Quick post: my paint job on Reaper Miniature’s EyeBeast.
Unpainted original miniature (from Reaper Miniature’s web site)
The finished miniature (the base still needs a few touch ups though).
I coated the miniature with gloss varnish for an extra layer of -yurk!-
The blending on the teeth was made mainly with successive washes.
Just a quick post this time: a terrain made from foamcore board, based on an article found in an old edition of White Dwarf Magazine.
The ‘bricks’ are etched on the surface with a X-Acto knife and a pen. The base is made of massonite. The top floor is removable. Individual blocks on the floor (rubbles) are made of styrofoam and real rocks.
Overall, I am pleased with the resulting piece. But I found that brick walls made of styrofoam are easier to create than these one and they look more natural in the end. So I don’t think I will be using foamcore board again for brick walls. Nevertheless, this terrain is quite decent and pretty cool on the gaming table.
Again, old stuff in this post. But not THAT old. Here are houses terrain I made a few years ago. We use these on the game table quite frequently.
Ruined houses like these are quite easy to make (I should create a step by step post about house building). They are made mostly from foamcore boards, cardboard and wood (both pine and balsa wood).
Styrofoam is a very cool material for hobbyists: inexpensive, light, easy to cut and sculpt, glue or paint.
Messy. Non-biodegradable. Toxic fumes when melted. Hard to recycle. Squeaky.
Oh, well: I guess nothing’s prefect!
Anyway: here is a home for Gurk the brave, made from 1/2 styrofoam sphere, covered in MagicScupt patches, all glued to a small massonite base.
Gurk, trying to find a spot to plant his Dwarf Pogo in front of his new home.
I like styrofoam 🙂
An old work this time: a blue dragon diorama I made eons ago. It was before the time when I learned to use washes. The main techniques I knew back then were dry-brushing and layering. But still, I like this little scene.
A bit more complex this time: a small ruin terrain using styrofoam to simulate simple architecture.
For this first terrain piece, I’ll make a boulder.
Unpainted boulder terrain. Looks good already! Wait to see it painted!
Not really exciting, I know, but effective and useful on the gaming table.
Plus, it is extremely inexpensive and easy to build.
Something new on the blog: step by step project posts. It’s not really tutorials, and not really w.i.p. too, but rather a documented making of a project with explanations and tips.
In this first part, I write about materials that will be used for part 2 and 3, where I will build 2 simple terrain pieces for the gaming table. Step by  step 1, 2 and 3 are well suited for beginners, but they will be interesting to read (I hope) for veteran terrain crafters.
For paints, I will wait until part 4, where I will paint both terrain pieces.
Ok. Here we go.
This time, simple props for tabletop gaming I did. Mostly made with styrofoam – and small rocks, sand, static grass, white glue… you get the picture 🙂
These are very good beginner projects. But even for old gamers like myself, they’re quite pleasing to build and easy to paint (painting is mostly dry brushing). You can make tons of them in a single weekend! And they look great on the gaming table!
Some pics of very simple ones:
Simple game prop. About 1 inch tall.
Simple game prop. About 2 inches tall.
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