Greetings from Miami, Fl

[TheLimey]

Will be very interested in seeing what you come up with terrain wise for WWI

So, I picked up this lot from a firm in the US - TableTop Terrain, as a custom job scaled down from 15mm.  It's not exactly right for WW1 Trenches, but it's not bad, and being modular, it can go together in all sorts of ways. The narrowest trench sections are 16mm width in the trench, and I'm using 15mm bases. The wider sections should allow me to scratch build some dugout entrances to pop onto the trench sides, and some of the closed off bays I'm planning on scratch building some bunkers to fit inside, if needed.

The houses at the back are also 3d prints from the same firm, again scaled down to 10 mm.

https://leadastray.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/pxl_20230309_203255733.jpg

[fsn]

Western Front, 1916 onwards.

I'd be interested in some photos of your work. 

I have some East African WWI (Pendraken released some giraffes, so what's a chap to do?) and have pondered the colourful bit (1914), or the Eastern Front (Austrians and Russians) or the Mespot, or indeed the Italian front if I can find a flat bit ... but the terrain of the Western front does tend to put me off somewhat, so I'd be interested in your solutions.

[fred.]

So, I picked up this lot from a firm in the US - TableTop Terrain, as a custom job scaled down from 15mm.  It's not exactly right for WW1 Trenches, but it's not bad, and being modular, it can go together in all sorts of ways. The narrowest trench sections are 16mm width in the trench, and I'm using 15mm bases. The wider sections should allow me to scratch build some dugout entrances to pop onto the trench sides, and some of the closed off bays I'm planning on scratch building some bunkers to fit inside, if needed.

The houses at the back are also 3d prints from the same firm, again scaled down to 10 mm.

https://leadastray.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/pxl_20230309_203255733.jpg

Will be good to see these with some figures. The huge problem with trenches on a gaming table is that all the practical modular versions have to sit on the table - so they are more revetments and breastworks rather than trenches. 


I went with some scratch built ones with deliberately wide and shallow fronts to them, and left the backs open as I'm playing with 30mm deep bases were each represents a platoon. But it's not ideal. 

I have toyed with making some terrain tiles with the trenches inset into them - but feel they would be impractical in 10mm due to fiddilness of trying to get figures in and out. And worry that you would end up playing the same game repeatedly!

[petedavies]

I have toyed with making some terrain tiles with the trenches inset into them - but feel they would be impractical in 10mm due to fiddilness of trying to get figures in and out. And worry that you would end up playing the same game repeatedly!

Wasn't that General Melchett's plan?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox6MScSWp28

Cheers,

Pete

[TheLimey]

Will be good to see these with some figures. The huge problem with trenches on a gaming table is that all the practical modular versions have to sit on the table - so they are more revetments and breastworks rather than trenches.

Which is OK for the areas around Ypres, where the water table meant trenches were nigh on impossible to construct.

I'd love to work out ideas for modular boards with dug in trenches, but it's going to be a lot of work to get them right.

Cheers,

John