How to Model Fields

[BrianC]

Hey Guys,

I just finished making 3 hills and want to start work on some Open Fields and Enclosed Fields but was wondering how to model them. I'm not sure how to model an ancient cultivated field as there are no pics. Initially I thought of using the dark brown or black material from woodland scenics to simulate cultivated soil, but don't think ancient crops would be so dark?

I was even thinking that open fields could simply be grass covered while enclosed fields would be grass covered with hedges around it. I have never given this stuff much thought until now, WWII is a piece of cake in comparison and there are pics.

Can anyone give me ideas and or links to pics of cultivated terrain they use so that I can have some idea that I am on the right path.

Thanks for any help

Brian

[Omar]

My plan was to use a piece of brown felt for a field, then to put little stone walls (I found some cheap ones at Hobby Town for 15mm Civil War) around it for an Enclosed Field.

[OldenTired]

Hey Guys,

I just finished making 3 hills and want to start work on some Open Fields and Enclosed Fields but was wondering how to model them. I'm not sure how to model an ancient cultivated field as there are no pics. Initially I thought of using the dark brown or black material from woodland scenics to simulate cultivated soil, but don't think ancient crops would be so dark?

I was even thinking that open fields could simply be grass covered while enclosed fields would be grass covered with hedges around it. I have never given this stuff much thought until now, WWII is a piece of cake in comparison and there are pics.

Can anyone give me ideas and or links to pics of cultivated terrain they use so that I can have some idea that I am on the right path.

Thanks for any help

Brian

why not look at pictures of fields in non-industralised countries. there's plenty of places in the world today where things haven't changed much in the past 1000 years.

plus, while machinery has changed, most agricultural locations haven't. we grown the same type of wheat the egyptians did.

[BrianC]

Thanks for the help guys. I cut up a piece of rubber matting I had bought last weekend and tried the following.



It had straight raised lines so I added some green material along every 2nd row to simulate a crop. I'm not sure about the brown colour but I must admit it looks pretty good on the table. It does look much better at seated height and with no flash light directed towards it. Will have to do some more research and experiment.

Brian

[OldenTired]

Thanks for the help guys. I cut up a piece of rubber matting I had bought last weekend and tried the following.



It had straight raised lines so I added some green material along every 2nd row to simulate a crop. I'm not sure about the brown colour but I must admit it looks pretty good on the table. It does look much better at seated height and with no flash light directed towards it. Will have to do some more research and experiment.

Brian

that looks great!

i'm surprised you were worried.

[hammy]

Looks pretty good to me. A lot better than the vast majority of the terrain I have seen on FoG tables of late.

You might want to try drybrushing the brown with a lighter colour or perhaps if it is smooth adding a bit of sand fot texture then painting brown and dry brushing.

[nikgaukroger]

Modelling terrain - interesting concept; I pay little men to do it for me

[philqw78]

I pay little men to do it for me

Reminds me of a Marc Almond song! Something about disco dollies and life of vice.

[nikgaukroger]

"Sex Dwarf" - best Soft Cell song ever

Isn't it nice
Sugar and spice
Luring disco dollies
To a life of vice
I could make a film
And make you my star
You'd be a natural
The way you are
I would like you on
A long black leash
I would parade you
Down the high street
You've got the attraction
You've got the pulling power
Walk my little doggy
Walk my little sex dwarf
We could make a scene
We'd be a team
Making the headlines
Sounds like a dream
When we hit the floor
You just watch them move aside
We will take them
For a ride of rides
They all love your
Miniature ways
You know what they say
About small boys

I'm in my Rolls Royce
Look it's so huge
It's big and it's gold
With my dumb chauffeur
Looking to procure
Run little doggy
Lure a disco dolly
Run my little sex dwarf
I feel so lonely
Get my little camera
Take a pretty picture
Sex dwarf
In a gold Rolls
Making it with the dumb chauffeur

Isn't it nice
Sugar and spice
Luring disco dollies
To a life of vice
Sex dwarf
Isn't it nice
Luring disco dollies to a life of vice

We could make an outfit
For my little sex dwarf
To match the gold Rolls
And my dumb chauffeur
We'll all look so good
We'll knock 'em cold
Knocking 'em cold
In black and gold

We can have playtime
In my little playroom
Disco dollies
My sex dwarf
And my dumb chauffeur
I would like you on a long black lead
You can bring me all the things I need

Sex dwarf
Isn't it nice
Luring disco dollies to a life of vice
Isn't it nice
Sugar and spice
Luring disco dollies to a life of vice

[philqw78]

I just didn't know it word for word.

At least these words fit the forum

They all love your
Miniature ways
You know what they say
About small toys

But is Marc Almond the little man that does it for you

[BrianC]

Looks pretty good to me. A lot better than the vast majority of the terrain I have seen on FoG tables of late.

You might want to try drybrushing the brown with a lighter colour or perhaps if it is smooth adding a bit of sand fot texture then painting brown and dry brushing.

Thanks for the kind words guys. Hammy I like this idea and might do wonders to break up the straightness of the lines in the middle. I'll give that a try this weekend. It really did not take that long to do, although it was tedious putting the green material down on those little white lines.

Thanks

Brian

[titanu]

I use 6mm MDF as a base and then:
For fields mix exterior filler with brown paint from the Dulux match colours (110s of colours) then apply it to the MDF. Cut a piece of card into a saw tooth pattern on one edge and run this across the filler. This produces ploughed furrows. Allow to dry and then dry brush with grey. If you wish adds crops as flock to the furrough tops.
For broken ground etc. simply sprinkle sand on glued MDF. Allow to dry and again dry brush. Then add flock to taste.

Then I have made several 2" triangles from off-cuts of MDF as terrain type markers and added different finishings:
sand and glue for broken ground
small stones for rough going
bigger stones for difficult and
rocks for impassible
Looks OK to me!

[angelbarracks]

Hiya,

Sorry for hijcking this thread but you chaps will know the answer to a question I have about FOG terrain.

I was informed that FOG terrain is one of 2 sizes, can you expand on this please?

I ask as I sell 6mm wargaming terrain and a chap bought some of my fields saying that they would be good for the smaller of the 2 sizes.



Michael.

[hammy]

FoG terrain sizes are defined in the terrain placement section of the rules at the back (I don't have my copy to hand at present so can't quote a page number).

A single sized terrain piece must fit entirely within a 12 MU (inch or 25mm) circle. A double sized terrain piece must fit entirely inside a 16 MU circle. All terrain must be large enough for a 6 MU by 4 MU rectangle to fit within the terrain.

If you are making commercial terrain you want it to be big enough to fit a 6 inch by 4 in rectangle within it and for it to fit in a 30cm ro 40cm circle. That way it will be 'legal' for either imperial or metric measurements.

[marioslaz]

Perhaps our work can inspire you?



Mario