Making cheap but effective roads and rivers.

I'm onto making terrain now for the AWI project. In this video I outline ideas for the games as well as some tips for making roads and rivers from a cheap non warp product.

[@tolemykus4805]

Nice table and ideas. :)

[@legrambo]

Thank you. Lee.

[@mitchsminis]

Looks great! I’ll have to check out that book!

[@legrambo]

It's an old favourite of mine and full of scenarios. Cheers Lee.

[@battlescalewargamebuilding4316]

It’s looking great mate. I’m working on a small table set up myself at the moment and this is very inspiring. Keep up the great work.

[@legrambo]

Cheers Steve. You will have spotted your excellent Battlescale 10mm buildings there of course :) I'll be ordering a few more from Pendraken this week. All the best, Lee.

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Great roads mate

[@legrambo]

Cheers :) cheap and simple! Lee

[@roguetrooper5401]

Great stuff nice idea with the magnetic paper for roads I am going to give that a go. I am like you painting and making stuff are my first loves only play maybe 6 to 8 games a year enough to keep me happy.

[@legrambo]

I hope the road idea is useful to you :) It's cheap compared to commercial product as you can buy 2x A4 sheets for about £5 to £6 and make loads of road and river sections :) many thanks for watching my gruff mumbling videos! Cheers Lee

[@charliedoom]

your scenery looks incredible

[@legrambo]

Thank you very much, it is slowly coming along! Cheers Lee.

[@charliedoom]

@@legrambo it has a cohesive aesthetic - is your scenery DIY, like the trees and your basing?

[@legrambo]

@@charliedoom Thanks again. I invested in a fleece mat for covering the table and making hills to match ( to come!). Aside from the commercial trees bought quite cheaply from eBay I'm trying to make as much as I can myself. What I like about the magnetic paper roads and rivers is that they sit nicely into the terrain without hard edges being visible. I'll set it all up for next video. Cheers, Lee.

[@norm977]

Excellent roads and great to find a material that does not warp. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that HobbyCraft were selling magnetic and steel paper, so hopefully that should make it easy to source for gamers.

[@legrambo]

Thanks for the tip re Hobbycraft Norm, I'll have a look next time I'm in there. Cheers Lee.

[@philRminiatures]

Lovely roads, great job!

[@legrambo]

Thank you, very easy to make and cheap too. I looked at commercial product but wanted to be able to make lots of variations. Cheers Lee.

[@matthewgrove9704]

What about the rivers? Your roads and wooded areas look fantastic. I play in 28mm and have been using old CDs from 30+ years ago as bases for 2 to 3 trees. I’ll have to see if I can find the magnetic paper here in the USA.

[@legrambo]

Rivers are next on my list to make! I like the idea of using CD's as wood bases. Magnetic paper from most high street stationary/printer suppliers here, used to make your own fridge magnets. Cheers, Lee.

[@matthewgrove9704]

@@legrambo looking forward to the rivers. I found a place here in the USA that sells 2 foot wide rolls of the sheets for large scale printers. I’m probably not going to make long runs or road sectioned, even though I could. It is storage that becomes the problem if they are a meter long.🙂