DIY Rivers for 15mm Miniature Wargaming
I ran my first game at Historicon 2024. It was the Battle of Montgomery waged during the English Civil War. I used 15mm Steel Fist figures for the cavalry, command, forlorn hope, and dismounted dragoon figures. I selected Warlord plastic 15mm for the pike and shotte. Freshly painted river... next step silicone As the day came closer I started work on the terrain. I followed this tutorial and came up with excellent results. However, they were a bit oversized. The rubber base made the rivers and roads too tall. I think his materials would be better for 28mm games. With that in mind I cast about for a way to scale things down. The first thing to swap out was the substrate... and I found just the thing: 1mm cork sheets with adhesive backing from Amazon! How I did it Pull off backing from the cork sheet and coat the sticky side with Aleene's Tacky Glue Original 1:1 water; let dry Cut river shapes with 1.75" ends Squeeze a bead of Aleene's onto the riverbanks, then add a quic
