Let's Make - Cheap & Easy Farm & Crop Fields Scatter Terrain

[@heckinmemes6430]

My local carpet shot has my picture up on the wall with a "Do not give this man samples" bit underneath it. Oh well. Behold my fields, lol.

[@blackhawkuh-6026]

Wear a COVID mask and they are screwed

[@Keymanofco]

Here it is, March of 2019, and I'm trying to help my 14 year old create a diorama of a cotton plantation for school. I searched youtube for a little assistance, and found this video. AWESOME! You just helped me create almost the complete diorama. Cotton furrows and all. Thank you oh so very much for posting this. You just baled (pun intended - bailed) me out completely in getting this accomplished.

[@Anaris10]

Now it's March 2020!,

[@anaizuniga5860]

I’m also doing a diorama over a cotton plantation but it’s just me doing it so I’d like to know what the green stuff he is using in 21:40 is

[@gabrielmunozlopez1573]

Now it's March, 2024, just doing some of these for Bolt Action. Greetings from Spain folks!

[@lilljunior21]

It's 2022 now and my son is only 1 year but looking at your videos. So when he turns 10 and I can help him with his school projects. So don't delete your videos.. 👏🤜🙏🛐🤳🕛♥

[@Xc31]

just a quick tip, these mats and floortiles are best cut on the backside, guide the knife with a piece of wood, cut the backing a few times and you can easily and neatly break the backing and then cut the fabric topping saving you quite some time. hope this helps. love your videos.

[@Xc31]

also works fine on coconut mats.

[@angelgarcia4848]

The one you made from scratch actually turned out to be my favorite. At first I was not as interested but with each stage it ascended above all the others.

[@trainjam6596]

The wizard at work, he is the man. Thanks again.

[@ericskov7296]

Thanks for doing a lot of legwork to help eliminate the trial and error for us, it's evident the amount of previous projects that informed this. A lot of great ideas! I recently took a look at how many hedges, fields, roads and towns I would have to create to play 6mm games in the bocage of Normandy. This vid and several others have given me enough ideas to be able to get on with it without breaking the bank. Thanks! (In case anyone was curious, just looking at google imagery there are up to around 60 individual fields, about 2-3 miles of road, usually a small village and 2-3 farmsteads PER SQUARE MILE in the dense bocage of France. And of course most of those fields and roads are bordered by high, irregular hedges. (Total perimeter of 30 fields each 300 x 300 meters ( a reasonably dense Normandy countryside) is 22.5 miles of hedge.)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

That's a lot of fields!!!

[@billd.iniowa2263]

What a "garden" of delights Mel. This work is right in your "field" of expertise. That cordoroy looks good for 10mm. (That's not a pun, three in a "row" would be silly.)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Really? That was bad man! - Cheers! ;-D

[@IamRobotMonkey]

He's outstanding in his field. Like an award-winning scarecrow. lol

[@wonderwend1]

Good of you to 'plough' in with the 'dig' about his work lads 😉

[@pauln2661]

No scarecrow? What kind of farmer doesn't have a scarecrow? Outstanding work! Well done!

[@langlest]

you need to stop these tutorials mate I'm spending more time watching your vids than painting lol great work as always :)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

You're gonna be up the creak when we get back to two vids a week lol :-D

[@spacemunkey2000]

Do what I do and make terrain/paint while watching these =)

[@munch15a]

why not watch while painting ?

[@amidarkdesigns1229]

Lol, I paint when I'm not watching. XD

[@AzraelThanatos]

You know, there's a cheap and easy starting point as well. Get some cardboard with a corrugation size that you like. Cut it to the shape you want the field to be (use the corrugation as a guide for where to start and end), then peel the corrugation cladding off one side and glue it to a base using the other side. Then use a ring of hot glue, filler, or air dry clay to work the edges and cover the end of the corrugation. Then coat the cardboard with a thin layer of pva and dust the thing with a fine sand. Seal it in after it dries, then prime and paint like you've shown. As a side note, if you want some cabbage or lettuce for your fields, look at the paper roses in the craft stores, a bit of green paint (Or purple if you want the red cabbage) and you've got some pretty good looking produce for your fields.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I've always found large pieces of cardboard to be sensitive to humidity/moisture but if it works for you bud, fill your boots mate

[@AzraelThanatos]

The moisture isn't really a problem since you're sealing it.

