Well, I have a birthday coming up and my SO has asked me what I would like,
and I'm looking at terrain.
What I'm after is recommendations for a starter set. Would you recommend the
Worldpac Gamescape set or Gamescape set?
Will the Geo-Hex terrrain work well for both scales or is there
something else that people would recommend? I've made some styrofoam terrain
myself that looks as good as the geohex stuff, but it isn't really worth the
effort.
> Roger Books wrote:
> What I'm after is recommendations for a starter set. Would you
Definitely, the Gamescape set. The Worldpac gives you mat, stream cloth,
forest cloth, and lichen, but you get so many more pieces of
terrain with the Gamescape set. Also, while Geo-Hex mats and cloths
look great, they are very expensive. You can get felt at cloth and craft shops
for ~$4 a yard. That's $4 for a piece that's 2 yards by 1 yard, i.e. you can
get a 6' x 9' mat for $12. I know, it doesn't match KR's excellent looking
flocking like his beautiful mats, but you're also not paying the $35 per mat,
either. Eventually, getting the mats that match the flocking is probably a
good idea. I'm still waiting to get mine, but I've already given KR enough
drinking money with 2 Seascape mats and $500 worth of assorted terrain this
past year. <g>
> Will the Geo-Hex terrrain work well for both scales or is there
Yes, Geo-Hex works great for any scale, expecially 6mm-25mm. There
is nothing better out there to form the basis for your terrain.
Personally, I use Geo-Hex as the base and then add various pieces of
terrain to it, mostly War Zone GTS (http://www.War-Zone.com/). For some
idea how this looks, check out
http://www.geocities.com/~atomicat/albany.htm and
http://www.egroups.com/docvault/charlie-company/Albany%20Project%20%22Mi
sty%22. I mostly play Charlie Company in 20mm skirmish scale. This combination
of terrain seems to work well.
> I've made some
Agreed, I'd rather spend my time on something other than making
terrain, besides, the Geo-Hex stuff looks great. Don't be afraid to buy
the best, you'll never be disappointed.
-Mike
In a message dated 10/11/99 10:22:57 AM Central Daylight Time,
> books@mail.state.fl.us writes:
<<
Will the Geo-Hex terrrain work well for both scales or is there
something else that people would recommend? I've made some styrofoam terrain
myself that looks as good as the geohex stuff, but it isn't really worth the
effort.
> [quoted text omitted]
Is it going to require being portable? Or are you going to have a table
permanently in place? If the first - it's hard to go better than geo-hex
-
but it is expensive and it still looks like a jigsaw puzzle when you are
done. If it is the second and you have permanent space - why not the
Rolls
Royce of gaming terrain - a sand table? If you have the space, you
could
certainly buy the materials for the cost of a geo-hex basic and the
special terrain sets and have a beautiful six by ten sand table at the end of
the project. Th eonly real drawback to sand is the tendency to occasionally
unearth a lead:corpse" that has been buried at the end of some game or
another - you know a dead Napoleonic kazac showing up when you prepare
the
terrain for a MI and grav tank battle - that kind of thing.
> On 11-Oct-99 at 11:49, Michael Sarno (msarno@ptdprolog.net) wrote:
> Yes, Geo-Hex works great for any scale, expecially 6mm-25mm.
There
> is nothing better out there to form the basis for your terrain.
Which series are you using for the warzone terrain? I would guess
series 4/natural for most of the stuff, but 1inch or 3/4inch.
I received some rather odd looks last night when I took my Stormtroopers and
glued them to 1 inch bases and then flocked the bases. However, after they
were done my SO informed me that I should use all toys for my toys. <amused
grin>
> Roger Books wrote:
> On 11-Oct-99 at 11:49, Michael Sarno (msarno@ptdprolog.net) wrote:
There
> > is nothing better out there to form the basis for your terrain.
Most of what can be seen in the pics is scale 4 (natural) and scale 3
(1/2" 45deg), but I also have a few pieces in scale 1 and scale 2. I
buy a few pieces every few months and generally get more 3 & 4 than anything
else, but I find a few pieces in the other scales help to break up the
monotony.
Since I mostly run in 1/72 ground/vertical scale, I don't count
"levels." Having that "level 3" on one side being a different height than the
"level 3" on the other side, just adds to the realism. BTW, I'm planning on
bringing a
few pieces of my War Zone GTS terrain to GZG-ECC III for my Pod Racing
scenario, so anyone can take a look at it there.
-Mike