Someone said I should post my Necron temple set here, so I thought I'd crosspost just the completed pictures here. The full project log is over here.

I'm compiling some of our "greatest hits" pieces into montage pictures for easy portfolio access, so I'll be dropping them here as well as I finish putting them together. It occurred to me that we have a lot of pictures that I've never shown here, so expect some new pieces as well.






And an old classic.




And another one, one my personal favorites that I'll be making a sequel to soon.




An urban set, one of many. Expect some big pictures of some new big urban projects soon.

Damn you and your talented team!

(And yay for another thread to stalk you in )

Awesome pics. I like the sarlac

I know I told you to post your pics. AND YOU DID!!

Love the extra pics. You're really great at this stuff.

*drool*

WOW.

They are some seriously cool models.

You make some really awesome terrain. I absolutely love the Necron piece. Coolest piece of Necron terrain I've seen. Kudos!

You always make so awesome and beautiful Terrain pieces! You really got talent for this

Give me all your Ork Terrain!!!

Wow, those are some incredible pieces there. The monstery ones bring a whole new meaning to "dangerous terrain" too. Very inspirational!

Holy Jasus, superb necron stuff!

My seven year old was mightily impressed with the Necron terrain.

I must agree with him, although my personal fave is the teeth monster thingy. Excellent stuff.

You are a god amogst men terraformer, when it comes to terrain your name is first in my mind! I will make it my sworn oath that I will have terrain by you gracing my table one day! this thread is an excellent idea, a one stop shop so to speak for anyone who want to be inspired by someone who truly does astonishing terrain work! I can't wait to see what other beauties you can whip up soon!

Great Work, I love the Octopi armed, maw thing

nerdfest09 wrote:You are a god amogst men terraformer, when it comes to terrain your name is first in my mind! I will make it my sworn oath that I will have terrain by you gracing my table one day! this thread is an excellent idea, a one stop shop so to speak for anyone who want to be inspired by someone who truly does astonishing terrain work! I can't wait to see what other beauties you can whip up soon!

Hiya Nerdfest, How's it going? I really appreciate the kind words from you and everyone else, it's inspiring and I make sure to pass them along to whatever grunts actually managed to get out of bed to help with my projects. There's an opportunity to grab a piece going right now, here's a pic of what we have available at this moment, a pump station that I assembled from scratch and spare parts by myself, it took a lot longer than expected because of all the pipes and weathering. Also you can always check my profile for current auctions.

Great work.

I can't help but notice, for such a great scenery creator, your bases seem lacking

chowderhead13 wrote:Great work.

I can't help but notice, for such a great scenery creator, your bases seem lacking

All the figures I use for models are from my way-back early days in the hobby, before bases were all the rage. I had a half dozen unfinished armies, then started getting into scenery and terrain more and more with the hopes of building the greatest table ever, then over time GW released new models for just about everything I was working on... even harlequins! Oh well. Some of our later figures I started paying a little more attention to, like my Necrons:



But my real mini-painting days are still ahead of me

Oh god yes, I love that Nurgle thing... then again I love all nurglish stuff!

All very impressive! I love the way you add backgrounds to the pics. Makes it look less like a model of a monolith and more like a monolith, if you take my meaning.

EDIT: IMG snip.

He maked...

A SKY!

How did you make an entire SKY!

(JK)

Excellent on all counts, fabulous!

wow incredible

That necron tower is truly epic.

The desert terrain is awesome, including some of the most realistic sand I've ever seen (I appreciate your effort to apparently scale down the granularity of sand to match the mini scale), but does that get hard to play on?

I like the thing bursting from the ground. The maggot-spewer isn't really my style, but it's undeniably an excellently modeled piece.

Looks like that ruined tower is surfing in the sand (in a good way ).

How much of the sand is actually part of the models/terrain, if I may ask?

That's actually not sand,in fact no sand was used on these pieces. These pictures show two models with sand dunes sculpted and finished with various techniques to get the realistic appearance of sand. The photographs are not retouched or enhanced at all besides light adjustment, it just photographs realistically.

Sandless sand?

What will they think of next?

Looks fantastic anyway.

WOW
all of that scenery is amazing!!!!

I hope to make terrain as beautiful as this some day...haha This terrain looks like a movie set all of it looks functional and alive in some cases ,absolutley stunning

You were one of the fist threads I saw when I came to Dakka (Orky stuff) and ever since then I have continued to be blown away every time I see a project from you. To say I am impressed is like saying the ocean has some water in it.

Loving the cron terrain & sand dunes

ARGH the campers and Noob tubers always used to hide up there. I think i've worked out what inspired you with this piece lol.
Love the sand dunes how did you do them, are they just carved from high density foam?

EDIT: Didnt realise all the images were together woops. I will still keep it up though if that's Okay.

You come into my shop?

Reminds me of Egypt (except with a stil)

I really love the half painted panels on your ork buildings.

... HOW! ...

I am gobsmaked!

I would love to play on a game table with these amazing pieces.

We repackaged this guy with some new pieces.

Very nice indeed

That is some awesome terrain, I have thought about building some of my own terrain but I have no idea where to even begin.

Really nice thread and very inspirational to say the least

Wow , I am really amazed at your work. If only I could paint half that well .

Great stuff. Love the attention to detail.

Terraformer wrote:

this is amazing

Thats INSANE TErritory WELL DONE! shame you dont sell it!

Jordankeeps wrote:Thats INSANE TErritory WELL DONE! shame you dont sell it!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260736786724

Be sure to see the new accessory pieces too.

U will probaly have a new bidder tomorrow if i get the money

You are amazing. Theres just nothing else that can be said.

I just had a look at your site and its all kinds of awesome.

I wanted to do dessert village, but i'm going to have to seioulsy rethink my approach after seeing your Orkish Pueblo and Dessert terrain.

Speaking of Orkish Pueblo stuff...

Love the weathering on the tank/tower.

AWESOME!!!!!! Great JOB!!!!

very very very nice stuff you have there. Any chance at a full table shot?

I have some large spread shots of some urban scenery coming up, stay tuned.

I've always admired your daemonic ruins...
You should make a whole city like that

Very awesome work!

The devil is in the details, and you sir have sold your soul.
Absolutely fantastic terrain, each a piece of art in it's own right.

