Let's Make - Cheap & Easy Wooden Field Fences Scatter Terrain
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2016
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In this Let's Make, we continue our countryside scenic series with some simpe and rustic wooden farm field fencing.
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Strong nostalgia of working my grandfathers old farm from these! Painting and flocking his fences took much longer though
I bet they did! :-D
Hey Mel, used the tutorial to create ten rustic fences for Bolt Action in less than 30 minutes. Staggeringly simple and will look ace with a bit of paint and foliage. Kudos!
What a great video. Best tip I've seen in months, wire brush to balsa wood. Genius!!!
"What kind of base detail you want fam?"
"Just flock my shit up."
Love the fences. I'm working on terrain for a wild west campaign, most of it papercraft, but these I think I could do easy enough.
They're quite easy! I just followed the video and bam! 20 minutes.
the second fence reminds me of the gapped fences you could jump over in runescape, thank you for bringing back some good memories
pleasure
Beautiful pieces. Thanks for sharing and walking us through the process!
Neat pieces, the Washed effect really picks up the details and makes the extra work worth it. awesome stuff
thank you Mel, great video. love watching you work, great inspiration
Great vid as usual. The photos at the end really show the different between the two versions, very sharp and with good colors. Thanks you!
Awesome tutorial! I'm a woodworker, just got into making terrain with scraps. I have tons of hardwood dowels, i find using a serrated steak knife does wonders for etching grain in tougher wood.
wounderful Video thank you very mutch
Holy Craft!!!!!! these look amazing and i need to make a bunch of these for playing Legends of the Old west miniatures game
Thanks for this tutorial
I'm not flocking around, I'll use whatever the flock I want LOL Great video!
Awesome results, Mel!
Made some fencing for my diorama last week very similar to the way Mel did but used mitre joining glue, two part glue (spray & activator). Found it easier than super glue as it sets in about ten seconds so gives you time to quickly aline the parts.
Wish I had seen the way Mel paints them though.
like the video . this give you the base to do different stile of wood fence and also use small stripes of foam board to replicate wood
Hi Mel nice Tutorial, thanks for all the work you do on our hobby to make tables look better.
Maybe its the harsher winters and dryer summers but in the Great Lakes basin of North America untreated wood fences are grey not brown. After a burnt umber undercoat, I dry brush FolkArt's "Barnwood" (a greyish tan) followed by a very light grey. I use this for all exposed wood including fences, roof shakes, palisades and the exposed ends of logs and stumps.
N scale model railway ties make good rails for 15mm and 20mm fences. HO scale model railway ties are good for 25mm and 28mm fences. This saves a lot of cutting. Also, you can get them in dark brown as well as natural wood, which saves another step.
As I said in the vid, fences come in alsorts of colours, this is just what fences look like in wet england mate lol
TheTerrainTutor any tips for getting that weather-bleached wood look?
Extremely inspiring. Keep up the great tutorials.
Excellent tutorial, am in the process of doing fences for my wargaming table and this video was a ton of help!
Well done mate. Thanks for taking the time to share. Very helpful!
That has to be one of my favourite one of your tutorials. Nice and actually simple to make when you think about it. Right I'm off to make some fences.
Good luck!
Thanks again for another great video, mate. Now I can scale what you've done down a bit for use on HO scale railroad. Keep 'em comin'.
No worries bud
love it...is absoulty awsome fo warhammer
Great tutorial as always !
What he said.
I find that old dry wood that was out in the weather is more gray than brown. I usually do gray base coat, Dark brown wash, dry brush Tan, highlight cream
love it, using it on my layout!!😀
I dig the shirt! Well done!
I appreciate that this is one of your older tutorial clips Mel and that you've probably updated some of your techniques in later clips. I experienced the same frustrating moments when first attempting to build wooden fences, especially for 10 and 15mm scale terrain. A solution I found was to roll out two thin sausages of bluetak, other sticky products are available! Then place my fence posts onto the tak, thus keeping it in place whilst gluing. Conversely, for wooden palisade, hold the rails down whilst gluing the upright pieces into place.
Excellent tutorials, as ever.
Best Regards Mel,
Brian.😉
I've gotten really good at 10mm fences, cut up some coffee stirrers free from Starbucks!
Man you are a professional.
thanks :-)
Great job Mel.
I always learn something from your vids.
If I may say so you are looking a lot happier now you have the studio.
Good luck mat
Cheers
Keith
Cheers mat ;-)
Great stuff Mel.
I really enjoy watching your videos, and your various ideas, tips and techniques. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next. I am thinking of using 2.5d for the dungeon crawl style. And looking at your videos for ideas for certain terrain pieces.
