Trench Terrain Part 2

 

More Trenches, More Quar, More Fun for Everyone.

Just so.  Blogging IS so much fun.  Most fun you can have on the internet but don't test that statement.  

Let's get on with it.

More Work in the Trenches

Last we left off; the hero of our story had cut out a large trench and added a defensive trench that ran along side.  See previous post HERES for Part One if some inclined.  Yes, I am the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved, and you don't need to laugh so hard.

Where we left off.
The arrow indicates where we'll focus our attention today.

There should be a way down into the big ol trench.  My first thought was a waterslide.  Waterslides are fun.  But a waterslide doesn't really fit the theme so instead I'll add some stairs.  Stairs are less fun but probably easier to make.  To double the fun we'll make two staircases.

The Foam is 2" high.  I decided that the stairs will be 4" long.  In almost all skirmish games I've played a miniature can move around 6" (give or take) So 4" I thought would be a good length so a miniature who started their move near the top or bottom could move all the way up or down and not need to stop in the middle.  The stairs will be 2" wide, as that will accommodate most bases.  

Cut out a 2" by 4" block of where the stairs are gonna be.

My wife took this picture.
She said I was 'adorable' playing with the new machine.
By 'adorable,' she obviously meant HEROIC.
Even wearing my Christmas PJs in July.

MATH TIME: Math is not fun, though I'm told that certain types of people do find math fun. I've also been told that certain people find it fun to put together puzzles.  I've even heard tales of some people who think it's fun to paint miniatures.  These people are called boring.  There's all types in the world.

4" = 100mm.  10mm is a good size for a stair for a 28mm miniature, as it's just bigger than the foot.  

Seriously, go look at one.  I thought about this for a while, I spent time on this.  Because stairs that are too big or too small would look out of scale and stupid.  If each stair is 10mm long, then 10 stairs will fit into a 100mm length (10 into 100 is 10!).  The height of the staircase is 2" = 50mm.  If I want each of the 10 steps to be it's own layer, then the height of each stair should be 5mm (10 into 50 is 5).  

Did that make sense?  Course not.  Math is hard and mysterious.  

take the 2" by 4" block, and just slice into layers 5mm (ish ) in height.

then just take a layer and slice off 10mm increments to make stairs.

Like that.
Stairs.
How fun.

We'll transform these into stone stairs
by carving in a stone pattern.
Now these are looking fun.

Carving a stone pattern was super easy and there's a lot of youtubes about it if one is interested.

in summary:

1) use a sharp blade to slice in the outlines.

2) use a ballpoint pen or dull pencil to trace those lines to make them deeper / more distinct.

3) use a rock or ball of aluminum foil and smash it all over the foam to make a bumby rock like texture.

4) use a pair of tweezers to rip out small parts here and there to increase contrast.

Commit 

With the stairs done, it was time to make a commitment and actually attach all this foam to the wood.  Using liquid nails, I glued it all down trying my best to make sure the foam lined up with the edges of the terrain board and added foam scraps in any large gaps in the middle.

Tadaa!

For this board, I'll declare the Foam stage:
Complete.
2 more boards to go.

I'm still deciding on what the next stage should be.  Spackle to close the gaps? Add the wooden planks first?  The ground texture?  Move on to the next terrain board now that I've gotten down the basics of foam construction?  

While wallowing in indecision I did the most boring thing a person could do and painted some miniatures.

More Quar.  What else is there? 

These are Crusader Snipers.
I always say sniper like this:
sniPAH.
It's more fun and amusing.

Fun's Over

All fun times must come to an end.  Usually that's when your children are born, but in this case, just the end of the post.

Thanks for reading

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Till Next time.