Thanks everyone for your support, we love feedback

Here is some industrial toxic goo and stuff we did recently:

The goo looks excellent. Love the colours suspended in it.

Dude, your underground tentacle monster look like a Sarlacc from the tatooine desert.
I love it.

Hi guys, here's another Dangerous Terrain piece we finished.



We also did a How-To guide for making eyeballs on our website, please check it out and tell us what you think!

That Eldar must be the unluckiest Eldar on the Craftworld.

"Hey guys! Guess what Steve just found!"

"Not another mutated/possessed/evil thing!?"

"Yep! Get the guns!"



And the tutorial is pretty good.

Hehe good one! I saw all of those stuff you made mate and all of them are really impressive! Great job idd!

cool dangerous terrain ! I'd call them Voyeur Woods haha !

SilverMK2 wrote:That Eldar must be the unluckiest Eldar on the Craftworld.

"Hey guys! Guess what Steve just found!"

"Not another mutated/possessed/evil thing!?"

"Yep! Get the guns!"



And the tutorial is pretty good.

"What, you're sending me down to the planet with who??"

(That cracked me up. )

That Eldar guy must be the most flukiest of all the Eldar to survive everything he's come in contact with!!

Terraformer wrote:"What, you're sending me down to the planet with who??"

(That cracked me up. )

It is like the "unnamed" ensign in Star Trek - you know something terrible is going to happen to them after about 5 minutes on the planet

I've been on a neodymium magneet shopping spree! I CAN'T STOP MAGNETIZING THINGS!

From now on, all utility poles are connected by a rare earth magnet, so they can be removed for storage and shipping, or to represent battle damage, or even better yet, swapped out for different styles of poles that we will be making in the future. (I plan to make some streetlamps in a gothic style, to fit different themes.)

I have to say I love your telegraph style lights.

It is also good to see that Steve has managed to find a building without a great big monster inside it for a change

I am sh****** bricks right now. This is awesome stuff Terraformer! I wish I had more to say, but I just can't find the words. I'd have to write an essay to cover everything I like about these pieces.

All I can say is WOW! I would love to play on a table featuring these...

Simply stunning terrain!

Do you actually play games with this terrain? Seems too pretty to actually be used...

Your urban terrain is unsurpassed! I would love to play with/on some of this stuff!

I had an itch to do something awesome and chaotic and metal, so I decided to see what would happen if I took the simple concept of a modular river and mixed it with the forces of Chaos. This is what came out.

Wow, awesome chaos waste. I love ther river of blood, at least I guess I think that is blood?!

There is some lovely work in here. Great attention to detail, and always a pleasure to see your stuff Terraformer.

Dude very Cool, very Iron Maiden.

I'm loving the Chaos terrain piece. I wonder though, in the 6th and 7th photo down the strip the 'river' seems to have a little orange in it. Is this due to lighting or is actually there?

Also, how big is the overall piece? It looks like it could almost be an entire board!

Looks just like the kind of place Steve the Guardian would go fishing

Looks very cool.

Amazing work, especially love the pumping station and the market place

When I win the lotto, you're getting commissioned to remake all the store terrain at the FLGS.

-Cypher- wrote:

I'm loving the Chaos terrain piece. I wonder though, in the 6th and 7th photo down the strip the 'river' seems to have a little orange in it. Is this due to lighting or is actually there?

Also, how big is the overall piece? It looks like it could almost be an entire board!

Any orange you see is just a lighting effect, the blood is all dark red like good blood should be. All stretched out it's 4' of terrain, or enough to stretch across a standard gaming table.

Then if playing on a table with some of your terrain on it would be awesome, I'm guessing that playing on a table made OF your terrain would be epic.

Terraformer wrote:

This. How did you do this? I've been trying to get a halfway realistic looking desert for my Tyranid models for years now. That looks so amazing it's unbelievable.

Marrak wrote:
This. How did you do this? I've been trying to get a halfway realistic looking desert for my Tyranid models for years now. That looks so amazing it's unbelievable.

Thank you, the desert dunes were actually some of my personal favorites, and I can't wait to do more from that line. With a few surprises of course. It's actually a pretty straightforward process, just carved foam and polyfilla, painted with some highlighting and pigment powder. The actual hard part was getting a feel for how desert dunes look and behave. I spent a lot of time staring at pictures of desert scenery and learning about the behavior of sand dunes. I scrapped a few pieces in process that didn't have the right curve, etc.

Terraformer wrote:

Marrak wrote:
This. How did you do this? I've been trying to get a halfway realistic looking desert for my Tyranid models for years now. That looks so amazing it's unbelievable.

Thank you, the desert dunes were actually some of my personal favorites, and I can't wait to do more from that line. With a few surprises of course. It's actually a pretty straightforward process, just carved foam and polyfilla, painted with some highlighting and pigment powder. The actual hard part was getting a feel for how desert dunes look and behave. I spent a lot of time staring at pictures of desert scenery and learning about the behavior of sand dunes. I scrapped a few pieces in process that didn't have the right curve, etc.

...wow that's remarkably simple. I'd love to see you put a tutorial of some kind up on your site if you ever find the time for it. Also, what paints did you use? Matching the color has been one of my greater challenges. Thank you for the fast reply!

WOW nice dude do you have tutorials for how to make these? apart from the necron monilith and the eyes

If I ever had the money I would buy you.
That's the best terrain ever. It surpasses the Terrain at GW HQ.

Wish you were in England. Also please put up some tutorials. Us English lot really need some better terrain.

Incredible terrain as always! Great idea to compile all your greatest hits into one (thought I belive some are missing unless you do not show commissioned pieces on this thread?)

I also have a quick question, how do you go about making the newspapers and posters? I have tried and tried again to no effect as the detail is just never clear enough!

Incredible work! Keep it up...

Cain

InquisitorVaron wrote:If I ever had the money I would buy you.

You might regret it, I'm very high maintenance, and require lots of care and feeding and would expect my owner to provide me with the lifestyle I'm accustomed to.

Commander Cain wrote: Incredible terrain as always! Great idea to compile all your greatest hits into one (thought I belive some are missing unless you do not show commissioned pieces on this thread?)

I also have a quick question, how do you go about making the newspapers and posters? I have tried and tried again to no effect as the detail is just never clear enough!

I do have a lot of pieces that aren't here yet, in fact even our website doesn't quite have everything up and visible yet, but I do plan on showing it all as we get the time to go over our archive of pictures and pick the best ones, re-size and upload.

