WW1 Terrain build pics

[Furt]

As said, the attention to detail makes this very special - a triumph. 

The piles of rubble look amazing - are all those bricks and debris hand made?

Also, I'd like to know how heavy the abbey piece weighs!! 

[alcal]

Fantastic! You've convinced me to build some modular terrain now and not fixed boards. I'm amazed at how good it looks.

I've got a couple of questions for you.

What did you use for barbed wire? I was going to use Gale Force 9 but figure I'll need a lot of it!

Did you coat you trees before you painted them? I've use twigs before and ended up with borers in them. Little pile of sawdust appeared after a while.

Any other tips regarding the materials you've used would be great fully accepted.

Q: Wherabouts are you in the world
cheers Alan

[Infman]

Hi Alan

I'm in sunny Newcastle, Australia. We've just set some new temperature records here, so hot that a paint dries on a brush before you can get near a figure.

I'm thinking of doing some terrain instead!

[alcal]

As said, the attention to detail makes this very special - a triumph. 

The piles of rubble look amazing - are all those bricks and debris hand made?

Also, I'd like to know how heavy the abbey piece weighs!! 

The large and small` square `bricks are bought items the rest in small stone agrogate,and the Abbey weighs as much as a handfull of stone +three resin buildings and a plywood base so to my mind its quite light for its size,remember its just foam otherwise.

[alcal]

Fantastic! You've convinced me to build some modular terrain now and not fixed boards. I'm amazed at how good it looks.

I've got a couple of questions for you.

What did you use for barbed wire? I was going to use Gale Force 9 but figure I'll need a lot of it!

Did you coat you trees before you painted them? I've use twigs before and ended up with borers in them. Little pile of sawdust appeared after a while.

Any other tips regarding the materials you've used would be great fully accepted.

We have some steal mesh that is cut in strips to create the wire(do you need a pic of material).Different continent ,guess your criters are meaner than ours when it comes to eating wood and no didnt coat the privot/hedge(wood) ?
Cheers AL

[Mason]

 

An amazing undertaking, seen through to a masterpiece finish.
Sublime!
 

[oxiana]

Gosh.

That's some terrain-building! Inspirational. 

[white knight]

Fabulous terrain. One wouldn't know where to look first with such a table. Nice to see a decent amount of rubble around the ruins for a change. 

[Dr Mathias]

Amazing, I was hoping to build modular trench boards one day (not a huge fan of them) and you have turned me away from that. Beautiful work, on an ugly subject

[Mjolnir]

Excellent work!
Just great.
How didi you make the sandbags?

Mjolnir, from Flanders

[alcal]

That is Milliput rolled out like a snake wet and slightly flatten the snake with soapy water ,i flatten it with a piece of mesh to start the textured finish,then cut each one with a stanley blade and drop into place ,when youve done a few once again wet and gently press the mesh again they seem to find there own saggy shape using this method.

Cheers AL

[Mjolnir]

Thx

I prefer the 1914 period because it's no static war

[King Thor]

Incredible work alcal!

[Painter Jim]

Very, very nicely done.

[bandit86]

That's amazing!!