ModellingWD 343 · p. 83
The new cloth-backed mat provides a portable battlefield that can be placed over furniture or fixed to a permanent board. Books or boxes underneath form simple slopes, while terrain placed on top completes the surface. The guide describes fastening it taut for a quick textured board and cleaning it after spills. Its flexible backing and resistance to creasing make storage and repeated use easier than the earlier mat.
ModellingWD 343 · pp. 96–101
The workshop starts by matching a gaming surface to space, budget, games and practical skill. It then constructs a reinforced MDF board, textures it with sand and offers several paint schemes for different worlds. City Ruins and matching bases add a usable terrain collection, while a large cathedral demonstrates a more ambitious destination. The emphasis is on choosing a manageable first board that can support many games and grow with the modeller’s experience.
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ModellingWD 343 · pp. 100–101
Chad builds ruins from the City Ruins kits, adding frame offcuts and girders as debris. Sloping foam-board bases receive sand and colours matching the gaming surface. Sprayed earth-grey walls, pale drybrushing and separate floor colours establish the buildings before selected brown weathering. The completed collection demonstrates a coherent battlezone, while other examples show how the same construction principles can serve a desert or a fully landscaped Middle-earth table.
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