Making Scenery

[WolpheBayte]

I am interested in making scenery for some of the mini's I have recently painted. I looked into the Hirst Art molds, but I do not have the cash available right now to pony up for a set. Does anybody know of any cheaper alternatives? I would like to be able to do scenery with some buildings in it.

 

[ozjohnd]

Old cardboard, scissors, glue and some cheap artist paints are a start. There are also a number of websites around with .pdf's of terrain textures that can be printed and stuck onto the cardboard.

 

[QuietiManes]

There's some good info here in the articles sections.

Also, terragenesis is a wealth of terrain building info:

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/

Otherwise, we'd need to know more specifics about what you want to create.

 

[Einion]

Yeah, you can do a lot with just some very basic materials and some ingenuity. Cardboard, foamboard, balsa & other woods (wooden stirrers from a coffee place are a good source for some free wood), aluminium or copper tubing, scrap wire, Evergreen strip, plasticard, metal foil (can get this free from food packing), Polyfilla/spackle, all have their uses. Even paper and normal card stock has its uses esp. at small scales where the scale thickness works better.

You can also sculpt paving, small sections of wall or areas of exposed stonework and a lot of smaller parts and details with any epoxy putty which you may already have for filling.

Einion

 

[Jhigga15]

There's some good info here in the articles sections.

Also, terragenesis is a wealth of terrain building info:

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/

Otherwise, we'd need to know more specifics about what you want to create.

Really nice people on this site that are very helpful and some really cool stuff!!!

 

[airhead]

If you are looking to get into hirst arts but not certain or don't have the time/money for the initial costs, you can purchase 'kits' from castors on ebay.

Just do a search for "hirst". Filter from there.

 

[freakinacage]

Terragenesis is brill. Bear in mind that all sorts of packaging can be recycled for terrain

 

[WolpheBayte]

Thanks for all of the advice. Right now I would like to build a small scene set in a post apocalypse building/street. I have a large mix of sci-fi and fantasy miniatures, and I thought this would be a cool setting to have them both in.

 

[Rofen]

Keep your eyes on our new (free) e-zine at http://www.kinetic7.com. Our first issue is covering the basics of casting in plaster. A future issue will focus on post apocalyptic terrain (as we will try to cover all aspects of fantasy and sci-fi etc).

 

[Shawn R. L.]

This link may help. I just 'Googled' "how to make" wargaming terrain.

http://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1344&bih=746&q=%22how+to%22+terrain+for+wargamming&oq=%22how+to%22+terrain+for+wargamming&gs_l=img.3...4005.17821.0.18316.31.15.0.16.0.0.139.1627.1j14.15.0...0.0...1ac.VMIRf9K0ZGk