other markers, and the shape is great for most common roadsigns as well.
Test succesful.
(Pics are off cause I have no white light bulbs here and the weather is still dreadful)
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Brilliant work, especially the markers for the variable-size minefield. I think I'll shamelessly steal that idea. ;) :D