Making cheap but effective roads and rivers.

[@thekrausecollection15mmmin53]

Very nice video. Highly enjoyable. Will look at these rules

[@legrambo]

Thank you Kevin, it's really just me mumbling in my gruff old voice into the phone :) I'm pleased how this small space concept is coming together inspired by others. If you are not familiar may be worth a look at the DBN site run by rules author Alex Testo who has some excellent tutorial videos of games: www.dbnwargaming.co.uk/ and KZbin page: www.youtube.com/@DBNwargaming Cheers, Lee.

[@peterixon8708]

Lee, I have a 4 x 3 table, so a little larger, but I prefer 28mm (because of my eye-sight), so your advice was timely. Crippled in a tank in 1986 whilst training, I've been paralysed from the waist down four times, but I have walked every time (hence, I get your back pain). I have just retired after 43 years and am turning to full-time war gaming; doing something that I want to do, not what some other bugger feels I need to do. Magnetic paper, Velayo texture; so obvious. Love your fleece mat too. Own the one hour war game rules too. My preference is a stack of solo rules sets I own. Great video for the likes of me, nevertheless, so thanks for making the effort to post it. PETE

[@legrambo]

Hi Pete, very sorry to read of your injuries but your determination is inspiring. Really glad you enjoy my short videos, I became an official Pensioner this year so have plenty of time to enjoy the hobby and I'm lucky enough that people still want to pay me to paint their figures and that the old hand/eye co ordination still works :) I also have a blog of 14 years now where I post loads of pics of stuff that I paint should you care to take a look? napoleonictherapy.blogspot.com/ All the very best, 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

[@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.

[@DH.2016]

I'm all for wargaming "on small spaces" these days. I've been playing mainly on a 3' x 3' playing area for a few years now (sometimes slightly smaller, other times slightly larger) and thoroughly enjoying the experience (more relaxed, less tiring and still enjoying many great games). To facilitate this, I often use reduced unit widths, converted Quick Ref Sheets and/or my own custom made rulers where 2cm or 1.5cm equals one real inch. In this way, it's amazing how you can squeeze a large battlefield on to a smaller area. If not too late, on the rivers, by the way, I wonder if it would be easier not to build up the banks when you make them and just apply the same technique as you would for road edges. Thereafter, if you don't like it, you can then build up the edges (i.e., more difficult to do it the other way around if you don't like the built up edges).

[@legrambo]

I agree with your approach, I'm finding that games played on my 2'6" x 2'6" folding card table are giving me just as much pleasure as my days of 6'x4' and bigger! Another point for me is that it's a very comfortable way to enjoy solo gaming sitting in my chair! I have made the river sections with low banks as these represent narrow winding streams but when I make the wider sections I will build the banks higher. Cheers, Lee. (pic below shows the table as things stand) blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiLPoTdbTPHtH9IPq_UHlFie16d150WygR7ajtyuGw9bdXNSYTvatx5SdUKkVFJosSuuaKoQvAb_njy6_I24v_adGs3mFYCXTwGTq27MiaLlLhyphenhyphenhRVZEviSUqWW_qDmhh6Ec5q4CgBDtzKMNjpfmN7DLhQLZ7NNg7bzwkaHUZ9ZkRK7ktaoRkRMUGXNuJ/s2880/IMG_1480.JPG

[@JohnMccluskey-l5v]

Brilliant, Thank You for sharing!!

[@legrambo]

Thank you and I'm glad you found it useful :) 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.

[@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.

[@tolemykus4805]

Nice table and ideas. :)

[@legrambo]

Thank you. 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.

[@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

[@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.🙂