That said, there are a ton of pictures in our webpage gallery, as well as here on Dakka. For those asking about tutorials, I'm going to be releasing more DIYs in the future with very specific details about how to achieve certain effects. As well as project logs of some of the more grand pieces we're working on behind the scenes right now. We already have a pretty good handful of plogs on our site, be sure to check them out.

Oh, as for the posters and such, we just use a good quality photo printer and paper. Nothing too specialized, just good enough resolution to put a high res image into a small print.

Just a decent printer eh? May have to give that a go!

Thanks for the rapid response!

Cain

Marrak wrote:

This. How did you do this? I've been trying to get a halfway realistic looking desert for my Tyranid models for years now. That looks so amazing it's unbelievable.

Haha why would you want a desert as a Tyranid player? Wouldn't your charge across the table end up in one horribly effective shooting phase for your opponent with a more open table?

imark789 wrote:

Marrak wrote:

This. How did you do this? I've been trying to get a halfway realistic looking desert for my Tyranid models for years now. That looks so amazing it's unbelievable.

Haha why would you want a desert as a Tyranid player? Wouldn't your charge across the table end up in one horribly effective shooting phase for your opponent with a more open table?

I think Desert Tables and Snow tables are the coolest, and most people think of them as large open plains...

What about the deserted towns? The snowy hills/desert slopes? The pine forest/Cactus pwn area?

imark789 wrote:

Marrak wrote:

This. How did you do this? I've been trying to get a halfway realistic looking desert for my Tyranid models for years now. That looks so amazing it's unbelievable.

Haha why would you want a desert as a Tyranid player? Wouldn't your charge across the table end up in one horribly effective shooting phase for your opponent with a more open table?

The idea is that I'm modeling my Tyranids in a wasteland for a couple reasons:

1) the desert look really helps the carapace and skin to stand out, especially the purple.
2) I like the idea of my nids being in the last stages of consuming a world, where nearly all the vegetation is consumed, leaving behind barren rock and sand.

Terraformer, I'm going to steal you and put you in a hole with foam, sand, putty, knives, whatever you need in order to create a table based solely on that chaos river of blood piece.

Go on, try to hide from me.

CrashUSAR wrote:Terraformer, I'm going to steal you and put you in a hole with foam, sand, putty, knives, whatever you need in order to create a table based solely on that chaos river of blood piece.

Go on, try to hide from me.

I'll need snacks too.

Terraformer wrote:

These images have really inspired me to get making some terrain for my current army. Cheers!!!

The Eldar in all of your pictures has me singing, "Where in the world is Carmen Santiago?"

That or, "Where's Waldo?"

LOL!

Tyr Grimtooth wrote:The Eldar in all of your pictures has me singing, "Where in the world is Carmen Santiago?"

It's Carmen Sandiego dear.

ha ha ha.

Mismuse wrote:
It's Carmen Sandiego dear.

Really? After all this time and all these threads, this is the message that gets you to join in and say something?

Hey, don't disrespect Carmen. She's got an awesome hat.

Heck, she's probably an inquisitor lord.

Okay, off topic, but these past couple posts have really made me laugh.

And now someone's absolutely got to model an Inquisitor Lord as Carmen Sandiego.

Love the great work!!

Some really superb pieces. Great stuff!

Love it!

Awesome looking stuff, going to dream that my Fortress of Redemption comes out as high quality.

Lovely terrain.

Good work.

Mismuse wrote:

Tyr Grimtooth wrote:The Eldar in all of your pictures has me singing, "Where in the world is Carmen Santiago?"

It's Carmen Sandiego dear.

Just imagine if she was one of Bin Laden's wives. We'd never have found him!

More Necron stuff!

The crystal is LED lit, and the archway/obelisk section is removable from the platform to give the option of playing with two pieces.

That Necron terrain is outstanding I love it, the ork terrain is perfect as well, exactly how ork buildings should like

Terrain always seems like it is overlooked. It is refreshing to see people that appreciate not only their models, but the very ground they play on! Good work! And keep posting more of these amazing pics!

Very crisp.

imukuni wrote:Terrain always seems like it is overlooked. It is refreshing to see people that appreciate not only their models, but the very ground they play on! Good work! And keep posting more of these amazing pics!

My feelings exactly! Terrain should be given at least as much attention as the models you plan to place on it, and it is really a pleasure to play on a realistic battlefield.


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SilverMK2 wrote:Very crisp.

That's what I was aiming for

That Necron terrain is Heresy! Where's the Eldar Guardian we all know and love!

I think this is one of the only threads where I can go back and look over the same pictures and enjoy them over-and-over. I just wanna say great work again Terraformer.

-Cypher- wrote:I think this is one of the only threads where I can go back and look over the same pictures and enjoy them over-and-over. I just wanna say great work again Terraformer.

That means a lot, thank you! I love to make things that are enjoyable just to look at, without having to be covered in figures or digitally manipulated or held by half-naked celebrities.



(Still trying to get some celebrities to return my emails.)

So much AWESOME in this thread. Thank you for sharing, and please keep posting.

Keeps getting better somehow.

Been playing with magnets for attaching parts of buildings for lower floor access.

Insane work again Terraformer! You sir really are the king of making terrain..

Great updates.

Just love your stuff

Awesome work with the magnets. When I win the lottery....I know what I'm spending my money on!

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Runtherd is always amazing! I can not wait to see my project finished.

What polyfilla product do you use?

Here's some more chaos action.






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Lysenis wrote:Runtherd is always amazing! I can not wait to see my project finished.

You and me both! It turned into something out-of-control, but that tends to happen sometimes with us. Updates soon.


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bearden314 wrote:What polyfilla product do you use?

Generic lightweight spackle. Works wonders.

Steve! For the love of the Craftworld don't open the gateway to the Warp! Who let him down to the surface anyway?!?

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Simply mind-blowing....

Surely the most inspirational thread on Dakka.

Thanks.

ChaosLordSam wrote:Hey Terraformer. I just wanted to say that you make the BEST terrain ever! Ive only been on dakkadakka for a week or 2 now and your terrain really stood out to me. I mean seriously!!! those great pieces of art you make should go in a museum!!! your actually the one who got me into dakkadakka from the start cause I saw how great your terrain was! Thanks for showing ur great terrain!

