It's that time of the month again, post your favorite terrain and terrain making tutorials and ask terrain related questions

What are (You) currently working on?

>>96002715 (OP)
WIP on trees.

Finished my walls.

>>96003614
Really nice. I like them

>>96003650
These turned out very well, and so simple too. Can we see the reverse side?

Hacked out some quick and dirty pipe terrain for Necromunda ( for a game that ended up being cancelled....)
It was an easy project. Assembled random pvc pipe connectors and kids toy pipes, glued them to an old clipboard, spray primed a rusty brown, then stippled dollar store craft paints in various metallic and brown hues all over to give it a mottled rusty look. Poured a shitty green paint through the pipes and let it run for the sewer effect.By no means is it a display piece, but if you think you are too retarded to make functional terrain, try this one out.

>>96009983
>toxic slide
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Some random boomers terrain I saw in a FB group. Note the mini at the front for scale

>>96009983
That'd be good for something like Threnodyssey.

>>96009806

>>96002715 (OP)
Still going on the ork terrain. I’ve base coated at least. Nice inspiration in these threads at least.

>>96005651
Thank you, anon. I just put sealer on them right after this pic.

>>96010875
Fucking angles, how do they work.

>>96010087
Don't open it.

I finally have a table and will soon have a game matt so I need to get started on building terrain. Any youtubers you'd reccomend for somebody who hasn't made any terrain before?

>>96009983
I would add more rust effect

>>96011663
Is that a specific product, or do you mean paint on more rust? Currently I just stipple brown and use agrax wash mixed with orange.

>>96010063
Glad you like it!

Trying my hand at some papercraft terrain.

>>96011238

Easy stone walls for nearly any time period
https://youtu.be/RA-VgiDcMBE?si=5515OFMhcsnaEYjF

Easy industrial terrain
https://youtu.be/4EMgJDXBsjU?si=1ezKqJTNBRAZsUjD

Easy basement/dungeon pieces
https://youtu.be/uIMfwD_wPeo?si=rAKtcajt_C75lfsB

Easy cheap hills
https://youtu.be/R5LydfM7-_A?si=BoIQW_K4iw4o1Zfk

>>96010087
I'd love to know where he got the shipping containers if they're hard plastic

These are from a Star Wars Doorables range of squishy toys.

>>96011845
Looking good, I'm going to make some more paper terrain myself. Some of mine got squished recently (toddlers) but I can always just print more.

>>96011912
These are the cheapest ones I've ever seen. >https://www.wargamestournaments.com/product/shipping-containers-28mm-terrain/

The shipping cost is a bit high to the US but if you're in UK or Europe you won't find any cheaper than this

>>96012157
That's what I like about it. It's cheap, looks better than L shaped ruins, essily transportable and you don't care if it gets fucked up.

Bought a 3d printed bridge off of eBay. It needs the layer lines sanding, but fir £6.99 I'm very happy with it. Planning to update my terrain collection this year, and a new river is one of the things on the cards.

Ukraine war airport battle I'm trying to make

>>96010250

Never heard of it, so I just looked it up. Looks very interesting.

I realize that these threads draw in a lot of absolute terrain wizards, but if there are any anons out there who need easy projects to start out with, try out these cheap kids pipe kits.

https://www.amazon.ca/Tubular-Construction-Building-Educational-Storage/dp/B07Y1K3Q5V

bit of primer, but of paint, easy terrain features.

I love these threads terrain is so cool

>>96010613

Let's see it. Ork shit is always cool.

Check this guy for out for inspiration. Orkiest looking builds on YouTube, imo.

https://youtu.be/6QC-yMU2_Aw?si=IDy7n-34PHNbpGX_

https://youtu.be/fOlcCxxTPEA?si=uUxTl1XwmZ1a9EiK

>>96012821
I like the telephone lines

some terrain for a little game called shark planet
its supposed to be fighted in a beach junkyard so i got a lot of inspiration from orkish terrain
i need to fill a 3ft x 3ft board, so there's a lot to do

>>96015292
You can buy this toothpaste tube squeezer and use it to make corrugated cardboard, much easier that pulling apart cardboard and you can use harder materials too so it's more durable t

>>96015711
Coffee cup sleeves are also a great source of corrugated cardboard that often doesn't require peeling. I know the ones from Starbucks don't.

>>96002715 (OP)
>What are (You) currently working on?
Getting off my ass and finishing the half-done shit on my shelf. It's a challenge.

>>96015711
>toothpaste tube squeezer
I wasn't aware they still existed, I only remember those from childhood as just the key-like thing you'd wrap a metal tube around.

Not gonna let this thread die. Gonna post some of my other finished stuff.
Heres an altar/well thing I made for frostgrave.

One of my first projects was this bridge. Gonna try to do a newer better version at some point.

Bunch of stone walls i made.

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>>96022150
>>96022187
What are the bricks made from? Foamboard?

>>96022998
Xps isolation foam.

>>96023151
Insulation*

>>96022187
Damn, those walls are amazing

>>96023340
Thx

>>96011845
Sick. Did you get it somewhere or bash your own?

>>96022150
The walls are good, but the bridge is amazing imo.

>>96022140
>>96022150
>>96022187
>>96023416
How did you make the rough stony texture?

>>96025385
Nta, but there's two easy ways. You grab some small rocks from outside and then either manually press them into the foam, or you make your bricks and then throw them and some small stones into a tupperware or bowl or something and shake it up. Either way, it imprints the stony texture into the foam.

>>96022140
That looks pretty cool. I take it you've never heard of dakhmas/towers of silence?

