Mark and I had another good day of preparation on the weekend. We moved the table to make the ’T’ (described previously) and cut, sanded, painted and flocked the remainder of ridge-sections that are needed for our simplified terrain. They were still wet in the early arvo', so we decided to call it a day, let them dry properly and then do the rest of the terrain when we all catch up in a couple of weeks.
Our table for Waterloo, very much a 'work in progress'.
Each foam board is 1 200 mm long. The square ones are 1 200 mm wide, while the rectangular ones are 800 mm wide. The sections of the ridges are 'plonked' down so that they will dry. Some buildings, woods and orchard representing Hougoumont are more or less in the correct position as is the building representing La Haie Sainte further over and those representing Plancenoit at the right-rear.
Next steps: clean the bits of foam off from the boards, lay out the ridges, roads and buildings and then put some troops on the table--yippee!
Definitely still a WIP - but without that, there's no finished product at the end!
ReplyDeleteFrom little things...
DeleteEpic WiP! Will be following this with great interest.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a bit of a mess at the moment, but those hills all fit together et voilà!
DeleteAlways good to see other people wip, these things never look right and then suddenly come together at the last minute! Best wishes, Jeremy
ReplyDeleteLooks good so far!
ReplyDeleteJames, as far as I'm concerned your Waterloo game will be the one to watch!
ReplyDeleteGeez Ian, that's most flattering and a big wrap!
DeleteWe'll do our best and hopefully it will be a good addition to the bicentennial games various!