MODELING WORKSHOP

One Way to Build War Machine Entrenchment

To make the most of the Forward Entrenchment scenario on the previous pages and to help you expand your terrain collection, we present a step-by step method for building your own war machine entrenchrne

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Once the wood glue dries, shape the foam with a sharp hobby knife. Remember, it is important to be extremely careful when using any sharp hobby tool!

Step One
Cut, shape, and smooth a piece of hardwood for the base. Drive nails of varying lengths (between 1 and 2 long) into the hardboard in a semi-circle. Make sure you giv yqurself enough room to place your war machine on the base.

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Step Five
Use white glue and a mix of sand and gravel to texture the base. Wedge larger pieces of gravel into the gaps between the foam and the wickerwork fence. Add final details like the bundle of nails to represent additional stakes and a loose coil of florists wire to represent a coil of wicker.

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wire (we used 24-gauge florist wire) to weave back and forth through the nails in a basket weave pattern to simulate the use of wicker to form the wall against which the mound of dirt will rest.

Step Six
Paint your entrenchment. We chose colors that match our gaming tables here in the office and added static flock in the appropriate areas. Avoid placing too much flock on the earthen mound, where the soil and sod would be churned up from the recent excavation.

Step Three
Cut a piece of 1 thick insulation foam to fit the hardboard. Glue the foam to the base.

With their forward entrenchment linally complete, this Volley Gun crew can get to their grisly work.

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