"To the moon, Alice. To the moon!"

        If you are old enough to recognize that quote I hope your arthritis is doing better than mine. A friend, Zhodani Commando, called recently asking if he could get me to handle a rush-job terrain feature. He is planning on running a campaign game at Pro or Con on the 27th of September. Normally I prefer more than two weeks notice but the job seemed simple enough; he needed a bit of moonscape, steep hills to block line of sight and provide safe areas to maneuver. I agreed and drew up some sketches of the hills that would meet his needs (see below), he gave it the "thumbs-up" and I was off to the workshop.

 

I try to make terrain in a way that allows it to be used in more way than one

 

quatering the hill allows for two hills at the edge of the table 

or one larger one on the playing surface 

 

Then I awoke my buddy Proxxie from his slumbers and set him to work carving blue-board

 

the hardest part was making it so the ends all matched up

I generally don't take measurements or use templates, just the MK I Eyeball

 

after a bit of sanding I got things sorted out

then a heavy coat of matte black housepaint

followed by ever lighter drybrushing with gray

 

       Hardly a massive effort but it felt good to get out the foam cutter and work on something larger than 28mm minis.