To pick up where I left off in #129--Okay, Okay so I went to the Geo-Hex web site (www.geohex.com) and looked around. They have some really nice modular terrain pieces-hills, roads, streambeds, flatland, mountains, and new lava fields. All very nice looking and well designed. However, I don’t have the money to cover my table with this stuff. A basic set of Geo-Hex costs nearly $500.00 way more than I want to spend, but we’ll see what happens by the end of this terrain-building saga.

Recently there was a discussion on the Colonialwars group about scenery and transporting it to conventions. I am not too worried about transporting it, just building and storing it. There were two main suggestions about constructing a big terrain piece. One was to build one large hill/mountain in two pieces and have two smaller single piece hills to go with it. This gives you four two-foot squares that will form several different shapes both together and individually. Especially when added together on the table to make peaks and passes.

The other suggestion was to build a four-piece unit that would either make one large mountain, a two-piece mountain for an edge, or each piece separate in a corner for a large pass. I am sure there are other variations on each plan, but you get the idea. Now, which way to go, I think I have abandoned for the moment covering the entire table with terrain. I have sufficient squares cut that I can cover the table and make either, or both of these two ideas above.

I have finally determined that I will make as a test two relatively high hills each on one two-foot square. The hills will each be six inches high, one layered like a topographic map and one with smooth sides.

Yes, I know this is taking a long time to complete, if I had known what I wanted when I started it would be simpler, but I didn’t. If you have the money, Geo-hex may be the way to go. It looks good, they have loads of variety and the product is not stale as they keep making new terrain types. On the other hand an old army blanket with books underneath for hills still works, as does a flat table.

Next issue will see the completion of the two hills with step-by-step instructions for both methods.

I for one a very excited about this, as there are now three manufacturers that produce these figures - Copplestone, Cannon Fodder and Pulp Figures.