Winter War table part 2

We got some additional work done on the winter war table on wednesday. Fairly quick job of just covering the whole surface with filler. Now all the hills and crevases are smoothed out and hopefully seamless, and the surface has a bit of texture added to make it look more natural.

Real "hand-made" feel as the surface was made by basically pressing it with our palms. Forgetting paint rollers at home didn't matter that much after all.

In the other room there was also a great looking Muskets & Tomahawks terrain set up for a scenario where a group of British regulars are ambushed on their way back to their fortifications.

Winter War gaming table

Yesterday we got started on the table for our clubs Winter War project. Ended up going for a 'Motti' theme with a road going across the table and wooded hills surrounding it. Should make for a more interesting display and demo piece than a trench area. It's still made from 120x60cm pieces though so the setup can be quite easily changed and additional pieces can bring variety. There's also some room for adding buildings and other extras to spice up the terrain for normal gaming.

The first project day saw us create all the basic shapes of the terrain and gluing all the pieces in place. Looks a bit crude, but everything is going to get covered with filler to make the terrain flow smoother and to cover any gaps.

Basic shape of the center road section with ditches. There are two points for smaller roads to diverge to the sides

 Blood was spilled during our Winter War too

'Strawberry yoghurt' being applied

 

Adding a small depression on the ground to add a bit of variety onto the otherwise large empty surface

 The most important terrain making tool of all time

New real estate

I've been busy prepping new minis for Curt's painting challenge and clearing my table of all WIP stuff that I have (which is a depressingly huge pile with my attraction to all things shiny and new). However I couldn't resist taking a break from minis and putting together some Sarissa buildings that I got in the mail yesterday.

I ordered 4 different Gaslamp Alley buildings from Sarissa to start on a VSF gaming board to use with In Her Majestys Name and other skirmish games. Quality is excellent, but I would maybe have liked to have a bit more interior detail, but for 15-20 pounds a building these are a real bargain. They go together without any issues, as long as you put the side walls the right way round, otherwise they won't stack. I made the mistake on one of the floors and it was a pain in the butt to correct after the glue had already dried on the MDF boards.

The only real issue I had was that window details and balcony are done from a different material (fibreboard I think) which isn't as sturdy as MDF. I already broke one and I'm a bit worried that they won't last gaming. Also one of the detail parts wasn't cut into the right size so I had to trim them a bit so that they fit the walls.

On another note, I really have to take a tally on how much I'm going to paint for the painting challenge. At the moment the planned queue has around 400 6mm figures, 200 15mm figures, 20 15mm tanks, and maybe 60 28mm figures. Don't know if it will be enough to reach my goal of 1200 points, but we'll see.