That really means a lot, thank you I'll keep putting 'em up as long as you guys are enjoying it.

Runt (Terraformer) is one of the best. It is that simple. I was sad when he was not one of the winners of the GW RoB board contest.

Well after that last email i can not wait to see where you are going with it.

in a short break between huge projects, we finished a few pieces of toxic industrial scenery because i just love making rusty pipes and green goo!

Wow. The sludge is my favorite bit. To me its the details that bring a piece like this together. Outstanding work again good sir.

Very nice

I have to say that I love your work man. It is amazing. The detail is simply stunning. You have motivated me to build some of my own terrain but I have no idea where to start. Do you have any advise that you can give the lesser terrain builders like myself to get us started? Thank you again for your amazing work.

What do you use for the falling liquids? Is it stretched Necron sprue, or hobby water?

As someone just now getting in to Warhammer 40k primarily for the joy of painting & creating let me just say that your work is inspirational. Thanks for putting it up there for all to see.

Wow 3T, this terrain is incredible.

I do not know of anyone better. The terrain they make should be played on by the Legends of 40k.

Im noticing a lot of Hirst arts stuff in the terrain pieces, notably the desert market scene. Isn't reselling that kind of... you know... illegal?

Not that I wouldn't want to buy some, especially painted!

Texas Instrument wrote:Im noticing a lot of Hirst arts stuff in the terrain pieces, notably the desert market scene. Isn't reselling that kind of... you know... illegal?

From the Hirst Arts Legal Statement Notes:

This says that hobbyists can build and sell finished models made from my pieces.

Synister_Intent wrote:I have to say that I love your work man. It is amazing. The detail is simply stunning. You have motivated me to build some of my own terrain but I have no idea where to start. Do you have any advise that you can give the lesser terrain builders like myself to get us started? Thank you again for your amazing work.

Thank you so much, I always love to hear that the work we do inspires others, I feel there should be a lot more emphasis on the terrain aspect of this hobby! As for how to get started, I would say try to come up with some plans and ideas, and then don't be afraid to go the extra mile. Research by looking at art or getting reference pictures of the kind of terrain you want to make and spend the extra time to detail it how you want it to look. Put the same kind of effort that you would in painting your best figures. Many people skim over terrain work because they want to get it on the table as fast as possible, but as our artist Mismuse is fond of saying "You don't want to be mediocre, do you?" We'll be releasing a lot of tutorials as time goes on, so stay tuned for more tips on our website and here on Dakka.

What do you use for the falling liquids? Is it stretched Necron sprue, or hobby water?

I use a few different techniques, but for the most part it's hot glue. I plan on doing a tutorial on this technique later on to show the details involved because I get asked about this a LOT.

Im noticing a lot of Hirst arts stuff in the terrain pieces, notably the desert market scene. Isn't reselling that kind of... you know... illegal?

I acutally only used Hirst products on that one particular desert market piece (which I should also add was inspired by Lut Gholien, the desert city from Diablo 2,) In the early days of our terrain making, we used a variety of products, from old toys to old terrain pieces and accessories that I already had. Since then, we've begun to sculpt, cast and use our own resin accessories and detail bits, so any crates, pallets, drums, skulls, pipe fittings, electric boxes, Etc. you see in any other pictures are from our first generation of original sculpts.

Holy crap. Such beautiful works.

More!

Terraformer wrote:in a short break between huge projects, we finished a few pieces of toxic industrial scenery because i just love making rusty pipes and green goo!

how on terra did you make the foam on the sludge????

fatrhertime13 wrote:
how on terra did you make the foam on the sludge????

We'll reveal all in time! (Still working on ways to present and package a lot of what we do in ways that will make it easier to share with the community.)


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Lysenis wrote:I do not know of anyone better. The terrain they make should be played on by the Legends of 40k.

You rock Lys. Hang in with us a little while longer!


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Xelkireth wrote:
More!

Okay.

Good evening Mr Terraformer, I find myself again gazing longingly at your exquisite works of art! while my financial situation has sadly put hold on my person placing an order with you in the near future I shall be quenched for awesomeness with your thread and gallery, but fear not! as soon as my money tree bears fruit you shall be the first I will throw it's fruit at!

Nerdfest09

Words fail me, that is very rare! lol!

nerdfest09 wrote:Good evening Mr Terraformer, I find myself again gazing longingly at your exquisite works of art! while my financial situation has sadly put hold on my person placing an order with you in the near future I shall be quenched for awesomeness with your thread and gallery, but fear not! as soon as my money tree bears fruit you shall be the first I will throw it's fruit at!

Nerdfest09

Don't worry Nerd, we aren't going anywhere! Just drop a line when you're ready and we'll work out a schedule. Although it should be mentioned to anyone who may be interested and undecided, that our commission queue is growing rapidly. Please contact us if interested in a project, as we're already scheduling into next year (depending on the size of the project.)

I am happy I got on when I did. I may still be waiting but I will tell everyone this. 3T-Studio works are the best of the best. You can not ask for better from anywhere.

Holy Terra, those are some good terrain! They're so realistic. Just how I'd imagine the world of 40k is like.
I want to be your student so bad....

I ran out of adjectives for your work a long time ago. By this point I should not be amazed or stunned by anything you create, yet I always am. I've seen a lot of incredible terrain work on Dakka and elsewhere, but in all cases I find that I still rate those pieces against the work of the mighty Terraformer.

Really amazing work! I'm about to start a long term terrain project for my FLGS. Thanks for the great inspiration.

woooooooW, my Destroyed Titan now seems smaller...

Hello Teraformer! Just wanted to say, excellent work on all of your terrain pieces! Also, I was thinking about making a sort of Space Hulk/Inquisitor battlefield. Have any ideas?

Thanks-ChaosLordSam

Oh my giddy aunt. That is some seriously amazing terrain. I especially love the river of blood. I want one.

....I am speechless.

The best terrain I have ever seen.

ChaosLordSam wrote:Hello Teraformer! Just wanted to say, excellent work on all of your terrain pieces! Also, I was thinking about making a sort of Space Hulk/Inquisitor battlefield. Have any ideas?

Thanks-ChaosLordSam

While it would be easy for me to reply with the expected "build a hanger with catwalks" type idea, but my mind doesn't work right. My first thought was a giant 4' x 6' engine room, covered with walkways, giant pipes and ramps, dominated by a vast, gothic machine with skulls and buttresses and flashing lights.

