BBB Borny -Colombey in 10mm

[Chris Pringle]

Cheers Chris, we both enjoyed and there were points where we got the giggles

Any game where you get the giggles has got to be good!

Chris

[ronan]

Great game ! Great pics ! Thanks !
(I've just found your AAR  )

[petercooman]

Nice game!

I should really spray my fleece throw, it looks so much better!

[d_Guy]

Great look and feel as always, Leman. The backdrop is very believable. Given the way the colors blend I have to assume you painted it. Any suggestions on materials and methods?

[Leman]

It was very straightforward, but it was summer. I threw the fleece over the washing line in the back garden (yard). I then sprayed fairly randomly with a dark green acrylic spray. I then followed up with some further random spraying using a sand coloured acrylic. Having seen Bruce Weigle's terrain boards I may well add some lighter buff spray in the future.

[petercooman]

Think I'll try it with my airbrush. Will try on something smaller first though!

[d_Guy]

Thanks, Leman, I remember you talking about your battlecloth method at some point but I was curious about your backdrop painting (the one that provides the excellent feel of looking toward a near infinite horizon). Is it done on card stock, poster board, etc.?  Did you use watercolors colors (colours  ), acyrilic, chalk, etc?

[Leman]

Another idea I picked up from Bruce's latest rulebook (1871) was the fixing of roads and river features to the terrain board using pins. For roads he uses bias material painted along the edges (to give the impression of the verge). He uses a brownish coloured acetate for rivers and streams fixed in place by individual trees with a pin in the base of the trunk, which gives a convincing looking river line with overhanging trees. This is something I would like to try as I have already done this with cardboard hilly terrain pieces, fixing them with pins by laying redundant styrofoam terrain squares on the table top, then the hills pinned in and finally throwing the fleece over the top.

[Leman]

Thanks, Leman, I remember you talking about your battlecloth method at some point but I was curious about your backdrop painting (the one that provides the excellent feel of looking toward a near infinite horizon). Is it done on card stock, poster board, etc.?  Did you use watercolors colors (colours  ), acyrilic, chalk, etc?

I wish I had that skill. Actually it is two strips of model railway backdrop, cheap as chips, fixed to the wall with bluetack.  This is because my wargames room is shaped such that my 6' long table has to have one of its short (4') edges butted up against the wall. My room is 15' long, but a lot less than 8' wide.

[ErHo]

Looking good!!!!

Is the battle mat fleece or something?  Did you paint it or is there a supplier?

[d_Guy]

Thanks, Leman. I'll do some shopping.

[Leman]

Looking good!!!!

Is the battle mat fleece or something?  Did you paint it or is there a supplier?

Hi ErHo, the mat is a fleece throw, sold by Amazon under the title Faux Mink Throw. It costs about £18. It has short fibres on one side (ideal for the small scales) and longer fibres on the other (great for 28mm). The colour I chose is lime, which is a fairly light green. I broke this up using two acrylic spray paints: forest green and sand. I did this outdoors by throwing the fleece over the washing line.

[ErHo]

Awesome!  Thank you, Sir!