Peanut Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Hi guys, I'm trying to make a forest for my wood elves. I've never done any terrain at all, though I've done a bunch of basing and stuff, which is kinda similar? My question is this: I have some pre-made trees from Woodland Scenics, but I want to know what to make the forest floor out of. I hear people say plasticard but I look that up and it seems too thin. Do I use cork? If so, where do I get it? What else could I use? It needs to be like a "citadel forest" but I'm not sure of the dimensions of that. But I don't want it to look stupid like a citadel forest. Thanks for your help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savion47 Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 \You can get plasticard in a variety of thicknesses. Consider covering the plastic with a thin sheet of metal and magnetizing the trees so they can be removed, but also do not fall over contently... or just buy the GW forest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Posted May 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 No GW FOREST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koyote Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 If you want a forest, similar to the Citadel Woods but less expensive and more versatile, I recommend the modular terrain system made by Worldsmith Industries. It is owned and operated by the world famous Jim Grahm. If you want to see how I painted my Worldsmith terrain, check out my SAGA Irish & Terrain thread in this very same forum. If you'd like to spend less $, you can make some nice DIY forests from styrene sheets, premade trees, 40 mm bases, and basing materials. Below are some forests that I made several years ago for my Malifaux tables. I used 0.04" thick sheet of styrene to make the main forest bases. To make the movable trees I glued premade model trees to Warmachine style 40 mm round bases, and then filled the remaining recesses with lightweight spackle. When the spackle had dried, I textured, primered, painted, and flocked the forest and individual tree bases. Easy peasy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Posted May 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks Koyote! I've been following that SAGA thread, great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 While I can't fault Koyote's wonderful suggestion about that amazing company Worldsmith Industries.. ;)... MDF. That's medium density fiberboard. You can get a 3x3 sheet from Home Depot for about $5. You can cut easily with a coping saw by hand. Get a good rasp/file combo (or just some sandpaper and elbow grease) to bevel the edges. Super easy to work with. Cheap. Very durable. Perfect base for any kind of area terrain. I use it as the base for just about everything I do. Of course, Worldsmith Industries 5.2 area terrain base also happens to coincidentally fit the GW citadel wood shape perfectly.... :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I've seen a cool conversion using dollar tree metal spunge brushes and spray paint. A friend did this: Mind you, it was a welding art class, so the bench and obvious "wrench" were required, the tree portions didn't have any welding on them. Should be able to do it without any welding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinx Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 You are welcome to come round and view my forests I made for my gaming tables. I live in Salmon Creek. I make my boards out of 3/5mm mdf and use a mixture of woodland scenics trees, model railway trees, and other bits. I have built up quite a bit over the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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