How would I make it? No idea but I would cackle like a madman as I work on it.

Like you are doing for the X Board?

I was making a few pieces of terrain out of a old cardboard box yesterday. Now i have to burn it all and weep at how awful i am at the fine art of terrain.

Very nice work there .

haloreach4ever wrote:I was making a few pieces of terrain out of a old cardboard box yesterday. Now i have to burn it all and weep at how awful i am at the fine art of terrain.

Yeah I'll join you on that one. I still just have some MDF boards, to scared to do anything to them as I figure all I will do is make it worse. I can see what I want to do in my head (because it is based on the capital wasteland in fallout 3) but I have absolutely no idea how to transform real physical material into that dream. Or nightmare. Or whatever. At the moment, I take the fight to Flatworld - home to absolutely nothing :(

Lysenis wrote:Like you are doing for the X Board?

Maybe not 4' x 6', but no less ambitious

Hoff Starr wrote:

haloreach4ever wrote:I was making a few pieces of terrain out of a old cardboard box yesterday. Now i have to burn it all and weep at how awful i am at the fine art of terrain.

Yeah I'll join you on that one. I still just have some MDF boards, to scared to do anything to them as I figure all I will do is make it worse. I can see what I want to do in my head (because it is based on the capital wasteland in fallout 3) but I have absolutely no idea how to transform real physical material into that dream. Or nightmare. Or whatever. At the moment, I take the fight to Flatworld - home to absolutely nothing :(

When I started doing all this, I made pieces inspired by locations in popular games, and I had this very grand idea to recreate all of Megaton city in 28mm scale. After spending some time working out the size of the project and materials needed I realized I would probably have to shelf the idea for a while. Anyone else want to pick up the challenge?

Megaton? Ouch, that would take me... well, at the rate I am going, around 600 years. I was thinking more 'wasteland', with something like Arefu on a broken highway bridge type thing. I'm still psyching myself up for it...

Me, im making a small cardboard village for my dark elves to raid.

haloreach4ever wrote:Me, im making a small cardboard village for my dark elves to raid.

You can do amazing things with cardboard

I made an alright alter of khaine.

So when are new pics coming in? What are you working on Terraformer? Btw, is it okay if I try to replicate the terrain pieces you made?

Very nice terrain pieces can't wait for more.

LumenPraebeo wrote:So when are new pics coming in? What are you working on Terraformer? Btw, is it okay if I try to replicate the terrain pieces you made?

We're finishing up a large project that we've had on the books for a while now, a set of pieces with a slightly different theme than anything we've done so far, so I should have some interesting new material up by next week. As far as building replicas of our work, I don't mind at all as long as it's just for personal use and you don't also sneak in my house and fashion a human-skin mask from my face and pretend to be me.

(Also, send us pics when finished, we love getting pictures.)

Absolutely epic! Makes me inspired to try making some of my own. The world building is so fun, pure creativity. And your skill at this is superb.

Hiya,

We're still sorting out our pictures of a recent project, meanwhile we thought these pictures of a larger urban set would be a nice addition to this thread. Enjoy!

Propaganda posters and everything. They do not skimp on a thing. Top grade as always.

Holy smoking cotton balls Batman. That looks outstanding...

O_O

That is very impressive. I will be stating my own projects but i doubt they will be this good

Very nice indeed

Your work is amazing. I am very impressed with your urban terrain with the minute attention to detail. The little addatives of well placed rubbish and rashly posted fliers really adds to the realism. Great work.

Just a quick question is there anyway we can get those posters cause those would be great for me, p.s. terrains great

Ridiculous.

Would love to see a non-dark and gothic futuristic Infinity table buy you folks. Do you accept soiled diapers and leaves as payment?

omg awsome love the litter

Hiya folks, I got a lot of questions about the propaganda posters, and I will post some files to print on our webpage in the near future, with a lot more to choose from.

We just finished up an Ork village, and more pieces on the way!

love it

Your work continues to amaze me.

I wanted to try out making some larger urban pieces, but this set turned out so big that I broke it up into two parts. Here's some montages of both pieces, the bottom pic in each montage shows both pieces together. These pieces can accommodate whole tanks for some real interesting urban action.

Wow that is one I have not seen before!

I just arrived here at Dakka again after almost a year. I bookmarked your actual blog and yet to my great annoyance I notice I haven't seen 80% of these terrain pieces. If I don't see EVERYTHING you guys have made there will be trouble. And I mean EVERY picture and EVERY angle.

:O is all I can say.

superscenic wrote:I just arrived here at Dakka again after almost a year. I bookmarked your actual blog and yet to my great annoyance I notice I haven't seen 80% of these terrain pieces. If I don't see EVERYTHING you guys have made there will be trouble. And I mean EVERY picture and EVERY angle.

Welcome back Super! Don't feel bad, we have literally thousands of pictures that we haven't sorted through and uploaded yet. There are whole, large projects we haven't posted anything about! Don't worry, I'm catching up slowly. In fact, I'm writing up the plog for our GenCon project right now.


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In fact, here's that project log now: Warmachine Jungle Ruins on Dakka

Terraformer wrote:

Welcome back Super! Don't feel bad, we have literally thousands of pictures that we haven't sorted through and uploaded yet. There are whole, large projects we haven't posted anything about! Don't worry, I'm catching up slowly. In fact, I'm writing up the plog for our GenCon project right now.

O..that's alright then.

I forgive you.

I feel the love going around here. . . .

Spending some time wandering around GenCon, I became inspired to start doing more and more steampunk/sci-fi pieces to fit with the wide variety of really amazing games that people are playing lately.

Once again fethin amazin!

I would like to see more "functional" or "Operating" buildings from 3T. Three examples I think you guys should consider for the future are buildings that are used for constructing machines or Biological research. Factory with crane, sawmill, Victorian Laboratory. I think if you start making molds of some of these things you could sell proper factories with lots of equipment. Oooh Yeah!

superscenic wrote:I would like to see more "functional" or "Operating" buildings from 3T. Three examples I think you guys should consider for the future are buildings that are used for constructing machines or Biological research. Factory with crane, sawmill, Victorian Laboratory. I think if you start making molds of some of these things you could sell proper factories with lots of equipment. Oooh Yeah!

