As someone who has been an IRL toy soldier for life size wargaming, I have fallen down many a hill and into many a ditch, without the angles even being too steep. So believe me when I say, that little man is doing his best 😭
As someone who was recently printed (rather poorly) in resin, I can identify with this. It's also a bitch to try and cram my square base in thru the bathroom door.
@@maxbrandt6 its from a video where that guy is showing how steep of a grade a riding mower can go up and down so i think he hams up the slip a bit. I don't like to see my elders hurt
At 3 minutes in, when the beat drops for drumlins, I had to pause--come down here to the comments--and let you know you're making content that really resonates with people, Eric. That shit made me laugh AND smile. Thanks.
I'd love to see a follow-up video of what the hills looked like after the con. How well did they stand up to abuse? Are there things you would do differently in light of feedback? etc etc
Hi Eric, I've been putting a LOT of though into this problem, for YEARS. I came to the conclusion as you that 15 degrees is the max. However I realised the fundamental issue is the movement trays we use. I switched to using multiple trays for 4 infantry models on each, or 2 cavalry, similar to how historical games work. They let you tackle more natural looking terrain, as well as change formation quickly. I wanted them to look seamless, and keep a low profile, so I magnetised 2mm MDF bases for my models, and for trays I use 1mm mild steel plates. The units fit together perfectly, and keep the 3mm profile of GW bases, so they look more like the old GW studio photos where they wouldn't use movement trays. Love your work, your hills look great!
For cheap plasticard, look in a home improvement store for yard sale/for sale/for rent type signs. They're typically dirt cheap and often the same exact material, only with printing on one side. If you go around spring they'll likely be on sale, I got several for $0.20 each
Eric: "You can't use the occasional existence of terraces to justify flat hills! It's the exception that proves the rule!" Also Eric: "The existence of the Drumlin entirely justifies the existence of round hills jutting out of flat plains!"
@SkullpunkArtBecause as we all know, wars have never been fought where there are man-made objects. Just ignore roads or windmills or houses or ruins...
I feel that in general the reasons hills don't work on tabletop is because of the scale. A battle near genuine hills would likely just be a inclined tabletop surface, you cannot fit an entire hill on a 28mm table.
@@Grim-Crusader how about a wagon train? Look up Hussite war wagons and wagon forts; they're pretty much perfect IMO for WHFB. Just the right amount of functionality and weirdness!
One of the best solutions I've seen is to put T-Shirts or laundry under your wargame mat. You can sort of push a movement tray down into it, and it looks really organic
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop- cloth/felt terrain mats are surprisingly flexible. I use clothes and towels as hills all the time and there’s little problem with wrinkles. The main problem arises if your figures and buildings are heavy, which can cause the hills to sag. The solution is then to use books covered in clothes under your mat.
@@SUPPLEGENIUS - I realise it was Bronze Age rather than strictly Neolithic but for my refight of the Tollense battle in Germany of c1300BC I used boar skins and flaxen cloth under my battlemat, and birchbark strips to record casualties. Hope that helps 🤓.
Square Based sent me. I love hills also. I copped out and built tiers though for playability. Have an Empire army so love having the cannons and missile troops on top!
Sent this to our gaming groups "hill guy" (aka the one with the proxxon) as he will find this super useful. Thanks for what you do Eric for keeping us terrain mortals in the game!
Great video Eric. I've made scatter terain hills like yours, on some of mine I used thin pieces of balsa wood glued to the under side instead of plastic. They've really held up well to the test of play and time.
Those look awesome, and I love the partially-exposed stone faces. I think you’ve captured Wisconsin pretty accurately! Haha! Very natural feeling!!! Having worked measuring land, it’s amazing how little slope ye need to make a difference. And a few nice accents like that really change the terrain! Awesome work, as always!
Having been a subscriber for what I think is some years now at this point, this video really highlights why I love your channel, Eric. The whole thing was polished, executed, and entertaining throughout. Keep up all of the hard work!
