*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
March 29, 2024, 02:37:35 AM

Login with username, password and session length

Donate

We Appreciate Your Support

Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 1686605
  • Total Topics: 118111
  • Online Today: 626
  • Online Ever: 2235
  • (October 29, 2023, 12:32:45 AM)
Users Online

Recent

Author Topic: Jungle/Forest paths...too dark? Okay?  (Read 4058 times)

Offline d phipps

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 4647
  • Pulp Alley
    • Pulp Alley
Re: Jungle/Forest paths...too dark? Okay?
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2014, 07:26:48 AM »
Stray from the path and you're in peril! -- Great idea for your scenario, Mike.  :D

Offline Chuck1372

  • Librarian
  • Posts: 187
Re: Jungle/Forest paths...too dark? Okay?
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2014, 01:27:27 AM »
For dried leaves Ive used dried herbs like basil and oregano, tea leaves, and cigar tobacco.

Your jungle paths look great.  I have some roads that I made out of felt that I use for my jungle games.  I need to add some twisty pieces to add some variety.  Thanks for the inspiration.

Online mikedemana

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 2848
  • Investigating curiosities around the globe...
    • Worldwidemike
Re: Jungle/Forest paths...too dark? Okay?
« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2014, 04:32:54 PM »
For dried leaves Ive used dried herbs like basil and oregano, tea leaves, and cigar tobacco.

 Thanks for the inspiration.

Right back at you! Great, affordable idea. I foresee a trip to either the tobacco store (I don't smoke) or grocery store's herb aisle soon...!

Mike Demana

Offline Cubs

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 4914
  • "I simply cannot survive without beauty ..."
Re: Jungle/Forest paths...too dark? Okay?
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2014, 05:11:18 PM »
For dried leaves Ive used dried herbs like basil and oregano, tea leaves, and cigar tobacco.

Ditto! Used tea leaves and cheap mixed herbs are my blend of choice. You've got to thoroughly dry the tea leaves first though, or they go nasty.
'Sir John ejaculated explosively, sitting up in his chair.' ... 'The Black Gang'.

Paul Cubbin Miniature Painter

Offline carlos marighela

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 10762
  • Flamenguista até morrer.
Re: Jungle/Forest paths...too dark? Okay?
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2014, 05:13:48 PM »
Quote from: mikedemana link=topic=62564.msg753175#msg753175 date

I don't smoke......

Mike Demana
[/quote

It's never to late to start you know and these days it's probably about on par with wargaming vis a vis social acceptability. :)
« Last Edit: January 25, 2014, 05:15:21 PM by carlos marighela »
Em dezembro de '81
Botou os ingleses na roda
3 a 0 no Liverpool
Ficou marcado na história
E no Rio não tem outro igual
Só o Flamengo é campeão mundial
E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

Offline FramFramson

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 10681
  • But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
Re: Jungle/Forest paths...too dark? Okay?
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2014, 05:58:12 PM »
Oooh tobacco, there's a neat addition. I have herbs and teabag leftovers, but no tobacco.


I joined my gun with pirate swords, and sailed the seas of cyberspace.

Offline Chuck1372

  • Librarian
  • Posts: 187
Re: Jungle/Forest paths...too dark? Okay?
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2014, 07:57:42 PM »
Oooh tobacco, there's a neat addition. I have herbs and teabag leftovers, but no tobacco.

I got the idea when I found some old dried out cigars in my golf bag.  They were those Blackwoods cigars and have a nice coarse texture.  They also smell nice.

Chuck

Offline Valerik

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 600
  • "...promiscuously brandishing a revolver..."
Re: Jungle/Forest paths...too dark? Okay?
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2014, 08:35:08 PM »
I've used dried tea leaves (after they've been read, of course) as well as grocery store herbs in the long distant past.  Thanks for the reminder!

While I no longer worship that Great Irish God, Nick O'Teen, I'm certain that musty, dried out ceegar husks and pipe tobacco pouches still lurk in my camping and reenacting gear, just waiting to tempt me...   In their absence cheap cheroots, are, well, inexpensive, break 'em out the package and let 'em sit on your car's dashboard, they'll dry out nice n'quick...

Some of the cut paper leaf products are truly amazing miniatures in their own right, however pricey.  I imagine that a few of them sown in amongst the 'baccy n'char debris would go a long towards "selling" the bulk of the less detailed detritus.  I certainly plan to try that approach.

Overall I remain amazed at all this jungley goodness.

BGR
BGR

"Fart in the devil's face"
Martin Luther


 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
6 Replies
6390 Views
Last post July 22, 2010, 08:31:11 AM
by tima113
14 Replies
3673 Views
Last post September 13, 2011, 08:27:20 PM
by TheMightyFlip
3 Replies
1623 Views
Last post April 21, 2017, 06:24:36 PM
by AWu
18 Replies
2499 Views
Last post July 25, 2020, 06:50:39 PM
by Peithetairos
15 Replies
2730 Views
Last post January 20, 2022, 10:57:05 PM
by Easy E