I was destroying some card board boxes to put into the recycling the other day but then was suddenly struck with a terrain vision in my backyard. As i tore up the reinforced card board i remembered something i read somewhere about making ploughed fields out of corrugated card and thought i would give it a try. You can never have enough rural scenery, and my painted carper tiles get a bit stale.
This is about the easiest terrain build you can hope for. Clean up your corrugated card by removing the top layer of card leaving the furrowed bit. Then glue to an appropriately sized piece of MDF. You can make any size you like. The card is blended to the MDF using some no more gaps/caulk/arylic filler around the edge. I gave the edging a good cover of PVA and sprinkled with sand for texture. I also did some PVA glue and sand sprinkles on the furrows too for effect. A good dark brown spray from the can followed by a couple of lighter brown dry brushes adds some texture to the surface. The usual green flock around the edges plus some in the field for variety. I did have some warping issues with the MDF which i sorted using some heavy weights and also painting the bottom of the terrain.
Together with some hedges below the results are pretty convincing. For almost zero cost this is a great addition for my table. I just need a tractor and some hay bales now.
Colonel Mustard 
nice work, I do like a bit of low (no!) cost terrain. Looks like a 15mm or 20mm tank deployed in the field. How well do you think corrugated card will work for 28mm?
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I think it would be ok for 28mm. Thats a 20mm tank in the picture.
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At the price, I expect it is worth an experiment. Cheers.
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Ha ha yes take a risk. I need to find some finer corrugated card i can use for roofing too.
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Great idea for ploughed fields.
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Only just discovered your site, some nice stuff here for the 20mm gamer thanks
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Thanks Chris glad you like it.
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Hi,
I’ve been making fields like this for a long time. Tearing off one side of corrugated cardboard is really a bitc-, um, tiresome, but I’ve found a solution: I often get packing material with mail-order stuff that is in fact just bunched up corrugated cardboard with out either side–i.e. just the accordion part! Better yet, this has come in different sizes, from rather large, which looks OK with 54mm figures, down to very, very small, which works with 15mm or even smaller figures. I’ve also found the really small stuff, with only 1 side attached, in packages of things like cookies, candy, etc. Not that I would ever eat such things, of course. It has certainly made things a lot easier.
And for variety, I sometimes run white glue down the tops of the “field” and then sprinkle on flocking of one kind or another. The result looks like the plants have just started coming up. With smaller scales, of course, it would look like the crops have really taken off.
Best regards,
A Different Chris
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I agree with Chris. Taking one step out makes this even easier. I love your results and think the field looks very naturalistic. I made some myself in that style and there is no easier or cheaper way to make fields.
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How did you make the hedges?
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you can read my posts on making them – there is a part 2 in there somewhere too
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