Broken Ground Terrain Piece (Part 1 of 3)

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This is the first of a three part post building a tabletop terrain piece from start to finish. This step by step tutorial will show you how to build great "Broken Ground" terrain pieces for your board.  The Broken Ground piece is similar to the deserts of the American southwest with its canyons and mesas.  If you can picture those giant rock formations that stand striaght and tall as the base slope out from a million years of erosion.  The color is a desert brown and can be used in all types of game play from 15mm - 28mm.  We recently used several of these same type of hills for the warhammer 40K game Aeronatuica Imperialis at Games Day Baltimore, 2008. 

This post is the introduction, the next post will include cutting, gluing and texturing followed by the third post of painting, flocking and sealing your finished piece.  Subscribe to our blog today and don't miss this great learning series.

until next time

John

Build A Simple Terrain Hill (Pictorial)

Here is a quick picture tutorial on how to build a simple grass hill for your terrain game board.  The tools used are a wire cutter and hot glue gun.  The materials are blue foam board, Green, Brown and Black acrylic paint, grass flock, Mod podge. and an imagination.

Building you own terrain piece is what ever you can picture in your mind. The one shown above is simple, yet it is a good piece to set on any table.  As I continue to post, more and more projects will become more detailed, elaborate and genuine works of art.

Until next time - John

Tools used to create your own Wargame Terrain

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Today, I'm going to talk about some of the basic tools you would need to start building your own terrain scenery.

The first tool needed is a foam cutter.  This can be a simple battery operated one that can be found at most hobby shops and craft stores.  The foam cutter is used to melt the insulation foam around your piece to produce a smooth yet realistic cut.  They can be used for straight cuts or angled to make slopes on the base terrain piece.  The foam cutter is also great for making cliff faces and rough cuts.  Once you decide terrain building is something you will continue to do, you can invest in an electric foam cutter.  They average about $35.00 - $45.00 but can save you time and money in the cost of batteries.

Tools Of The Wargame Terrain trade

Other tools you need are a good box cutter for cutting smaller pieces of foam from your main 4'x8' insulation board.  You shoul also invest in a good exacto knife.  Next, pallet knives are also a must for applying drywall compound over the foam.

Paint brushes ranging from 1 inch down to fine for wet brushing the base coats over the drywall to drybrushing the highlights.  With paint brushes, you should also have a good variety of acrylic paints.  Most used will be Black, White, Green, and Brown.  I also use Blues and Yellows to add contrast and realism.  Also invest in a package of 2 - 4 oz dixie cups and wooden stir sticks to mix and hold paints.

That pretty much all the tools you would need to start building your own wargame scenery pieces. 

My next post will touch on some basic materials needed to get started!

Until next time...

John

Welcome to the NEW Wargame Terrain Blog Format

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My name is John, and have been designing and building wargaming terrain for the past 4 years.

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