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Title: Barbed Wire
Post by: Rubicon on 22 August 2012, 03:18:39 PM
Another new terrain "how to" on our club website - finger friendly barbed-wire

http://www.wakefieldanddistrictwargames.co.uk/terrain-building-1/barbed-wire/

Happy Gaming
Bob Mcleish
Title: Re: Barbed Wire
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 22 August 2012, 03:29:00 PM
That's another great set of detailed descriptions! Thank you.
I use productsforwargames barbed wire which has got a finer wire spiraling round the main wire,which looks brilliant at 15mm but is a little too big for 10mm
Title: Re: Barbed Wire
Post by: Techno on 22 August 2012, 08:13:44 PM
Excellent !
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Barbed Wire
Post by: Hertsblue on 23 August 2012, 08:21:53 AM
Nice job, Bob.

The problem with all barbed wire modelling is finding a wire that's fine enough not to look like steel hawser but strong enough to withstand the knocks and scrapes of wargaming. You seem to have found the happy medium.  :-bd
Title: Re: Barbed Wire
Post by: Techno on 23 August 2012, 09:06:06 AM
Probably a completely daft idea !
But.....Could a finer wire be wrapped around a thinnish, transparent plastic rod (if such an item exists) ?
I assume the rod could be warmed and bent slightly to give the look of something slightly irregular, rather than completely straight lines of wire.
Would save the worry of the wire being crushed if it's got a support inside it.
Might that work ?

Like I say, probably a silly idea, but I thought I'd just throw that one in.

Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Barbed Wire
Post by: Hertsblue on 23 August 2012, 04:58:10 PM
Actually, Phil, it doesn't matter if it gets crushed, the real stuff did over time. It's when it starts breaking that the problem begins.
Title: Re: Barbed Wire
Post by: Techno on 23 August 2012, 06:32:01 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 23 August 2012, 04:58:10 PM
Actually, Phil, it doesn't matter if it gets crushed, the real stuff did over time. It's when it starts breaking that the problem begins.

Hmmm.
Just basically metal fatigue ?? (Bend, bend, reshape, bend, snap ??)
Cheers - Phil.