MDF Roads and Rivers released!

[O Dinas Powys]

Crazy thought, but what about doing the rivers in 32mm*, include a cruciform piece, and some roughly oblong "pools" and marketing them as a cave system to dovetail with The Dungeon... 

* and/or full width of the dungeon pieces...

Alternatively, just some widening pieces from 32mm to 30mm and 40mm, but definitely the pool/cave and crossroads bits!

[O Dinas Powys]

Alternatively, just some widening pieces from 32mm to 30mm and 40mm, but definitely the pool/cave and crossroads bits!

And I know that the 30-32mm difference is probably hardly worth the effort, but I was in the middle of having "a 'good' idea", so didn't stop to let common sense get in the way of my typing...

[Last Hussar]

When you say 'Seal', with what? Is it watered down pva?

[Orcs]

Damn, I can't decide what width to get!

What frontage are your bases?

For rivers, I would go wider unless you want them looking like a  tiny stream or ditch.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

For rivers, I would go wider unless you want them looking like a  tiny stream or ditch.

Amazing how many of those there are though.

[fred.]

Good point, I'm now thinking of getting some of the 20mm ones as well as the 40 or 50mm ones, to give me ditch type 'river' as well as a river type river.

[Steve J]

I've just ordered some 30mm ones, that will be very useful for streams-cum-small rivers, as I have a load of 50mm ones that I made many years ago. Looking forward to getting them and laying them out to see how they look with my other terrain. Oh and a bridge ordered too .

[Leon]

When you say 'Seal', with what? Is it watered down pva?

Yep, anything like that and I'd probably score both sides as well before applying.  It just stops one side having more moisture/contraction pulling it in one direction and warping them.

[Last Hussar]

What do people think^* - get the 'Rivers' and do them as country roads, rather than the straight 'road' roads?

^*Yes, I know that implies members of this esteemed organ 'Think'...

[Last Hussar]

What frontage are your bases?

Depends...

Little Wooden Men are 8mm(ish) on 40 x 20mm bases. WW2 are 10mm on 30mm square. ECW are 25mm on ?25mm frontage. Other WW2 are individually based 20mm.

[sultanbev]

get the 'Rivers' and do them as country roads, rather than the straight 'road' roads?

Oh yes, had that thought already, as some of my hand made card tracks that I've used for decades are irregular edged in a similar way.
Or make 'em dual purpose, paint a river on one side, earth brown-ish colour on t'other side for tracks.

[Orcs]

Depends...

Little Wooden Men are 8mm(ish) on 40 x 20mm bases. WW2 are 10mm on 30mm square. ECW are 25mm on ?25mm frontage. Other WW2 are individually based 20mm.

In that case I would do the following

Roads 30mm wide.
This fits WW2 and ECW
Little wooden men are more abstract so straddling the road at 40mm will not look strange.

Rivers.

I would start off with 30mm wide as well. this equates to a 18 foot stream in 10mm or a 32 foot river with Wooden men. that is assuming you do not paint the banks on

You can then paint one side as river and the other as road.

Alternatively go with 40mm wide and you can then paint a 5mm Bank on the river side if you wish.

If you then  wish to expand just buy some of the widening  pieces and whatever size you wish to expand to.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Another useful use, Wadis and gullies.

That's another two different price points for the same products.   

[sultanbev]

If you get 75mm wide rivers, and twice as many 20mm wide rivers, and glue them onto the edges of the 75mm wide rivers = instant wadi/gully ??

Similarly, take 75mm roads and place/glue 50mm roads on top = instant railway embankment for 15-20mm games; 50mm and 30 or 25mm wide for 10mm games (my N guage rail track is 17mm wide).

And so on.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Now, there's an idea.

[fred.]

If you get 75mm wide rivers, and twice as many 20mm wide rivers, and glue them onto the edges of the 75mm wide rivers = instant wadi/gully ??

I'm struggling to picture this. Do you mean 4x as many 20mm ones, so that you get the height?

Or do you mean that you are gluing the 20mm ones on the top of the 75mm one, but towards the edge? 

I think I was reading 'onto the edges' as abutting the edge of the 75mm piece so you end up with a 20+75+20 wide piece of terrain.

So either works, depends how big a terrain piece you want. 

These are some very flexible pieces. 

[Ithoriel]

I'd assumed the 20mm pieces were glued on top of the 75mm, at the edges to give an impression of depth.

[sultanbev]

I'm struggling to picture this. Do you mean 4x as many 20mm ones, so that you get the height?

Sorry, I meant two 10mm or 20mm wide pieces for every 75mm wide piece, glue them at the edges like so:


In an ideal world the outside edges would be chamfered so the sides are not vertical, but for a quick and easy set of wadis it would do.

[fred.]

Ta - that makes it clear!