Those are some splendid ideas Super, in fact I really like the idea of a sawmill, fits right into our "dangerous terrain" in some funny way. Gonna have to go cast saw blades soon.

Great googly moogly terraformer! more great work, as usual though i suppose it shouldn't really suprise me at all! looking forward to the epic work you have teased us with in previous posts! any time frame or is it just wait and see? :-)


Nerdfest09

nerdfest09 wrote:any time frame or is it just wait and see? :-)

I have that project log in the other thread rolling along for a the big set of warmachine jungle ruins we did for a GenCon event, I should be posting the completion in a couple more updates, which was one of the epic ones. There's more around the corner also, gotta sit tight and see!

How/where did you get those gears in that last project you posted. Been thinking of raiding an old electronics repair shop or something of the sort for broken VCRs and other mechanical devices

Colfax wrote:How/where did you get those gears in that last project you posted. Been thinking of raiding an old electronics repair shop or something of the sort for broken VCRs and other mechanical devices

The big ones I sculpted myself, the little ones are from a watch.

besides your works being over the top AMAZING, the photography makes them evan better. You are a GOD

Not bad - I can see that as being some minor public works building - perhaps a small single engine fire station or something

Another round of updates coming up on our various projects, in the meantime here's a new style of Ork terrain that Mismuse has been has been meticulously scratch-building day and night.

Dat's sum gud and propa' Orky Buildns'

Awesome work

Very nice indeed - love all the little details.

Love that Flak Kannon, so awesome!!

I think I would call this set an "IHOP Sampler Plate" with a variety of some various urban pieces, a little of everything.

Pretty swish

Thanks for sharing the pics.

3t studios fecking rules

Gorgeous! The time you put into your terrain is remarkable! Great stuff!

I really love makinf Necron pieces, the sharp, dark features with the natural ground cover are consistently satisfying to finish.

OM.... :O.... I want too make stuff like that! dude you are awesome!

While I applaud you for the visual quality and the craftsmanship of all your stuff, terraformer


I do wonder, will you ever do something that truly does block LOS?

Getting more and more amazing every time!

archont wrote:While I applaud you for the visual quality and the craftsmanship of all your stuff, terraformer


I do wonder, will you ever do something that truly does block LOS?

I thought buildings blocked line of sight?

Did they change the rules on LOS and if so which games? Oh my, we might have to line our building walls with lead.

Everything is TLOS now, so if you can see through it it doesnt block LOS.

However, that should have no bearing on what you produce! Dont change your beautiful designs just beacuse of a little rule

Have you guys done any Malifaux terrain? It seems like it would mesh really well with your dense/busy style of terrain.

There should be a warning against reading this whole thread in one sitting. I am left in a state of shock from the unrelenting quality of every single piece posted here. Really genius work. I will follow this thread to the ends of the earth.

Aduro wrote:Have you guys done any Malifaux terrain? It seems like it would mesh really well with your dense/busy style of terrain.

I really, really want to do Malifaux terrain. We've had some big projects in the books that got scrapped for one reason or another. We've put together some amazing visions for cobbled streets and dense, complicated systems of victorian houses and walkways and waterways. Hopefully one day we'll have a commission that follows through! I might make something like this just for fun if I get impatient, to go with my box of Malifaux figures waiting to be painted, but time is at a such a premium.


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Vitruvian XVII wrote:Everything is TLOS now, so if you can see through it it doesnt block LOS.

However, that should have no bearing on what you produce! Dont change your beautiful designs just beacuse of a little rule

So if it has a window or a gap that you can see through if you put your head at table-level, you can draw LOS through the whole thing? Forgive my ignorance, they don't let me out of the shop to actually play very much lately. So hungry....


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whigwam wrote:There should be a warning against reading this whole thread in one sitting. I am left in a state of shock from the unrelenting quality of every single piece posted here. Really genius work. I will follow this thread to the ends of the earth.

Thank you so much! Get ready for a long ride then, because we're only picking up pace

If the model can see through a window, it can shoot out, and can be shot in turn. If only a few models in the squad can see (ie because the others are looking through walls) only those that have actual LOS can shoot. If the enemy can see one model of a squad it can shoot the whole squad, but they will get cover.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:If the model can see through a window, it can shoot out, and can be shot in turn. If only a few models in the squad can see (ie because the others are looking through walls) only those that have actual LOS can shoot. If the enemy can see one model of a squad it can shoot the whole squad, but they will get cover.

This sounds reasonable and doesn't sound so different than what I was used to years ago. I've always liked making pieces that you could get a unit on or behind for high ground with a little bit of cover. I was getting the impression that rules were now allowing two tanks on opposite sides of the table to shoot each other through a building just because it has a little hole or window somewhere in the wall, which would make half the models we make phantoms in game play terms. So I'm still wondering what Archont meant about none of our terrain blocking LOS, and if there are any glaring reoccurring issues with what we've been making, or if players out there have some very specific needs that makes a piece of terrain fun to actually use in a game. This just because I really want to make pieces that are playable as well as pretty, and I can't do it without feedback. (Don't worry, I won't compromise quality in my designs, we're good at blending form and function.)

Simply Incredible! good job!

Im not sure that comment had any real validity to it tbh (no offence Archont, just imo).

For instance, your Necron temple is a perfect example of blocking LOS.

Another Ironclad Orky piece that Mismuse has been tediously scratchbuilding for gawd-knows how long.

Oh btw, was browsing your site yesterday and came across the SH X-Board project. Are there any more updates for it?

What do you make all of this out of?

nice looking peice of artillery youve got there

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Oh btw, was browsing your site yesterday and came across the SH X-Board project. Are there any more updates for it?

Yes, we have more updates coming up, and in fact the next fully finished Project Log that I post here on Dakka and on our page will be the X-board project. (Really Lysenis!)


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Nightfall wrote:What do you make all of this out of?

Do you stand on a windswept precipice and look out to the vastness of the sea and ask "What is this made of?" Do you soar above a bustling metropolis and gesture vaguely downwards at the living, breathing streets that pulse with life and say "What is this made of?" Do you hold a newborn baby in your arms, with all the splendor and mystery and potential that comes from existence itself and ask "WHAT IS THIS MADE OF?" DO YOU????

Well, okay actually it's mostly plasticard, foamcore, scraps and a few of our own resin-cast bits.