>>96025385
Anons got the right of it. I Dump a bunch of cut bricks into a plastic jar with a hand full of rocks. Shake around for a bit. Instant stone texture.
My dog hates it when I do it.

>>96025385
An aluminum foil ball run over the foam adds a nice texture too, imo.

>>96012546
nice one anon, I'm too much of a pussy to sand 3d printed stuff myself, something in my brain says no to accidentally breathing that stuff in despite having destroyed my brain using plastic glue in an unventilated bedroom since my teenage years

>>96027576
I agree, I think it also allows you to have more control of the texture too. But if you need to do hundreds of bricks in a short time a handful of rocks in a plastic container is the best way to go.

>>96013303
Nah it's not ready to be shared yet, things are still half painted. Soon.

>>96015292
>Shark Planet
Okay, this game looks excellent. Time to get myself some shark miniatures.

>>96002715 (OP)
I need to make more woodlands terrain for my old world Beastmen

>>96030863
Very Nice. I need to do some trees.

Hey Anons, do 28mm scale tall trees exist? The trees I find on places like AliExpress barely qualify as mid sized trees at their tallest.

>>96034404
The short answer is sorta. Small trees exist, but in 28mm a medium sized tree is easily a foot tall. You can find some on Ali/temu or Etsy, but they're $15-30 each which makes even a small wood very expensive.

>>96028445
Dust mask and proper ventilation, fren.

>>96036631
I feel like there might be a market for cheaper plastic ~12" trees

I am finally making a proper wargaming table instead of using a neoprene mat like a bitch. Posted picrel in the WIP thread with a brief explanation of what I'm trying to do: >>96041909

>>96041920
There are some out there. Not they're not very good. Or cheap.
https://a.co/d/1E7uWJf

What is a good but relatively inexpensive material to use as the base for tiles for a board? Is there anything that is not prone to warping without being heavy?

>>96042994
Two layers of cardboard hot glued together.

>>96042994
Insulation foam, if you're not worried about thickness.

>>96042994
Multiple layers of cardboard glued together (number of layers depends on what you're trying to do with the board). Specifically moving boxes from either Home Depot or Lowe's (or your local equivalent) since they are made to be sturdier and more durable than regular cardboard. They're cheap too. Their large size box (27" width, 15" length "16 depth) gives you a good amount of cardboard to work with and will only cost you about $3 a box at the most.

>>96042994
Depending on the size needed, flooring tiles can be pretty good. The linoleum/plastic ones aren't gonna rip or tear, can be cut with a knife, don't warp, and some even have a gripping material on the bottom that helps prevent sliding.

>>96042994
Cake trays
1 foot, thick, easy to work with

>>96044141
Cake board.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Lylac-Square-Foil-Board-2-Pieces/dp/B09LCS63RZ/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2QX85OEBY3MG9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4C84excdXPbCHQrdhCZJyZvV4JTS7f6MyMMnLnPDannWUkSTEBKcAmfl6gVu3RQbCBQz8QfiUImfhJbzskUFU4uLzyX072Lxzs8hVVneBOYR6laLix4D-OXqVnEOr4dp25inONCmcLCiHYbs1zMyhiHvCt0eQpj95613oeGSKj2xDF7dmHaWGy0RQsbX_N9nicmqLo_lnR4kPuCJnx6_-w.vPtPHPxvFNqAW7joSPwBhABCiz6eH68IYWL3ppI_S1c&dib_tag=se&keywords=cake+board+square&qid=1752032571&sprefix=cake+board+s%2Caps%2C267&sr=8-3

Couldn't remember what it was called!!

>>96042994
PVC foamboard.

Mostly working on miniatures at the moment, but I moved to my new place and finally got to use some of my terrains for a game.

Ok folks, how do I do ponds, lakes, marshes and such, so it doesn’t warp when drying?

>>96028445
It's an ftm print (think that's it) so regular old plastic. I avoid messing with resin as much as possible.

Imo foams are way better than cardboard
Wet (after painting) cardboard tends to lose its shape and fall apart here and there, with foam you don't have to worry about it

>>96044692

Your terrain warps because all the paint, glue, etc is applied to only one side, so when the stuff dries snd contracts, it only pulls in one directions.

Next time tkmd you make a pond, paint both smthe top and bottom of the base with some mod podge, let it dry, then paint on your pond.
Also use a sturdy base to begin with. I've been buying cheap clipboards from the dollar store for terrain bases. They work great.

Get the pic related kind.

>>96046138

Sorry for the spelling errors, I am obviously too retarded to type on a phone.

>>96046144
I'm convinced that phones change spelling long after you type something. Because even with an external keyboard anything typed in a phone always ends with random spelling mistakes and words missing.

On a scale from “Used a teaspoon of my roommate’s peanut butter without telling him” to “gave chocolate to his dog”, how much of a dick move would it be to steal this sign from a company in the office to cut it in pieces and use it as a base for terrains?
It looks perfect

>>96046138
>paint both smthe top and bottom of the base with some mod podge
As in “both faces”? (Then how would you do that?) or “cover the full surface in mod podge”?

I've just finished my dwarven gate/side entry to a hold. If anyone is interested, in the process I can share some WIP pics. Although, as you can guess by looking at it, it wasn't a complicated process.

>>96047849
I love dwarf stuff. Show me please.