It's always a good idea to weigh down the bottoms of your lightweight minis, so they fall over less. It only cost 2 cents a piece to hot glue a pair of pennies to the underside of a mini's hollow base. 👍
Bless you Eric. This is exactly the content i need to build my hills. The 15deg slope is great and looks good. The old school terrace hills still have a place if you want that topographic map feel for your games
Very nicely done. You have an artist's eye. Some out of the box but not necessarily practical ideas: (1) Have magnets in the bases of the figurines and metal (perhaps a very light mesh) embedded in the hill underneath the outer layer. (2) For adaptive hills, have a flexible latex outer layer with a four by four set of air bladders underneath that can be inflated as needed. Adding automation to this could make a cool project.
Excellent video. Other options for bases are Sintra (foamed PVC sheet) or 3mm MDF (remember to paint the bottom side to prevent moisture absorption and subsequent warping😄). Also, source black polystyrene or pvc sheeting if available to, somewhat, avoid the edge problem. Ah, drumlins, learned about those as a kid from my geographer Dad every time we drove through County Down😁.
If you're on a budget, you can recycle your models plastic sprues by melting them in a bath of acetone, before using a rolling pin to create plastic wafers. When left to cure between two non-stick flat surface, they efficiently replace plasticard and can be cut and sanded to shape. Plus every scrap can be re-melted and turned into other terrain projects.
This is awesome! Love the method. I have some polystyrene just sitting in my room waiting for my inspiration to come back. Looks like I’ll be busy next weekend!
There's foam in dem dar hills! Great video! Between hills and "getting the water actually below the ground level" we've got some of the fundamental realism vs. playability tension of wargame terrain. For a while we used some GeoHex foam hexagons that you could make irregular and somewhat gently sloped hills from, but laying out the table became a lot more time consuming than just dropping a few single piece hills down. Very nicely done!
We have been playing a lot of Conquest Last Argument of Kings and we never use hills because of the large rank and flank units. These look so good. I should make some for the club.
I understand that it's not really super doable for an event like this, but among friends if you all weighted your bases or even magnetised them to the tray you could get away with much steeper hills just fine. Cool video, the hills look great!
I had never seen a video by you before and I didn't know if I was interested in this topic despite being interested in terrain making, until the drumlin hit. Subscribed.
Great video, and an excellent technique for making hills. I know it's not quite the focus of your channel, but I'd love to see more of your Mechanicum army somehow!
This technique looks like it could also be used to make grave-mounds, even hollow ones for RPG encounters. But it could be kinda fun in a wargame, if two opposing factions get attacked by the angry undead denizens of a tumulus they just desecrated by walking over it.
A battle among the Barrow Mounds. Some may be completely safe, while others contain restless undead. Various activities will have different chances of disturbing the denizens of the mounds. Activities may result in the undead becoming more aware of the disturbance, until eventually they emerge. Crossing over a mound may be fairly safe. Using a mound as a base for firing arrows will draw more attention. A battle on a mound may result in one, or both forces being attacked. The more mounds that become active, the closer other mounds get to becoming active.
Looks great Eric! Also for anyone needing styrene on a budget Eons of Battle recommended plastic signs (like this Beware of Dog signs) from the hardware or dollar store.
I do nearly the same process. But use 1/8inch masonite (aka hardboard) instead of plasticard. I cut those pieces first. Then glue them to the construction foam. THEN cut. I use a hand-held hot wire instead of the tabletop. Then i sand. Then black basecoat. Then your steps. Except the hobby spray matte from rr scenics. Im going to try that. And your sand goo mix. Thanks for the vid.
