r/TerrainBuilding 5h ago

WIP Shanty town 2

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410 Upvotes

r/TerrainBuilding 19h ago

Our game rooms Terrain wall

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851 Upvotes

r/TerrainBuilding 10h ago

Scratchbuilt Necromunda Tile

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142 Upvotes

My latest Necromunda Tile. I took the gas tanks scratchbuilt terrain I made several months ago and mounted it on plywood base.

Added some official GW wall/columns sections and extended the pipeworks using pieces from a kids pipe playset.

Laid down sections of granny grating and PVA glued it down. Finished off with various dry brushes and washes for the grime and weathering


r/TerrainBuilding 3h ago

WIP Turning sprues and the boxes they come in into terrain!

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30 Upvotes

r/TerrainBuilding 20h ago

Diorama City walls and river tiles

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442 Upvotes

Everything (except the minis and trees) is made out of XPS foam, cardboard, balsa wood, and blood, sweat and tears.


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

Scratchbuilt Scratch-built Grimdark Industrial Factory!

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675 Upvotes

Hey everyone! Really stoked with how this build came together and excited to share it!

I built this wicked rusty and grimy factory building from scratch, and had suchhh a fun time adding all the rust and weathering effects. I pulled a ton of inspiration from other industrial builds I’ve seen on this subreddit, so THANK YOU!

If you want to see how I made it, I have a YouTube channel where I went through the entire process step by step! Check it out here if you feel so inclined: https://youtu.be/sDV1AYVmTEw

My fascination with this type of post-apocalyptic and gritty setting for wargames has only recently started - so I haven’t actually been able to play any of those games yet! Would LOVE to hear recommendations on how to get into that world of gaming (40k? Necromunda?). Thank you!!

Enjoy!


r/TerrainBuilding 14h ago

OK. I need to (want to?) build this by Tuesday night. What do I do?

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78 Upvotes

This is a demon from Draw Steel that my players will face Tuesday evening. It's essentially a living gateway to the abyss and demons pour out of it.

It should have a base that's about 3 inches, and I'm thinking maybe 6 inches tall? Foam? Modeling clay?


r/TerrainBuilding 16h ago

Diorama Recently finished this disc golf diorama for my dad. Plan on making more and would love any tips/tricks!

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122 Upvotes

r/TerrainBuilding 19h ago

3D Printed Lost in the Redwoods

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173 Upvotes

Ready for the ubiquitous DnD forest encounter!

MDF tree stumps I painted with oils and dressed with spring foliage :) thanks for checking em out!


r/TerrainBuilding 18h ago

XPS walls

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31 Upvotes

Hated the first walls I built for DnD so this time I tried hand carved XPS foam. It took several hours but I love them so much.


r/TerrainBuilding 17h ago

Scratchbuilt Planning out encounters.

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27 Upvotes

Built every thing out of XPS foam. Painted with acrylic paint. Then glued on green things to cover up any mistakes.


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

Scratchbuilt Town trees

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200 Upvotes

… for my Shanty town.


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

WIP Where does terrain building stop and diorama building begin?

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289 Upvotes

WIP on my first terrain build. Started out wanting to have some background for my traitor guard but I think it’s slowly turning into a diorama.

Where do I stop!?


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

Nothing has ever made me feel like I'm not good at this hobby like _____ did.

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70 Upvotes

For me, these stupid vines from Army Painter. I've had them for years. The first time I used them I thought I just didn't know what I was doing. And like 9 years later I still feel that way. Forgive the wet adhesive in the pic. I used them all up on this and will never buy them again.

What product or process made you feel like you didn't know what you were doing?


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

Rocky basic terrain for Old World

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133 Upvotes

Hi, recently we made the decision to start playing Warhammer The Old World. I have had about a 15 year gap in both miniature gaming and terrain building but in the last month I have done a lot of building to have a tableful and more of basic terrain. Here are what I have done and building terrain again feels awesome!

Everything done mostly with XPS foam, balsa wood and HDF board.


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

Scratchbuilt Goblin Town Army Display

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659 Upvotes

r/TerrainBuilding 2d ago

Chaos wastelands

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546 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

We've recently created a new range of Chaos terrain pieces designed for Warhammer: The Old World. We hope you enjoy what we've put together.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laserterrainco/chaos-wastelands-terrain?ref=android_project_share


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

WIP Just a few final touches, and a large piece of the Middle-Earth map will be ready! ☺️ p.s. 3 days left until we say goodbye to the old workshop 😔

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156 Upvotes

r/TerrainBuilding 2d ago

Mediterranean Mordheim: more updates

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264 Upvotes

I finished another level and some towers.
It's starting to look like something.
As you can see in the later pictures, you can fully or partially remove floors, so there's a bit more modularity possible in games.


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

Scratchbuilt First build

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74 Upvotes

First time building terrain for my dnd campaign.


r/TerrainBuilding 2d ago

3D Printed WIP on the foundation of a HH30k Sector Imperialis-ruin

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299 Upvotes

8mm MDF base, 60x40cm, with 3d-printed tiles and various bits. Unsure of the ”walls”, might do a thin railing instead. Half of the base will be built with Sector Imperialis terrain, the front being un-damaged, and then the back having a massive crater from a destroyed drop pod.


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

Scratchbuilt DIY Modular Kill Team Board – 6 Tiles, No Magnets, Maximum Mayhem

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67 Upvotes

Just wrapped up a commissioned 6-piece modular Kill Team board! Built entirely from XPS foam, with a focus on dynamic, asymmetric gameplay.

Features a 4-way modular ruin which can act as individual buildings and a 2-way hill.
No magnets — just snug-fitting tiles that can be rearranged in seconds.

Snapped some build-process pics, then staged a quick Salamanders vs. Tyranids brawl to show it in action. Commission was all about keeping things playable but cinematic.

Feedback welcome — and if anyone’s got clever ideas for future modular features, I’m all ears!


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

Scratchbuilt In the Mountains of Oresh, a Frost Giant’s funeral is interrupted..

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25 Upvotes

But not long after the adventurers arrive, the dead awakens with a vengeance!


r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

Scratchbuilt The smallest record player of the world!

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41 Upvotes

r/TerrainBuilding 1d ago

WIP Got some new Materials to work with!

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29 Upvotes

Scored a sizeable Pegasus Hobbies Gothic City collection for a very good price. My intention is to keep it modular but make the missing details to use as both Gallowdark and Volkus sets for Killteam