Modular Shoreline/Riverbank (Finished w/ new photo, 25 June!)

[Wirelizard]

One of the things I love about skirmish gaming, especially the Rattrap games (Hi Rich!  ) is that you don't need masses of scenery to cover a monster-sized table. Starting a new scenery project doesn't have to mean "Oh Dog, I need 8 feet of riverbank..." - it means you need two or three feet!

Hence another 'quick' project - two 12" sections of shoreline or riverbank, made from mattboard. MDF would be more durable, but takes time and tools I don't have, and mattboard is tough enough.

Each piece is 12" long, 4" deep, with shoreline on one edge and the other edges just straight to match with each other or the table edge.



Basic paint is done on the water - pale blue, dark blue & black, blended with a damp 1.5" brush.



I need to do touchup on the water yet - I'll butt the two pieces together both ways so the ends blend a bit, and touch up the lower one somewhat - the upper one has more of the look I want.

After that it's several coats of gloss acrylic varnish - probably at least three or four - then paint, flock and details on the shore sections. There'll be a couple of sandy beach sections, but most of the shore will be mud/grass & foliage.

I might eventually do more sections - two more this size would let me run a wide slow river right across a Rattrap-sized table - but for now two is enough.

[Wirelizard]

Water painting done, three or four coats of acrylic gloss varnish done, first coat of Mud Brown on the land, and the edges were done in straight black along the three water sides of these pieces.

Tomorrow I should get the flocking on the banks done, finally.

[revford]

Nicely done and a crafty idea to double it up as a river and a coastline, I may have to have a go at a set of these myself. 

[myincubliss]

Looking good so far, although I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product 

[Dewbakuk]

Like it. Great idea to be able to make wide rivers.

[Hitman]

Nice work...keep us all posted on the final work!!
Regards,
Hitman
 

[Wirelizard]

Finally did the flocking along the banks last night.

That's a Copplestone 28mm hunter and a Dazed/DeeZee 28mm sabretooth on the right-hand side there. The guy's on a 20mm base, the tiger's on a 40x20mm base.

The camera is also crueler than the eye - the two segments match up, visually, a fair bit better than this photo might make it look...

The riverbanks will be used in a game this Sunday - game report afterward, as always!

[Calimero]

Looking good