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Making Terrain and Buildings for Historical Wargames

Making Terrain and Buildings for Historical WargamesAuthors: Timothy Hall, Jonathan Sutherland
Publisher: Crowood
Category: Book

List Price: $29.95
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 reviews
Sales Rank: 376993

Media: Paperback
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.3 x 0.6

ISBN: 1861268297
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.92
EAN: 9781861268297
ASIN: 1861268297

Publication Date: November 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
In this book veteran wargamers and model makers Jonathan Sutherland and Timothy Hall explain the principles and techniques that will enable you to build wargame terrain and buildings that will be the envy of your friends. Encompassing a wide range of different systems for permanent and portable baseboards, the book discusses the construction of groundwork, landscape features and buildings that are realistic and detailed enough to add real distinction to your gaming table while being rugged enough to withstand the frequent handling demanded by gaming. Though aimed at historical wargamers, many of the techniques are equally applicable to fantasy gaming.


Customer Reviews:
4 out of 5 stars Useful Resource   July 15, 2009
A. Hopson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have recently returned to my childhood hobby of painting toy soldiers and making terrain for wargaming, and this book has proved to be a valuable resource. There are lots of good tips on building hills, trees and buildings as well as photos of manufactured terrain as well. There are lots of great photos that are informative as well as inspirational.


3 out of 5 stars An interesting book short on details.   June 13, 2007
Mr. C. A. Hawkes
14 out of 14 found this review helpful

I bought this book hoping it would show me in detail how to go about making terrain in a step by step kind of way in order to take my terrain skills to a higher level. In a couple of cases it does that but these are few and far between. There is some discussion on techniques but these are more beginner to intermediate ideas.

The section on modular terrain is probably the section I got the most out of and it is fairly comprehensive with a number of techniques and ideas on how to go about it.

There is a lot of discussion on a wide variety of terrain manufacturers and supporting companies and the products they make and some ideas for there use and that is where this book really has value as it also lists manufacturers including web addresses.

In it are a lot of colour photographs which themselves provide a lot of inspiration. Unfortunately the photos are more focused on the miniatures than the terrain they are on but this is a minor distraction.

Its an OK book well worth adding to your library if your a beginner to intermediate terrain builder and a good reference for the rest of us.

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