Well I finally got the time to make some cornfields this year. I had the materials for around 5 years now but never seem to get the time but as the reforestation project is mostly complete and the irrigation project is halfway done I decided to try my hand at the ever elusive corn project. I used the cornfields that JT hobbies make and tried to make some couple years back which looked good but the wear and tear of the common gamer soon trampled them down ruining the crop.
I decided to use FOW plastic bases of which I have like 1000 instead of the roof shingles I used on the 1st crop which are durable bit I wanted more uniformity in base size. I chose med infantry base and small infantry base which is half the size of the medium base. I made enough for 40 bases of corn with 8 stalks a base for medium bases and 4 stalks a base for the small bases. I used wire pine which many people use which is cheap and durable so the common gamer will have to put in extra effort to destroy. The use of these plastic bases makes light and easy to set up field without having to worry about bases crushing other bases when traveling or in storage. I cut the wire pine into 1 1/8th inch pieces and allowed for some shorter pieces(not all plants grow equally) I then drilled holes in the bases using my trust dremel tool. I eyed the hole alignment and purposely left variations in the rows to reflect inaccuracies' from the farmer hand planting his fields in the days before automated machinery. I glued the stalks using epoxy glue which is a better bond than Zap and more workable. after drying I flocked the tops with some fall flocking left over from the reforestation project once the glue dried I dry brushed pale straw on the tops and then dry brushed titanium yellow as a highlight.
Here's some pics enjoy
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