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 Post subject: Building Stones River(ACW) Battlefield
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:34 pm 
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For the big US convention in a week, Historicon, a friend and I are building a battlefield for Stones River game we are running. I've taken a lot of pictures during the build, to many to post, but I'll try and hit the highlights here.

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More pics and write up of what I'm doing on my blog:
http://xinslair.blogspot.com/

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 Post subject: Re: Building Stones River(ACW) Battlefield
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:54 pm 
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I am not going to be able to go this year. Take lots of photos.

looks good 8)

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 Post subject: Re: Building Stones River(ACW) Battlefield
PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:31 am 
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Epic! Can't wait to see the water effects put in.
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 Post subject: Re: Building Stones River(ACW) Battlefield
PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 5:07 pm 
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Sorry for the late follow-up. I was so busy building the table that I didn't get a lot of posting done.

Here's a quick picture walk through.

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Flocking the wood sections

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Going from zero to about 130 Winter trees in 2 days, thank god they are for 15mm. We'd go broke at SBG scale.

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Not all the flock stuck, will have to go back and fix some wooded areas.

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Now the grassy or open areas get flocked

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All the roads/tracks/woods and grass down. I soaked the whole thing with White glue to really make sure it stays in place. You can see some areas look milky, that's the glue.

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Creating Dams on the edges of the boards to pour the Woodland Scenics Realistic Water.

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First pour done.

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Here's the railroad bridge and a destroyed foot bridge.

That's pretty much the build. I did a 2nd pour of the waters, you need to build up layers and then the next day we headed for the convention. I have pics of the game with the fully dressed table I'll post next.

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 Post subject: Re: Building Stones River(ACW) Battlefield
PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:43 pm 
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Looking great. Could you put a figure next to the river to get an idea of how big it is?
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 Post subject: Re: Building Stones River(ACW) Battlefield
PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:49 pm 
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Here are shots of the completed battle board at the convention. Sorry Sticky, I didn't get a chance to snap a pic of the figures next to the bridge. Boards are in storage now for the immediate future. If it helps, the figures are 15mm and 3 of them are on a base an inch wide. About as wide as the railroad bridge.

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A few more pics and write up on my blog:
http://xinslair.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-battle-of-stones-river-historicon.html

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 Post subject: Re: Building Stones River(ACW) Battlefield
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What a colossal board!
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