Agree ref. Mel Andrew. He has gone very quiet since the book, but he has had a lot of personal issues, not least popping a lung during his covid infection. I think he is now focussed on commission builds, as is Luke’s Aps…
Thanks Andrew......will check 'em out. Rick H.Thanks Rick. Much appreciated.
To be honest though I have begged, borrowed and stolen a lot of the ideas I use - and then adapted them. Although once in a while it turns out that I come up with an idea on my own which is then demonstrated by someone online.
In terms of inspiration the big one for me has been a guy called Mel Bose aka The Terrain Tutor. His work is aimed at the wargamer and runs from very simple techniques to quite complex ones that should come down to your scale. Unfortunately, his YouTube channel has gone very quite, although that's in large part to him focussing on his book., which is very, very good indeed. Link to YouTube below.
His book is called Terrain Essentials. You can get it in the US in hardback or PDF only. Look here for more info - you have to scroll down a bit: https://www.davetaylorminiatures.com/publishing/
I also stumbled across another wargaming terrain blogger - not on YouTube and much smaller but still very useful, although again he's gone a bit quite. He's called Greg and is in South Africa (link below).
There's another Brit I've found called Luke of Geek Gaming (it was APS previously). Quality wise he's probably a step up from Mel for some things but none of it is out of reach - that said from a distance some of it looks as good as a lot of dioramas I've seen. He has his own shop, so he does plug his stuff occasionally but not to an annoying level. (link below).
Hope that helps and thanks for joining me on the journey.
ATB
Andrew
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Mel Bose aka Terrain Tutor
GREG'S WARGAMING BLOG
gregswargamingblog.blogspot.com
Luke of Geek Gaming Scenics
Agree ref. Mel Andrew. He has gone very quiet since the book, but he has had a lot of personal issues, not least popping a lung during his covid infection. I think he is now focussed on commission builds, as is Luke’s Aps…
Hope you find them useful. If you want to take things to a whole new level, look up Night Shift and some of his recent builds.Thanks Andrew......will check 'em out. Rick H.
Thanks Lee, we try to keep him out of mischief....and off the screen!Nice updates keeping Junior busy is a good thing and he’s learning
Thanks John. He seems to enjoy it most of the time.....it's my painting dragging on that bothers him!!!It's really nice to see that junior spends time with you modelling. Something Andrew he will remember all his life ..
Hi Andrew
Base looks to be progressing well. I agree with John it is great that Junior likes sharing modelling with you.
Jim
The base is looking fantastic Andrew!!! Kudos to you both you and Junior. I see some of the ads on the newspaper under it offer things that would REALLY set it off. The fruit trees are a little pricey though........and maybe a tad out of scale too. I would check into the patio mounts though..........
Prost
Allen
Thanks Tim. Quite pleased with them myself!!Loving that Andrew. Those washes have really made this pop….
Thanks Si. Much appreciated! I'll try not to let you down!!Now that is a nice bit of roof tiling detail Andrew, the base is coming along also...going to be cracker of a setting when done.
Thanks Si. Much appreciated! I'll try not to let you down!!
ATB
Andrew
Hi Andrew
The roof was definitely worth the time and effort. The difference is subtle but looks much more realistic.
Jim
Looking good.
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