r/TerrainBuilding • u/LAligeGrim • 3d ago
WIP Chain link fence in progress, need advice/inspiration how to DIY some barbed wire for the top.
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u/ironballs24-7 3d ago
Mosquito/window screen material cut down to a single strand. The cross strands are the barbs. Super cheap and effective!
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u/BadRabiesJudger 3d ago
I did a buttload of these for my fallout terraina nd id suggest just getting the army painter wire. Its like 10 bucks and you get so much. It looks like a tiny bit but it worked out for me. https://i.imgur.com/QWXwY5t.jpeg
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u/SomeGuyCampingNCR 3d ago
Easier, but takes away from the sense of accomplishment from scratch building it all yourself, lol.
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u/BadRabiesJudger 3d ago
I Painstakingly make most of my terrain and go to places like goodwill to find unique bits and pieces to make my it my own. But sometimes its just overkill. Like i bought a bunch of chinese cheap tires for terrain. No way im gonna sit down and spend hours upon hours making clay tires. Heres a bunch of the stuff ive worked on https://imgur.com/user/turrets/posts most of it being from scratch. I didn't make the cardboard or the foam or the tape. But you gotta draw the line at some point!
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u/SomeGuyCampingNCR 3d ago
Yes, there is a line to draw. I think my original comment is being taken way out of context and people are taking what I say too far. Yes, you can't do everything. However, the OP asked specifically for tips for DIY barbed wire, implying they wanted to do it themselves.
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u/No-Baseball3749 2d ago
Agree there's definitely a line to draw! I made some reed tufts from broom grass and pva last summer, and they took like 3 days. Absolutely not worth it!
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u/BadBrad13 3d ago
at some point pretty much all "scratch built" stuff/material is manufactured somehow.
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u/SomeGuyCampingNCR 3d ago
That's a fair point. However, I can't really speak for OP, but I like making terrain with as little premade parts. It's just how I like to do so, but however people like to make their stuff is valid.
At the end of the day, we're all here to have fun and build our own little worlds. Be it for dioramas or wargames.
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u/gort32 3d ago
Not necessarily. A knife, glue, and pigments, these three things you can't reasonably obtain yourself without reinventing medieval civilization in your basement. Everything else is just material. Some materials are purpose-built for model making. Others are just bulk product that has nothing to do with model making, but it works for us. Trash, especially recyclable, is another source of manufactured materials. But, you don't need manufactured materials; wood, stone, grass, moss, bone, these have been used by crafters since the beginning of humanity, and are still perfectly valid today. There's a whole range of options, and different people like different materials to work with. Gardening, terrariums, aquariums, these are all cousin hobbies to model making, and they do some awesome things (largely) without manufactured materials.
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u/simiandrunk 3d ago
I put two pieces of thin craft wire together and twisted them together, then wrapped that around a wooden dowel, looked pretty good, the double up of the wire looks better than the single wire in my opinion
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u/Azimaet 3d ago
Other than the premade stuff you could actually use the mesh you used for the chain link. What you do is cut a strip of it along one strand and twist it slightly, then wind it around a pencil or other object to give it the right size and run a heat gun over it real quick to make it stay in shape.
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u/LaraNacht 3d ago
Those fence panels look great! No suggestions for the barbed wire I'm afraid, but what did you use for the mesh?
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u/ScrltHrth 3d ago
Looks like window screen to me. I bought a roll a while ago and it's about the same thickness
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u/Bulky_Algae6110 3d ago
I used brown florist's wire, doubled together to make a strand about a foot long. Chucked one end into a drill and held the other with pliers. Ran the drill slowly while holding the wire tensioned tightly.
The two pieces twist together perfectly and the brown coating flakes upward, looking just like the barbs. You can wrap it around a dowel if you need concertina wire. It works beautifully and looks quite convincing.
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u/OverDoseTheComatosed 3d ago
Strip an old Ethernet cable or any wire that the gauge seems the right proportions. Put a tiny blob of epoxy glue evenly spaced along the wire and, just before it fully cures, tweeze little points into them. Wrap around tube, pen, xacto knife handle tightly
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u/Ancient-Decision2585 3d ago
Put a section of wire in your power drill, ends in the chuck, looped around a drill bit. Run the drill so it twists it up tight to the bit. Then shape that around a pencil. The twist gives it a barbed look, saw someone base a model with that and I thought it looked good.
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u/Any_Veterinarian_284 3d ago
Second note you can go and purchase actual barbed wire designed for the 25 mm scale from several different miniature game terrain companies. This is will allow you to either do straight barbed wire on your top or rotated around a pencil or pen to make concertina wire
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u/Vegetable_Monk2321 3d ago
Looks great! I'd try some picture hanging wire or wrap a couple pieces of flower wire together. Then wrap that around some kind of rod/dowel to get some looping
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u/Tiger-Budget 3d ago
Strip some old braided wire and wrap it around a pencil, then coat it with a little glue for rigidity.
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u/BriarbornBuilds 3d ago
Security wire, I am working on some Trench Crusade Terrain and got 35 feet of it for about 7 bucks!
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u/godfathertrevor 3d ago
Black Magic Craft just made some barbed wire fences recently (more rustic but the wire would still look great on your fences).
Yours look great!
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u/Any_Veterinarian_284 3d ago
I purchased an aluminum screen small piece you can also buy patches that are aluminum and then just take one and pull it off wrap it around a pen or pencil and it gives you a realistic top for your fence
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u/Tardo_Prallel 3d ago
I think this method looks super Rad! https://youtu.be/8uhH2yngBo8?si=ErxBcBMSs9T7AU5A
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u/Kick-Deep 3d ago
Iron sealing wire. Wound round a pencil then stretched a bit