Tall Hedges for Wargaming

In our recent Caesar's Camp campaign, I realised that my terrain collection was deficient in Hedges that blocked line of sight. I have a large collection of hedges which are about 15mm in height but with 20mm figures it is hard to give the impression that soldiers behind these smaller, cultivated hedges cannot be seen. 

In CoC there are 3 types of linear obstacles; minor, medium and major. Minor obstacle are decorative hedges, low fences and garden wall to name a few. These are defined as being waist high, and are easily crossed with 2d6, dropping the lower dice. These obstacles do not block line of sight. Medium obstacles are defined by being chest height and again can be characterised as farm hedges, stone walls and higher fences. They are again crossed with 2d6 but the higher dice is dropped in this case. It would seem that in some cases these medium obstacles can or cannot block line of sight, this is usually defined by the scenario or the campaign, and in the case of sight blocking terrain the figures would have to be within 2" of the obstacle. Finally we have Major obstacles, usually being defined as dense hedgerows or actual bocage. There is some flexibility here, but generally one would suppose that they are taller than the figures and block line of sight unless the figures are immediately adjacent to the obstacle. I would think that bocage is higher than dense hedgerows, but this distinction is unimportant in respect to the CoC mechanics of movement, I have wasted too much time reading notes on how these terrain features should look on the gaming table!

Anyway, for the Caesar's Camp we needed Dense Hedges, which were defined as a major obstacle for movement. I looked around on the internet, and I like how Travis did his hedges on TableTopCP, so I went with that plan as described below in a series of photos. 

The ingredients, reindeer moss of various colours and 3D printed bases

Aleenes Tacky Glue

Push the Reindeer Moss in Place

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Wtered down Modge Lodge 6:1

The messy Bit

It is difficult to dilute the Modge Podge

9 Feet of Hedges, it takes 3-4 days to dry well

Finished Hedges in Play