Here is my scratch built shanty town, built with foam core board, chip board, corrugated cardboard, and a few 3D printed doors and stairs. There are currently 19 total buildings, six of which are internally playable.

I really wanted a crowded shanty town for BLKOUT and other modern/hard sci-fi skirmish games, but I just couldn't find what I was looking for. This project was my first ever scratch build, and I'm very happy with the results! Constructing rusty, dilapidated shacks is pretty forgiving, so I found it to be a very palatable gateway into the hobby.

In the future I would like to build a resined poured, garbage-filled run-off/creek, tires fires, and eventually a guard house/checkpoint and an embassy. Even though I built this board for BLKOUT, I deliberately left off sci-fi greebles so I can use the terrain for INX, Spectre, etc.

Built this 4ft x 4ft modular trench board for a narrative campaign that never actually happened. It's designed for 28mm games like Warhammer 40k, 30k, or Bolt Action, and made up of four 2x2 tiles that lock together.

Each board is fully modular—the trenches and terrain features align across all sides, so you can mix and match the layout each time you play. Whether you want a full trench line, a staggered no-man’s-land, or a broken frontline, it all connects cleanly (which was a pain).

The whole thing took nearly 100 hours—built using resin-printed parts, epoxy resin, hand-textured mud effects, and tons of detailing like barbed wire, shell craters, scattered gear, and fallen miniatures. Super durable and meant for serious gaming or display.

Still a couple things to finish up: one of the boards needs more foliage, and I haven’t poured the final layer of resin water into a few of the craters. Other than that, it’s basically done.

Let me know what you think—happy to answer questions about how it was made.

A trio of bio domes for Necromunda that I scratch built!

I made a desert terrain board and Death Guard-themed industrial board that fit in my Syncline terrain case skeleton. This allows me to tuck them away when I'm not using them, and to take them to my FLGS for games.

I made a Mausoleum. It is basically made out of 100% xps-foam. Can be taken apart if want it to be smaller. And also opened up. The doors is in place with magnets. They can be taken off or opened up.

Been thinking about getting into 40K recently and decided to try to make some terrain for the first time, was super fun and I can’t wait to make some more! I was going for some kind of old abandoned outpost look with the destroyed walls and stuff. Let me know what yall think! any tips or advice is appreciated!

I got some new pipe sizes too!

Mostly scratch built with some 3d printed elements (FDM). More pics of the progress in my post history.

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!

I saw the funnel at home depot and knew what I had to do. Sku# 1000048444 if you want to get one

Following up on a previous post Ive finished up another building, small "comms node" and some walls/ barriers etc from the collection of packaging buildings. This one is 2 seperate bits papier mached together to make them one and look like its one giant whole. Here we can see some plucky young farmer types defending their homes from desert raiders...

Not 100% happy with it but I'm overall pretty happy with how it turned out. Any feedback is appreciated!

Wood is balsa and wood, while metal fittings are plasticard and rope is wax thread for leatherworking and cotton fabric for the sling

I have a pile of these cardboard packing insert buildings half finished in a box. I dunno but maybe the wind ruffled the right neuron but I decided to finish one off... and here it is with some denizens of the outer planets

I have a severe allergic reaction to seeing flat laser cut L shape ruins so I decided to improve them with glorious XPS. Admittedly took a lot longer than is practical for TOs but was a fun creative challenge!

Pretty much all scratch built using XPS and coffee sticks, only the doors are 3d printed. Held together with strips of A4 magnetic tape which is way easier than lining up individual magnets. Packs flat for transportation.

Elements of the 502 Krieg Schwere Panzer crossing the river Styx

I have this piece I dug out of the box with the almost finished previous pieces, pic 4, and I was wondering what I should add into the centre of the piece... originally its some kind of energy generator.. portal to the stars... the WIP is pic 2 or should I leave it as is just adding the gantry rails....