We're going to be making a simple piece of difficult terrain; a rocky patch. This is easy to make but gives you a good foundation in the core skills. All we're going to be using is some 25mm styrofoam, MDF for the base and your basing texture. Let's get started! 1. The initial base Make … Continue reading Rocky patches
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Materials
Well at the start of any major project, you need a shopping list. Here's a view of all the materials we're going to be using, minus paints (click for big):
Texturing terrain bases
Adding texture to a miniatures base is pretty simple - coat the base with PVA, dip it in some sand, done. This is fine for such a small surface area, but the larger the surface you want to texture, the more bland this becomes. This is especially a problem with terrain where you can often … Continue reading Texturing terrain bases
Making a terrain base
Making a base for your terrain is the single most important thing to do. I keep banging on about the durability of terrain and I think generally people undervalue this, or take it for granted with plastic kits. Your terrain has to survive being dropped. It has to survive being thrown in a crate at … Continue reading Making a terrain base