>>96047997
The main structure was built around two pieces of foam, a base from MDF, and a gate made by Archon Studio (the set is called Entances pack). Everyhing was glued together with montage glue and some barbecue skewers were added for stability between between the mountain face and terrace. In the pic you can see that the terrace is partially carved and partially covered by bricks and plates. With painting you can mix both styles easily. As for the gate it's balsa wood with plastic cross bars and nail decorations as rivets.

>>96042595
Yeah, those look pretty awful. Doing a little bit of digging, the wire based ones on Etsy can be found for a little bit cheaper and they look much better.

>>96048067
After that I've used a bunch of rock molds, bark (in some cases bark was smashed with a hammer to get some fine grain), and sand. I've glued the rocks first (they were cast in tier III dental plaster), and then I was filling the gaps between with small and smaller stuff. After that, everything got a layer of mod podge mixed with black paint, then black primer and zenithal highlight with white. When it comes to painting, it was mostly a mix of undertones (red, green, blue, and brown) that were dry-brushed with grays and then toned down with inks once more after tufts and moss were glued on.

>>96047101

Yes, both faces. Before I ever use a base, I paint both sides and all edges with mod podge mixed with a little bit of water, and set it up so that the maximum amount of surface area can dry out. After this, I find you can glue and paint the top side as much as you want with no warping.

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Question for the thread, anyone have a simple way to scratch build stairs? Grimdark/Sci fi stuff preferably

>>96048067
>>96048128
Thanks anon.

>>96042994
You have a lot of options. If you want to go cheap, you can always hit up a store for the cardboard used to ship stock that's then discarded. Not sure if recycling centers will give away materials, but that might be an option as well.

made an mdf, aluminum foil, and hot glue base for these ruins

>>96048825
I don't think the foil texture is a great fit, but it'd make a great freshly-cooled lava flow.

>>96049050
I ran out of tile grout, had a bit of a deadline to get it done for a game last saturday

>>96048179
But… like… how do you prevent it from sticking to whatever it’s laying on? Do you suspend it with clothespins?
Or do you paint one side, let it dry, then paint the other side?

>>96049902
>Or do you paint one side, let it dry, then paint the other side?
Usually this.

>>96047849
>>96048067
>>96048128
Great stuff

Some jungle terrain I made

>>96051032

>>96051032
>>96051037
Nice!

>>96047849
Looks sick anon.

>>96049902
nta but poking a small hole and suspending items from that with string on a stick or chunk of threaded rod works well enough if you want to paint both sides of things. Works for machine parts too. With the carbboard you can fill the hole later with a bit more of the modgepodge, spackle, whatever you're up to.

>>96042220
Made a little bit of progress on this tile. I wish I had more time to work on it, but whatever. It's not like I'm in a hurry to get it done.

Anyway, I finished digging out the trench and started putting up the "planks" for the walls of the trench.

>>96030863
What's up beastbro, this is a perryanon thread

>>96052548
Looks cool as shit.

>>96056459
>comfy every-once-in-a-while hobby thread
>can't have that, better drag /wfg/ bullshit into the thread!
You missed your general, also please commit suicide.

>>96056519
It's my general you dumb nigga, I'm the one who makes it once or twice a month

>>96056629
>OP thinks he owns the thread

>>96052548
I'm usually really sceptical of cardboard terrain, but this looks like it will be sick.

>>96056629
If you are, keep the shitposting to zero. No one wants low IQ spergs clamoring for (you)s here.
If you can't I'll just go back to posting my stuff in /wip/ to avoid the cancer.

>>96057456
I didn't shitpost once until you told me to "kill myself" you ass eating faggot. You started it and then got mad at me

Astounding. Can't even stop sperging out for a single post.

>>96057503
Post some terrain or fuck off mate, this is the only good thread on /tg/

>>96057742
Too bad OP turned out to be a fag. Whodathunk?

>>96056507
>>96057018
Thanks. I'm loosely following a tutorial I saw on YouTube for making a WW1 trench diorama. The process is a little time consuming for a project this large, but so far I'm happy with the results.

>>96057742
Take your own advice.

Here's some shitty terrain I've made for 5 parsecs

>>96010087
This makes my dick hard. Cool thematic boards are worth their weight in gold. I don't get how people are satisfied with shitty Warhammer L terrain

Einmanbunker for Bolt Action table

Also a church

Posting some kino

And this is how it all came together (two houses seen still not done)

>>96059012

>>96059012
>>96059018
English Civil War uniforms make absolutely zero sense with that tech. Victorian would be cool, or WW1, or even Franco-Prussian uniforms, but the ECW? Why?

>>96058169
Looks good so far.
>>96059012
This was my thought.
Maybe if they were all monks like the one model.

I do like the paint job though.

>>96059015
Nice. I like the snow.
I feel like a winter table is a big commitment.

Popped in a charity shop and got these two.

I've seen the wheeled thing before, I just love the funny shape, almost presents whoever is in the cockpit to you.

And I have enough toy spaceships but just loved the shape of this egg thing. It has rocket boosters in the bottom but it's definitely destined to be some kind of generator terrain instead

>>96044678
awesome, very brutalist

>>96046744
I have instances where I will type a word out, taking care to hit the right keys, and after I hit space to start the next word in my sentence it WILL scramble itself as if I had just mashed the keypad at random. Shit sucks and I don't understand why my phone does that. I brought it up with a mate of mine once while we were playing a campaign game of warhammer and he reckoned it may be to do with the standard software on the phone, he uses 3rd party apps for his keypad and never has this issue, and we both use the same brand(Samsung).

