Basing an Afghan Village, From Paper to Blue-Board

 

the terrain sketch that Kevin chose

      Having consulted with Kevin as to which layout he preferred I took my sketch to the workshop and began laying out the terrain directly onto the surface of the plywood.

 

the first step was to grid the vase off into one-foot squares

to simplify transferring the sketch to the full-sized base 

  

a quick check to make sure that the sketch

 and the real buildings and my hills are going to work together

 

double-checking against the drawing

 

and finally I commit by drawing the terrain lines in using a Sharpie

 

next was adding the first layer of blue-board 

and making sure it complied with the terrain sketch

 

then the second layer was trimmed and added to the base

 

the building were once again added to the surface

 to ensure that  everything would fit as planned

 

the S-shaped approach to the Big House doorway isn't a canyon,

 it will have a gradually rising pathway leading from gradient to the doorway

 

there seems to be a great deal of vertical dimension,

 perhaps I will have to swap some white board for some of the blue board 

to keep this from becoming a Himalayan terrain piece...

     So much for the easy part, now I have to get down to the nitty-grity.