3d ground targets
Was anyone else deeply disappointed with the ground object cards in the game? After all, if we're going to the trouble of putting 3 dimensional aircraft on the table, poorly detailed cards detract from the visual aspect of the game considerably.
The challenge is to produce something 3 dimensional that will not interfere with game play, so I came up with the idea of using 6mm terrain (normally sold for micro armor battles) on a foam rubber base cut to the same size as the official WoW cards.
Now 6mm resin buildings are quite expensive and not available locally so my wife suggested Monopoly houses would work just as well for the basic shapes, and these can be picked up for pennies at a yard sale or thrift store. They can also be cut and painted to make realistic bombed out ruins,
The ruined buildings at the back of the photo are resin while those at the front, on the base, are Monopoly Junior house, cut and painted
Also the trench cards are pretty vague and don't look much like the Western Front, so I made foam markers for these too. The barbed wire is a spring from an old ball point pen.
Then the AA machine gun posts needed revamping in order to be taken seriously. Again the foam rubber base was cut to the same size as a WoW card and a 6mm MG and crew from Heroics & Ros glued on. The sandbags are made from tiny beads.
I also bought some field guns to serve as ground targets too.
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Originally Posted by Linz
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