Overall I like your approach. Let me add some for what I've done: Firstly, I am a historical wargamer, and all of my minis are based on magnetic bases. I do pretty much the same thing, but instead of flocking, I use iron filings. I mean you can get some pretty chunky iron filings. The ones I got are around 1mm. Almost like iron sand. Once they are embedded in the glue I paint the whole thing and let the texture of the iron filings act as the flock. So, paint them the appropriate colour for my bases. The magnetic is just strong enough to give a little bit of 'hold' but not strong enough to be overly noticeable. Hope this helps for anyone who has magnetic bases.
i was so ready for one of my biggest terrain conundrums to be answered... i really wasnt expecting a redefinition of, "hills." still, nice work, well done and all. if i can offer a suggestion if you want really cheap styrene go buy some, "no trespassing" or, "for sale" signs at your local big box; theyre usually made of styrene.
My secret weapon for hill tops (and anything ground terrain) is clumping cat litter and white craft glue! The clumping absorbs the glue and they harden up great. I sift it sometimes for finer earth - even just a sprinkling of the dust makes a good sealant for playing surfaces. ⚔️🇨🇦
You can use grass mats that architects use in their models, you can use to go around the rim to hide the white and provide a bit of extra protection too
I’ve always had a problem with how war gaming “hills” looked, but these actually look like hills! I’m definitely going to try this approach next time I make terrain
One of my favorite things about hills for wargaming is that it can block movement without blocking line of sight, and it can be used to force a player into certain movements in very interesting ways
I make the base a little bigger then the hill. After the hill gets glued to the base I skim the edge with latex mixed with green or brown paint to fill in the gap. That creates a flexible edge that is durable and easy to repair.
When we made terrain maps in the military for planning, rehearsals and order issuing, we used miniatures with pins on them. Like toothpick looking things under the bases. We just stuck them right into the terrain.
Nice work! I was a bit worried when you applied sand into the mix, because it can be really really rough on the miniatures- but when you apply grass on top, it probably isnt that much of an issue.
you could also magnetize your models and movement trays, and glue rubber sheets under the movement trays for extra grip. That should make them even better at traversing hills
Enjoyed the video, and found the ideas and techniques interesting. Would have been nice to see some examples of how they worked in play situations, but I saw your comment about having lost some footage. Something else I think would be interesting, especially since some people are complaining the hills are too low, would be a video where you use these methods to build a "hill" that is approximately 3' x 3' round, and four layers high in the center, but is made of four quarters. In this way it could be used as one central hill, or half hills on opposing ends of the battlefield, or half hills along the sides of the battlefield, or quarter hills in corners of the battlefield, or some combination thereof. This will allow people to see what higher hills would look like, and also how drastic an effect such a hill would have on a 4' x 8' gaming table.
Great video as always. I designed a tile system for 3D printing and in January launching a Patreon in January, I will have hills and levels. I already have some released on my channel and store.
As someone who has been an IRL toy soldier for life size wargaming, I have fallen down many a hill and into many a ditch, without the angles even being too steep. So believe me when I say, that little man is doing his best 😭
As someone who was recently printed (rather poorly) in resin, I can identify with this. It's also a bitch to try and cram my square base in thru the bathroom door.
That drumlin edit went so hard
😎
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Same energy as when you talked about studying the blade and I am always here for it
I waited for it when I saw this comment. Was not disappointed
Yeah, can we get a just the drumlin bit Short?
That was awesome!
Videos of old dudes trying to walk down steep hills? Hell yea.
was so stoked with that b roll pull lmao
It's fun to watch the elderly slip and fall!
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop You should have worked in a cartoon sound effect!
@@maxbrandt6 its from a video where that guy is showing how steep of a grade a riding mower can go up and down so i think he hams up the slip a bit. I don't like to see my elders hurt
Guys will see a video of an old man walking down a steep hill and just think "hell yeah"
At 3 minutes in, when the beat drops for drumlins, I had to pause--come down here to the comments--and let you know you're making content that really resonates with people, Eric. That shit made me laugh AND smile. Thanks.
Heck yes, I danced!