>>96069211
Nowadays it's probably the AI autocorrect going extra haywire. It always did random garbage once in a while, but ever since AI became the hot new crap to put into everything it's been replacing "of" with "or" and even sometimes replaces a correctly spelled word with a typo I made once even after I manually removed that typo from its memory. These things are getting actively worse. Just now in that sentence it replace are with "sre". But not that one.

>>96051032
>>96051037
Pretty cool, is this just layered cork sheets?

Convinced the wifey to try out necromunda with me, so I'm gonna be building a thematic game piece based around this old dehumidifier I ripped apart. Thinking I'm gonna build a bunch of little XPS foam buildings and walkways and steps/ladders connecting them. Going to incorporate the backside of it into the little ghetto town also. Might try my first resin pour in the triangular area in the center. Wish me luck.

>>96070217
The back side, thinking I'll build a walkway around the heatsink

>>96070217
Based wife enjoyer

rescuing the thread with these two ruins I made friday night, still need painting

>>96002715 (OP)
Anyone know what that "Texaco" vehicle is, or how to search for it? Is it a model/diecast of an actual car? Or some sort of original design?

I would like to investigate making a GSC limousine out of it.

>>96009983
Lazy. Cut that 1 1'/2" shit off brother. You needed to save 5 minutes that bad? :(

>>96013258
This one looks great though :)

>>96044692
>ponds, lakes, marshes and such
One quick way to make these is to cut shapes out of a plastic tablecloth cover. You paint a water gradient on the reverse side, and then you get the gloss of the plastic cover on the presentation side.

They don't look as substantial as water features made from 3D materials, but they are also as close as you can get to water features that exist at the correct height without cutting into a tiled board. Water features that stand above the surface of the board always look a bit off.

>>96011912
They are hard plastic cargo containers for Cyberpunk Combatzone, made by MFC

https://monsterfightclub.com/products/cargo-containers-cyberpunk-red-combat-zone-special-edition

https://monsterfightclub.com/products/20-cargo-containers

I got a black Arasaka one with the starter. I like its quality but they are pricey for what they are IMO

>>96080856
>he spent $700 just on crates for that one container ship
Boomer bucks are entirely funding this hobby and keeping it afloat

>>96010087
>>96080856

They make the STL for the ship as well as some other stuff to go with the containers. I'm a poorfag so all this is aspirational

>>96080942
Damn so it's not a scratchbuilt ship? I'm pretty disappointed, not gonna lie. I feel betrayed

>>96080942
That's crazy, $150 + the cost to print. I wonder if there is somewhere that shares STL files like our /share/ thread does for rulebooks

>>96047065
Tell me your name and employee ID and the company you work for, and I will tell you if it's a good idea.

>>96081123
>$150 stl file
that's fucking disgusting. Container ship hulls are pretty easy to find for free on thingiverse and the like and the superstructure is easy to make in fusion360 or some other 3d program. Certainly worth the time compared to paying those prices

>>96080879
>Boomer bucks are entirely funding this hobby and keeping it afloat

It's the same for many hobbies. I do WW2 reenactment as well because my wallet is a dirty whore who can't keep closed and Boomers own all the armored vehicles and when they die, their shit gets bought up by billionaires and investment firms and warehoused, never to see the field again.


>>96081083
>Damn so it's not a scratchbuilt ship? I'm pretty disappointed, not gonna lie. I feel betrayed

I'm sorry to disappoint you. I make my container ships out of unpainted wooden blocks and use the power of imagination, it's arguably worse.

>>96081123
>That's crazy, $150 + the cost to print.

I saw the ship at Gencon 24, its a pretty neet product, works perfectly with their expensive shipping containers. Probably worth it for a club or someone with Boomer bucks

>>96081259
I've noticed prices for STLs on average going up lately. Too many faggots are starting to see creating STLs as the latest low effort "make money without having to get a proper job" scheme.

>>96081276
Reenactors piss me off. These guys spend countless hours in research and untold amounts of money to create period accurate and immersive costumes and equipment, yet not a single one of them will put in the effort to not be an obese fat fuck!!! I simply cannot help but laugh when I go to a reenactment event and see Napoleon's grenadiers walking around shaped like bowling balls. Their age can't be helped, so I can ignore the grey hair, but put some effort into your appearance and lay off the country buffet you fat boomer slob!

bases/display piece thing i did for sisters as a test, the bases themselves are magnetized and got lil pegs on the bottom to keep them aligned

>>96081507
What are these models from?

>>96081553
the sororitas battle sisters squad

>>96081562
Who makes them?

>>96081572
small Nottingham company, you'd probably haven't heard of them

>>96081347
>being this upsetti at people enjoying their hobby
Kek.

>>96081338
bound to happen sooner or later. I was looking at battle of Hue terrain and the one sculptor that has a pretty nice collection of suitable buildings was asking for prices that would put the cost at over $300 for just the files.
I'd still say there's a pretty wide variance, but that's mainly because there's so much out there and most of it requires digging to find.
Doesn't help that the big sites like MMF does a shit job at actually categorizing their content and only promotes the most overdesigned CADslop imaginable

>>96081347
>Reenactors piss me off

Me too

>These guys spend countless hours in research and untold amounts of money to create period accurate and immersive costumes and equipment

You are overestimating the average reenactor


>yet not a single one of them will put in the effort to not be an obese fat fuck!!!

Some will, most won't. I generally don't mind a chubby guy starting out as long as he is actively losing weight, just no impending heart attack victims

>>96049902

I just prop it up on whatever I have lying on my work bench, aiming for as little surface contact as possible. Bottle caps, leaning it against a box edge, few nails sticking up from a board, whatever. The tiny amount that sticks can be popped off and reglued. It's never enough to make an issue.