Mostly ruined buildings, walls, scatter terrain. Need to craft enough for a 3 x 3 board, with enough terrain to break up line of sight. With some multilevel pieces, walkways etc..
Getting back into tabletop skirmish and wargaming, after a very long hiatus. Frostgrave (Osprey Games) has caught my eye for a fantasy skirmish game. And has a mix of dungeon crawl and above ground skirmish scenarios (Mordheim).
A cocktail stick cut in half works really well as fence post in 28mm. Split the coffee stirrer in half lengthwise and use a tongue depresser as a base .... I use a " sausage of Das to stick the fence into as most fences where I live are on the side of ditches.
I find blue tacking the fence posts to the table first helps with the fiddly bits. Great vid though Mel.
that's smart!
Clever guy!
Awesome job sir
Great tips new to the hobby
Very nice Mel
Making some of these right now!
Thank you
Thank's .
AWESOME!
Effective and very nicely done!
Thanks
great job thanks
great stuff matey potatey!
Cheers buddy
Quick tip: to make the glue-up easier, stick the fence post to a strip of masking tape. it keeps them from rolling over and messing up your brand new cutting mat 😉
bit of bluetack would also work :)
Or even placing the horizontal portions down first and attaching the mounting posts to them... i.e. doing it in reverse of what he showed herein.
Hey man. Great tutorial! However as I watch all your videos I can’t help but think that all your terrain looks better before you flock it, love the muddy ground before flocking, makes it look really realistic and natural in a ww2 setting
If I didn't flock it, can you imagine how many comments I'd get mate lol
TheTerrainTutor I guess you can’t please everyone lol
lovely :)
Bose on balsa: "I think it's a grass actually."
You may be thinking of bamboo. Balsa is definitely from a tree.
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I’m using these for a farm fence
I'd've put holes in the base so it's less likely to fall off.
They're stuck pretty solid mate and with wood this thin, you normal find that the wood fails before the join does, so I wouldn't stress about doing mounting holes bud
Just go to woodprix if you want to know how to make it yourself.
@theterraintutor love the video! What did you use for the bases in this video? Keep up the great content man!
Mel, how timely was that, the old rustic fence will go great in my farm diorama, they are thing of simple beauty, great job Mel.
Win!
George Taylor
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Also, balsa is, believe it or not, a hardwood, just like oak.
Very interesting video, loved it. Thank you. Only just found your videos, brilliant, from South Africa
Please tell me what scale you work in
28mm mate
You are a funny guy 😅👍🏼
As always, nicely done, mate.
Wirebrushing the stirrers shouldn't be a problem, depends a little on quality. Some cheap woods tend to split when you go a bit too heavy on them. Should also be possible to wash them, maybe after sanding them first if you don't wirebrush, just to make sure it soaks up the liquid quickly. You can also do your own woodstain pretty easily, so that is an option, too. There's thousands of tutorials out there for making some.Feels good to work with your own product.
I was wondering a bit about the direction of your drybrushing, but then, I try to avoid drybrushing anyway. Your paint job on the industrial fence seems to work as well, so that's alright. I just would have done it differently, using a very fine tip and then work out a woodgrain with glazes along the board, not across as you do with drybrushing. Sounds complicated maybe, but it's done so randomly, that it really isn't that hard.
You can make a nice rotten wood effect with this technique either. Just wirebrush the wood excessively, then use a dark green as your basecolor. Thin out an off white and an almost black, then use the fine tip along the board to create the typical appearence of rotten wood. You can add little moss or lichen if you want and I like to work over the painted surface with some dry pigment as well to make it more realistic. Typically I'd start with a hint of brown to give back a tiny bit of that wood and then I'd use white or off white powder to bleach it out as much as I think is needed. Finally you can go over it with a very dark tone to put in the few shades needed.
Nice tips buddy :-)
Cheers, mate! And the rotten wood technique even works painting carved hardfoam on a solid green basecoat. I've done a complete privy like that. ;)
Love it! Just got started on a farm theme board for warmachine game use so this video and the last (farm fields) are really useful! I also took the time to watch the pvc foamboard video to check it out as a basing material. Are these bases 5mm or 3mm?
Thanks. Keep it up!
3mm mate
What turfs are you using, they look great.
Ah now I know what the gauge is for
Yeah 😁
Do you ever angle the ends of the bases at 45 degrees so you can make 90 degree corners and angled fence lines? This has been discussed in the Terrainiacs group. Folks seem to be able to do what you've demonstrated here ok, but when it comes to the corners there's a gap there. Just thought I'd mention it because if you dont do that you'll need to make special corner pieces. Maybe a topic for another fence video?