We who live in glaciated topography want to thank you 😁
The guy at @3:50 What a moraine!
do you typically laugh without smiling..? :D
I'd love to see a follow-up video of what the hills looked like after the con. How well did they stand up to abuse? Are there things you would do differently in light of feedback? etc etc
That's actually a fantastic video idea.
Hi Eric, I've been putting a LOT of though into this problem, for YEARS. I came to the conclusion as you that 15 degrees is the max. However I realised the fundamental issue is the movement trays we use. I switched to using multiple trays for 4 infantry models on each, or 2 cavalry, similar to how historical games work. They let you tackle more natural looking terrain, as well as change formation quickly. I wanted them to look seamless, and keep a low profile, so I magnetised 2mm MDF bases for my models, and for trays I use 1mm mild steel plates. The units fit together perfectly, and keep the 3mm profile of GW bases, so they look more like the old GW studio photos where they wouldn't use movement trays. Love your work, your hills look great!
Yes! Movement trays are definitely part of the problem!
Was definetly thinking of magnets at the start of the vid too
For cheap plasticard, look in a home improvement store for yard sale/for sale/for rent type signs. They're typically dirt cheap and often the same exact material, only with printing on one side. If you go around spring they'll likely be on sale, I got several for $0.20 each
Eric: "You can't use the occasional existence of terraces to justify flat hills! It's the exception that proves the rule!"
Also Eric: "The existence of the Drumlin entirely justifies the existence of round hills jutting out of flat plains!"
Well, ones natural and ones man-made. Not saying he’s right, but he does have a reason.
@SkullpunkArtBecause as we all know, wars have never been fought where there are man-made objects. Just ignore roads or windmills or houses or ruins...
I feel that in general the reasons hills don't work on tabletop is because of the scale. A battle near genuine hills would likely just be a inclined tabletop surface, you cannot fit an entire hill on a 28mm table.
Whenever I see the close up thumbnails I imagine the miniatures are people sized and Eric is just naturally 500 feet tall.
I think you need to make your Britonias’s a castle
Indeed
That would make a great project @@EricsHobbyWorkshop
Awesome idea
I just built a barracks for my Averland army. I need better ideas 😊
Throw a sheet around your titan, and they have a castle on a mountain. @@EricsHobbyWorkshop
@@Grim-Crusader how about a wagon train? Look up Hussite war wagons and wagon forts; they're pretty much perfect IMO for WHFB. Just the right amount of functionality and weirdness!
Where were you when I needed this 15 years ago, Eric? Where were you when the Westfold fell!? Where-
Thanks, great vid 👍
Another option for cheap plasticard are those "for sale" signs at the dollar store
Those arent that cheap anymore. Sad!
Interesting
One of the best solutions I've seen is to put T-Shirts or laundry under your wargame mat. You can sort of push a movement tray down into it, and it looks really organic
Sounds like itd make wrinkles elsewhere on the mat though?
@@EricsHobbyWorkshopsmooth it out by putting more laundry on top
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop- cloth/felt terrain mats are surprisingly flexible. I use clothes and towels as hills all the time and there’s little problem with wrinkles. The main problem arises if your figures and buildings are heavy, which can cause the hills to sag. The solution is then to use books covered in clothes under your mat.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 What if you don't have books or clothes? Us neolithic era tabletop gamers are being left behind yet again!
@@SUPPLEGENIUS - I realise it was Bronze Age rather than strictly Neolithic but for my refight of the Tollense battle in Germany of c1300BC I used boar skins and flaxen cloth under my battlemat, and birchbark strips to record casualties. Hope that helps 🤓.
Square Based sent me. I love hills also. I copped out and built tiers though for playability. Have an Empire army so love having the cannons and missile troops on top!
Functioning stackable hills are one of the first things you should build....You nailed it with the angle. Great job, and good looking!
Sent this to our gaming groups "hill guy" (aka the one with the proxxon) as he will find this super useful. Thanks for what you do Eric for keeping us terrain mortals in the game!