>>96080698


Thanks dude. It was an extremely easy piece to make, even with my limited skills, so I encourage other anons to try it. Little things like this are a huge confidence boost.

Another Necromunda piece. Perrier cans, some foamboard structure, thin craft wood and garden mesh for grating.

started a new piece tonight, not completely sure how it’s going to end up but I’m happy with what I have so far

I dont know if I want the smokestack walkways to be a different height than the ooze vat connected by stairs or all one walkway and have the level changes on the base. I also havent decided if the ooze vat will be an open top vat with some liquid or if it’ll be a building or something else

>>96084179
>>96084308
Hell yeah

>>96015292
If you don't mind spending maybe a buck a sheet, go to your local crafts store and look in the scrapbooking section; they sell corrugation with the cladding already off one side (and other weird textured papers you might be able to use).

>>96042994
If you have access to it, foamed PVC sheet (AKA Sintra). Only thing that can warp it is heat. Big box stores sell it for @ $10/sq ft, sign makers might be willing to part with scrap bits.

Does anyone know a good sealant for cork? I was planning on using some to make lava and a volcanic region, but I need a good sealant to paint them first. I heard there was a really good water gel that simulated cooling lava, but I forgot the name of it if anyone could help me.

Heat gunned some styrofoam and then glued it to an MDF backing, hit it with a base layer of acrylic caulk and brown/black acrylic paints, drybrushed with successively lighter browns over a day or so. Got it to where I'm happy with it, really like the texture the styrofoam emulates with that sort of bogged down muddy terrain that's seen a lot of foot traffic through it.

Next up is making modular grass to lay over the top of it once the stuff arrives in the next week or so, plus other bits of scatter terrain. The idea is that I can lay this down as-is for a muddy battlefield or put down modular bits to convert it to a muddy-ish field with plant life etc.

Got another two of these unpainted that I'm thinking I'll do up in a gray stone and brown-red stone with additional texture from sand to create different surface textures on the other boards, plus a bit extra from foamcore glued ontop.

>>96069558
Its a mix of foam board, insulation foam, and cork board

>>96002715 (OP)
Thank you for being here terrain thread. We need this.

To any terrain board makers, how have you made forests work for rank and flank? I don't really want seperate scatter terrain because it will look ugly. Pins seem like they would degrade foam really fast. Magnets seen like a good idea but getting them to not rip up foam seems annoying.

>>96091439
Im looking at making terrain that has slots for me to set a tree with a base into it so that I can add or remove trees as needed.

>>96091485
Do you have an example you're working off of?

>>96091569
Nope. I'm in the planning stage. I haven't really look though.

>>96091439
If your forests are going to be flat and you have a jigsaw and a set of hole cutters for your drill you can make bases with insets to take out individual trees. Easy to magnetise if you have overly large top-heavy trees. Probably some premade laser cut ones out there too.

Many people use cloth to outline the forest and have individually based trees or copses that they plonk down on top of that.

>>96091439
Use non-neodymium magnets. You don't need insanely strong forces to adhere a piece of scatter terrain to your board. If your magnets are pulling up foam when you attempt removing your scatter terrain, that's using the wrong magnet for that purpose.

People default to the extremely strong magnets because a strong bond force is preferable on, say, individual miniatures having equipment swapped out. There's zero reason to use them for terrain. Magnetised terrain features are to hold them in place against jostling the table, not to essentially glue them down.

Find a suitable variety of magnet for your usecase, figure out the goldilocks zone on how far below the foam you need to embed them while retaining a decent amount of attractive force on any magnetised terrain and then do up a jig tool that pre-cuts that depth into your foam for easy removal and then gluing back in.

>>96091439
Literally just sit the trees on the forest base.

No magnets, no pins, no insets.

Just build a tree on a miniature base, dress that base so it also looks like forest floor, put lead under the base if you think it will be topheavy, and then place the tree base on the forest section.

>>96091439
This
>>96093439
>Use non-neodymium magnets
I'm getting a lot of value out of sheet magnets.
https://share.google/WNkh5Rkds86XHrsa1

Anyone know who makes these guys?
I really want to buy some.

>>96095624
Not guys, Huts.
My bad

>>96095624
These ones?

>>96095624
They look like the GW studio ones

But I think Scotia Grendel might make some similar

>>96081347
Anybody else think that was a period photo of Meyer for a minute there?

>>96095776

Made some bridges

>>96095776
Yeah! Thanks man!
>>96095846
You as well anon

>>96095937
Try not to cut yourself next time.

Swedish conventions and really impressive sci-fi tables are surpringly common.
This is a very fun 1v1v1 space hulk table where two teams of terminators race to the middle while the tyranids try to kill them both

Newly made jungle base, I am going to add some tufts to it.

>>96103922
Bought some roots, sold under the name of tamarind fiber from a florist supplies site. I am going to put some AK / vallejo paste over it and add some fine ground coconut fiber.

>>96111843
Rangers of Shadowdeep?

>>96111973
yes! Very first scenario

>>96112054
I've wanted to start Shadowdeep a million times but the first mission seems too boring to me so I never got around to playing it. Anyways you did a good job at making the scenario look good

>>96112067
yes the first few scenarios are very simple and just for learning the game, it seems to pick up in later scenarios

>>96115420

got a printer and began working on a new castle

>>96115487

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>>96115562
setup

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>>96115583
remembered late into spray painting that masking exists

>>96115577
>>96115583
Are these finished?

