Using battlefield in a box alongside pendraken miniatures

[petercooman]

A little question about battlefield in a box products from battlefront's flames of war.

Does anyone use their stuff alongside pendraken miniatures?

I am looking at getting some of the generic stuff, like the streams,ponds,swamps and craters:

http://www.wwpd.net/2012/08/battlefield-in-box-terrain-craters-bb14.html

http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=4163

http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=2431

http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=2473

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I have quite a bit of their stuff, some is better than others. The generic stuff will serve you we'll, but you will also find similar for less on the web.

[petercooman]

Thx!

Really just interested in a good setof rivers, but thought i'd ask about 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

The rivers are good but careful how you store them, they can warp.

[petercooman]

Good to know! I was first thinking about just taking blue felt and make rivers out of that, quick cheap and easy! I'm just looking into some alternatives now

[FierceKitty]

Do yourself a favour and look at some real rivers. Strauss notwithstanding, rivers are seldom anything like blue.

[petercooman]

Yes, but bringing some colour to the board is always nice!

[rexhurley]

Yes, but bringing some colour to the board is always nice!

You may want to visit Timecast too while not wide rivers they make nice streams.

As for rivers not being blue well umm i dont suppose we are talking South Island NZ then 

[Sandinista]

We have some of the trees at our club, fit it ok but the bases usually need bending back to flat

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Also try Baggage Train.

IanS

[Fenton]

For rivers is it cheaper to buy roads ( rubber) and  just finish them off as rivers yourself

[petercooman]

Thx for the replies all!

[Hertsblue]

I use the Battlefront river (which I was given as a present) regularly.



It's perfectly adequate as a major river and you get two bridges in the set which are also usable. Not sure I'd have bought the thing myself at their prices though.

[petercooman]

Looks nice!

I actually found a pretty nice affordable river on ebay! Might just go that way, he also supplies it in the muddy variation

http://stores.benl.ebay.be/SMALL-TERRAIN/6mm-28mm-Scale-Streams-Rivers-/_i.html?_fsub=5938733015&_sid=1105485855&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

[Hertsblue]

They look good, Peter. You might also like to try Fat Frank, also on E-Bay. He does that sort of terrain in various scales at reasonable prices. All the roads in my pic came from him.

[TinyTerrain]

Hi Peter

Sorry to be a bearer of bad news but I wouldn't bother with the eBay ones you found.  I got some to use as moats around my castle. Build quality isn't fantastic,  and they sit very high of the table. Also not the flattest of rivers I've seen.

In fact I've never used them, they've remained in their bubble wrap!

Cheers,

Craig

[Sunray]

 I have some original Bellona river sections, and found I can supplement them with scratch built sections using 'Painters Chalk' and plastic card.   I use railway platforms for urban sections of riverbank - looks like a levy and fits well with N gauge kit bridges

  Like Pete, as I fight in the Carrabin/Latin American  post war actions - I like my rivers, lagoons and seas to be blue.

Saw too much of mud, rain and black muckish water in real life.......

[petercooman]

Hi Peter

Sorry to be a bearer of bad news but I wouldn't bother with the eBay ones you found.  I got some to use as moats around my castle. Build quality isn't fantastic,  and they sit very high of the table. Also not the flattest of rivers I've seen.

In fact I've never used them, they've remained in their bubble wrap!

Cheers,

Craig

How high do they stand on the table? I use a faux fur fleece throw, so it's possible they will 'sink' a bit when on my table, this coupled with the heigth gained from the mdf bases might be enough to upset the problem.

[TinyTerrain]

Apologies Peter i only just spotted the reply. The River stands 9-10mm off the table. I also use a fleece and they still look too big for my liking.

I have about 4 and half foot of straights and 4 90 degree bends if anyone wants to buy them from me?

Let me know,

Craig

[petercooman]

IS it the river or the stream?