[@anaizuniga5860]

AzraelThanatos what was the green stuff he used in part 21:40

[@overout429]

Cardboard is what I use.

[@SpiceCoUK]

@@TheTerrainTutor it’s called a bench scraper in the cooking industry that’s what I used as I had one

[@davidhamilton9121]

I work for a carpet company, so get tons of this kinda stuff. thanks for the tips on dressing it up!!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Your board is gonna be beautiful!

[@NSYresearch]

I have been looking for ideas for English style fields for ages, I saw this video AGES ago but still think these are the BEST LOOKING fields so far. Thanks Mel and look forward to seeing you again soon.

[@Serenityindailylife]

try flipping the carpet backing side up and slice it through, then follow with scissors. it works really well, I got this tip from a friend who installed carpet college for extra money.

[@harryyoung4209]

doesn't get any better than your video's mate, thanks for sharing

[@TheTerrainTutor]

+harry young I'm glad you're enjoying them mate

[@wonderwend1]

I'm a crafter and I'm LOVING your videos

[@dzymslizzy3641]

I believe your homemade scraper/corrugated row maker is similar to a tile trowel, which has notched edges for the purpose of creating air gaps to help the mastic squish down and the tile to adhere better to the substrate.

[@RobertChisholm]

For a veggie patch miniature paper roses painted green make great cabbages.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I'll check them out, thanks for the heads up mate

[@jonkthelizardman5491]

Robert Chisholm My Cabbages!!

[@mizakichicrow]

omg I could listen to your voice forever!

[@kreo45]

These would be super cute with little scarecrows and farming tools!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Oh yes!

[@readhistory2023]

The carpet samples are the same here in the USA, and you can get paint samples at paint stores too. The "scrapper" is called a comb if you're painting and for tile setting it's called a notched trowel. I like you irregular rows for the crops. I think it looks more authentic than if they were perfect.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers buddy, that answers a lot

[@geraldross5180]

The field where the rows go length wise is correct. The wide ones require too much turning around at the end of the furrow and waste time and gas. Some crops do prefer north south orientation.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers bud

[@nickilundsgaard1697]

Oh yes!, i'm a modeltractor collector in scale 1:32 and i like to make dioramas in my modeltractorclub and you have helped my a lot by building my dioramas (sorry for my english, coming from Denmark)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Awesome, glad they've helped mate

[@mrmatt2466]

This man is the bane of carpet stores

[@TheAlfsterino]

Brilliant - thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

[@trapperearl]

when using the template on the filler for the farm field, if you spread the filler out first and dampen it the template for the furrows will pull through the filler easier and better.

[@asraharrison]

Love your personality! You make me want to build one!

[@Terrainosaur]

Oh, I didn't like the corduroy until you added the edge. Good job!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

It's always the finishing touches ;-)

[@elwishramilla3331]

I have a project assigned. It is to model terrain of a certain area, since it is a grassland and tree, this video is helpful. 😁

[@sydneykleiman7477]

This is so helpful for my 4H farm toy scene! Thank you!!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Glad you liked it mate

[@WulfCorbett]

I game in 10mm, and used 'Jumbo Cord'. I bleached it first (it was black, it turned golden brown...) then 'dyed' it with watered down cheap acrylic brown. I didn't base it though - I cut it into irregular but vaguely rectangular shapes. I'm thinking basing might be a nice idea, allow me to do a bit of edging & flocking. I wish I could find something rigid but thin to base on though. At 10mm scale, a 3mm thick base is quite a platform!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Never heard of jumbo cord, got a link bud?

[@WulfCorbett]

It's just corduroy with bigger ridges. There's a load of it on edBay...