>>96115593
project scope increased to having ruined versions so the castle can be destroyed during a game

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>>96115616
spray can painting done for all terrain, next is details painted, dry brushed, etc.

>>96115630
first game trying out new terrain, table is overloaded a bit

>>96115595
no, they aren't finished, just took them as far as I could with spray cans. here is a finished gatehouse.

>>96115616
Veeerry nice, very nice indeed. What game is this intended for, and how long did it take to print it all?
I've been wanting a castle for a very long time

Made a little pond out of cork, spackle and texture paint.
Gonna try doing my first resin pour ever later today
(Tried this morning but Had to abort since i got a shitton of bubbles while mixing)

>>96095776
>>96095846
battlefield in a box was the shit man, it genuinely looked like homemade terrain alongside your own DIY terrain and was a very good price. Shame they discontinued majority of the sets, especially the pine trees which are some of the best ready made trees ive ever purchased

>>96115722
Thanks. Started with Age of Sigmar but have since switched to the Old World. I used a Bambu Labs P1S for the prints, it is fast and I haven't had any issues, just works. Printing began last May and then started painting in September but that is for everything, not just the castle parts. You could print it all in about a month I think. Those tower bases are like a 14hr print I think, the other stuff is faster. Tired World Studio Hexengarde is the source for the prints.

>>96080804
Very very interesting. I painted a plastic tablecloth on my first attempt at making battle mat, but I got the impression that the acrylic paint never really dried (it stayed a bit sticky).
Should I prepare the surface somehow?

>>96086108
...mod podge?

>>96112054
I bet you wanted to kill someone when you finished those tiles and realized one of the roads didn't line up.

>>96103922
Great job anon!
Not a criticism of your work, but a minor pet peeve of mine is seeing these plastic trees looking like perfectly kept palm trees used to represent wild/prehistoric tropical jungles.
Palm trees left to themselves should look like pic related.
But when I built my own jungle scatter, I only had toy palm trees from a dinosaur toy set, so I had to swallow my pride and use them as is, because I genuinely have no idea how to easily model unkept trees without spending multiple hours per tree and keeping them useable in game

>>96115877
Mine feel like they "stick" to themselves but don't feel sticky to the touch or stick to anything else.

I don't do anything to prepare the surface. If you are paranoid about it I would just try a varnish after the paint is on.

>>96115980
NTA but if he's going for actual jungle trees they won't be the more arid climate palm trees like that. Just check out many of the trees in the amazon rainforest, they look a lot like his terrain piece with thin trunks and long fan-like leaves.

How important are things like rivers? I want to make my terrain a little more dynamic.

>>96119044
Depends on the setting and available tools.
Do you have jump jets, airborne troops, aircraft, bridge layers? Or maybe flying monsters, magic carpets, teleportation spells?

>>96086108
Consider an acrylic sealant/caulk. Works really well on a variety of applications. You can mix paint in with it as well as other materials like sand to change the colour and texture also, making it an all-in-one texture paint/primer/sealant.

>>96115738
Tips to avoid bubbles from resin pouring; if you don't have a pressure vessel, look up tutorials on how to pour your resin onto a stick to minimise bubbles. Also get one of those little handheld butane torches; a quick flick over the surface will pop bubbles present.

Hey guys I've got two questions.
1. If I mix craft glue with black acrylic paint does that really work as a primer?
2. Can I use acrylic paint on XPS foam?

>>96120177
To the first; yes, but it requires either grabbing other people's ratios or experimenting on your own. Depending on how you value your time versus costs it might be preferable to just buy a ready made primer instead. There's also the risk of getting your mixture wrong for the purpose and it screws your project.

To the second, for paint on xps foam, yeah. There's no problems with that. Be aware that if you're using rattlecans, some of the propellants may chemically react and melt the foam.

At the end of the day, I recommend doing test pieces. No matter how much anecdotal evidence is given out by people online things can turn out contrary to their own experiences. Try things for yourself and see if they work.

>>96120245
Thank you very much
>Depending on how you value your time versus costs it might be preferable to just buy a ready made primer instead.
you might be right about that, I wanted to avoid spraycans that's why I thought about mixing it myself but there are some to paint (just very well hidden on amazon).

>>96120177
Army painter has a set of spray paints in a few colors that are foam-friendly.

As fort me, I prefer the paint + modgepodge combo.

Can I just paint over MDF terrain or do I need to prime it first?

>>96120177
Modge podge and black apple barrel paint is what I do. Its easy, fast and works really well while adding strength to your build.

>>96122071
>>96120410
>Modge podge
Yes I heard about that but where I live it's as expensive as real primer. Google said an alternative would be (white) craft glue which is cheap. But I will now just get a premixed gray primer.

Ok I want to start buying stuff tomorrow and before I order from amazon I will check local stores. This is the shopping list please let me know if I missed anything.
>xps foam
>x acto knife (for the details) and a boxcutter to cut the foam into smaller pieces
>primer
>the acrylic colors I want to use
>some paint brushes
>clear paint for the topcoat

>>96122597
If you want bespoke basing material for terrain, I recommend PVC foam, you can find people selling cut-offs on ebay from sign making.

>>96122000
Yes.

To clarify, it's not a question of paint adhesion since MDF is pretty good on that front, but sealing - MDF is ridiculously thirsty and if you plan to do anything fancier than basic colors + drybrushing, it'll suck up all the moisture from paint, possibly including the paint itself, which is pretty noticeable on the finished result.

>>96122702
>selling cut-offs
Or just befriend a local advertising company and have them give you their trash for free.

