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So I've decided to run a small, friendly FOW tourney for Adepticon 2015 in the style of 40K Combat Patrol. That means I need more terrain....and quick!

Let's start with a WIP post on the 15mm Lumber Camp terrain set. From the left, it's a small bunkhouse, the mill, and a maintenance shed. Not pictured (because they were half finished at the time) are the log and lumber pile linear obstacles. All that's left is a quick ink weathering of the exterior wood surfaces, some spot painting (mostly the tin roofs and bases), and flocking.



More info and pics:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/09/15mm-lumber-camp-wip-2.html

Comments and critiques welcome!

Looking good!

Those will no doubt look great when finished.

What is the theatre of the game (east front, italy ...)?

 Metsuri wrote:
Looking good!

Those will no doubt look great when finished.

What is the theatre of the game (east front, italy ...)?

Each table will be a different region in the EW period. I hope to have Egypt/Libya border, Cyrenaica, Greece, Crete, France, the Low Countries, Poland, Norway, the Baltic States, Russia - Karelia, Russia - Pripyet, Russia - Sevastapol, & Manchuria.

I took a little break from making terrain to finish up some minis. I'd always wanted to add some assault guns to the Soviet Tankovy Battalion I finished a couple years ago but have been unwilling to spend the cash to buy them. Recently, I came across a good deal and bought them....then promptly realized I had lost the paint color chart I used for the prior minis! Instead I decided to try my luck at whitewash winter camo for the first time.

More pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/09/koshka-ubiytsy-zimoy-winter-1944.html

These are great, the weathering on those tiny models is very impressive! Will be following

The lumber camp is finally complete and I'm pretty pleased with the results considering the amount of time it took. The entire complex, if not spread out, occupies around 2 sq. ft. - somewhere between a 1/4" and 1/3" of a table space. Considering it really only needs some roads and large tracts of woods, the size is "just right" for FOW. This lumber camp will be used to represent the Karelia Region of Finland/Russia in the FOW: Recon In Force tournament for Adepticon 2015.

Much more pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/09/road-to-adepticon-2015-15mm-lumber-camp.html

That's some very nice terrain - good eye for detail.

Loving thar saw mill

Excellent looking stuff. The little details like rust on the sawmill track are great.

A little detour from terrain building, finished the 1/100 Tamiya Me262 & Me163.



More pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2014/10/dawn-of-jet-age-15mm-me262-me163.html

Happy new year! I'm gearing up for Adepticon and assembling 15mm terrain like a madman, thought I'd share how to build a nice European city parks using HO fencing. Enjoy!
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/tutorial-15mm-european-city-park.html




Comments and critiques welcome!

Just a small WIP post of the Western European town I'm working on. Enjoy!



More info and pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/western-european-town-wip.html

A small bit of North Africa terrain - a mosque and walled courtyard - to add to my earlier NA terrain efforts. More pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/more-north-africa-terrain.html

Looking really nice indeed!

Really lovely

Yugoslavian House Conversion. So I'm sure the first question is "why Yugoslavia?"....and the simple answer is because it was an easy conversion. Crescent Root's (now out of production) resin buildings were the first 15mm buildings I had purchased years ago and, while they're nice, straight out of the box they're rather odd-looking - as if they don't really fit any particular nation or architectural style.

More WIP pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/01/yugoslavian-house-conversion.html

Just looked through this thread from start to finish - it all looks amazing. I think you should also post some of this stuff in the Historical section as well. You'll get a lot more views (it's all too easy to become lost amongst the space marines in this part of the forum!)

Great stuff Lumber Yard is a nice choice for a battlefield.

Recently broke down and bought a handful of the awesome Mark IV 'Fury on the Steppes' buildings. Full product review, WIP pics, and more completed pics in the link below:

http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/product-review-mark-iv-miniatures.html

Comments and critiques welcome!

Still on the Eastern Front - this time I've got a tutorial for making realistic marshes like those in Belorussia. Full tutorial with WIP pics at the link below:

http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/tutorial-marshes.html



Comments and critiques welcome!

Great terrian

The marshes look great. I've bookmarked your blog article for when I eventually get around to making this style of terrain.

Vineyards make excellent, useful terrain features in all kinds of different games. They limit maneuverability, provide concealment for infantry, and nicely fill table space. I'll show you how to build realistic vineyards that are easy to assemble.

Tutorial and more pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/tutorial-vineyards.html

Really awesome work

Really nice, have gotten some good ideas for future terrain projects for myself.

While I don't really need more North African style buildings, I just can't seem to stop building them. I found a few old offcuts of cork flooring tile and decided to try my hand at building some cork terrain. The basis of these buildings are Matakishi's amazing cork buildings, specifically his Afghan Buildings.

More pics below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/cork-tile-houses.html

I have a love-hate relationship with the Battlefront Plowed Fields - I love how awesome they are and they're useful in many more games outside of Flames of War, but I hate the cost. $20-something should get you more than two small rectangular fields. So I decided to try making my own and the results are awesome.

Tutorial, more pics, and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/tutorial-flexible-plowed-fields.html

Nice use of cardboard for plowed fields.

How did I miss this thread before, it's incredible!

As someone who is also making a WW2 15mm table this blog and ideas is absolutely invaluable.

Will already be trying your vinyard idea, looking forward to what comes next!

 ancientsociety wrote:
I have a love-hate relationship with the Battlefront Plowed Fields - I love how awesome they are and they're useful in many more games outside of Flames of War, but I hate the cost. $20-something should get you more than two small rectangular fields. So I decided to try making my own and the results are awesome.

Tutorial, more pics, and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2015/02/tutorial-flexible-plowed-fields.html

That is genius