Quite a big terrain project (FINISHED! - 3rd October)...

[Jules]

lovely work made all the better by the lovely dressing of the scene, its the little touches like the washed up tree branch on a beach that I love and for me is the real joy of terrain making.

Bravo!!

[Captain Blood]

Thanks 

I totally agree, Jules - the devil (and the fun) is in the detail 

[Atheling]

Cultivated in the middle, rough round the outsides - a bit like me  

I think I'm going to go with a few treestumps Peder. All ideas gratefully received. Keep 'em coming...

I am toying with the idea of forgoing my standard trees and inserting a load of new trees, because I think this is going to be a damn flash layout (he said modestly) and I think it may deserve new trees which look like they actually grow from the ground - including the hillsides. Which is a bit tricky with standalone trees...

I have now applied the first layer of Blood's patent gloop to board 1, and added a lot of loose stonework. I shall aim to post pics this evening. Then I'm off on hols for three weeks, so no more until beginning of September  

Captain,

I realise that this is an old thread but do you think you could give me some idea of what colours you used re: emulsion etc please?

It would be a great help as you have managed to get a very natural feel overall.

Darrell.

[Captain Blood]

Hmmm. I think it was a Crown colour in their 'velvet' range. I'll see if I can find the tin...

[Atheling]

Hmmm. I think it was a Crown colour in their 'velvet' range. I'll see if I can find the tin...

Sorry for the hassle but that would be helpful 

Probably not what you need on a Sunday morning 

Darrell.

[Too Bo Coo]

Capt,  just FANTASTIC!

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Fantastic Project - Well Done

[Captain Blood]

Thanks chaps.

Can't believe I did this almost 5 years ago! These boards have seen a fair amount of usage since, for all sorts of things

Hmmm. I think it was a Crown colour in their 'velvet' range. I'll see if I can find the tin...

Here you go Darrell.

The colour is 'Tempting' in the Crown Indulgence range...

http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/decorating/interior-emulsion-paint/crown-fashion-for-walls-tempting---indulgence-matt-emulsion-paint---25l-569376

[Elk101]

I've read through all of this now, bloody fantastic work!

[Atheling]

Here you go Darrell.

The colour is 'Tempting' in the Crown Indulgence range...

http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/decorating/interior-emulsion-paint/crown-fashion-for-walls-tempting---indulgence-matt-emulsion-paint---25l-569376

Thank you very much Richard! above and beyond the call of duty! 

Darrell.

[huesped]

IMpressive. 

[NurgleHH]

Great work, mon capitan. Always a pleasure to see your work. I think youtube should take a view at the black hussar SYW-Fange. Small, but nice.

[Steam Flunky]

 :-*Great work as always Richard.

[Wargamer Dave]

I just read through all 13 pages and what an education! Thank you!

One question 7 years later. How have they held up? And a second - how did you end up storing them?

[Captain Blood]

Haha! Back from the dead 

Yes, they've held up brilliantly and I'm still using them.

Luckily, I have a purpose built wargames loft above the garage, so I just store them on their sides on the floor, laid around the walls of the room. Others I keep on shelves downstairs in the garage itself. They do take up a fair bit of space, but they're worth it 

Interestingly, I'm about to embark on  WW2 western desert layout, and I'm humming and ha-ing over whether to use foam boards, MDF, or - shock horror - a homemade mat using decorator's caulk over fabric. I mean it's desert right? Pretty featureless, apart from the occasional track, oasis and patch of scrub... but how to do the sand dunes...?