Hills

Lets see any mixture of 10-45cm*10-45cm. 1-3 layers each step between 1-2cm. Anything in that range would be useable from a small mound to a big plateau but mostly the middle values would be a “normal” hill that I would use.

Personally I find stepped hills much better for gaming as you can stand the models more comfortably on the hill side. Unless they’re in a movement tray in which case sloped hills are easier (but we still have to build little dice towers to hold up the corners).

Uh kinda 3 types of hill/hillside
Normal, steep and impassable (cliffs).

The height between levels doesn't matter, just kinda judge it on what scale you are aiming towards and if you want a normal or steep hill I guess. I think it looks good if when you rank up the models on each step the top half of the 2nd rank show above the lower rank, but thats just me.

The couple of hills Ive built (1 Polystyrene 1 Wood) have steps about 3/4-1 inch which works well for GW (28mm ish?) size models.

If your making stepped hills then the slope doesn't matter cause it wont actually be used for models if you making a sloped hill then probably an angel of 25-30degrees would be about right. So that about 50% of models you try will stand on the slope. Thats what Ive found with commercial hills (Who would buy a hill?! my impulse buying friend with FAR FAR too much money!) but if you could get a good slope with a better success rate that would be good... theres nothing more terrify than a unit in a movement tray propped up by dice towers.

Ever thought about making movement trays? I think they would be pretty easy but they are basically essential to a lot of games... Im not sure what they sell for tho.

Yeh hills are a problem for retailing, normally the first thing people try to make I would imagine.

GW sell 2 sizes a full tray(infantry) and a half tray(cavalry) both of which are pretty useless.

probably if you provided custom sizes you'd get some demand (bearing in mind the 2 most popular games 40k and LOTR dont use them).

I think avoiding resin for the tray is a very good idea, is it possible to buy 2mm plastic-card. You could then chop out the sizes and glue on the edges. (which wouldn't even need to be resin unless its the easiest/cheapest thing for you)

I think you would do a better trade with the finished trays but you can always test the water with both and see what works.

I personally wouldn't buy an edge as it still leaves too much work for me to do ;D

They are a good idea, but it's not economical for me do magnetic bases. i would suggest anyone who wants to make their own goes the magnet route though. I've also used double sided tape in the past; not the best, and doesn't last for ever, but cheap enough.

I like the idea of the movement tray edges on a plastic or metal sheet. Moulded edges with some kind of texture on them like the bases you do would be pretty cool. Like rocks or erm......stuff. You're the creative one you come up with something hehe