Tuesday, April 11, 2023

#Terrain Tuesday: Warbases MDF Fields and Ponds

Hello friends:  

I’ve been quiet here last week, which, as you might expect, was a busy one for my day job as a wargaming vicar, but time to catch up now that Holy Week is concluded.

Recently I needed some custom-made MDF bases and ordered them from Warbases in the UK, as my Canadian supplier didn’t seem to need the business.   While I was on the Warbases webstore, I saw that they offered fields and ponds, in a part of the store called Terrain Bases   It wasn’t clear to me that these were 2D images printed onto MDF, I had formed the mistaken idea that they were somehow 3D, which was my own misperception.

There wasn’t a full range in stock, but I ordered two field sets, one in spring (left) and one in autumn (right).  Here are the large pieces from each set, each with a stone wall and gate around the edges.  They blend nicely against my Geek Villain game cloth.  

And two small fields in each set, again, spring (left) and autumn (right).

And I bought a set of ponds, which includes a generous five separate ponds.

28mm figure stand for scale.

And a 6mm stand for scale.  In 6mm, depending on the game scale (eg, Blucher where this one stand would represent a brigade), these would be decent sized lakes!

In 28mm, the large stand would accommodate a four or five based unit quite nicely to represent a terrain objective or a defensible terrain feature, such as a walled field.  Useful if one didn’t have enough actual wall section models.

Some folks might balk at the idea of putting 2D terrain representations on the table, which is fine, but for a fast game or if one is travelling light to a club or convention, these models might well be fit for purpose.   The quality of the printed images of the field and pond sections is pleasing, so they are a definite step up from fields and ponds of cut felt.

Cheers and blessings to your tabletops.

MP+

 

 

 

 

5 comments:

  1. Some nice terrain padre, I might be tempted to add "real" walls around the field, but the nice flat surface to place troops on certainly has advantages over more realistic renditions!

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  2. Humm... not 100% convinced about these 2D terrain pieces. Can buy your argument about storing and transporting? Yes. But I definitively prefer a 3D terrain in my table

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  3. Interesting but not for me, but I can see them being very convenient on the storage front as you mention. They also remind me of RPG tiles you would use for your dungeons etc.

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  4. They'll work for quick games where one is on holiday or something and I like their image quality too.

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  5. Interesting MP I had not seen these before, they have a certain charm and as you say good for transporting quick games with throw down terrain.
    Cheers
    Stu

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