YPU's Weaseltech campaign.

[zrunelord]

Welcome Ypu.

For concrete you can try textured vinyl flooring sheets.
Sturdy & it lies flat. A metre square will give more than enough material for your needs .
Or
Pvc 1 to 2 mm sheet ( find a used ad board ) this can be easily indented with lines or texture or design a textured roller in 3d & use Das or some other putty.
Or
1mm cork sheets drybrushed in different shades of greys

And make loads of miniature colourful billboards, they break los & add a welcome splash of colour.

You can also look up heroic maps cyberpunk maps. They have some very nice ones.

Hope this helps
Z

[YPU]

Some way of doing perimeter fencing, although the scale might be challenging. Those buildings sat on that grass perhaps should have some sort of fences/walls. No impediment to Frames but just to deliniate the compound around a building.

How would you model this sacle of fences? Going to have a think/google search.

Big Lee's offering isn't a bad start

https://www.blmablog.com/2014/10/6mm-terrain-wire-fencing.html

Yes our own 6mil phil has described something similar before I think. I agree that some type of fencing would make a lot of sense. I'd probably give it a concrete base so it doesn't need natural basing and thus would fit more environments.

Welcome Ypu.

For concrete you can try textured vinyl flooring sheets.
Sturdy & it lies flat. A metre square will give more than enough material for your needs .
Or
Pvc 1 to 2 mm sheet ( find a used ad board ) this can be easily indented with lines or texture or design a textured roller in 3d & use Das or some other putty.
Or
1mm cork sheets drybrushed in different shades of greys

And make loads of miniature colourful billboards, they break los & add a welcome splash of colour.

You can also look up heroic maps cyberpunk maps. They have some very nice ones.

I'm mainly concerned with the thickness of the basing material, even 1mm looks quite hefty and 2mm like the airstrip is a bit much for 6mm scenery IMHO. I didn't realize cork sheet came so thin, that could be a very good option!

[zrunelord]

Which is why LAF is so great  .
The info you find here is indispensable.
You can also find them in fine, medium & coarse grain.
Depends on what you want to build.
There are also sample packs online with the 3 different
Grains included.

Z

[Aesthete]

What a gorgeous looking game! Lovely!

Totally not my scale or genre, but dammit if you're not making me thing about it

[Billchuck]

I'm mainly concerned with the thickness of the basing material, even 1mm looks quite hefty and 2mm like the airstrip is a bit much for 6mm scenery IMHO. I didn't realize cork sheet came so thin, that could be a very good option!

I've used 1' square vinyl tiles for this for 15mm, it works well, as seen in this picture, though it might be too thick for what you want.



You could also try bristol art board.  It's thin, and has enough texture to be interesting with a quick dry brush. 

[YPU]

I've used 1' square vinyl tiles for this for 15mm, it works well, as seen in this picture, though it might be too thick for what you want.

That is exactly the look I'm after, but like you say the thickness is a thing. 6mm does really make a mountain out of a molehill.

my partner provided me with a couple of old plastic document folders. They are slightly textured, nice and thing and black so any wear shouldn't so up too badly. Hopefully, they won't warp when painted.

[YPU]

my partner provided me with a couple of old plastic document folders. They are slightly textured, nice and thing and black so any wear shouldn't so up too badly. Hopefully, they won't warp when painted.

Quick carve prime and paint dab later, I think this will do!

[zrunelord]

That came out quite nice, Ypu.
Reminds me of Lazy Forger's concrete terrain mat ( sold as a jpg) which probably can/might also be down sized to 6mm.

Z

[YPU]

You will be shocked to learn I used the tutorial TLF/sangenaru created while making that table here for the concrete effect. Took a bit more effort as the plastic doesn't take texture as well as wood but still good.

[YPU]

Very happy with the thickness, I can have buildings sitting on it with just their edge without them looking askew.

[zrunelord]

 
Good one Ypu...

Looks good ... now all you need are some
3d printed craters for those missile misses.
Reminds of those nail biting seconds when rolling
Deviation dice

Z

[Grah]

Do you have a handy link to that tutotial YPU?

That basemat is crazy good and the materials sound as if they are really low cost.

You just add in the effort...

[YPU]

Aye I think the big trick sits in the layered sponge painting. It adds the feeling of texture and weathering.

https://thelazyforger.com/tutorials/paved-road-part-1/

https://thelazyforger.com/tutorials/paved-road-part-2/

https://thelazyforger.com/tutorials/paved-road-part-3/

[Grah]

Thanks YPU.

I am going to get some sponges today and have a practice on the multi-colour layering. I haven't really tried that before.

What do you reckon as a general guideline - darker colours on first and then lighter over the top or the other way around?

Thanks,
Graham

[YPU]

Start with black, work your way up. I find it really helps to rough up the sponge, break up all the straight lines on the side you will use to paint. And be willing to spend a lot of time in one area. every time I paint mine I feel like it doesn't look as good as the last one and the solution is always more thin layers of paint. I personally only use 2 shades, in this case Vallejo Medium grey, followed by Vallejo wolf grey.

I used the rest of this A4 sheet to make just a simple large square, since that will probably come in handy a lot for layouts.




I should note I do go in with some washes and inks for weathering, or to pick out specific tiles. I also have a simple paint mask I use to pick out specific tiles and make them a bit lighter, just to break up the colours a bit.