Malifaux from the Ground, up!
13 Oct 23: Laying out the Grounds
Time to plot out the details. Using the Cork, twine and modelling grass, I started to plan out where each piece was going to go.
Initially, I was only going to use cork and twine. I didn’t pick up the grass until later.
Originally, I had thought to have all the corners "tiled" with cork.My first ideas
- cover each corner in 1″ square cork tiles
- 1″ x 1/2″ cork tiles along the lines marking the 8″-9″ boundary
- small cork “bricks” along 12″ arc
- twine for the Wedge markings
After mathing out how much cork I’d need and how much I had available, combined with how much more cutting of cork I would need to do… yeah I decided it was too much.
At some point in this process, I’d seen the hobby grass at the local dollar store, so I went and grabbed two rolls.
Only the finest turf rolled out for the good people of Malifaux
Above you can see the terrain elements coming together. The border tiles will now be 1″ sq. tiles. The grass mat is cut into quadrants. I ended up needing a third, from the three I could get enough grass to cover the four corners.
I went and marked the lines for the Wedge to pass through and had the twine pre-cut to a couple of centimeters over the correct length. I also laid out some thin off-cuts of cork as “bricks along the lines that will mark the boundaries of the Flank Deployment zones.
Layout plan in place. Still waiting for that third sheet of grass. 
All ready. Not entirely happy how I had to cobble some of the grass together to make good arcs. It'll do for this prototype though. Now, to get MESSY!
Leave a Reply