I have been working quite steadily on my terrain tiles over the last couple of months and have now completed 68 of the 73 planned.
While many of those are plain tiles or plain with roads and not that impressive to show here, the watercourses and marsh sections are worth showing.
There are nine stream sections, that differ from the river sections by width and the fact that they twist and weave a little more across the tile.
Then there is the tile that allows a confluence between river and stream.
The various sections can then form something like this
The other significant ‘water pieces’ are the marshes of which there are three. There are limitations with these in that the 300mm square tends to constrain the shape of the marsh, making them look a bit pizza-like, and this may result in me making another two pieces that allows the marsh to spread over two tiles that allows it to expand and contract a bit more realistically.
When connected to the stream pieces a series of marshes might look like this:
Completed over the weekend are two more Swedish gun sets and this pretty much completes the artillery for this collection.
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ReplyDeleteMore nice work on both projects Mark - terrain tiles AND Swedes!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith.
DeleteGreat work on the terrain tiles and the Swedish artillery Mark:). I'm really looking forward to seeing these terrain tiles in action as I think it will look very impressive.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. I still need to do a little bit of colour matching on the tiles, but can’t do that until I can lay them all out together…never seem to find the time!
DeleteThe troops look great. But the terrain tiles are amazing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark. I just need to get them on a table now!
DeleteVery nice terrain tiles , always fancied a collection of them myself but the problem would be storage .
ReplyDeleteThanks Tony. I thought storage was going to be an issue too. But these thing are so light (around 200g each) that they can stack on top of each other without damage, so this whole collection of 72 will sit on a shelf 900mm wide by 600mm high.
DeleteLovely Swedes and it is fascinating watching the terrain tile project unfold. With 68 done you are nearly there, and much quicker than I thought you would be.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence. The bulk of the tiles are plain and are remarkably simple t9 make. In fact if I really worked on it I reckon I could complete ten in a day. The rivers and streams take the longest because of the fiddly cutting and the drying time of coatings. That said, I was working on six tiles at a time and completed them all in three days - largely helped by the warm weather that shortened drying times. I’d like to see if making bespoke terrain sets could provide a useful retirement income.
DeleteThe terrain is so well thought out, and effective. The artillery sections are very good, just poppin' with the blue you are using.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe. I have been thinking about this project for years so once I settles on a concept it came together quite quickly. The blue is the good old standard Games Workshop Kantor Blue that can be toned up or down with ease.
DeleteMark, your terrain tiles are amazing. Great work! Cannot fathom how you create such fine works so quickly and in great quantities. Swedes are superb too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. Once I have the basics figured out it all bcomes quite easy and once I get the bit between the teeth I just get on with it.
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