Terrain Talk

 At Joy of Six two years ago, I picked up a set of 3D printed civilian cars. Included in the set was a pair of New York taxis. As I mostly play Cold War Western Europe I couldn't see much use for these so decided to create an American style roadside diner and put a taxi on its roof. I wasn't sure how to make a diner so started researching on Google Images. It turned out though that the easiest way to make such a building was to mention it to m'colleague Neil and he just made it for me:

Neil made the building so all I had to do was base it up and add a painted taxi. The other NY taxi I painted up as a West German police car, which can be seen parked up in the photo above.

Another idea that I have been bouncing around for a while is a used car sales lot. As I now have a few cars from various sources I finally gave it a go:

The portacabin office is from Timecast, the big shed from Leven (I think), with skip and barrels from Perfect Six. The sign says "Used Car Sales" in German and was printed on paper before gluing in place. I'm pretty pleased with this one.

Another idea I had was for a small municipal park:

The central fountain is from Leven, the paving is embossed plasticard and the fencing is N-guage railway stuff, a top tip from Richard Phillips. Since this photo I've added some shrubbery around the fences using larger, darker flock. The park is 10cm square and the intention is to place this in between other buildings and built up areas to create some urban greenery.

The next big thing on the wargames calendar is Joy of Six on 14 July. The Cold War Commanders will be staging a game set in our 1948 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. There are some big ideas for the game so it should look good.