Tutorial: DIY Trench Crusade Dangerous Terrain

Tutorial: DIY Trench Crusade Dangerous Terrain

One of the key aspects of the Trench Crusade gameplay is taking risks in order to get an edge over the enemy force. Today I will show you an easy way to make your own sections of Dangerous Terrain – a handy feature that can be added to your trenchy gaming boards. Furthermore, below you will find a set of home-brewed rules to spice things up for both you and your opponent!

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Some notes:

• This tutorial is pretty basic, aimed at beginner hobbyists rather than advanced modelers.
• Please note pictures present closeups under strong light that might result in a feel of clumsy, messy job.
• As usual, please take note that what works for me might not necessarily work for you.

Useful items:

• Wooded sticks
• Plasticard (or appropriate substitutes)
• Mixed sand and debris
• PVA glue
• Cyanoacrylate Glue
• Cutters, Hobby Knife etc.
• In-scale Barbed Wire
• Extra Detail (3D printed or appropriate substitutes)

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Core Features:

I cut a 3mm thick plasticard into strips of approximately 4×1″ to create bases for the scenery. There’s no requirement to use plasticard for this – personally I like how simple it is to work with this particular material. Next I applied fast drying PVA glue in the middle of each strip and glued a few cut and/or snapped wooden sticks on top trying to create a ravaged, war-thorn pattern. Finally I applied Cyanoacrylate glue on top of PVA glue and added a few 3D printed mines.

TIP: If you don’t have access to a 3D printer, you can use small size buttons or even small coins.

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Texture and Volume:

I then applied Cyanoacrylate glue on top and around the core shape made of PVA glue and all the extras. Next I covered everything in K&K Hobby Village Debris, which is a nice mix of fine sand and gravel.

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Base Finish:

The next step was to use a hobby knife to cut off any excess plasticard from around the hardened texture, so that the scenery looked more irregular.

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Barbed Wire:

I rolled K&K Hobby Barbed Wire around the back of an old brush to shape it, then glued it on top of every scenery piece, mounted in a zigzag pattern between each wooden stick.

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Afterwards I’ve painted each piece the same way as the rest of the Silesian Trenchline – Trench Crusade Scenery Set. You can read about the process in Basing: Trench Bases step-by-step tutorial. The end result:

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RULES:

In order to spice things up in a (hopefully) balanced way I have created this set of rules that you are free to use in your games of Trench Crusade.

After determining who has the Initiative, but before setting up the first model, players set up two 4x1x0,4″ sections of Dangerous Terrain. Starting with the player who has the Initiative, both players alternate setting up one section anywhere on the Battlefield but not inside the enemy Deployment Zone and more than 3″ from any Objectives, until both players set up two Sections of Dangerous Terrain this way. Players then proceed with setting up their models as per scenario describtion.

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