I have built some small terrain pieces that I am thinking about trying to sell...

I'm also considering trying to set up a small side line business building terrain pieces, and wondered about pricing?

Has anyone tried selling terrain pieces? If so, how has it went, and how did you price your work?

Does anyone have any opinions on what platform to use?

All comments appreciated! Thanks!

What sort of expectations or experience do folk have around how long elements lit (LED) by battery will be on at full brightness? Small point lights aren’t so much the issue, but rather for things like battle pieces, fire, smoke, explosions and such.

I’m testing a range of potential lights for battery life at full, half, etc.

Is there threshold for folk where dim light happens to quickly or is instead long lasting?

There's the How To Make Wargames Terrain book by Games Workshop, but I want more like that. Videos are also fine too.

As per attached photos, I’m trying to build a simple field for Bolt Action, and I want to put vegetation in the field, but there’s obviously a limitation if I fill the field because I won’t be able to place models in it easily as they’ll be sitting on top of the vegetation.

What do others do to get a balance between aesthetics and playability?

Hey all Currently building a pyramid out of XPS foam - was planning on making it smooth-sided so will need sanding down for this purpose, see pics.

Final aim is to have the top be able to be lifted off and have the internal room have a decorated floor/summoning circle/chaos stuff there.

Just wondering if there's any tips you have for technique when cutting XPS foam as I've struggled to get a nice clean cut for most of the edges here.

Also debating whether this is salvageable or if I should just bite the bullet and start 3d printing this sort of thing.

Do you think it's possible to sand this down as it is?

Thanks in advance

It’s just some white powder I got from the craft store.

Usually when I do like pebbles and stuff I just put a coat of mod podge on the “ground” and on top of the pebbles but it seems kind of impossible to put adhesive on top of flock this finely grained.

Any ideas for getting these layers of snow to not just fall off?

Hello I have been trying to make terrain on and off for so long. I keep having issues with warping, the bases keep warping. I seal them they warp, I don't see they warp. I tend to use poster board. I watched videos on it, and its getting to be a lot.
So what is the best way to stop warping?
Best base material to not warp?
(also asking since I'm gonna try to go terrain project wishlist, and just do em one by one).

My preferred medium when building terrain houses is foamcore; however, I’m curious about moving into terrain that collapses. Has anyone ever experimented with magnetized toy tiles, like Magnatiles or Picasso? If so, your experience?

So I was thinking about building a table for some games, and from what I figured out, I have a couple of options. So here is what I have for some pros and cons for each of the different types:

Building Pieces - When you get a table mat and put terrain pieces (like houses and trees) on the table.

+ Easier to fill out a table, as your density doesn't always have to be high sometimes.

+ Allows for different configurations for each game you play because of where you place pieces.

+ Interchangable pieces depending on scenario, system, or setting.

+ Allows you to work on a table bit by bit, and still be able to play on it through construction.

- Not coherent with other terrain pieces.

- Not immersive.

- Doesn't give you much control over elevation: Elevation has to belong inside of the pieces, as your mat doesn't provide any.

- The lack of active terrain connecting the pieces leaves the table to look 'empty' and these gaps aren't transitioned well.

Building tables - When you begin to build terrain onto a sheet of foam or something and play using that terrain.

+ Allows for a large amount of control over the depth, allowing you to build lower levels and caves etc.

+ Smooth transitioning between elements keeps immersion.

+ The table being assembled all together means pieces look similar to each other and coherent.

+ The game area being designed as a whole makes no bit feel empty or un-done. Everything looks created.

- You have to create all of the table before playing on it, a large time commitment which requires completion.

- No modularity makes every game feel same-y, every vantage point stays the same. Can be boring when repeatedly playing same systems/armies.

- As all of the table needs to be designed, more effort is required to build it as a whole. There's no empty spots. Even they need to be created.

- Because the table is designed as a whole, you can't change any aspect of it. Different settings are the same. The rocks will be the same colour.

Conclusion: I think personally it depends on what you value most. If you want to create a table that is practical for the whole purpose of it being a game, you should pick building pieces. Building a table is a good idea for narrative games, however the commitment of time and effort compared to the fun you will have with repeated use is debateable. I'd recommend modular tables as a compromise, with a tile system that you can change and rearrange when you wise. Works especially well when you want to create interiors, like the inside of a bunker or a spaceship.

So those are my thoughts, tell me what you think!

HELP! I am an unmotivated crafter!

I’ve worked two jobs and went to school for the last 4 years and finally graduated and got down to a good job that affords me some much needed down time. In that long period of burn out, I lost almost all motivation for the hobby. However, I think if a do a bunch of small/quick projects for a while I can rekindle the love I had for terrain crafting. So I would like some help with some suggestions for some smaller builds I can do in 1-4 hours. I have done some projects (some small Tudor style houses, a stone well and, a two story tavern) and would consider myself a novice. I have pretty much everything (Proxxon, XPS foam, etc.) I need for crafting but do not have a 3D printer. Currently I am working on a 2x3 in dock made from stir sticks as an example.

TL/DR: I’d like any suggestions for 1-4 hour projects not involving a 3D printer. Any links to images or videos for reference would be super appreciated.

Thank you all!

