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Tuesday 24 April 2018

WIRE FENCES

Slowly working thru "How to make different terrain pieces" here I tackle how to make wire fences.

Table set up a couple of weeks ago and played  Chain of Command ,
US vs German Grenadiers.
This table featured a large amount of wire fences.


German Infantry just jumped the wire fence to  venture beyond the orchard.


Completed wire fences.


Used 3 mm MDF.
Cut different lengths from 12 inches, 6 inches and 3 inches long by 3.5cm wide.
Tapered the edges along the length of the MDF with box cutters. 


Craft Wooden Sticks purchase from craft shop.
Used my hand motor(like a Dremel grinder) to roughen up the surface.


Cut into lengths of 2.5 cm.


Drilled holes in the MDF at 4 inches intervals.


Place PVA glue in the holes and positioned the posts.


Added a few rocks.


Primed both the top and underside with Rustoleum black primer.


Quick coat of some green khakis paint.
Painted the post a Beige colour and highlighted with some added Iraqui sand colour.



Thin wire was purchased from a craft store.


Secured 26 gauge wire from the post to form the wire fence.
No need to make the wire too tight.
 At this stage I was going to start painting the wire but I decided to add more rocks and tree stumps as the images shown below. 


I decided to add more stones and pieces of wood to add a bit more interest.


Painted the stones Desert Yellow and highlighted with later with a bit of Iraqui Sand.
Calvary Brown was used to add a rust effect on the wire.


The last stage is to flock the bases.




Cheers John

19 comments:

  1. Creative, realistic and splendid...what's more to ask?

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  2. Tremendous looking table! Thank you for the guide.

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  3. Great looking table John and another excellent tutorial.

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  4. Simple and extremely effective. I like the photo with the Germans in the field, turn it B&W and it could be a contemporary still.

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  5. It strikes me that it might be slightly easier to completely finish the bases before adding the wire? That way the wire isn't in the way when drybrushing, etc.

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    1. Thanks for the advice Andy, I made a note of it on the blog.
      cheers John.

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  6. Stunning table and lovely fences.
    Cheers
    Matt

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  7. Simple technique, splendid results. Thanks for sharing and motivating.

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  8. Exceedingly cool Mr Bond.
    Wire fences do not appear as often on the table as they do in real life, and can have a significant disruptive effect on tactical movement.
    I have constructed a couple of dozen sections of farm fencing using a similar method, except that I used doubled up craft sticks for the bases and glued cotton thread for the fence wire.
    Since I mostly play with 1/72 midgets the thinner wire made sense.
    One feature for an extra touch of realism would be to add some clumps of longer grass along the fenceline, especially at the base of the posts.

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    1. Thank you corvusboreus for your comments
      cheers John

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