Hello there! With a few days off work I have been able to make some progress with some projects.
I originally used loose Cotswold Buff Chippings, spread randomly over the games table. This made it a bit of a chore to tidy up afterwards and players simply moved them out of the way when it suited them. Probably not something that happened while under fire!
When I introduced a game rule that they could not be moved, it proved very unpopular and slowed the game up a lot.
With rocks fixed to drop on bases they can also be used as hard cover as well.
These have all been painted, in yellow ochre, washed in watered down raw umber and burnt umber and dry brushed in various mixed shades of yellow ochre, and buff titanium. These are all artists paints and they allow you to keep your terrain a consistent colour and shade. Especially useful as I have been adding to my terrain stash over a number of years.
The Buff Titanium is very close to Iraqui sand from the Vallejo Model Colour range. I have previously made my own stock of this colour by mixing Raw Umber, White and Yellow Ochre to suit. I also add neat PVA for extra grip, (as I use this to dry brush the desert terrain before varnishing), so it holds the sawdust surface of the terrain together and hardens the surface up.
I have also added a slight shade of pale pink and red to the terrain, as it matched the the larger rocks above.
Here are some SHQ British Mediterranean infantry to give you and idea of the size of these drop on items. I do need to dry brush the infantry bases again!
I may add to these at a later date but have enough for a game, at the moment.
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