Haha! I love how crazy you are Terraformer.

Thats cool, post a link when you start the log please!

Sorry to be annoying, but when can we see the expansion to the Warmachine Orgoth stuff? (Assuming i havent misinterpreted of course)

It's going to be an ongoing project, likely starting this fall/winter, with new pieces in the series likely continuing on into next year, depending on a few factors like our client's schedule and our own growing book of projects. In other words, it might be a while still.

I think after everyone sees the next wave of big projects you'll all forget about everything else for a little while.

Thats a big claim! Eagerly awaiting whatever rolls around next.

I wrote up a tutorial for making hills, take a look.

Great thread, some really nice looking terrain here. The Necron ones are probably my favorites.

Since nobody has told you this: Your terrain is AWSUM!! It really inpires me to try the same myelf right now!

That tutorial is awesome, if only i was at home now, id be knee deep in hills!

Wow, indeed great terrain..
I'll surely remeber you when I build my own maps!

Wow, the other day I was looking for a good hill-making tutorial and one found me instead. Thanks for that!

Excellent tutorial. But it is making my block hills feel a little inferior.
It may be time for a few upgrades.

Amazing, Terraformer! Love the Necron temple!

nice to see you doing some natural terrain

Terraformer wrote:I wrote up a tutorial for making hills, take a look.

these are great. So much detail and character on what would normally be a simple hill. I'd love to see a textured tabletop and some free standing rock formations done in this style to go with them...

MIght be a dumb question, but do you do commisiions or once you have built some scenery do you cast it and seel it to the general public?

Btw where is Steve the Eldar gone?

The ruins are great makes me think return to sanctuary 101 for the SoB.

I have an idea for you.

How about you do some Tyranid bastion bio-structures for Planetstrike?

They are working on a tyranid infested hulk theme for a display board made from the Battlefoams X-Board.

dantay_xv wrote:MIght be a dumb question, but do you do commisiions or once you have built some scenery do you cast it and seel it to the general public?

Btw where is Steve the Eldar gone?

The ruins are great makes me think return to sanctuary 101 for the SoB.

Everything we make right now is original, whether it's commissioned work or public offerings. Maybe one day we'll have kits available, but even those will probably have a unique twist to keep them from falling into the standard "cookie cutter" look of cast terrain. But I shouldn't say more at this time.

Steve is around, waiting for the next horrible, dangerous, scary encounter to land on and explore!

That hill tutorial is one of the best wargaming how-to articles I've ever seen. Nothing in there is particularly mind-blowing regarding materials or process, but seeing it set out like that, I suddenly feel like I could make attractive, not merely passable, terrain. You continue to be my terrain-making hero.

oadie wrote:That hill tutorial is one of the best wargaming how-to articles I've ever seen. Nothing in there is particularly mind-blowing regarding materials or process, but seeing it set out like that, I suddenly feel like I could make attractive, not merely passable, terrain. You continue to be my terrain-making hero.

I'm happy to hear that! That was exactly my goal, to show something simple, done right. It's Just one of the first of many tutorials and tips articles that I hope will make the idea of high-quality, beautiful terrain feel more attainable and in reach of even the casual hobbyist.

I loved your article terraformer, and your terrain too of course.

Your urban landscapes are especially inspiring - the shot of the overpass with the propaganda poster on the wall was like a story told in terrain form.

While we were working, we had the movie Pitch Black on in the background, and we glanced up at this scene:



And said "Now THAT would be creepy to walk through." And so here's the result of that little shot of inspiration:



Fumaroles? Burrows? Harmless Geology or Sinister Lair? Who Knows, we sent Steve and his boys down for a look around.

Best of luck Steve!

Awesome looking terrain and fantastic tutorial

Welcome back Steve. Pitch Black is a surprising bit of inspiration ... I love it! Very foreboding. In the same vein, now I want to see a tyranid graveyard..! (Remember that scene? Giant alien ribcages and skulls? I might be thinking of the Lion King.)

whigwam wrote:Welcome back Steve. Pitch Black is a surprising bit of inspiration ... I love it! Very foreboding. In the same vein, now I want to see a tyranid graveyard..! (Remember that scene? Giant alien ribcages and skulls? I might be thinking of the Lion King.)

Pitch Black as well

I too think something like that would be pretty cool to see

Nice work again.

those look very nice

Get ready to see a lot more of this style Military/Imperial type terrain.

Exciting! Perhaps the first store item?

whigwam wrote:Welcome back Steve. Pitch Black is a surprising bit of inspiration ... I love it! Very foreboding. In the same vein, now I want to see a tyranid graveyard..! (Remember that scene? Giant alien ribcages and skulls? I might be thinking of the Lion King.)

Challenge accepted.

Amazing works!!!

Please continue showing them to us!!

This topic is pure crazyness.
Your sceneries look so good. The hills for exemple are quite simple to do (at least they seem to be simple) but the result is awesome.

When I'll have time enough I'll make some new scenery elements, and be sure your topic will be very inspiring.

Didn't realise the bunker was so large until I saw Steve

Looking good though.

Also eagerly awaiting the alien bone yard

Now the terrain I made looks like terrain crap. DAMN OU YOU ARE GIVING ME INSECURITY ISSUES!

Mismuse wrote:

whigwam wrote:Welcome back Steve. Pitch Black is a surprising bit of inspiration ... I love it! Very foreboding. In the same vein, now I want to see a tyranid graveyard..! (Remember that scene? Giant alien ribcages and skulls? I might be thinking of the Lion King.)

Challenge accepted.

:0 ....!!! The terrain gods have heard my humble prayer!

the bunker looks great, it is more on the opposite end of the scifi spectrum as some 40k things ive seen and i like it!

and I thought that my scratch built chaos board was looking good, now I know why no-one is bothering to post on my WIP (I have replied 5 times out of 7).

Now THAT is a bunker! Terrific as always.

Amazing stuff!

dude... ur like... Terrain god... I love ur work soo much!

I wants me that bunker...fortress, very impressive!

I was very hesitant in opening a terrain thread... but wow!!

Commander Cain wrote:I wants me that bunker...fortress, very impressive!

Check my current auctions, now is your chance, you might get lucky!


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MakeH wrote:I was very hesitant in opening a terrain thread... but wow!!

