Bayou Terrain?

[Pyrodude32]

Does anybody know if Terraclips will issue a Bayou based terrain set? Personally, I think it would be an awesome board to use for my gremlins (if I can ever get them all painted)

[Omenbringer]

I dont think so. A bayou set would be very difficult to pull off right (because of the complex irregular shapes).

If you are looking for an easy bayou board set up I can offer some suggestions for constructing a fairly cheap and easy one (that will look really good to).

[Mirarii]

If you are looking for an easy bayou board set up I can offer some suggestions for constructing a fairly cheap and easy one (that will look really good to).

Go ahead if you please. I'm kinda interested in learning how to make water anyway.

Edit: I suck with chemistry, so I probably won't really understand any jokes pertaining to Hydrogen and Oxygen.

[Pyrodude32]

If they used their traditional style of squares - then yes it would be hard to make, but a couple of tapered cuts and a few clips you could flex the square into a round object. It all depends on how ambitious, or what kind of design Terraclips chose to go with.

I'm not denying that it would be hard to make - if it was easy to produce then everyone would make their own terrain and companies like Terraclips wouldn't sell any product. Terraclips has made a lot of terrain set up incredibly easy, and the fact that its modular in every sense of the word is a huge boon and an impressive feat.

[Omenbringer]

Go ahead if you please. I'm kinda interested in learning how to make water anyway.

Edit: I suck with chemistry, so I probably won't really understand any jokes pertaining to Hydrogen and Oxygen.
You'll need some cheap floor tiles (I prefer the 18" by 18" ones), a few sheets of dried moss (available from the Arts and crafts stores, it will have a mesh backing) a sheet or two of foamcore (also available in the arts and crafts store), prodigious ammounts of wood glue, playground sand and of course a water effect product.

Cut the foam core into various island shapes and glue to floor tiles (Another option is to instead keep the sheets whole and cut the water features into them creating pools and reducing the ammount of work daming later). Once dry, paint on a heavy layer of glue, then spread the playground sand. Once dried prime black then glue on the sheets of dried moss (cut them out to either cover the islands or remove the pools of water) you may want to use some dress pins to help hold down the sheets of moss. Once this has dried spray on a few layers of watered down glue (Woodland scenics makes a product that is much better for this) then a few layers of matte sealer (recommend Krylon as it's good, cheap, and easy to find). Dry brush the water features then add your water effect product (For swamps I really like the Wood Land scenics EZ Water product, though you will need to be careful as it is a hit product). Add living/ dead trees and some clump foilage stands and voila instant bayou.

For extra snazziness (totally a word by the way) you can either paint on some magnetic paint right after the playground sound but before priming or add a few steel washers under the sheets of moss (this will allow you to remove the trees and foilage stands when stroing the board (provided of course that you add a few rare earth magnets to the tree/foilage bases).

Total cost will be in the $30.00 to $45.00 range.


If they used their traditional style of squares - then yes it would be hard to make, but a couple of tapered cuts and a few clips you could flex the square into a round object. It all depends on how ambitious, or what kind of design Terraclips chose to go with.

Introducing different shapes introduces a lot of problems with the products modularity. Not saying it cant be done but it will definately require adapter sets to accomodate layouts (esepecially true if linking to the current sets).

[Mirarii]

For extra snazziness (totally a word by the way)

I'm totally an English Major- therefore I totally approve!

Thanks Omen, I don't play any bayou type masters, but I am definitely bookmarking this since bayou boards are just bad ass.

[Rage]

Hey Omenbringer, from your instructions I'll assume you've made this terrain before ;) Do you happen to have any pictures?

[Pierowmaniac]

Um I don't think the Bayou is suitable for terraclips. for city scapes etc where you expect lots of sharp angles and flat surfaces then terraclips is brilliant - started putting my street and sewer set together last night :) -
But for a place that is suppose to be very organic? I can't see myself wanting to use cardboard terrain. I would much rather just use the traditional/typical wargaming terrain, and just load up on plenty of tree models.

Having a couple of swamp shack building kits on the other hand ;)
they would be a good idea.

[Omenbringer]

Hey Omenbringer, from your instructions I'll assume you've made this terrain before ;) Do you happen to have any pictures?
I have but unfortunately didn't take pictures of the last one, I was planning on building another one soon. I'll post up a proper tutorial in the next 2 or 3 weeks (just have to get thru my next major Henchman event).

Having a couple of swamp shack building kits on the other hand ;)
they would be a good idea.

I could suggest a few Model train kits that would be suitable (I have been looking at them for more than a year now).

[Hardlec]

White glue can be colored with watercolor or tempra paint. It dries fairly clear and makes a decent water feature. A few bits of moss "floating" in it makes it a bit more realistic. Remember inland water is only blue in swimming pools or on maps. Muddy brown or scummy green are natural.A set of shacks and shanties with some exterior terrain features (fences, maybe trees) would be nice.The late "Geohex" used some deformed hexes to make tiles. M C Esher could tile the plane with demons and angels. I'm sure irregular tiles can be created, but it will mean literally thinking out of the box

[Omenbringer]

I dont doubt it can be done, what I do doubt is the ability for these complex organic shapes to maintain easy intergration with the current sets.

[skyhawk]

I'm a plumber and im in and out of all kinds of jobs. From basic repairs to total remodling of bathrooms and stuff. So i find all kinds of cool scrap parts, metal, used chunks of wood and pipe. Im working on building terrain with it. So my suggestion is check out some hardware stores whith the hobby shops, rumahe through some dumpsters or scrap piles...its amazing what you can find

Because one mans trash truly is another mas treasure