Thanks to Bob Cordery of the Wargame Miscellany blog, I heard about a useful product being sold in Flying Tiger, Copenhagen. It's called Decorative Moss and sells for £4 for a piece 25 x 35cm. As luck would have it my wife was going to be passing the local branch last Friday so she was given a requisition to procure a piece.
When I saw it in the flesh I immediately thought "foliage".
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| As you can see it's a few mm high (these are 6mm figures on a 2 or 3mm thick mdf base. Maybe cut into strips it and stuck on a base it could be an orchard. |
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| Here it is placed over a CD case - I'm thinking some sort of 'contraption underneath could raise it to the height of trees for a wood. Maybe the piece of 'moss' could be removed to place troops in the wood. |
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| Next to a 3mm scale fortress model. For this scale it could perform service on its own (cut into irregular shapes). |
It could do service as crops (cabbage/lettuce?) for larger scales. Or even moss roofs for Dark Age Early Medieval (or '45 Rising period) houses.
Looks great. I don't usially volunteer a visit to IKEA, but mught have to now?
ReplyDeleteIKEA? Not sure if they have it there. It’s another Skandi shop Ray.😁
DeleteChris
Oh, gawd knows where I got Ikea from then????
DeleteI think it was remarked Bob will cause stocks to run out....
ReplyDeleteYour "contraption" has already been used; a ring of painted cardboard or matchsticks or coctailsticks with a "lid" covered in lichen / chopped foam flock or similar.
For larger scales it would make a good marsh or bog....
Neil
Yes, it was something like that I had in mind Neil.
DeleteIt’ll be funny in Flying Tiger when in amongst the young female crafters and knickknack buyers there’s a bunch of old blokes.
Chris
All buying the same thing.....☺
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A very useful find!
ReplyDeleteIt’s worth popping in that store every now and again as occasionally they have useful items. In the past I bought ‘snow’ covered fir tree Christmas decorations and Jenga-style blocks: the latter for holiday wargames when I’m in Spain.
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Excellent purchase Chris.
ReplyDeleteCertainly useful for quick ground cover/foliage.
DeleteChris
Interesting product , could work well as woods for your scale. I’m tempted myself to buy some. I see an old favourite book in the background by Peter Connolly perhaps? Still on my shelves after all these years.
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It is the Connolly book. Leant to me by David-in-Suffolk. Ready to go back to him at the Other Partizan in a couple of weeks.
DeleteChris
Yep that's the book. Ashamed to say I have barely started on 'Lost Battles' which Chris leant me in return!
DeleteCracking tip, Chris! It’s amazing what you can adapt for the tabletop when you look at high-street craft bits with a wargamer's eye.
ReplyDeleteThat texture has so much potential across different scales—from dense crops and thatched roofs right up to 6mm forestry and low scrubland. Using it as a lift-off canopy over a hidden support frame is a proper clever solution. In fact, I'm definitely going to grab a sheet or two myself to give it a trial! Great requisition work by the wife!
All the best, Andy
I’d better send my “stores officer” down to get some more before they sell out.
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Haha, you'd best get her deployed on the double, Chris! Before the rest of the blogging fraternity descend on Flying Tiger and clean them out of stock!
DeleteLooking forward to seeing how your tree canopy project turns out on the workbench.
I'll have to try and make a visit before they sell out.
ReplyDeleteGet yourself down there Richard!
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Pot toppers, look in seasonal plastic plants section in a hobby lobby or Joann fabric or Dollar Store in the US. Great looking bog in 28mm games. They would be use full in 6mm games as well.
ReplyDeleteGood tips for sources. Probably cheaper than the store I used, not that there’s a huge amount to save.
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This product, or something very similar, is available on Temu too
ReplyDeleteNo doubt a damn sight cheaper on Temu too. Handier for you too as I assume our Danish retailer hasn’t made it to NZ yet.
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Could make a very colourful merkin. Don’t google it.
ReplyDeleteYou must know some strange women. 😮You naughty little minkey!
DeleteBloody hell Mark. I should have worked it out: idol curiosity got the better of me 🙁 I am pleased that you are raising it to the height of a wood Chris!
DeleteNow you're doing it!
DeleteGood find, I will look for some of that too.. I think Richard of Posties Rejects made 6mm forests in a similar way (foliage mat on supports) at Broadside a couple of years ago, it worked well!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like the sort of thing I had in mind.
DeleteA nice find there Chris and i might see if I can find something around here to see it in the flesh as it were.
ReplyDeleteThere's 2 stores in the Bristol area and 1 in Bath Steve.
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