Bocage Hedgerows

A hedge is actually just a series of trees that have been planted closely together in a line. Why not take this same approach when modeling a hedge in miniature? The real advantage of doing …

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Grapevines

Grapevines are a useful piece of terrain! Unfortunately, most of the ones that are commercially available are clunky and don’t look like real vines at all. The following tutorial will show you how to easily …

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Making 15mm Wire Obstacles (part three)

  Continue the zigzag pattern down the outside edge all the way to the ends.   Once you have reached the last post then extent the post line further and continue connecting the last of the zigzag lines …

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Making 15mm Wire Obstacles (part two)

  Now that you have decided on a wire entanglement pattern that you want, it’s time to start actually making it. The following is a recommended sequence to use while making the particular pattern that we …

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Making 15mm Wire Obstacles (Part One)

The first step in making some wire obstacles is deciding on what style you want to make. Factors like time period, location, and nation of origin can have a very big influence on what you …

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Camouflage Nets

A real camouflage net is nothing but a net with some rags attached to it. When up close, it can be seen though quite easily; only when it is viewed from a distance does it …

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15mm Trees (part four)

Twisted wire brush trees are another really great tree to add to your collection. Many readymade trees are based on some sort of twisted wire brush design. If you look around there is a very …

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15mm Trees (part three)

Nature repeats patterns over and over again. Does a tree look like flowers, or do flowers look like trees? Why not take advantage of this and make some really easy miniature trees. If you can wait for the …

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15mm Bridge Prototype

This bridge was originally designed to be made in 28mm. Scaling it down to 15mm was very simple since it only required a little bit of adjustment to the basic design. We plan to make …

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15mm Trees (part two)

Now that you have a nice flexible tree armature it’s time to paint and flock it. Flexible trees have several advantages over their more rigid brethren. For starters they are very hard to break, since …

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