Trees with a hat on

[martin goddard]

Have you seen such a thing or used it yourself?

It consists of a ring of tree trunks forming a hollow centre.
The "hat" consists of foliage conforming to the wood outline.

The hat can be removed for access.
Figures can be manoeuvred around inside the wood without being interrupted.
It can look very good on 15mm and smaller games that I have seen.


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Yes, I've seen that done too, Martin.

Albeit for 6mm, I think.

Simon

[Sean Clark]

I've done it when I had a sojourn into 6mm.

[Smoking gun]

We made a similar wood at the Grimsby Wargames Society. A suitable sized base was cut from mdf, then twig tree trucks were attached to base, and a canopy was made using chicken wire, rubberised horsehair and dyed saw dust. The horse hair was woven through the chicken wire, sprayed green and the dyed sawdust sprinkled onto pva. The canopy is simply lifted off the wood to enable figures to moved etc.

Best wishes,
Martin, from a village near Grimsby

[martin goddard]

What are your opinions of them?

martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

I'd suggest they're better for 10mm and below?

The trees that we tend to use with 15mm (individual or small groups) for RFCM games work for me.

Simon

[martin goddard]

I agree.
They might make for a  good surprise aspect in quest type fantasy games?

martin

[Sean Clark]

Agree with Simon, 10mm and below is ok. Also, they're a bit of a pain. We found the canopy spent more time off than on, as troops were always moving in and out of woodland.

What we ha e now is perfect with the regulation 3 trees per template 

[Leman (Andy)]

I tried it with little success. For 6mm and 10mm I found gluing clump foliage directly to small bases and placing those on a woodland template much more convenient.

[martin goddard]

Maybe the tree hat could be designed to double as a human hat?
That way you know which player has troops in the wood.


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Truly inspired, Martin.

Another Peter Pig revolutionary innovation?

Simon