RE: [SG] Terrain

Michael, thanks for the tips!  I have been modeling war gaming terrain
for a
while now and I have plenty of the modular type stuff, bases of trees,
some
hills, a river section etc.. But for the longest time I have been
itching to
do a full 4x8 table like you see the railroad guys or sometimes the
historical war gaming people do.  I have found one or two sites with
some
pics of some terrain like this but no one really lays down how they did
it!
The other limitation is money. For example, I could go out and pickup a
whole Woodland Scenics kit, including risers, plaster paper etc...but
for a
4x8 table that's going to run me a few hundred dollars and I imagine
there
are other more creative and more importantly cheaper ;) ways of doing
it!
Railroaders have been doing it for years so there has to be some tricks
to
getting nice scenic tables!

I am leaning towards the insulation foam idea, I can get it conveniently
in
4x8 sheets and with a foam wire cutter, some sandpaper and some time can
get
a pretty good lay of the land.	Mostly I am looking for realistic
textures
and techniques for the detail work!

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Brown [mailto:mwbrown@sonic.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 4:59 PM
To: 'gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu'
Subject: RE: [SG] Terrain

Check out terragenisis (sp) if you are ambitious.  But to start, a
couple
bags 
of trees (or even lichen) an old Army blanket (OD in color) and some
masking

tape can do wonders.

Terrain boards made from sheet Styrofoam are easy.  Find a green you
like in

latex house paint (look in the OOPS section of the paint store).  Paint
the 
boards (hopefully you have cut these to the size you want) and while the
paint 
is still wet, cover with turf (flocking).  IIRC Woodland Scenics T-49 is
the

same shade as Geo-Hex.	Shake excess off onto newspaper and set aside to
dry

(overnight at least).

I'll post some photo's and the URL later.

Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From:	Bradley, Jason (US - Minneapolis)
Sent:	Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:37 PM
To:	'gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu'
Subject:	RE: [SG] Terrain

Speaking of terrain, does anyone have any god links to go to check out
how I
would go about making a semi-realistic gaming table for 15mm wargames? 
I
would like to use the same materials, like Woodland Scenics that they
use to
make railroad displays of.

Also, is 15mm equal to roughly 1/72 scale?  What scale would that be for
railroad modeling?

Thanks
Jason
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