6mm Napoleonic (& others) Terrain
Balsa Buildigs
So, the basis of this terrain build is that the actual houses will be constructed out of balsa wood (as that’s what I have available) in a variety of shapes and sizes.
In essence this means that the different sized balsa – between 1 and 2 cm in width/length – will be used as the main building structure with added roof shapes, or occasionally through carving the balsa into the appropriate roof shape.
More complex buildings are put together by gluing different balsa wood pieces together and creating an interesting shape.
The balsa strips have been put together to form “house” shapes. For some buildings I split a balsa strip to create a triangle to be a Roof arrangement, and for other larger balsa strips, I used a craft knife to make the roof shape out of the balsa strip itself.
This results in a variety of building sizes and shapes.
For more complex shapes, eg the Church or Municipal building, I just glued together different thicknesses of balsa and made it up as I went along.
Overall, I was just looking to have a large variety of potential buildings of different sizes and shapes.
The next step will be to start painting the buildings and adding doors/windows etc.
Give me your approach over 3D printing any day. This really reflects the spirit of the hobby, even if the end result is not as good as 3D, it is worth more in my eyes at least.
Thanks. To be honest, I’m not that “techy” anyway, so I’d imagine any 3D printing of mine would be a waste of time, effort, and materials! And I like getting my hands dirty as well! Once I’ve finished making all the basic buildings, I’ll paint them and add doors/windows etc. with paints. At this scale I don’t think they’ll need actual additional features.
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