Turnip28 Terrain 1

 I have not had much time to work on any more troops for my Turnip 28 force but enough time for some terrain pieces and the game board.

Putting game boards together I try to make them as generic as possible so I can use them with other games and scales as well as making them as portable/storable as I can.

I have found using EVA foam mats ticks a lot of those boxes as well as being a cheap option

Test board to get the mud texture

Mud ingredients. The Flexible filler adds more texture and adhesion to the board than PVA and the flexible element stops the base cracking off. Filler and paint were mixed with garden soil. The soil I took from an embankment which tends to have more roots.

After the success of the test, I used one tile to build an earthwork and wood fortification.

First two boards with Mud layer added

Adding detail to the first set of tiles. The tiles are 10mm thick so deep enough for some digging out but the larger ones have been cut out and a Plasticard sheet added underneath. The pink test tile was cut up and shaped to add some mounds

I have added several trench points that can be used as part of the main defense or abandoned features

To fill the battlefield I used original Napoleonic inspiration...

Mantlet assembled using  Coffee Stirrers. Wheels are MDF and card for the Iron rims.

Completed Mantlets with colours and heraldry of the Rocket Brigade

There is room for two soldiers behind each mantletChevel de Frise. Anti-cavalry defense,  sort of medieval barbed wire. (one done and more planned) 

Gabions (made by Renedra ) Cheval de Frise and bound log piles made from twigs and thread

Defensive set up

Completed the two small wagons for the Artillery train. These will be used for transporting rockets and other supplies. The front set of wheels are magnetized so they can be removed and the wagons turned on their sides as barricades 

Artillery train so far, only the final guard wagon to add.

The original Coongreve Rockets could be launched from tripod launch rails or wheeled versions like aboveRocket Artillery launchers