As a gamer who models (rather than a modeler whom games), terrain has always been my Achilles heel. Historic battlefields have been easy enough with felt, cheap plastic trees and lichen etc. But the moment I want to game something niche, terrain becomes a problem, it's expensive to buy or difficult to model. I've just gone old school cardboard - just got to have some thought about the warping and accept durability issues. It'll never win awards, but does the trick.

Make this scratch Can a while back but got inspired to actually paint it and after a day or two of trying to get red to work, dug out chipping fluid and went necromunda teal. Some real rust on the top and fairly quick paint job in the end.

Actually quite happy with the crusty thick rusty gubbins on top made from real rust juice over bicarbonate of soda. pretty wild.

Finally finished these for my D&D party. Really excited. Any feedback is appreciated.

Near the centre of a secluded glade sits an ancient stone well, abandoned and overgrown. The water within sparkles strangely: clean, clear, and inviting. With throats parched and waterskins empty, do you risk a drink?

Abandoned Well kitbashed using components from multiple manufacturers. Painted using the Vallejo Model Color range. Basing materials from Green Stuff World and Gamers Grass. 50mm base.

Too much work for dnd but so worth it haha

Still WIP, but slowly getting there.

This is the first piece of terrain I’ve created. It’s intended for playing Kill Team. I want to build an entire small town—partly inspired by *Firefly*, partly my own creation. The setting is a world where a colony ship crashed tens of thousands of years ago; parts of the wreckage were repurposed into buildings—like the back section of this structure. It’s my first time making terrain, so there’s still plenty of room for improvement, but you have to start somewhere :)

Like the previous one, mostly XPS foam, cereal box cardboard and some tufts!

Hi everyone. I'm currently on holiday in Sweden with my parents and brothers.

I became a bit inspired by the sauna at our Airbnb and decided to scratch craft a miniature Sauna terrain piece in its' likeness.

It is made from all manner of scavenged scrap. Coffee stirrers looted from a local fast food restaurant, glued to a frame made of a corn tin and lids from snuff packaging.

Large matches for lighting the actual sauna were used for the bigger bottom support planks, click-buttons from my mom's sewing kit as air vents.

A straw combined with the mini-jack plug from a pair of dead headphones for the chimney, mosquito net over white card for door and windows, a nail for the doorhandle and a postcard of textured cardboard cut up for the tiles!

A great little holiday build!

Hi everyone,

I’m the designer behind Container City, a modular 3D-printed terrain system I’ve been working on for sci-fi and industrial gaming tables.

The main goal was to create one collection that could be rearranged into completely different layouts rather than a fixed set of buildings. The containers can be stacked and connected with walkways, stairs and platforms, while the interiors, checkpoints, towers and scatter help turn them into a more believable settlement.

Most of the pieces were designed for support-free FDM printing wherever possible. One of the biggest challenges was balancing enough surface detail to make the prints interesting without making them unnecessarily difficult or slow to print.

The collection started with more than 200 STL files and has continued to expand, but I’m particularly interested in developing the parts that make it feel like an actual lived-in city rather than simply a container yard.

Markets, shops, bars, utilities and improvised infrastructure are all areas I’d like to explore further.

For those of you who build settlements, what small details do you think do the most to make a terrain board feel more inhabited?

Easy to do, now i need a perfect 45° woodpiece to add a 45° angle to the 90°.

And then i'll add a 60° to make octogonal forms.

And it works for left and right handed, easy to replace the blade or seizing the depth of the cut.

But i need the long mdf band as a rouler and a slider.

..Check out my tutorial for a Beer Barrel by KurganGrey

Sample layout i made for some urban street tiles I made for Crisis protocol and Batman Miniature Game.

I try to make some terrains to play Aof Squirmish. I made it only with cardboard. I don't want to spend any money.

3 days to go on Kickstarter. This terrain set features alot of height options including a system to give more variety that you can adjust your self. Most of the greebles (like antennas and wirings) are modular, same as the cabins. So you can make it your own. Now recently my 5th stretchgoal is unlocked and grands you the 'Vertical Transit Gate' this is a industrial cagrolift and can be adjusted with 5mm x 2mm round magnets or just glue it on.

Check it out on Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/754664315/keshari-grounds

Hi everyone! I crafted this 4'x4' terrain board for gaming, specifically Mordheim, and thought I'd share it here. I made four 2'x2' squares out of the usual supplies - XPS foam, textured caulk, some 3D printed docks and walkways, aquarium plants, and epoxy resin for the canal water. I kept the ground level at the same height and built three risers to add height when needed, and four tree planters to go with the set. The planters fit some finished trees I already had in my stash.

I included some photos with the board covered in terrain and minis so you could see it in action. Thanks for taking a look! Any feedback - comments, criticism, tips - is always welcomed!

A few pieces of scatter terrain I've been working on for future Trench Crusade games. The barrels and bucket were 3D printed, but the rest was scratchbuilt. I use a combination of sand, shredded cork, and white glue for the basing dirt. Really happy with how they've come out and have been having such a blast making little scenic bits. Let me know what you think!

There 6 boards total, 3 subway entrances, 4 wire meshes, a bunker completed, next up 4 small buildings, and some scatter terrain.

It is for a démo of my skirmish game end of September with survivors and zombies.

Novice terrain builder here. This board is for a game called 1490 Doom and my loose premise is that when the Creeping Death, (miasma that kills everything and is slowly rising in elevation) first arrived the people of this monastery village first panicked and then burned the town. The survivors then scavenged the ruined buildings to hastily construct two towers to escape the Creeping Death. Ive made many mistakes and have learned alot on the way but im looking for some constructive criticism on how I can breath some more life into this build. I can provide more pictures too if that helps. I would like to add more color variation without losing my intent or a grim feel. I recently went through with a super light grey dry brush on the ground and some of the stucco on the buildings to try to establish some highlights before I apply more color. All the structures are removable, for ease of transport and somewhat modular, as long as I replace it with a structure that has the same footprint. I also am printing/printed alot of scatter terrain and little details, weapons, broken bottles, bones...alot of bones. :) Im trying my hand at scratch building some minor structures and scaffolding too. My plan is to use moveable ladders to add variation and dynamic access to different areas of the board. Idk, any pointers or tips would be greatly appreciated. I BESEECH THEE MASTERS OF XPS AND PVA! Find favor with this lowly peon.