On the Piquet yahoo group, someone had asked how we model full size forests. So I thought I would post how I've made mine. I'm sure this isn't anything new but I hope it inspires someone to try it out.
First off I cut out some random shapes out of MDF and then primed them Black.
I then cut some dowels so that they were 1 inch taller than the tallest figure I would use in our games. In this case I cut the dowels 2 inches tall so I could put a 15mm Sherman tank under them. I then glued the dowels to the bottom of the base, using either 3 or 4 dowels per piece to make it stable.
The next step was to use some Woodland Scenics Bush Foliage. I broke up a few different colors into different sized chunks. I then glued the pieces to the MDF.
I found using Hot Glue was a great way to secure the pieces to the MDF.
When done I let the whole thing dry. The only thing I didn't do right away, was to paint the dowels. Next time I will do that as one of my first steps.
Here is one of the pieces in action.
This was a World War I game I based on the Eastern Front. I hope you all like it.
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