Modeling

Making A Hedge Maze For Your Miniatures

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Storm The Castle has a photo tutorial on making a hedge maze. I’ve been doing a lot of looking at hedge construction techniques as I prepare for my own hedge row project.

Magnetic Basing Instructions

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The Wargames Table has a very useful article on making magnetic basing. Using a magnetic system can be useful both for movement trays and for transport.

For my part, I base all of my 28mm figures on one inch washers. Then, I line both movement trays and transport boxes with magnetic vinyl, of the sort used for signs for the sides of cars.

I’ve also found that I can paint the magnetic vinyl with no loss of magnetism. So, my movement trays have a green surface onto which the figure bases stick.

Making Wargames Buildings From Foam Blocks

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Here is a photo tutorial on making wargames buildings from foam blocks and balsa wood.

Modeling Mud

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Lair of the Uber Geek has an article on modeling mud. The key ingredient is liquitex modeling pasted. I have used this myself to great effect.