I've been off the boards for several years for a few reasons: most importantly, life happens. Secondly though, the Heroscape terrain I worked on for so long (
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=7543.0) ended up not being as long-term-effective as I had hoped.
Unfortunately, while I tried to keep the PVA glue / water to the surface, invariably it got to the sides. This made interlocking the tiles together very difficult, and it never got any easier - to the point where I would spend an entire evening working on a board that was only 20 X 30 hexes. Prior to that I was able to set up a 24 square foot game board in less time. Disassembling it was even more difficult.
The plastic also got brittle over time, and I found I was breaking tiles while trying to disassemble a terrain.
All that gets demoralizing after a bit. So with life happening and a loss of lots of invested time (and $) I took some time away. But that did not mean I wasn't actively looking for a hex-based alternative.
I think I have an answer, and I have to give this site credit for inspiring me: specifically 'Terrain Boards' parts 1-3
http://6mm.wargaming.info/page3.shtmlSomeone here linked it, and it got the mental ball rolling. Then it was simply time to begin working out the 'how's before finally beginning to rebuild my terrain.
I'm going to call this thread the 'Hub' as it will be the thread with the general ideas for building with this medium. I will create more threads with specific elements and link them back here so each can be accessed on its own or (as time passes and threads spread out across several pages) from this thread.
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Palm trees:
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I started with 12" X 12" tiles. The 6-mm site author used 24" X 24", and while fewer tiles makes for quicker setup, it also reduced the ability to vary terrain as much. In order to keep the hexes as close to Heroscape size as I could (I still like the amount of room they occupy), I worked out how many hexes would fit on a 12" X 12" tile. The hexes were not perfect hexagons, but tenths of a millimeter here or there would not be an issue.