I normally round them off so you can place them whichever way you want mate
3:56 Me every time I try to do crafts...
Hey great tutorial. Just a question: What type of material are bases made of ?
Great vid Mel.
A couple of questions from a beginner sorry.
1. Why do you always put on grit before laying grass? Is it necessary if the grit can't be seen?
2. When you finish the job and seal it, do you use a spray bottle?
Many thanks!
Great work.
1. it isn't neccessary, I just like to do it. 2. Depends on how large of an area I'm doing mate
Great video! Have you also made a tutorial for snake rail fences? I've a project ongoing for French Indian war terrain. Thanks.
Not as yet mate
@@TheTerrainTutor Looking forward to it! (-:
"In case of fire, break free sword"
Hello Mel I’m working through your videos and liking them but I have a couple of questions this extruded polystyrene where can I buy it I’m in the Uk like yourself, I have looked on various websites but i’m not seeing it and secondly I am trying to get into modelling again after many many years but I’m not into the military side of things any ideas please. Keep up the videos I’m learning so much thanks.
Hi Mel, Thanks for this tutorial, great as always. One question though, In most of your tutorials you use grit to dress the bases. What is this made up of / where do you get it? Cheers in advance, Chris
Course sand sieved from concrete ballast mate
Got to your local pet shop and ask for fine bird sand .... perfect
Curious. When it comes to gluing the planks to the posts.... Wouldn't it have been easier to mark their locations for spacing then put the glue on the planks and add the posts? Gluing the small fiddly bits to the larger heavier piece. Then glue the second plank to the now fixed posts?
Probably ;-)
Have you ever made a pull cart or some kind of Wagon?
How do you find that superglue? I always figured it'd cure in the bottle and be a waste, so I've tended to only buy disposable tubes in multipacks. If that stuff lasts though, I might have to get some.
I find it fine mate, but then I tend to use it quite quickly, so don't have stuff lying about
Have you done bridges yet? Wooden or stone bridge over river terrain.
Not yet but they're coming
Yeah, I am constantly repairing my 3 rail fences. I use furniture stain on my balsa for them. It makes for a real natural look. Thanks for the ideas on distressing the wood though. Question, if you are going to fully flock your bases, why put balast underneath?
Incase the flock falls off
That makes sense. I have made up a can of mixes grit to try this out.
Isn't that the point of the base coat?
I am in the UK sorry pamie
wouldn't it have been easier to put the glue on the fencing rather then the posts? flat vs round sort of thing? dont know if im sounding dumb or not but it works much better for me so i thought i'd mention it.
Either or mate, neither way is really correct, if it works, it works ;-)
What material do you use for the base here?
How do you get PVA grit?
Do you actually seal the flocking/foliage, or just the fence?
all of it
What is the base made of? How can I acquire something similar?
Please tell me what are those green you added is it colour sand ?
scenic scatter or flock, essnetially dyed sawdust
What are those white rectangles that you use for the bases? Where do you get them?
I believe those white bases are foamboard. I'm using wide ice lolly sticks for mine, they're not that expensive and you find them on amazon etc.
How would I show a walking path worn and matted down. Maybe from grass to a light dirt. Everybody walks along the fence line.
Is the step-over board a real thing there, or is it something you imagineered? I've never seen anything like that in the NE or SW of the US (the two areas I've lived in) or in any media I've watched. It's a very cool touch, and seems like a great way to keep people from climbing your fence and breaking it
Google wooden stile mate ;-)
@@TheTerrainTutor Wow! SO many styles of stiles!
What thickness of epvc are you using? 2mm?
3mm mate
could do with you to help with my model farm mate ,
What are the bases you are using? Where do you get the materials from?
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What is that green powder tour putting in? Please tell.thnx
Scenic Flock
Thank u very much..
what type of grit did you use?
Builders grit
nice video, I've now watched many of your videos, you need a new power phrase "I like to flock things up".
Why do you grit the base then cover it entirely with flock? Is there some benefit to it? I can see if it were only partly flocked then the undercoat grit would be there. I just don't understand the purpose of the grit in this case. Can you enlighten me please?
Cheers,
It toughens the base, provides a better texture to paint and glue flock to and if I miss a bit when flocking or some comes off through excessive use, it looks like a patch of bare earth rather than flat broad plastic mate.
Gel super glue? Do you make that yourself or is that a special brand?
I use locktite mate
Where do you get your EPVC from???
Scraps from sign printers mate
what game do you use this for?
I use them for BA
What scale is that
where do you get the PVC board from pamie
Free scrap from sign printers mate
cool there is one down the road from me thanks
how do you cut the post?
Clippers
Haha what kind of clippers