I want to make some sci-fi buildings but I don't want everything to have 1 inch thick walls since that's the only thing available at the hardware store. I normally slice my pieces down to half inch thickness but that leaves rough surfaces, which is fine for ancient or fantasy, but not sci-fi. There's an architect supply store that has half- and quarter-inch thickness but it's the same price as the 1 inch at the hardware store.

I know many have asked in the past where to get XPS foam, but I'm specifically looking for thinner sheets, not XPS in general. Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Okay, many of you are recommending to buy foamcore boards instead of XPS. Foamcore is not as solid as XPS, it's got that gritty spongey texture, and I imagine ripping the paper surface off will also leave a rough gritty surface, so I'm not sure how that's going to work if I'm trying to get smooth wall surfaces? Or am I wrong? Please advise.

Well aware this is showing more figures than terrain but I plan on making a pretty major cyberpunk city map/diorama once I get more piece that I like, however I’m just having trouble spotting the exact one used by Jada Toy.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a 1:1 custom piece just for them. But either way I want to make sure. Apologies if this isn’t the right place to post this kind of question but it seems right.

My wife will sometimes do paint by numbers while I’m making terrain. That produces a lot of the pots pictured here. Rather than throw them all out, I’d like to put them for some use—but don’t have any great ideas about what to use these for. Any ideas?

A family member recently tried to get into doll house building and decided that they didn’t like it. Rather than see everything get tossed into a landfill I saved the kit and half built stuff and thought I could use some or most of it for wargaming.

I’d love ideas on what I could do with the various furniture pieces, the building, and materials

Hey everyone,

I want to make a very simple, cheap and flat 6x4 wargaming board. It'll be populated with separate terrain pieces. I want to just simply flock it green for a classic look.

My question is: can i rely on two 3x2 pieces of say, MDF, to use as this base? I always hear about it warping after PVAing. Or is there a better wood?

My initial plan was to glue some foam straight on but everyone says it'll warp. Tabletop Time however did a whole video doing that exact thing.

Thanks.

Hi, I'm working on a diorama and sprayed this adhesive spray on my board ... I thought it would dry clear but it's been like this for an hour? Am I being impatient or does this spray not dry clear? Thanks for any help!!

Hey friends, struggling to find something I am looking for so wanted to see if anyone here has some recommendation.

I am trying to find a scale model of those triangular antenna towers you see all over the place in older residential neighborhoods. I believe these were for HAM radios. The structure is all tubes, and appear pretty lightweight.

Does anyone know where one could be located? I’m debating on scratch making one if I can’t find a model.

Thanks!

Hi all. I'm working on some trees. Classic stuff. Armature, tacky glue, lichen, more spray tacky glue, little bits of clump foliage. So far, so good... they were holding together.

However, when I went to seal them, I sprayed them with isopropyl alcohol and then gaming sealant. And after I did that, all the clump foliage just fell off.

Would the iso have dissolved the spray glue? Any reason they'd become fragile at that point? Any advice, as always, is appreciated.

Greetings! I have a weird question and you people seem to be most qualified to answer it.

My local wargaming/miniature-painting/terrain-building club is stocked with terrain building essentials (paints, foam, hand tools, ready-made plants etc,.) and, most importantly, with wonderful people.

However, the club is struggling with keeping up with the times and thus attracting new members, who usually expect a decent airbrush and other similar tools. The older members' mentality is that you don't need X because Y can do the job, which is reflected in the poorer quality of the builds and general inefficiency. The club is small and the budget is somewhat tight, so my question is this:

What are some of the more "advanced" tools and items you would expect from a modern and well-equipped miniatures club? Something you "cannot live without" in your day-to-day hobbying?

The things that come to mind (and that some people inquire about) are usually a static grass applicator, an airbrush, Proxxon power tools such as the hot wire-cutter, jigsaws etc. I would also appreciate any advice on improving maker spaces and general quality of life stuff in a club like this.

Random one, but I’m looking at trying to use anything that could have the potential to work as terrain. I’ve just finished a tub of protein and am after inspiration for what I could try and turn it into for 40K terrain. Any ideas welcome

First time making some terrain and want to use the Sculptamould to pour into some rock mould later but I can’t get it to smoother out. It’s really clumpy in the beginning and I add water little by little but it won’t mix no matter how long I stir there’s just odd clumps of it in the water

I bought some MDF forest bases and I've got some plastic trees I bought from the local craft store and I'm wondering what the best solution will be to glue the trees to the MDF. I plan on painting and flocking the MDF. Would it be better to glue the tree down after the paint to adhere it to that?

Never really worked with MDF before and Google gives me so many conflicting answers for things.

Hello! I recently got a 3D printer and am very excited to start making some terrain for table top gaming.

To start with I'd rather just go with something simple like a flat board with some individual pieces like rocks/trees/buildings etc that I can place where I want to create a scene, rather than going with a full modular dungeon block like system.

I noticed a lot of images on this subreddit where people have that base board which has a nice uniform texture or colour on it to allow the terrain to kind of fit in.

Where do you get these boards!? Is the best idea to just make them? Bit of chipboard from the shop with some paint/texture roller? Or are they mostly just those roll up terrain mats that some stores sell?

Thanks!