As you can see, I have not posted any completed models this week. This past Saturday I had decided to start on some terrain for our gaming table in the garage so we can play Bolt Action anytime we feel like it.
It has been a very long time since I had built any terrain (back when I started with Warhammer Fantasy), and I am not very artistic, so I gave it my best shot.
Ruins:
While digging through some of my gaming bins, I recalled seeing some old W40K ruined buildings that I must have received from one of their starter sets. I had decided to dig these out and proceeded to glue them together. I also decided to shave off any 'skull markings' and 'imperial eagles' since I wanted to used these more for general gaming.
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Ruins glued down to MDF. |
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Basing rocks/debris glued down. |
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Finished product. |
I was actually hoping the buildings were going to be a bit darker. I did not have a darker grey paint, and when I tried to 'wash' them with my Army Painter 'Strong Tone', they were then too brown. I did not have and greyish/black wash on hand.
Woods:
Up next I decided to build some 'area terrain' to represent the Woods (instead of the green felt we usually use). At the same time, I also painted the bases of the Trees to match the Woods.
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MDF all cutout and sanded for the Woods and Ruins. |
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Sand and Gravel applied to the Woods. |
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Base color applied to the Woods. |
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Finished product: Woods: |
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Finished product: Trees |
Hedges:
Now it was time to work on some Hedges, to outline some towns on the table and to go up next to the roadways.
I got the idea of making the Hedges from
'The Demo Gamers' blog. He goes into more detail on his blog on how he made them. I changed mine ever so slightly from his.
First we have the supplies. I went to the $.99 store to pick up some scour pads. Then we have some large craft sticks and super glue (I thought I could use the super glue, but switched to using hot glue instead)
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Supplies. |
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Round edges were trimmed off the craft sticks. |
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Scour pads were cut in half. |
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This is where I decided to change how I was going to do it. Instead of folding each pad in half and glueing them, I decided just to cut each pad in half again, the hedges would not be as thick, but would save me a little time.
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Folded vs. cut in half. |
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Glued and based. |
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Bases were painted the same shade of brown as the woods, and then drybrushed. |
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Finished product. |
Before I applied the green turf to the Hedges, I did trim each one down about an 1/8". I noticed they were a bit too tall for my models. I wanted my models to see over the Hedges and not use them as blocking line of sight.
Painting Points: 60
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