Following on from the scale of buildings discussion, how important is your scenery? Can you quite happily game on a bit of cloth with books for hills, or do you take more time making the layout look good? Can you accept a '3-foot' standard of painting, but not a 6mm house on a 10mm game?
Does it matter if you still enjoy the game?
I can happily play on a bit of green cloth thrown over books, but for best enjoyment pretty scenery with pretty figures. For me part of the enjoyment of the game is the spectacle otherwise I would just play with counters on a map. I prefer to make my own scenery as it is cheaper and I think looks better than most current products on the market.
I must admit I love making terrain, I dont do it as much as I want and like the figure painting I have a backlog of terrain building :-[
Goo question: I love decent terrain & the visual aesthetic is really important to me...but my terrain backlog is always much bigger than my figure one; I do seem to find it harder to get started on terrain: but once I get going, I'm always amazed how quickly I can get it all done...and I love it when it's on-table 8)
Decent terrain is a must. I am always on the lookout for good battlecloths or -mats, currently very much interested in zuzzy battlemats but it's US only for now. I'm starting WW2 and before I even acquired any 10 mm miniatures, I am working on houses, hills, a bridge, factory and so on. So scenery is very important to me.
Quotebut my terrain backlog is always much bigger than my figure one
my cunning plan is this NIK you reduce my figure backlog and I reduce your terrain one lol :D
Excellent figures which have been well painted deserve to battle on an equally good board so I can't play on a bit of cloth on top of books.
That's one of the great joys of the dungeon-system - excellent ready-made scenery too. :)
Quote from: Maenoferren on 25 October 2010, 08:26:20 PM
my cunning plan is this NIK you reduce my figure backlog and I reduce your terrain one lol :D
Hmm...we could do a deal y'know ;) :) 8)
A good looking table to game upon is a must as far as I'm concerned.
Tonight I will be playing a Napoleonic game with Adlers and some choice scenery. If pushed I would play without the elaborate scenery and a tablecloth and some books would be alright. Somehow the figures are more important to me than scenery, if only because the space they occupy is relevant to the rules - otherwise you could just play with counters. The general atmosphere is even more important. I love chess, but it requires a totally different setting. I couldn't play a wargame in total silence with a clock ticking by my side and a referee looking over my shoulder. Wargaming = fags & banter & drinks & food & good music & lame jokes & what have you.
But hey, I'm a sucker for good terrain and I spend quite some time on it.
Cheers,
Aart
QuoteWargaming = fags & banter & drinks & food & good music & lame jokes & what have you.
OED definition right there 8)
Depends on the game. BKC/CWC etc lots of good looking terrain to break up lanes of fire etc. FoG/WMA etc less is more, but it still needs to at least look the part.
Books under a green cloth >:( reminds me of kids scrabbling round on their bedroom floor with airfix figures and subbuteo football pitches inverted - hence why I have such a dreadful spine now!
Scenery makes a good game look like a great game. You can never have too much scenery.
I paint my 6mm terrain the same way I paint 25mm terrain.
1 roof tile at a time, one cobblestone at a time, 1 brick at a time, no drybrushing for cheaty quickness, each bit hand painted and super pretty.
That should answer that!
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