How do i make marshy land during a battle scene (i dont have much money)[#welcome][bow][bow]
Sand…would be a great start. Where does this battle take place ? Africa…the germans and brit’s ? Thats the only one I can think of right now.
Patrick
If you go to Walthers they got some german military tanks and troops you could probably find everything you need there
Dark
I’da gree with dragonriversteel, sanbox sand would be a good way to go if yu’re not into great detail. And brown lichen for the little dry bushes.
Go to:
http://www.ghqmodels.com/
and look at there military miniatures, they have instructions on making desert battle terrain.
http://www.ghqmodels.com/pages/military/modelguide.asp
Dave H.
A good idea for that would be to ga and talk to the guys who play Warhammer at the hobby shop they could prob help u the best with war scenery
Hi
I would not be so sure of that as Warhammer is not scale.
And the style of scenery is completely different
and before any Warhammer players chime in I am one.
Do a search on the internet using the key words
General Tremorden Redering I think the spelling is correct.
That should bring up a web site on colonial war games have a look at that
it does a good job of explaining the difference between our scenery
and war gamers terrain its also got some neat ideas on desert buildings and ruins that might be useful.
Also sand dunes blow with the wind and one type is steep one side and a very gentle slope the other and crescent shaped hope this helps
Its really going to depend on what type of desert you want don’t forget a little greenery
not everything is dead and lifeless
regards John
First of all, welcome.
Second of all, when I see a post like yours, with a big !!!HELP!!!, I think two things instantly.
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This is a kid. He is impatient.
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Why waste my time. IF he is that impatieint, he has looked other places found his answer. And may never even check back. It happens all the time, ask a question, he finds the answer on his own–like the one you have here is pretty simple, then you don’t bother reading what people have spent a lot of time answering.
Read a little. See who we are. Ask your questions. Your seeming desperation question means to me you haven’t even tried yet and you want me to do your work for you.
See. 16 hours and you haven’t checked back and responded. Not worth our time.
Hi spacemouse
If it is a Kid don’t scare him off.
As he may only be allowed a certain amount of time per week on the computor.
Then there is school, homework and bed time as well.
I sometimes am not around every day I do need some time to carry out real
hobby time.
I think I spend to much time on the computor and not enough time doing the real thing as it is.
But you have to balance these things.
regards John
I assume that this person is modeling North Africa, which cuts down choices a lot, but we really don’t know much about what this person wants in particular–they didn’t provide much detail.
Generally, one can assume that this person is looking for DAK (German Afrika Korps) and either British or American military equipment–all of these are well represented in the Walthers catalog’s military models section, and if one doesn’t mind not having the most detailed models around, they can be pretty cheap. Airfix and a few other manufacturers make HO/OO scale military miniatures of various brands that are pretty inexpensive too.
For terrain, a lot depends on what one wants to model–I’d imagine that starting out with a s2x4 heet of Styrofoam and a bag of Sculptamold, followed by a layer of tan paint, and then maybe some full-sized sand to represent riverbed rocks, you could pull off a pretty basic desert scene for under $20. Palm trees are expensive to buy at the hobby shop, so pick up a few palm-tree cake toppers at a party supply store for 10 cents each, rough up the bark with sandpaper, repaint them in less plastic-looking colors, and you’ve got a couple palm trees for your oasis.
So, assuming that 2x4 is how big you want your model to be, two packs of Airfix military minis (one brit or American, one German DAK) and a half-dozen or so assorted tanks, trucks, kubelwagens and small field artillery would probably run about $40-50 at most. A pack of military-colors model paints might run about $10. So you could feasibly put the whole thing together for less than $100, pretty cheap by most modeler’s budgets.
“Marshy” land to me indicates more the European theater than Africa. I would look at creating water effects with some of the “instant water” type products, using Sculptamold or Gypsolite. A bag of lichen would do for low-cost brush and marshy vegetation.
It may not be low-cost, but a few Preiser models might be worth it. I think Preiser makes bulk-packs of unpainted WW-2 (the big one, with the Good Conduct Medal) soldiers. You can get Preiser stuff from www.discounttrainsonline.com or www.rocousa.com online. Both of these sites feature pictures of the items.
What does this have to do with MR?
Strange how this topic was resurrected from over three months ago. Why?
I wouldn’t attempt any modelling during a battle… I’d splash my way out of there…FAST!
Ask the folks at
MAbruce,
think about it this way this person might need to do a diorama for a report not saying they are just figuring t his. Or maybe this person is making a miliatry WW2 layout, and needs help…
Also Yeah the person might have limited computer time with school etc. Or maybe some bad weather hit or something happened. Dont jump to conclusions if they did forget about the post and didnt check up on the post then thats their own fault.
Marshland will usually have some long grass/rushes (one of the easiest ways to avoid driving into a bog - don’t go near the clumps of long grass!), these can be made using bristles from a cheap paintbrush. Regarding location, this could easily be somewhere in Normandy during 1944 - the Germans flooded large areas in an effort to slow down Allied forces moving in. Effectively you want lots of grass and rushes, maybe some very muddy ruts where a vehicle has tried to go through, but no trees. Also bear in mind that such things are usually found in depressions - I’m not sure how large an are you plan to model but you will seldom find marshland that is sloping or higher than the surrounding countryside.
Actually, I was only asking why people started to post to this again. But I now see that I missed that the topic starter made an edit which put the topic back to page one. I don’t mind the question because its scenery related and might bring out an approach that someone might find helpful in applying to MRR scenery.
The original post was “How do I make ww2 battle scenes in deserts” or something along that line…see the earlier responses and their reference to sand? The original poster changed the post to marshes but didn’t provide any more information, so perhaps we’re dealing with a pirate with a hook for a hand and therefore very slow typing speed, although he didn’t use “arr matey!” in his original post.