[@TheTerrainTutor]

WulfCorbett ah right mate

[@funoff3207]

At 10mm is just more important to have your edges bevelled smoothly

[@tonysargeson5296]

I’m pretty new to modelling, these easy tutorials are fab. Many thanks. Big T

[@Alex-hc1ls]

I've always liked diorama, but never played warhammer of the sorts, anyway, I came by your channel and have been watching your videos for the past month. Who knows, maybe one day I will give a crack on a terrain.

[@apocalypticweasel9078]

wow stumbled across you and damn me i fit that carpet all the time an throw all the off cuts in the skip never thought of using it like this awesome

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Win!

[@leonardosouza6290]

You are the best, we love cheap ones!

[@frankhughes4088]

It’s called an Artex Comb for doing the fan pattern, usually on ceilings.

[@JupiKitten]

these would look really cool with some bits of fencing or a scarecrow tossed in there for more of a human element. Would add some more height/dimension too, would make an excellent border to help mask the step up you were talking about. Really love it.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Saving that for the end of level boss mate

[@allanstott6999]

Love the enthusiasm. Thanks for the ideas and tutorial.

[@Estel2121]

I am working on a Rohan battlemat for wargaming and this helped a lot. Thanks for the videos :)

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

I love the filler one...conveniently because Mel already had me buy tubs of filler...he is a persuasive man, and you can only do so much stucco and brickwork so now my filler will definately get used up! Theyre all good..The corduroy one I would stick some stooks (I come from Scotland so I dunno what else to call them) or bales randomly on it.

[@eddyfielding4401]

These are really great, well done. My only teeny weeny criticism would be that the ridges of the ploughed fields would run parallel to the longest side, meaning less turning for the plough. I could be wrong in this because I'm not a farmer!! Cheap and easy fields though so right up my street

[@thomasmcelroy3637]

yeah i like this. simple but realistic.have to give it a go. cheers tom

[@cymrodave]

There are so cool, brilliant guide thanks Mel

[@arkenhemnall6224]

Great vid as always, I made some fields, but these techniques would have helped to know how to use the carpet I used. The only suggestion would be to 'not' make the fields not quite so square. I have mine roughly square overall but the off cuts of the carpet are triangular-ish, oblong, some have angled sides etc. It means that I end up with an irregular patchwork of mini-fields and looks quite realistic. Thanks for the vid 👍🏻👍🏻

[@w.rustylane5650]

I really love your videos. The corduroy seems to fit the HO scale better than the carpet squares. I'd use it for a larger scale. Keep 'em comin' mate. Love your ideas.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Think you're right on that, cheers bud!

[@geoffgoodall3839]

Hello mate ,good idea for field work,been laying tiles for years , give you a tip 1 cut once through face ,2 bend tile back ,3 turn over &cut from back two cuts ,done.

[@Dorgrident]

Great one! you could use some filler to smothen up the edges from the mat as well.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yep, that'd work bud

[@sniperlemming]

I subscribed to you because of this video. Very nice work. I'm going to watch more of them now.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Hope they help your hobby bud

[@johntailby74]

Very nice fields Mel. These would be good for just about any game period and or scale. You could even use these ideas for SciFi games with fields of alien crops. You could even make a field with the crops in the middle of the field a different colour and type from the ones round the edge. For where the farmer is growing some special crops.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers buddy, lot's of possibilities, looking forward to doing the big build for this series ;-)

[@halfmileduck1911]

Yet another Amazing video, I look forward to every new one, they just keep getting better!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I do my best bud, glad you're liking them!

[@TinyPlasticSpacemen]

Found that same red mat at B&M recently - I've got LOTS of fields to make now! ;)

[@avalononeill5516]

Wow! this video is super helpful. I'm only just getting into miniatures, and this video was really informative. Thank you for doing examples with different materials and techniques. It's made it a lot easier for me to decide what I'm going to do. All your videos are amazing, and I adore your work. Thank you for making these tutorials, they're really helpful!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Here to help bud

[@thisgirlrocks6469]

When he pulled out the jacket 😂... great video 👍😎

[@dmarie007]

Thank you so much for this video. I tried it, and it looks great! Quick and easy.......

