Great War 1914 - Big Battles Terrain - Part 2

Over the Easter break I managed to get further with my small scale 1914 terrain.

The fields, roads and hedges are now complete on all the boards and the town and villages are in progress.

The board is modular and can be rearranged for variety. Getting the fields to line up properly was complicated, but the result hides the regularity of the pattern quite well.

I'm undecided what to do with the edges. Certainly putting the edging strips that came with the mats helps a lot with the look. But should I just leave them as is (i.e. grey), paint them black, flock them or do half and half. I'm unsure... What do you think?

I'm tempted to just leave the edges grey.

The next stage is to add on the woods. After a bit of experimentation I think the best way is to have some black felt pieces coated with my favourite brown acrylic sealant on the upper side. I get a nice texture and the pieces conform to the terrain well.

I will be changing the trees to be just lumps of clump foliage as they are completely out of scale! Also there will be painting and other texturing added to the wood bases, they won't just be brown!

I did try thicker cotton canvas patches, but the edges curled up. The felt does not do this.

I have tried putting the 6mm minis on the boards just to see what they look like. Obviously way bigger than the towns, etc... but I think it'll work...

Since the weekend I've finished off all the town inserts, but this weekend I'm away re-enacting, so progress on the boards will recommence next week.