For a recent game of Frostgrave, I decided to make obelisks with glowing runes/symbols at the top.
These are crafted simply from insulation foam cut into irregular shapes with a X-Acto blade. The patterns on the surface were traced (“engraved”) using a pen. The tallest one is approximatly 6 inches tall.
Painting is moslty drybrush (dark shades of brown and a pale linen color for highlights). For the glowing symbols, I painted pure white inside their grooves and did a bit of drybrush of light grey around, to simulate the actual “glow”. I then used red paint to color the symbols with an airbrush.
The final glowing effect is pretty cool on the gaming table.
A very quick build, but a nice addition to my terrain pieces. Great!

















































