[@michaelmanning5379]

For some time I've had an evil plan. I bought a 6-root roll of dark brown ribbed carpet. I've cut some of it up to form fields. The evil plan is to leave the carpet unbased but to have a collection of sabot bases that exactly fit them. Some would be edged in stone wall, some in rail fences, some in hedges, some in bank and ditch, etc. Then I could transfer the field from enclosure to enclosure, so that the fields would look right for the era and geographic location of the battle field. The next phase would see different states of field, freshly ploughed, young growth, mid-growth, ready to harvest and finally crop stubble. Perhaps I'd even go with some frosted with snow and deep in snow. That way the fields would match the season of the battle. Clearly I am in need of counselling for my delusions of grandeur.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

That's smart man, reall smart!

[@wonderwend1]

You need to practice your evil laugh then 😉

[@georgetaylor5482]

Mel as usual great video, they all turned out great, again I can use this on my farm diorama, big thanks.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

That farm diorama is going to look great mate

[@grambo589]

Inspirational as always Mel, love what you do mate :) Worth every penny of becoming a patron.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks mate and thanks for your support!

[@nigelcarren]

I enjoyed this mainly because this is not my field. 😂 BRAVO to you🏆

[@terrain-hardy]

Really impressive ... Simple and yet so detaljeret You'r techniques are so simple but it make's you'r terrain looking so advanced. Really nice job, my favorite has to be the velvet piece ...just so cool Thanks for showing and keep up the good work.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks bud! :-D

[@IDICBeer]

Some fantastic end results, nice video as always

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks mate

[@jarvislindsay3879]

Great work mate those look so good

[@davidsmith9431]

you can find the carpet tiles here in the states. one of my local game stores used them on one of their modular table sets but not as fields only

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Nice, I did wonder

[@WGRevival]

Nice one Mel. Fields are at the pipedream stage. I was thinking of corrugated card - and had would never have thought or cutting up an old pair of cords. I'll definitely give corduroy a go for 15mm.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Card is ok for small patches but go with material/floortiles for durability mate, time to hit those charity shops ;-)

[@WGRevival]

Hehe. I thought I'd finished buying dodgy kecks in charity shops 20 years ago :o)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

WGRevival back in fashion buddy lol

[@G_Threepwood]

Great tutorial mate, that veg patch looks brilliant

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks buddy

[@PaladinDragoon]

looks great! may need to do some of these for my table

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Crack on!

[@jhoydevera]

This is nice turn out great.Thanks for sharing and great to learn from you.

[@andrebrooks1961]

thank you sir, for another tutorials you are the best

[@TheTerrainTutor]

it's what I'm here for bud!

[@hpstorian]

Look at that view count! Awesome stuff mate, well deserved.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks matey

[@dansolo4483]

A version of these would look great on your BBB in a jungle village kitchen garden.

[@IamRobotMonkey]

Beautiful mate. Roll on payday then I can share the wealth with you! Happy Christmas!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Awesome sauce mate, thank you, Merry Chrismas!

[@kolyayerg1118]

Hey mate! You should make a tutorial on railroads. But I know you probably cant due to the tutorials being what people pay you to make. But Its just a suggestion. Dont stop what your doing! I love it! Have a great day!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I'm more into my wargaming tbh ;-)

[@kolyayerg1118]

TheTerrainTutor No mate I mean railroads for war gaming like umm. Flames of war.

[@erho2967]

Forgot to mention, a guy at my local store made crops with corduroy from an old pair of pants. Real nice and easy

[@TheDeinonychus]

Depending on how realistic and how large you want your piece to be, I'd probably make the base quite a bit larger than the texture you're applying. Then I'd use the filler to smooth out from the edge of the texture to the edge of the base, blending the filler in a bit over the texture, so it looks more like the ruts are dug into the ground rather than sticking up form it. The corduroy method doesn't really need it with how flat the fabric is, but for the carpet methods, I'd definitely do more edge blending.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yep, with you on that bud

[@MrMicky2111]

Just awesome and very inspiring. I shall definitely be trying out your techniques. Thank you.

[@ThomasTnPProductions]

This is incredible, thanks for sharing!