>>96122861
Thank you, do you think I should seal the MDF using PVA?

>>96103938
Cool, let's see it when it's finished
>>96115431
Looks great, you're going to have to be careful the doorway doesnt frame a cat or a beercan or your fatass friend during the game and ruin your immersion, though

>>96122970
Water it down if you do, and watch out for stains, brush strokes are gonna be visible if you keep doing it once the PVA starts drying.

>>96122702
no I want to build a "diorama", sounds to fancy for what I'm doing but it's the right term.

>>96022187
>>96023151
Did you use aluminium foil to give the bricks texture?

>>96011845
Looks good. Have you thought of trying to print out the main building but glue it to foamcore board to give it more bulk and the ability to support heavier minis on the roof more easily?

>>96002760
Do you know from what company that big building with the glass roof of the middle right is?

>>96124146
Rocks in a can.

>>96122597
Longer razerblade for deeper cuts and a serrated knife for Styrofoam to use as filler on larger pieces.

>>96122597
>>Modge podge
>Yes I heard about that but where I live it's as expensive as real primer. Google said an alternative would be (white) craft glue which is cheap. But I will now just get a premixed gray primer.
could try gesso

>>96122597
>>96125638
This, there's a type of cutter that uses 10 snap-off blades stuck together, you definitely want that instead of the traditional rhombus blade box cutter

So a "wash" is just paint with a lot of water?

>>96127303
More or less yes. Basically a wash is just a paint that has been diluted with a medium that will thin it and help it flow around more. A glaze is basically the same thing but thinned down even further with the intent to apply in layers over a surface to slowly tint it. You can make any paint into a wash, but it is easier/better to thin down inks to make washes due to how their pigmentation is concentrated.

>>96127401
>but it is easier/better to thin down inks to make washes
I just like to use paints for washes. I can choose any color I have. About 5-6 drops per drop of paint usually works for vallejo stuff which is what my LGS sells. Pre-made washes work super well, not sure what they do differently. As much as I hate GWs their washes like nuln oil and agrax earth shade are top notch.

more progress. decided to make it all one level by putting the can on a piece of foam

>>96122071
>>96122597
Mod podge is just a diluted craft glue. It's value comes from the different variations with matte/gloss finishes depending on usecase.

>>96120363
Not saying you need rattlecans. There's brush-on primers available which take out the guess work of mixing ratios of craft glue and paint.

>>96122597
Consider going out and collecting some rough-surfaced rocks. Just go for a walk in your local park or whatever and collect them, assuming it's legal to go fossicking where you live. If you can't be bothered to do that, you can scrunch up aluminium foil until it's a rock-hard lump and use that instead for applying texture to foam.

>>96127576
Pre-made washes use specifically formulated mediums rather than just a lot of water. I'm sure it's still mostly water, but it's not entirely water.

>>96128240
hyped to see this primed, please post more

>>96127303
Not really, but ink (like artist's inks you can get cheaply per volume) + water + a tiny amount of dish soap to break the surface tension can approximate it pretty well.

How do you lads actually base your stuff?

I don't want warping or too much of a bevelled edge on everything, so I'm actually thinking like 1mm or 2mm plasticard.

>>96129989
Also like, I have a little bit of the tism because I'm going to base my crates and stuff, I don't want painted stuff rawdogging the table

>>96129989
PVC foamboard

>>96129315
>>96128240
well, speaking of prime, I know spray will melt my foam, but I intend on adding a layer of grout to all the flat and slightly angled areas to function as sand. If I grout those areas and paint all the steep areas with two coats of cheap craft paint, will my foam be protected enough to prime the rest of the piece?

>>96130122
No. Simply prime it with a brush on primer instead of using rattlecans. It won't even take all that much time and the risk of irreversibly fucking a large component of what you've built isn't worth the payoff of saving 5~ minutes of effort.

Gonna share this, built for fun to hang on my wall, but it was fun to sit down and put together a little 6mm board if I wanted to play some 28mm game systems at 6mm.
Also working on printing some VMT tiles to build myself a board for space ship boarding and what not in the future.

Here's ruined wall section I'm working on, did white glue thinned with brown paint to stick the sand on and I'm going to do a thinner batch of white glue+black paint over the top to hold it down, hopefully.
>>96130122
I've done a layer of modge podge and still had it go all melty under, don't do it.

>>96132823
Show the melted parts, might be useful. I know some people deliberately painted styrofoam blobs with melty shit to make asteroids and such.

>>96133085
I didn't keep it, parts of it didn't firm back up again so I didn't want to put more effort into making it work. May as well experiment with your own styrofoam scraps, though.

>>96133085
NTA and also styrofoam instead of regular foam but;

>>96086125
This is what styrofoam looks like post-melting; the above is mine that I did with a heat gun. Attached is what a larger block looks like with non-melted for contrast. If you use solvents to melt it instead it makes a different texture again; kind of a negative looking one to what I achieved with the heat gun.

>>96133517
Noted, when I get around to doing asteroids I'll just roast them a bit instead.

>>96133829
Be sure to inhale the fumes.

>>96133829
>>96133877
The fumes are no joke. I was doing it in a very well ventilated room with a strong fan blasting directly past me and out the window and didn't heat the styrofoam to the point of it browning/blackening. I ended up with a pretty weird headache and general disorientation later in the day which I suspect was a very minor styrene poisoning case. Lesson be learned; if you think it's safe enough, go the extra step. Next time I do it, I'll be using breathing protection to boot.

