SI’s Generic Terrain: game boards

[Silent Invader]

I’ve been making progress with the generic terrain boards; there are 4 though only 3 are in these photos (CDA):



These use  600mm x 1200mm x 50mm thick grey rigid foam, by Panel Systems. I bought a carton of 6 so I have 2 spare for ‘special projects’, whenever and whatever they might be.

My boards will be flat rather than contoured, so largish terrain items can sit level when placed  on them; thus there won’t be any elevations (such as fixed hills) but there can be depressions (such as a fixed river).

The 4 panels, three with roads/tracks and a fourth with a river crossing plus a ford or watering place, were marked out, then the recesses cut out.



A gauge was used to arrive at a fairly level river surface (note river surface, not river bed):



The bridge sits on recessed pedestals, with the bridge being removable for storage or to be blown:



The river bed was plastered and sanded, albeit not completely smooth as I want some rise and fall to suggest movement:



The basics of the bridge pedestals:



And with green stuff added:



And the bridge test fitted:



With sieved Sharp Sand glued in place to create ground cover:



With Kiln Dried Sand glued on to the tracks and river bank, the tracks being brought up to the level of the ground cover and scored for track and transit marks:



The bridge bedded-into the terrain:



A couple of views of my hamlet in situ, showing how it’s tracks overlay the boards’ tracks:

[OSHIROmodels]

They’re gonna look great 

[Elk101]

Yes, if they are anything like your villages, they'll be amazing!

[Kikuchiyo]

cool set up - what scale is the bridge? Is it bought or did you make it?

[Silent Invader]

Thanks all

what scale is the bridge? Is it bought or did you make it?

It’s for 28mm and is by Debris Of War:

https://www.debrisofwar.com/store/p321/28mm_Stone_bridge.html

[Blackwolf]

This is going to be brilliant 

[Codsticker]

I really like how you are doing this- I have dreamt of doing something similar.

[Daeothar]

Wonderful work so far! I especially like the way the bridge is embedded in the terrain, yet still removable.

I am in the planning phase of doing several 6'x4' surfaces in different finishes (grassy/verdant, desert, snow, (urban) wasteland) and they'll be in 3 pieces of 120x60cm as well. Previously I made a desert one with integrated elevations (both plus and minus), but I quickly found that even though the board looks really good, it severely limits the placement of scenery items. Meaning that the new ones will be completely flat, with at the most some negative elevations, like a riverbed or canal.

So I'll be taking notes here... 

[Dr DeAth]

Looking forward to seeing this completed, and maybe even playing on it 

[Silent Invader]

@ Deothar
That’s pretty much it
The approach doesn’t work so well for predominantly hilly terrain but I suppose most of what I’m now gaming is set within plateaus and valleys!  

@ DrDeath
Games are getting closer!!

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Superb, finding this very useful, thanks. Great work!   

[Vanvlak]

Really nice bit of work there - superb!

[Kikuchiyo]

Thanks all

It’s for 28mm and is by Debris Of War:

https://www.debrisofwar.com/store/p321/28mm_Stone_bridge.html

Even more impressive at that scale - wish dow did 15mm stuff though

[Malamute]

Great seeing this come together.