How to Make Vietnam Wargaming Terrain

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2 жыл бұрын

In this terrain tutorial, Tom will teach you how to build your own DIY Vietnam tabletop terrain. Many of you asked how we assembled our Mekong River table for the big 15mm game last November. (If you missed that wargame, go watch it!)
The Mekong region of Vietnam is not mountainous jungle. This is a low-lying, wet landscape of rice paddies, berms, canals, and winding rivers. Tom shows you how to make three critical components for this kind of terrain:
(1) Cheap, effective rivers
(2) Water-logged rice paddies
(3) Dense, thick foliage to line your river banks
You can apply these same methods to your own DIY tabletop terrain projects at home!

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@hernandotorres1234 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, I can't be bothered myself faffing about with terrain, but it does add immensely to the game and this tutorial shows the depth of dedication, of the lads, in getting just the right effect.

@corvusboreus2072 Жыл бұрын

Very cool rundown on how you constructed a superb table. Observation regarding palm trees: they often have a skirt of spent fronds around the bottom of the foliage. I find that painting the bottom rung of fronds a dry tan-brown can help bring a plastic palm to life.

@JimHopper 2 жыл бұрын

Just another great project from you guys - well done and thanks for sharing!

@andydrb9673 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for doing this. I enjoyed your battle report and this follow up is great. I've been working on my own terrain for the French Indo-China war and this will help no end, especially with the construction of the paddy fields. Great work guys.

@TheRendar 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial ! Thank you for sharing . Saw this table in person at Historicon . It was awesome! Too a ton of pics. Keep up the great work guys.

@LittleWarsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Matt!

@stevenwynn819 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Just the right level of detail without dragging it out. Thanks!

@LittleWarsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve! We will like keep the tutorials short and sweet. No need to watch for an hour when it can be explained in a few minutes!

@michaelg.1786 Жыл бұрын

Well done. The scenery looks great and the water color spot on.

@richardklug822 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great tutorial, especially the tip about painting and mod-podging marine vinyl to make very convincing river water. I've wanted to make believable terrain for gaming naval actions during the American Civil War but wasn't sure what materials or methods to use until now...painted plywood just didn't work!

@philRminiatures 2 жыл бұрын

A fantastic and creative job on this table...immersive and gorgeous!👍👍😍😍😍

@mt-ti7lt 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work guys, as always

@StormofSteelWargaming 2 жыл бұрын

Terrific video and an excellent tutorial for a brilliant looking table.

@LongShotWargaming 2 жыл бұрын

Great terrain video. The the vinyl tip. Great alternative to expensive and difficult epoxy!

@3tacoman 2 жыл бұрын

Great video , final product looks amazing

@DeltaCo275thMilsim 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!! This is just what I've been waiting on!

@andyshaw5378 2 жыл бұрын

Cracking video and given me loads of ideas. I have a Vietnam project but in 6mm

@joehudgens7330 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this is great! Good stuff as I’m about to do some pacific terrain this year.

@aydincurtis2463 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you could use the same table for a french foreign legion game/Chinese civil war or WW2 in south china

@thunderccr5056 2 жыл бұрын

Those poor Teddy Bears!😢 Great game board guys! Love the videos!!😉

@theofficerfactory2625 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This would eb great for my future "Vietnam in space" game I am currently planning out.

@charlierichardson613 2 жыл бұрын

Those damn columns!

@johnwayneeverett6263 2 жыл бұрын

WOO WEE ONE OF BEST EVER GUYS. THANK YOU.

@colonelkilling2425 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@afetbinttuzani 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Could we get a product link for the grass mat you used?

@prutkowski2788 Сағат бұрын

Very nice, really inspiring (if only one had the 3d space for such a table - sigh! But does anybody know what groovy guitar tune has been added in the latter part of the video? It seems so familiar but I just can't put my finger on it.

@leedsu82 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial Tom et al, but I do not see any materials listed 'in the links below.' Would love to get one for that plush felt.

@bigsarge2085 2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@Blitz9H 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@davidwasilewski 2 жыл бұрын

Really nice job. I’d love to see this in 6mm with GHQ models!

@LittleWarsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Tom has a very nice 6mm Vietnam GHQ collection that we've used in the club before. Seeing tons of 6mm choppers in the air over a table is damn cool!

@davidwasilewski 2 жыл бұрын

@@LittleWarsTV I can almost hear Wagner…. 👍

@BrittWayneSmith 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to find some of the actual boat miniatures.

@mrgunn2726 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video. Do you have an estimate on the cost, this looks like an expensive board? Also, what about storage, you folks make this lovely boards, but where do the go after you are done, not all of us have a sexy club house?

@LittleWarsTV 2 жыл бұрын

This board was definitely one of the more expensive ones. Most of the board work was under $100, but the Woodland Scenics hedgerow pieces we used to line some of the river bank are expensive! I think we spent $300 just on those alone--but they will get a lot of action and repeat use on other tables for all eras of history.

@vorpalbite4745 2 жыл бұрын

I dont have the skill or equipment to do all that, breaks my heart😢

@cyclone8974 2 жыл бұрын

Same but the skill comes with practice.

@robertmills8640 2 жыл бұрын

I like the simpliar terrain tutorials. Don't have the time or space for such game boards for one or two uses, as beautiful as it may be.

@Semper_Iratus 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you store all of these custom table tops?

@LittleWarsTV 2 жыл бұрын

Some at the club (we have a basement storage area) and many are stored at the home of the person who built the boards. Usually we have to throw away an old board or two each year. Making them is half the fun!