[@Snow_Cloud]

oh wow, another thomas youtuber now i dont feel alone

[@gkpandey4960]

Thomas T'n'P Productions nice great

[@lotsabadluck]

What I'd do different is NOT glueing it down. Fields where I live tend not to be perfectly flat so mine would roll over dense foam like the hills here. I also have to say this: using the dried herbs is awesome! It looks so easy to use, affordable, and easy to find.

[@nnjanobody6083]

I’m a bit late to the party but at the start I thought Jesus these terrains are gonna look like crap cause iv seen some corners cut using carpet bits like this before but dam the end product was gold and you even did them fast as hell

[@squirre-fg9oi]

the one made of filler was the best

[@johnnynuttall9851]

Cracking vid as usual Mel.....looking forward to the " how to make a scarecrow" vid :)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I should have done a scarecrow lol

[@PaladinMthe13th]

Very nicely done!

[@iaindunbar1578]

not gone through all the comments , so dont know if anyone else has mentioned this, but try a tube of "builders caulk" for the edges of the fields, cheap as chips.

[@jameslawrence8734]

If in USA, get painter's caulk, not builder's. It takes to paint a lot better. Builder's caulk can shed paint when it flexes. Not a huge issue, but a third less the price for painter's caulk and it can potentially make your life easier. It doesn't have silicone, so it doesn't seal as well (aka, won't seal a roof gutter). But the flexing silicone is what makes builder's caulk shed paint and cost more.

[@CRUDE360]

25:04 "...Its just *flocking* guys." 25:31 "...Yeh thats gettin' *flocked* isnt it?"

[@pmr5346]

great videos, i'm learning loads !!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Awesome

[@sharoncox1734]

I'm pretty sure you can get cake decorating tools that look like that serrated piece of card, and many other profiles too. Imo it gave the most realistic-looking field because of the small irregularities. Sculpting in plaster with cake decorating tools could be an interesting hobby 🤔

[@h.j.d.2624]

You rock brother !!!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks matey

[@kylestoddard2881]

Marvelous video! Great techniques! Thanks for all your work!

[@patricklefevre1342]

Very lovely stuff, I'm definitly going to give this a go for my 15mm Tank game :-)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Oh, what's that like?

[@patricklefevre1342]

It's a really great game, and cheap because in the starterset you gat 1 Panther, 2 Shermans, a load of bits to make either a Jagdpanther and 75 or 76 mm Shermans, flat card terrein and tokens and dice, and a rulebook. It's basically World of Tanks with miniatures and dead easy to play. My son loves it too. Oh, and it contains a wealth of statcards for the British, Russians, Americans and the Germans, I'll add the link :-) tanks.gf9games.com/

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Patrick Lefevre I'll have to check it out bud

[@patricklefevre1342]

Please do, they've got free rules now. My son plays it too, we both bought the starterset and we simply swapped tanks: I took the Panther and he the Shermans. The statcards changed hands too. I've got a .... 'sizeable' German tank force now :-p

[@JoergH]

Perfect Tutorial! 🙂

[@rustysmith3565]

Great, well done, very helpful

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers bud

[@26snoopy82]

This was great ideas!

[@SpiceCoUK]

A cheap tip for some maize like grass texture get some coloured sand form your local handy hobby craft

[@e-4airman124]

Another Great video Sir!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers buddy

[@davidmartin1793]

lovely, lovely.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers bud

[@angrydaddy5819]

Those plastic cards can be called multiple things. Like spackel knife. That is the most commonly what it is

[@5in1killa]

When you show the finished product it would be cool to see it laid out with a coupe minis and stuff.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I'd have to finish painting my minis first mate ;-)

[@enriquegimenezbautista6047]

👍🏻 Maestro!! you are the master

[@MegaTechnomaster]

Just discovered your channel and I absolutely love your enthusiasm! Great tutorial!

[@MrScottson1]

Great video!

[@debbiesunshinegirl7854]

awesome video and ideas :) thank you!! :)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

My pleasure!

[@pranalisukhadeve4407]

Out standing