• I painted the field with base emulsion, and used a thinned mix of Tamiya acrylics, sky blue and a dark green on the perspex. Hopefully the colour [...]

  Vietnam paddy fields, next step

  April 7, 2013
• This is the current situation, now that going into the shed would be like doing a Captain Oates. Of course, this loft space is great, and I am [...]

  Terrain boards, what would you do?

  January 26, 2013
• Damn streaky but an improvement on bare sand. Dulux Salisbury Stones 1 as base coat and dry brushed with 4.

  Desert Terrain with added paint

  October 5, 2012
• In my bid to recreate the North African desert in my shed, the folding table arrived, 6ft long and about 2 to 3 foot wide. I’ve put my [...]

  The big table

  August 22, 2012

• Watch this space. Edited to add….these really didn’t work. I based them on stiff cardboard but they warped, even if slightly. I just [...]

  More terrain pieces.

  August 3, 2012
• Under the blazing Libyan (well, Norfolk) sun, the Desert Rats square up against the Afrika Korps. Now I need some rules and some dice…and [...]

  Terrain board test, part four

  July 23, 2012
• Lovely sunny day and I’ve slapped some diluted PVA on the board and covered it in fine sand. A couple more layers of sand later…

  Terrain board test part three

  July 23, 2012
• I found an old tin of ‘Tuscan Terracotta’ emulsion which is the.nearest thing to stone I could muster without spending any money. [...]

  Terrain board test, part two

  July 22, 2012

• This is a testing ground piece of terrain to see what techniques look good. I found a small sheet of 12mm thick MDF which cost nothing. This is [...]

  Terrain board test

  July 22, 2012