The last few WW1 Palestine Campaign units and terrain

The WW1 Palestine Campaign is wrapping up from a painting and scratch-building point of view. This week I finished off a few remaining terrain items and a couple of Turkish units. Next will be to run a campaign and test out the rules with a number of games. 

This first terrain items I want on the tabletop is some cactus. Cactus groves and hedges were a feature of the terrain in Palestine. To make them I used the leave from a plastic plant picked up at a craft store. The  leaves were cut up and stuck on MDF board using a hot-glue gun. 

Cactus groves

Plastic plant found at a craft store.

The plastic leaves are cut up.

The leaves are stuck on bases with a hot-glue gun.

The bases are covered in sand.

When I completed the last group of Turkish cavalry I thought I would also make up a light armoured car for them.

Some Turkish cavalry and armoured car

A closer view of teh light armoured car.

Quite a few of the One-Hour Wargame scenarios have rivers. I plan to use a wadi instead which will be treated as being impassible. To make the wadis I used brown felt which I stippled with a sand colour and toned the sand down with a brown wash.

The Wadis are brown felt stopped with sand coloured paint and a brown wash to tons down the sand colour.

A few rocks are added

A top down wargamer's view of the wadi