Where to Start.......

So I had a look around my hobby area for some inspiration as to where to start, and I can honestly say that there was too much to choose from, most of it not so great. So I thought I would start with my Gaming Board and some Scenery, as there are some complete pieces and they don't look too bad (in my humble opinion!)I don't have a lot of room to play with so my board is 90cm x 90cm (approx 3ft x 3ft). I like skirmish games so this petite table is fine for me.
Its 6mm MDF with pine battens glued and screwed around the edges underneath to stop it from warping. The edges are painted with a dark brown paint I bought in a tester pot from the hardware shop. I purchased a flocked mat from the local model shop and glued it to the top surface, it dropped flock something wicked, but I was expecting it and caught it on some newspaper, I now have a small tub of perfectly matching flock! The Mat was bigger and cheaper than GWs one, and just as good quality wise. My table is small so I used less than half of it for the table top, leaving lots left over to make some hills.

That's my box of modular hills on the left.

The hills are based on 6mm MDF with the slope edge cut at a 45deg angle with a jigsaw. I wanted them modular so they are made with similar measurements on the edges, either 30cm, 20cm or 10cm, it gives me a wide selection of layouts.

A section of polystyrene was then glued to the top. When it had set I trimmed it down with a hot wire cutter, a 90 deg angle on the sides and back, and continuing the 45deg angle on the slope side. I then "plastered" the edges of the hills with combination Tile Adhesive/Grout. This protects the edges and hides the polystyrene. A lick of paint to match the edge of the board, some more of my flock mat glued to the top and jobs done.

Ive got enough pieces to put together the layout you see on the right.
Having played around with different layouts I realise that I need to make a few more pieces.
I have enough to make nice valleys like this one but struggle to make a ridge line down the centre of the board, and I would like to have more, larger elevated sections.
I guess I will have to get out the jigsaw again sometime soon......

Here's another more simple layout.

In my next update I will dig out a few of the terrain pieces I have made, and maybe put them on the board to see what you think of it all put together.

This Blogging lark is quite therapeutic.....