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Tuesday 19 May 2015

Terrain Tuesdays


Nobody mentioned it, but I felt a bit of a fraud publishing an AAR last week with a table dressed with lumps of unpainted resin and featuring BluTac.

Of course it doesn't matter (especially in a solo game!), but the point of getting a solo game in was to prompt me to do some work.  So I hereby unveil a new feature - Terrain Tuesdays.

I finished off the nests.

Dinosaur nests from Poundland
Fortunately, Boots provide a handy source of plastic every week.,,,


...which can be turned into handy river sections.


At the moment they look more like the manicured banks of the Cam than some jungle river, but I hope to change that,
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11 comments:

  1. DaveD19 May 2015 at 21:53

    I shall look forward to seeing how the terrain garden grows then!

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  2. Jonathan Freitag19 May 2015 at 23:55

    Looks to me that hobby funk you have been fighting is facing extinction. Full speed ahead, Edwin!

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  3. Mad Padre20 May 2015 at 02:47

    Splendid looking terrain ideas, and great idea for the dino nests.
    What is the plastic object in the third photo?

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    1. Diplomatist20 May 2015 at 07:45

      It's the weekly tray that my wife's meds are dispensed in (she takes about a dozen pills a day).

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  4. tradgardmastare20 May 2015 at 06:30

    Is it for contact lenses?
    I really look forward to seeing the dino eggs in their nests.
    Alan

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    1. Diplomatist20 May 2015 at 07:47

      They're not that exciting (eggcisitng?). I've left them pretty much as you see them in the last photo - grey with a green speckle.

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  5. Anonymous20 May 2015 at 10:03

    In actual fact, I saw a few ideas from the terrain featured in the AARs. The dried flowers and (I believe they were) cotton bud plants are two that immediately come to mind.
    One piece of my own terrain (from the PBB) that I'm particularly fond of is the large stone that stood in the middle of the farmer's field. I picked it up while dog walking, painted it grey and then dry-brushed it with a lighter shade. Simple, cheap, effective, and sentimental.

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    1. Diplomatist20 May 2015 at 14:35

      The dried flowers were tomato stalks and garlic.

      Wargamers - the only people would paint rocks to make them more life-like!

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    2. Anonymous20 May 2015 at 16:04

      Now that you mention it - It does seem a rather daft thing to do! :)

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    3. Diplomatist20 May 2015 at 16:24

      Don't worry - you're not alone!

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  6. Sean22 May 2015 at 15:06

    Great acquisitions. I too find that there is a tension between having proper terrain and just getting on with playing some games. The time I took off from the hobby saw most others perfecting their technique and amassing gorgeous terrain. I guess I can't cry over spilled milk though. Just need to get on with making terrain.

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