The first thing I should note here is that before you walk down the road to the art shop to buy some terrain materials … make sure the bloody shop is open. I walked down on 1 May 2011 and that is, of course, the May Day holiday in Singapore. The art shop is open seven days a week and only closed on public holidays. It did not matter that the day was Sunday – it was the public holiday.
I am wondering whether to try again on the 2nd or wait a few days.
Anyway, the bill of materials – not counting the armies. I need to get a game board, something to make some hills with, something to make a waterway with as well as provide for rivers, roads, woods, marshes, rough areas and maybe dunes.
| Game Hardware Needed | Item to Purchase | Comments |
| Game Board | Pre-stretched canvas | Buy 2 to allow for big battle games later |
| Game Board Colour | Mid green acrylic paint | Cheapish green paint for the surface – possibly also a lighter colour for highlighting |
| Hills | Styrene Sheet | Will add something to the third dimension |
| Styrene Cutter | ||
| Woods | Small Trees | As I recall, the art store had some small trees that can be used to populate a woods – failing that, order mail order from China |
| Balsa | Balsa sheet needed to provide a base for the trees to stand | |
| Green Felt | This will be used to outline the ground area of the woods | |
| Waterway | Cardboard or similar | As the waterway is a large area feature, something flat will be needed to model it |
| Blue acrylic paint | For painting the waterway – some highlight colour as well as shore colour will be needed | |
| River | Blue Felt | Blue felt to cut in strips to make river sections |
| Marsh | Blue Felt | The same blue felt can also be used to mark the ground area of marshes |
| Road | Brown Felt | Brown felt to be cut in strips to make roads |
| Lichen | Some lichen as well to add some texture to the marsh |
OK – that is the shopping list for the game board hardware. The next instalment will cover the armies selected.
Thomo's Hole 
I can report – the shop was open on the Monday, which was the day off for the public holiday falling on the Sunday.
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