Tip for steep hills. Add texture. either little rocks or "logs" for bases to "hook" onto.
Hi Eric love your channel can we have more old world content plz
Omg you ❤️ my comment thank you so mutch
Ok
I just want orks of any variety.
BRING BACK LOOTED WAGONS!
In a way, this is Old World content.
Great video Eric. I've made scatter terain hills like yours, on some of mine I used thin pieces of balsa wood glued to the under side instead of plastic. They've really held up well to the test of play and time.
Those look awesome, and I love the partially-exposed stone faces. I think you’ve captured Wisconsin pretty accurately! Haha! Very natural feeling!!!
Having worked measuring land, it’s amazing how little slope ye need to make a difference. And a few nice accents like that really change the terrain! Awesome work, as always!
2:24 You need to make some terraced wargaming terrain now. It’s used in agriculture all around the world.
Yes, im gonna make some for my lizardmen! Macchu pichu style
When he put up the background of rice terraces, I instantly thought "Oh that would make some heckin' terrain!"
@@RodeThe600 *Counts as impassable to cavalry
Having been a subscriber for what I think is some years now at this point, this video really highlights why I love your channel, Eric.
The whole thing was polished, executed, and entertaining throughout. Keep up all of the hard work!
It's always a good idea to weigh down the bottoms of your lightweight minis, so they fall over less. It only cost 2 cents a piece to hot glue a pair of pennies to the underside of a mini's hollow base. 👍
And put something with a bit of friction on the bottom.
Or, more expensive but far more useful, a magnet. Helps with storage.
i really like your channel cause i can FEEL your passion through the screen, its really engaging and inspiring
Your best video yet. I hate oldschool "hills" because of what you mention. 10/10
The drumlin bit absolutely murdered me. Fantastic video.
Great terrain. Well executed idea. Admit to mistakes. Subscribed.
Thanks for the great content.
Bless you Eric. This is exactly the content i need to build my hills. The 15deg slope is great and looks good. The old school terrace hills still have a place if you want that topographic map feel for your games
I don't even wargame but somehow TH-cam has brought me here, and I enjoyed seeing your craft. It was very charming and relaxing haha
I did not have “drumlin montage” on my bingo card for today 😂😂
Knowing this problem personally I instantly laughed out loud at the title. Good vid - normal people don't know our struggles!
Perfect sweater for the green screen :) lol love it. Thanks for the video mate.
I guess you could say that making one is an ... uphill battle!
I know, I know ... I´ll see myself out!
No, stay lol
This comment deserves more likes.
Very nicely done. You have an artist's eye.
Some out of the box but not necessarily practical ideas:
(1) Have magnets in the bases of the figurines and metal (perhaps a very light mesh) embedded in the hill underneath the outer layer.
(2) For adaptive hills, have a flexible latex outer layer with a four by four set of air bladders underneath that can be inflated as needed. Adding automation to this could make a cool project.
Excellent video. Other options for bases are Sintra (foamed PVC sheet) or 3mm MDF (remember to paint the bottom side to prevent moisture absorption and subsequent warping😄). Also, source black polystyrene or pvc sheeting if available to, somewhat, avoid the edge problem. Ah, drumlins, learned about those as a kid from my geographer Dad every time we drove through County Down😁.
If you're on a budget, you can recycle your models plastic sprues by melting them in a bath of acetone, before using a rolling pin to create plastic wafers.
When left to cure between two non-stick flat surface, they efficiently replace plasticard and can be cut and sanded to shape.
Plus every scrap can be re-melted and turned into other terrain projects.
Please wear a respirator with organic vapor filters!
Fantastic vid. You continue to do great service to the community.
Immediately came over here from Rob and Val from Square Based. Eager to learn
This is awesome! Love the method. I have some polystyrene just sitting in my room waiting for my inspiration to come back. Looks like I’ll be busy next weekend!