Also by 'roast', I would strongly advise against throwing them in the oven. Use a hairdryer or a proper heat gun. It takes literally one second of exposure to sufficient heat to cause the above melting effect. It's extremely temperature sensitive.

Under no circumstances should you chuck this shit in an oven if that was your meaning. Even if you got the temperature just right, you're essentially hotboxing the styrene fumes, let alone the long term health impacts of remnant styrene remaining in said oven.

>>96133905
I cut xps with a hot wire cutter in a room with 2 fans blowing in windows (one sucking air in the other blowing air out) and a mask on. Having a cool looking table top games ain't worth a black lung.

>>96133877
>>96133905
I'm brain damaged enough to not want any more, thank you. It's proper filter mask for me and if I'm gonna do any styrofoam roasting, I'll be doing it outside.

Recently acquired full scale medical-grade human bone replicas for ~80& of a body. Can't wait to finally build the dead giant table I have dreamed of for years

>>96134211
Based. That sounds fucking cool.

>>96134211
Also im stealing that idea and claiming it as my own.

>>96133926
>>96133937
Definitely the smart way to go. I made the mistake of assuming I had more than sufficient airflow and I was heat gunning the styrofoam at full arm's length away from me but apparently even 5 ppm is enough to cause symptoms of styrene poisoning. Shaking hands with danger is always best avoided.

>>96134211
That sounds sick.
I'd definitely wanna put some Easter eggs in there, like it's posed like a famous dead body. Or this godlike titan died with a pair of dice clutched in it's hand.

>>96081123
>>96080942
https://ttcombat.com/products/cargo-ship?_pos=3&_sid=0577c65c1&_ss=r
https://ttcombat.com/products/cargo-ship-extension?_pos=2&_sid=0577c65c1&_ss=r

>>96086125
That looks damned fine. Might have to try it.

>>96134229
Alas, there's an entire Ghost Archipelago book that did it first, but it's still a cool as fuck idea.

>>96136222
Appreciate it. It's my first attempt at doing terrain and I'm pretty happy with it. I've also got a stockpile of other offcuts of styrofoam that I'm thinking of making into floating islands after heatgunning them. The hardest part was probably filling in all the pinholes where the white showed through since even in ideal lighting my eyes didn't pick it out, so I had to take a phone photo and examine that for obvious white bits. It didn't take especially long and it gave me a good reason to use a darker shade for more variety but it was more involved than going grug mode with a brush for half an hour.

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>>96115653

Holy based. That looks heaps good. I don't think you need to paint every tiny little detail

>>96002715 (OP)
Cutting Styrofoam sheets from food containers. I need to get back to grading cardboard since that's a substrate.

terrain bump

Undead terrain

>>96147295
>not a dice tower, so you can throw your knucklebones in with the rest of them

>dead thread
>undead terrain

what do I use as a top coat for xps foam?

>>96153148
Non acid glue and black paint.

>>96153154
I might have used the wrong term. I mean what do I put on it after I already painted it? as a clear coat that won't destroy the foam.

>>96153195
>>96153148
Water based clear coat.

>>96147295
ACK-ACK

I've made one smaller one I'll get pictures of but this is the first diorama/photo set I made with a lot of inspiration from these threads. For the most part it is my first time working with any of these materials.

>>96156023
Top down

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>>96156048
Top fucking notch mate.

>>96156023
>>96156040
>>96156048
Sick. All of the greenery and the water feature look great.

went back and added some wood filler in these ruins. I think it helps a little

>>96158953
How do your desk from sliding off the wall? Looks good btw.

>>96002715 (OP)
I want to do terrain that is both 3D printed and DIY.
So for structures I'll do 3d printing, and things like rocky hills will be DIY.
Like pic related.
How would I go about building something like the rocky "hills" in pic related?

>>96161180
There's a bunch of different techniques you could use. You can buy sheets of XPS foam and use tools to achieve that kind of finish. Another option is clay, but that would be exceedingly heavy on it's own so you'd probably want a filler for the majority. Another way might be to get some of that gauze material that some hobbyists use, drape it over foam and use glue to achieve suitable shapes. After you've gotten the rock shape done you'll want to hit it with a combination primer and sealant like acrylic caulk mixed with paint, then you can use successive drybrushes of lighter greys to get that rocky colouration. Finally, glue and static grass.

There's probably other methods out there as well; youtube is extremely convenient for letting hobbyists share their methods. Go searching on youtube for how other people have done terrain and you'll pick up other approaches as well.

Been painting up this 3D-printed dice tower. I think I'm gonna call the bottom part done.

>>96167735
Back and side detail

>>96167742
All put together, this thing will be big enough to use as terrain as well

A few pics of my dungeon.
Based on original WarhammerQuest but added a lot of diy and other stuff over the years.

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>>96167747
Needs some neo-pigeon shit on the statue.
Also, nicely magnetized!

>>96168503
The best part about HeroQuest is the tiny furniture

>>96153195
Matte modpodge. You could also do a to SS modpodge and then a matte over it if you want it to be extra sturdy

>>96168492
>>96168492
Where do you get all the Misc. Stuff that really fleshes put a dungeon? The tables, barrels, bags, cabinets, etc.?

>>96169324
The bags are diy, the cabinet, barrels and some other stuf is from some oldschool terrain set like this:
https://kinggames.dk/shop/grendel-142c1.html

>>96169467
>>96169324
https://shop.scotiagrendel.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=227_41

>>96169467
>>96169324
diy bags.

>>96169490
Those twist ties make better ropes than I thought. I'll have to remember that.