Hex Terrain Boards - Part 3

After years of trying various tabletop terrain options, I finally think I've landed on the best blend of flexibility and looks.
The setup uses EVA foam mats as the base for forming hills and rivers, with a printed fleece cloth laid over the top.

The rivers are cut out of simple clear plastic and laid on top of the cloth in the indent formed by the foam base.
Trees have pins in the base so they stick through the cloth and into the foam base.
The foam is cut into standard 48 cm x 40 cm modules. There are also half-size and quarter-size modules.
River modules use the quarter-size (24 cm x 20 cm) module with the foam routed out to a depth of 5 mm to form the river sections.
Hills are pinned into place on top of the base modules.
Because I use a hex grid, the modules are aligned to a 6 cm hex grid. This matches the hex grid on the terrain cloth so that when the cloth is laid over the base modules the hexes align.

Wargame Table

The wargame table comprises a 2 m x 1.4 m light timber frame with coreflute placed on top. The table is in two halves which can easily be screwed together and is very light. I've attached some folding legs to each half. It stores easily as well.

Base Modules

The base modules are cut from EVA foam mats. I've put a hex grid on each module so that hills can be easily aligned with the grid prior to the terrain cloth being placed over the top.
The river modules are quarter-size to allow more flexibility in placing rivers.
The hills are pinned down and small foam spacers lock the setup in place so it doesn't move.
I reckon I can make nearly any layout using this approach. The foam mats are cheap and I've made a lot of hill sections.


Rivers

The river modules were made by using a hand router to a depth of half the foam thickness, i.e. 5 mm.Each river module also has an associated river piece made from clear, thin plastic painted on the bottom an appropriate blue and gloss medium dappled on the top to give a water effect.
At this stage, I then connect all the river pieces together with a small piece of masking tape underneath each join and remove them from the base. The dappled surface means that the joins are barely visible.


Terrain Cloth
The printed fleece terrain cloth is then placed over the base (with the river pieces removed). The subtle hex grid is aligned with the base hex grid at each corner of the table.
There is a perfect amount of stretch in the fleece, so that it easily stretches over the hills and into the rivers while maintaining alignment with the grid.
You can just see the difference in levels in the pic above.


Rivers Again
The river pieces are then placed into the indents formed by the base river modules to give the river its banks.
In the final setup, I have a lot of Noch foilage stuck to clear plastic wrap which is placed along the banks.

I used the new terrain for the Battle of Friedland.

Battle of Friedland Scenario
Battle of Friedland AAR