I'm not really into wargaming, but this terrain can easily make it in any diorama. Sweet!
You're one of my favorite youtubers. It's always so interesting watching you make whatever in your videos.
You are master of hills !!! Square based boys say to tell you hello. Rock on !!!
There's foam in dem dar hills! Great video! Between hills and "getting the water actually below the ground level" we've got some of the fundamental realism vs. playability tension of wargame terrain. For a while we used some GeoHex foam hexagons that you could make irregular and somewhat gently sloped hills from, but laying out the table became a lot more time consuming than just dropping a few single piece hills down. Very nicely done!
We have been playing a lot of Conquest Last Argument of Kings and we never use hills because of the large rank and flank units. These look so good. I should make some for the club.
Thanks for keeping all our passions alive with your content dude.
I understand that it's not really super doable for an event like this, but among friends if you all weighted your bases or even magnetised them to the tray you could get away with much steeper hills just fine. Cool video, the hills look great!
Wow, and I was just trying to think about how to make some desert hills/dunes/escarpments! Great video.
I had never seen a video by you before and I didn't know if I was interested in this topic despite being interested in terrain making, until the drumlin hit. Subscribed.
I love that this went from wargaming scenery to terrace farms and geology
Awesome work, dude! Your hills looked phenomenal on the tabletop! Definitely gonna use your advice on the smaller sloped hills! Cheers!
I love this kind of content, terrain is the best form of hobbying.
Great work on the video, and even better work on solving one of the greatest foes any hobbyist can face.
A most excellent tutorial Workshop, thank you.
So cool to see a video from you on a monday ! Instructional, practical + we can see you're having fun with the editing and it's even better to watch !
Nice mounds, great work.👍
Great video, and an excellent technique for making hills.
I know it's not quite the focus of your channel, but I'd love to see more of your Mechanicum army somehow!
Cool. Love when you’re building stuff.
This technique looks like it could also be used to make grave-mounds, even hollow ones for RPG encounters. But it could be kinda fun in a wargame, if two opposing factions get attacked by the angry undead denizens of a tumulus they just desecrated by walking over it.
A battle among the Barrow Mounds. Some may be completely safe, while others contain restless undead. Various activities will have different chances of disturbing the denizens of the mounds. Activities may result in the undead becoming more aware of the disturbance, until eventually they emerge. Crossing over a mound may be fairly safe. Using a mound as a base for firing arrows will draw more attention. A battle on a mound may result in one, or both forces being attacked. The more mounds that become active, the closer other mounds get to becoming active.
Excellent video! Useful cool looking and playable terrain has been a problem since the beginning of table gaming
Looks great Eric! Also for anyone needing styrene on a budget Eons of Battle recommended plastic signs (like this Beware of Dog signs) from the hardware or dollar store.
The best content on the internets. Great watch as always!
This may be your best work yet
I do nearly the same process. But use 1/8inch masonite (aka hardboard) instead of plasticard. I cut those pieces first. Then glue them to the construction foam. THEN cut. I use a hand-held hot wire instead of the tabletop. Then i sand. Then black basecoat. Then your steps. Except the hobby spray matte from rr scenics. Im going to try that. And your sand goo mix. Thanks for the vid.
Youre a wizard with a lot of stamina! I love you!
Perfect hills! Definitely will paint the board before adding the foam hill if I attempt it
Overall I like your approach. Let me add some for what I've done:
Firstly, I am a historical wargamer, and all of my minis are based on magnetic bases.
I do pretty much the same thing, but instead of flocking, I use iron filings. I mean you can get some pretty chunky iron filings. The ones I got are around 1mm. Almost like iron sand.
Once they are embedded in the glue I paint the whole thing and let the texture of the iron filings act as the flock. So, paint them the appropriate colour for my bases.
The magnetic is just strong enough to give a little bit of 'hold' but not strong enough to be overly noticeable.
Hope this helps for anyone who has magnetic bases.
