I’m not a terribly focussed terrain builder/maker as is probably evident from the end results of my tables. They tend to evolve and acquire increasing amounts of clutter over time without a great deal of consideration for consistency – I’ll mix resin, plastic, card, paper and foam core with 2d and 3d to suit.
The base for this table are 10″ square wooden panels. They were cut down from ‘left-over’ slotted panels used on wooden wine cases that I use as shelving for paints and miniature storage. They have a magnetic sheet covering and on top of that I printed out a portion of Pwork Darkburg paper terrain battlemap. Very Mordheim in flavour.
Some of the buildings and features appeared on another recent ‘Fantasy Venice’ attempt which follows a similar theme to this setup.
Glad to see you finally take some pictures of your 15mm town setup (or at least an example of). This is on my “15mm future project” list so it’s great to see some inspiration.
Talking of which, those Graffam ruins mounted on foam board look fantastic. I have my one on mounting board, but carving the edges of board before painting (and properly basing as well) is a touch genius that really shines. Retained for future use 🙂
Thanks Sam. Yes, it’s a bit more effort using the foam core but I think for things like the ruins and archways that extra bulk to the walls makes all the difference. A purist terrain builder would scoff I’m sure and just argue for 100% scratch building but I think the Graffam stuff does 2 things I need/want – 1) a template to work to and 2) a texture that both blends with other Graffam terrain and is also convincing enough that I don’t need to spend extra hours scratch building!
Wait till you see some of the Sci Fi stuff I’ve been doing in the meantime – Foam Core Overload!
Looks like a table that is great fun to play on!
Thanks. Hope so. Certainly not as pretty as your terrain though! Gorgeous.
What on earth are you doing looking at my blog on Christmas morning? Go and eat some mince pies!