Copse of Wood completed

Finished this project last night.


Foliage clumps have been added to the top board section



A close up of the woods with 20mm commandos outside (though it'll also do for 28mm)



An aerial view of the woods - I used two colours of foliage just to give the woods some natural variation.



The rest of the team lurk inside the woods



Some lessons learned/ideas for next time:

1. Use hot glue, not bostik
2. Paint the top of the foliage board section green, not brown
3. Shape the foliage clusters a bit more naturally
4. Try to hide as much of the edge of the top board section as possible
5. Paint the toilet roll inserts before glueing the twigs on
6. Try this for 6mm as well, it should work even better

Woods Experiment

A new foray for me, my first terrain scratchbuild.
Taking the idea directly from an absolutely brilliant terrain blog I've linked to for quite a while from here: Take the High Ground


For Scratch Build 1 over on The Guild, but not completely sure I'll finish in time, if this damned weather doesn't ease up, I'll never get to undercoat the thing!
Anyway, the idea is to use toilet roll inserts as the central columns, with twigs glued to the outside to give the impression of a mass of trees. Lay some board on top and then glue foliage clumps on that.
The raw materials


Everything's got to be cut to the same height


Glue everything together, using a board as the base and applying some sand


Tomorrow, I'll spray undercoat and then apply brown paint as the base coat... (hopefully)