These look incredible. Great work and video
i was so ready for one of my biggest terrain conundrums to be answered... i really wasnt expecting a redefinition of, "hills." still, nice work, well done and all. if i can offer a suggestion if you want really cheap styrene go buy some, "no trespassing" or, "for sale" signs at your local big box; theyre usually made of styrene.
They look really nice, but what’s the range of heights for them? How well do they block line of sight and provide elevation?
Hahaha amazing. Glad you're back in my feed!
My secret weapon for hill tops (and anything ground terrain) is clumping cat litter and white craft glue! The clumping absorbs the glue and they harden up great. I sift it sometimes for finer earth - even just a sprinkling of the dust makes a good sealant for playing surfaces. ⚔️🇨🇦
Those hills look great, they should really add a lot to the tables and the overall visual experience at the tournament.
every upload just hits the spot! good job man
Huzzah,, Top Notch Build.
You always come with the goods Buddy.
Hey! That's how I used to do them! Nice to see someone else does it 😅
hills: Solved
hills : have eyes
Sills: Holved
1:58 he does the infomercial hand shrug
Also the deliberate infomercial clumsiness hahaha
@@EricsHobbyWorkshophahaha. Well done sir
You can use grass mats that architects use in their models, you can use to go around the rim to hide the white and provide a bit of extra protection too
Really nice work here. Impressive job!
I’ve always had a problem with how war gaming “hills” looked, but these actually look like hills! I’m definitely going to try this approach next time I make terrain
One of my favorite things about hills for wargaming is that it can block movement without blocking line of sight, and it can be used to force a player into certain movements in very interesting ways
Thank you for making this! I will surely try this out for my D&D Terrain.
Excellent video. Definitely inspiring to make some of my own. Where do you get the plastic sheet you mentioned at 4:54?
I make the base a little bigger then the hill. After the hill gets glued to the base I skim the edge with latex mixed with green or brown paint to fill in the gap. That creates a flexible edge that is durable and easy to repair.
That's so cool dude. Fantastic tips and I can't wait to give these a shot. Thank you 🙏😃
Love the hills! Looks pretty good too. I'm not happy that there was an event in Toronto that I missed! :(
When we made terrain maps in the military for planning, rehearsals and order issuing, we used miniatures with pins on them. Like toothpick looking things under the bases. We just stuck them right into the terrain.
Another brilliant video. Thank you, sir.
Great video! I need to make some Hills for The Old World, so this is good timing. 👌
Nice work! I was a bit worried when you applied sand into the mix, because it can be really really rough on the miniatures- but when you apply grass on top, it probably isnt that much of an issue.
It was a pleasure to meet and play you at sbot. I've been looking forward to this.
you could also magnetize your models and movement trays, and glue rubber sheets under the movement trays for extra grip. That should make them even better at traversing hills
I did not realize I needed more drumlin edits in my life. Great vid as always!
Enjoyed the video, and found the ideas and techniques interesting.
Would have been nice to see some examples of how they worked in play situations, but I saw your comment about having lost some footage.
Something else I think would be interesting, especially since some people are complaining the hills are too low, would be a video where you use these methods to build a "hill" that is approximately 3' x 3' round, and four layers high in the center, but is made of four quarters. In this way it could be used as one central hill, or half hills on opposing ends of the battlefield, or half hills along the sides of the battlefield, or quarter hills in corners of the battlefield, or some combination thereof. This will allow people to see what higher hills would look like, and also how drastic an effect such a hill would have on a 4' x 8' gaming table.
Good job! Good video =) And a good example of why "True Los" is a bad thing
Forbidden chocolate pudding at the 6:40 mark.
You've made me want to try some hills now!
The editing is great! Keep it up!
Great video as always. I designed a tile system for 3D printing and in January launching a Patreon in January, I will have hills and levels. I already have some released on my channel and store.
Great tutorial.
These look amazing!