More fun with foam (Trench Terrain board Pt3)

(Sing it!)

Trenching time, trenching time,

Time for a trenching time,

Time to get your Proxon and your ruler.

trenching time, trenching time,

Lots of fun with trenching time,

Time to let Stew he do another

                 trenching post for you.

-Good job, you nailed it.

More Trench Terrain Board

Can you believe it?  So soon after the last installment.  That's what happens when your two oldest children go to their grandparents for a few days and nights.  Amazin how much time opens up.

The first 2x4 board being done as seen in previous posts, it was time to move on to the foam stage of the second 2x4.  The plan for this board is there will a trench pit for some guns teams, the ridiculous large trench will continue to wind it's way across, and there will be a bridge going over it that will make a nice objective.

I happen to (rumble bang) have the stone bridge (shift, screech) right over here (clang, rattle) under all this stuff (clatter shatter)....Ah, there it is.

Tadaa!
made from Hist Arts years and years ago,
but still holding up quite well.
Unlike me.
My elbow hurt today for no reason.

This stage actually went somewhat fast.  Some of it is practice effects, but I was also greatly aided in my Proxon upgrade from Shifting Lands:

Shifting Lands Guider Pro 2.0
An MDF construction while not complicated to build, 
does take some thought.

What it does is make cutting things straight WAAAAY easier.  

Yes, I added it to the hobby expenses list.

As the cutting and shaping went fast, and because I'm sure you all find this as fascinating as I find long discussions on the proper color of pompoms in the late summer of the 1806 campaign in wherever...

It'll be rapid-fire-picture-caption time.

Go!

Virgin foam placed next to the previous terrain board.
I placed the bridge where I thought it would look cool,
and drew in with a sharpie where stuff would be cut out..

 

Protip: label everything.
I should of labeled more.
Because after cutting you get random shaped pieces of foam and you're like
"is this a keep piece or a scrap piece?"
bridge is also outlined.

main trench cut out and bridge test fit.

Cut out the gun pit area and made stairs using the method described in the previous post.
The depth is 1/2 an inch again as in the last board.
I just cut a half inch off the top.
The idea is that even with some build up later on with wood and ground covers and maybe sandbags
the Quar will be able to stick their snouts over the trench line.

The two boards placed together.
Some Quar added in for scale.

The pink panther giving me the thumbs up is very reassuring.

Then the areas under the bridge and stairs get the stone texture treatment
as seen in previous post.
This time I took Dave Stone's advice (ooo, Stone on stone) and skipped the sharp part
and just used a pen and pushed very hard.

Looking adequate.

I'm not intending to attach the bridge or even use it in every scenario, but the stone wall will serve as reminder of where I thought the bridge should go, and will be another break in the side of the trench wall from being all wooden planks.  

Speaking of wooden planks.. 

... (grumble grumble) they can't all be gems....

As I was SAYING, speaking of wooden planks

I haven't been painting a lot;
instead, I've been cutting down long sticks into shorter sticks
in preparation for the next stage.  

Don't know how many I will need except it'll be somewhere in between 'lots' and 'a zillion.'

Least while I cut sticks I can hang out with my wife and watch some TV show she picked about murder.

It's always about murder.

Thanks for reading.

Double thanks for writing a comment.

Till next time.