{"id":25200,"date":"2022-02-10T14:58:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25200"},"modified":"2024-06-25T15:30:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T14:30:26","slug":"sitrep-trees-glorious-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/02\/10\/sitrep-trees-glorious-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"SITREP &#8211; TREES! Glorious Trees!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20220210_133852776.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20220210_133852776.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20220210_133852776-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One downside of not really going to wargames clubs anymore is that I can no longer rely on their vast collections of terrain. I&#8217;ve slowly been building up my own stockpile of things in addition to the literal pile of buildings I have, adding some lichen, scatter and trees to the boxes to add to the game. Today I just received a set of cypress trees and some more conifers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These trees are from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.co.uk\/usr\/ronny8664?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2559\"> Ronny8664 on eBay<\/a> and I really recommend them. They are nice and dense with the flock on them and structurally solid, so little fear of them covering your desk in green pieces after each game. These bases are nicely sculpted as well &#8211; I think I&#8217;m going to add some of the flock I use for my figures to them just to help them blend in but honestly they would work how they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The real question is&#8230; do I need more?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One downside of not really going to wargames clubs anymore is that I can no longer rely on their vast collections of terrain. I&#8217;ve slowly been building up my own stockpile of things in addition to the literal pile of buildings I have, adding some lichen, scatter and trees to the boxes to add to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":25201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1093,1069,903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-sitrep","category-wargaming"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Michael Charge","author_link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/author\/chargedog\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20220210_133852776.jpg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20220210_133852776.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/features\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/sitrep\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SITREP<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/wargaming\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Features<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SITREP<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wargaming<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 10\/02\/2022","modified":"Updated on 25\/06\/2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 10\/02\/2022 2:58 pm","modified":"Updated on 25\/06\/2024 3:30 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-6ys","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15416,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/11\/28\/sitrep-misc-hobby\/","url_meta":{"origin":25200,"position":0},"title":"SITREP &#8211; Misc Hobby","author":"Michael Charge","date":"28\/11\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"One thing I noticed while doing these models is that I really need to up my bases game. 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A friend of mine, Bill, is the editor for Airsoft Action and a keen wargamer. 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