Saving Some Old Trees part 1

 I came across 8 old trees buried in some long forgotten scenery bin from eons ago. They were sad looking. Neglected.

So I decided they would be perfect to base up and make useable again.

I got out my trusty mini glue gun, some round wooden discs I came across while looking for bases for trees. This pack came in different sizes and I am planning on using the smaller sizes as battlefield tokens.

And pennies. Don't forget the pennies. These things are great for adding weight to scenery. I'll glue them to the inside of paper houses I build, or on tree bases. Hot glue works great for them. And they are cheap. I got 500 of them from the bank for $5!!!

The trees are glued on. Now it is time to glue and sand up the base and to add some more flocking to the trees themselve.

15mm Bocage Part 1

 I'm putting together some bocage for some 15mm Battlegroup gaming.

I came across this video that shows the process I am going to try and mimic.

First thing I had to do was source the material used as the base of the bocage. I found this on Amazon. If you do search for this stuff, make sure to find the 'pile' kind. This is self adhesive and was super easy to work with. Also, 17 feet of bocage may be enough, maybe not.

Next I needed some larger sized popsicle sticks for the bases. This pack of 150 jumbo craft sticks I found at Hobby Lobby for $5.

As you can see, the self adhesive strip works real great.

Next up, I spray painted them all with a dark green.

They don't look great yet, but they are getting there. I decided to work in a small batch first to get the steps down, and then I can tackle the rest.

Once I got the stands painted, I added two layers of watered down Elmer's glue and sand for base texture and to hold everything together.

 

Next up, painting and adding flock.

Day One

 I just started up this blog to help showcase my wargaming hobby. I felt that I wanted an outlet so that maybe people in the world could see what I've been up to in my studio.

I've been gaming for many years (25+) ((I feel old now)) and I've never posted photos or anything else of my work. It is time.

I'm currently putting together a gaming table, scenery, and armies for some Battlegroup WWII 15mm gaming set in Normandy 1944.

I've got a Five Parsecs From Home solo campaign running using paper miniatures I started over quarantine and I've really been enjoying this.

I also have a couple sets of 1st Edition Space Hulk that I finally want to get painted up. This has been sitting on my mind for a couple decades.

My next post will be some photos of building some scenery.

Thanks.