Making Cornfields

Making Cornfields is an easy guide to follow on how to make cornfields for 10mm wargaming terrain has been a long time in the planning. However when I finally started the project making cornfields proved very easy indeed. Anyway here’s my guide for making your own fields for 10mm wargaming. 

Making Cornfields

1. The first step is to cut your bases to the desired size either using MDF or hardboard in my case I used hardboard and cut it to 6 inch by 6 inch once you have cut your bases to the desired size you then want to proceed to rasp the edges to give it a smoother appearance.

2. The next phase is to mark out where you want to place the carpet, or doormat.

3. The next step is to texture your base. I have done tutorial on Making Diorama Bases.

4. The next step is to cut your carpet or doormat to the desired shape then glue it is to cut your carpet or doormat to the desired shape then glue it to the base using PVA.

5. The next step is to lightly dry brush with yellow until you get the desired effect.

Tools

• Pencil
• Tape measure
• Wood saw
• Rasp
• Paintbrushes
• Scissors

Materials

• Hardboard
• Polycell Textured Ceilings Course Effect
• Ronseal Diamond Hard Varnish, matt clear
• Noch Summer Meadow Grass
• PVA
• Carpet
• Doormat

Humbrol Colours

• Humbrol No. 110 Natural Wood
• Humbrol No. 103 Cream
• Humbrol No. 24 Trainer Yellow