I was at my FLGS for a game and saw a new set of terrain on their new release display. It was a set of rivers and lakes from GF9 in their Hextech line of terrain. This is designed for use with 6mm figures (Battletech I think). it seemed interesting to fill in a gap I have for small scale streams, so I figured I would pick it up.
The price was a little high at $40, but I figured if I got enough to fill out a table, it would be worth it. Once I got home, I opened up the box and removed all the bubble wrap. They are made of the usual semi flexible Battlefront black resin. Each section has a zig zag end to better link the sections on the tabletop.
The width was just what I was looking for. The lengths were a bit shorter than I had hoped. You get four sections of each river design and two of each of the lakes and Y sections. The long sections are six inches and the short ones are three. It is more than fine for a small table, but I would probably need a second for a larger table. I will probably use them in conjunction with the other GF9 FOW sets, so will just stick with the one.
When I saw the box, I know I would do some pimping up to match my other repainted GF9 sets. This would match them up and get rid of the toxic bright blue water!
The banks were done reasonably well, so I just hit these with a single drybrush of light sand to lighten them up. Next I painted all the water with some Vallejo Olive Drab and hit them with a green armor wash.
Once the wash had dried, I figured I could skip the spay varnish, as these were already quite projected. So, I just hit all the water with gloss coat to make it shiny. I then pulled out the white glue and attached some Scenic Express mixed turf flock to the banks and let that dry.
With that, I have the hole set done, with only a couple of hours of work. The short lengths might be a bit of a problem to get to stay in place on the table. Overall, not a bad set for generic small scale game. I may go back and attach felt to the bottom at some point. However, I will test them out in a game first, before committing to that amount of additional time.
- Mantueffel