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A mythical beast - a female wargamer! I got back into wargaming in the summer of 2011 after a very, very long break and haven't looked back since. I must admit that I seem to be more of a painter/collector than a gamer, but do hope to correct that at some point in the near future. My gaming interests span the ages, from the "Biblical" era all the way through to the far future. I enjoy games of all sizes, from a handful of figures up to major battles (see my megalomaniacally sized Choson Korean and Russian Seven Years War armies).

Tuesday 6 July 2021

Finished: Tree Plantation Tiles


I finished the terrain tiles off yesterday and took photos in the evening. As they cover 2' x 4' I had to lay them out on my dining table, so the lighting wasn't brilliant for photography. I added some other terrain around the plantation - as you can see, I can almost fill a 3' x 5' table; with the banana plantation I could mostly fill a 6' x 4' table. However, I wouldn't want a table that is mostly plantations, so I still need to make a lot more jungle pieces.

I've shown them here with coconut palms, but the tiles will also see use for rubber plantations when I get around to tarting up some trees for that. There were lots of coconut plantations in New Guinea, mostly for copra production; the only rubber plantation I am certain of was at Kokoda, but there would have been others.

I took some photos with a troop of Matilda II tanks being escorted by a section of Australian commandos.







And a photo with the palm trees removed:


The terrain tiles are from Sarissa Precision with MDF washers from Warbases to hold the removable trees and scrub.

These are the sixteen 40mm insert pieces I prepared:






Today I have started the preparatory work on the bases for kunai grass and bamboo. The tops of all the bases have had filler added to smooth out the joins between the MDF and blue foam (and also to harden up the foam a little). I'll have to let that dry overnight before hitting everything with brown paint. The kunai grass bases have also had pegs glued into the foam to act as anchors for the plastic plants I'm using for the grass.

4 comments:

  1. These all look excellent Tamsin

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  2. Very nice, and may I say, very functional for gaming in!
    Excellent work Tamsin, they have come out beautifully!

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  3. @ Dave - thanks! :)

    @ Herkybird - cheers! :)

    @ Ray - thanks! :)

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