Building terrain boards - Part Five

The terrain board project is finished for now, though I will be returning to it in the future.

I feel there isn't really a satisfactory way of photographing each individual board, so here's a shot of just one potential table set-up.

I have made some 'half-boards', 60cm by 30cm, and this allows me to have a table five foot wide. So I can now have setups up to 10x5ft, plenty big enough. One of the newer 60x60 boards has a nice big hill.

Many of the boards have trees, hedges and other things built in, but I also have a vast collection of separate hedges and trees to add to the setup, as seen in these images. Clumps of lichen are great for hiding the edges of scatter terrain bases, and the joins between boards when needed.

In total there are many more boards than seen here. I've made some little MDF squares with the board layouts, so I can plan before I set up a table. Bringing all the boards off the shelves and trying out different combos with no plan would be a total nightmare - this way I can spend some time planning what setup I want, before I go to the garage and set it up. Here's a pic showing just a few of the combinations possible.

Oh, and as you can see I've painted a backdrop. I actually have several, the plan being for all in-game shots I take going forward I will be able to shield the clutter of the garage with these canvases.

I will be making more boards in the future - some day I'll want more hills, and a full-size river with a bridge. I have got one more I plan to do this year - a village board, which is the last missing piece for allowing the most combinations for how all the roadways can fit together. I've got everything tidied up for now, so perhaps I'll do the village this summer.