Terrain tiles - making progress

The full set-up so far: 3x4' (12 tiles)

In between dabbling with various painting projects, I spent some more time on getting my terrain boards finished, and have now finished most of what I own. This gives me enough to put together a 3x4' board, with four more tiles to complete.

The roads are a mix of sand and Javis earth scatters

They're a mix of plain tiles, road tiles and a few hill tiles. It's not a large board by any means, but there are quite a few different combinations possible, so I will be able to vary the battlefield set up. The remaining four tiles are streams, which will require a bit more work than the others.

The Prussian commanders eye the French on the opposite hill

I got out the 20mm Napoleonics to see how they looked on the boards, and I'm really pleased with the result. It'll look better with some trees and other terrain features added, and I will go back and touch up some of the edges of tiles where the MDF is still showing through.

A few tiles warped slightly, creating a bigger gap when joined together. Nothing that can't be easily fixed or dressed up a bit before play

For the most part, the boards magnetise together very neatly, but there are a few which ended up becoming very slightly warped during the build. This was my own fault, having got a bit carried away with too much glue, paint, filler etc. I've learned that, with a bit of care, the mdf frames should not normally bend along their sides, so I should be able to avoid this in the future.

The tile normally click together very neatly

For the ground cover I used a combination of foam flock, various scatters and a little bit of static grass. It's all sealed with scenic cement, so it shouldn't shed too much.

Pond / lake feature using Woodland Scenics resin

Once I finish the four stream tiles, the plan is to expand the board to cover a 6x4' area, and eventually 8x4'. I love the modularity of the set up, and the fact that it breaks down and stores easily on nearby shelves. For games, I'll be able to use some gridded map paper to plan out the battlefields, which will be a bit of fun in itself. So, at last it feels like I have the beginnings of a gaming board which should serve me well for a long time to come.