My goal is to vanquish the lowered expectations and stereotypes of terrain projects one back-breaking piece at a time until everyone, everywhere realizes it doesn't make sense to spend 2 weeks painting a figure and only 2 hours cutting out the building he'll be standing on.

So we love to hear that anything we do is inspiring, keep that feedback rolling in!

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The bunker is excellent, but I'd really like to see more steampunk stuff. Your steampunk ruin from a few months ago is the most amazing piece of scenery I've ever seen.

Beautiful as always

Terraformer wrote:

My goal is to vanquish the lowered expectations and stereotypes of terrain projects one back-breaking piece at a time until everyone, everywhere realizes it doesn't make sense to spend 2 weeks painting a figure and only 2 hours cutting out the building he'll be standing on.

So we love to hear that anything we do is inspiring, keep that feedback rolling in!

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Well I spend more time doing terrains... but my level is not really all that up there like you.

Could you please do more tutorials, pretty please please please? I'm currently doing your hill tutorial now, only I haven't found a good MDF board substitute here (except for plywood, which is quite a bitch to cut).

Terraformer wrote:
it doesn't make sense to spend 2 weeks painting a figure and only 2 hours cutting out the building he'll be standing on.

That is the truth right there!!!

heartserenade wrote:
Well I spend more time doing terrains... but my level is not really all that up there like you.

Could you please do more tutorials, pretty please please please? I'm currently doing your hill tutorial now, only I haven't found a good MDF board substitute here (except for plywood, which is quite a bitch to cut).

A good substitute would be perforated pegboards. I've looked it up and a lot of people suggested to go to traditional construction suppliers instead of depot to find these. (lawanit) Someone also spotted these and I quote "Saw some yesterday sa ACE, SM Fairview" I'm guessing that's in Manila. Goodluck!

Mismuse wrote:

heartserenade wrote:
Well I spend more time doing terrains... but my level is not really all that up there like you.

Could you please do more tutorials, pretty please please please? I'm currently doing your hill tutorial now, only I haven't found a good MDF board substitute here (except for plywood, which is quite a bitch to cut).

A good substitute would be perforated pegboards. I've looked it up and a lot of people suggested to go to traditional construction suppliers instead of depot to find these. (lawanit) Someone also spotted these and I quote "Saw some yesterday sa ACE, SM Fairview" I'm guessing that's in Manila. Goodluck!

Lawanit? That's bamboo sheets, I think. I know where to get those. And Ace Hardware SM Fairview's like 10 minutes away from my house.

It's kinda weird that people in Dakka are now talking about SM Fairview: I feel like THE INTERNET WORLD AND MY WORLD ARE MERGING. And you quoting something written in Taglish (Tagalog-English mash-up, although there's only one word in Tagalog there). It's awesome AND weird.


Anyway, thanks! I'll be checking out lawanit first thing in the morning.

Amazing work, totally inspirational - can't wait for more!

And there is Misuse, the one who usually keeps Runt working on all the right projests. . . Except mine ;P

heartserenade wrote:
Lawanit? That's bamboo sheets, I think. I know where to get those. And Ace Hardware SM Fairview's like 10 minutes away from my house.

It's kinda weird that people in Dakka are now talking about SM Fairview: I feel like THE INTERNET WORLD AND MY WORLD ARE MERGING. And you quoting something written in Taglish (Tagalog-English mash-up, although there's only one word in Tagalog there). It's awesome AND weird.


Anyway, thanks! I'll be checking out lawanit first thing in the morning.

Lawanit clip boards and panels that they use for papag. They also use it I think to make chalk boards. From memory they seem to be equivalent of MDF. Not so weird quoting taglish, I'm fluent in tagalog as well.

Lysenis I hound Runt about it and I'm afraid I'm contributing to the delay as I've been unsatisfied with some of the components and is notorious for scrapping and redesigning some parts of it. We've gone beyond and into the crazy and blown our budget but we don't care. We decided to go all out at no added cost but requires a bit more time. Patience indeed is definitely something you have plenty of and in the end it will be well worth it. Runt's next big log will be about it and we'll share it here in Dakka.

Mismuse wrote:

Lawanit clip boards and panels that they use for papag. They also use it I think to make chalk boards. From memory they seem to be equivalent of MDF. Not so weird quoting taglish, I'm fluent in tagalog as well.

Somehow knowing that Mismuse can speak Tagalog makes me want to hyperventilate.

I had walls once made of lawanit. Never occurred to me that I can use them, though.

Lysenis wrote:And there is Misuse, the one who usually keeps Runt working on all the right projests. . . Except mine ;P

If it's of any consolation, we're even further behind on that infamous "Phase II" project as well, (and the thing involving that bicycle gear.) Some projects just don't go the way we expect, but in the end everyone ends up happy.

Except Mismuse, nothing's ever good enough.

Terraformer wrote:

Lysenis wrote:And there is Misuse, the one who usually keeps Runt working on all the right projests. . . Except mine ;P

If it's of any consolation, we're even further behind on that infamous "Phase II" project as well, (and the thing involving that bicycle gear.) Some projects just don't go the way we expect, but in the end everyone ends up happy.

Except Mismuse, nothing's ever good enough.

What do you expect? I am perfectly content still as I have always been. This gives me more time to paint my Blood Falcons. Let me know when you will need their color scheme OK. I have perfect confidence in your guys amazing work. I can't wait to see what comes out of your shack shop next!

FrozenSoul80 wrote:The bunker is excellent, but I'd really like to see more steampunk stuff. Your steampunk ruin from a few months ago is the most amazing piece of scenery I've ever seen.

I aim to please. Enjoy.

Fabulous! Another piece of art, loving the intricate details

This makes me fail my leadership test to continue playing this game at all. In a good way

If I ever win the Powerball, which sadly I did not last week when it was up over $200m, you're going to be making me a ton of stuff.

P.S. What happened to the Eldar Guardian than used to tour all your creations? I liked him better and miss him.

Hmmm... Oddly, those last two seem a little lacking, actually.

I'm not exactly certain what it is about the Imperial bunker, but it's sorta flattish? Perhaps it's the scale, but there seems to be too little tiny detail, for actual scale. Even the odd bullet hole or scorchmark might make it work better- right now I think it's a bit too pristine.

Something similar for the Steampunk style terrain bit, too. most of it is great, but the boiler bit sticks out as 'fake' looking- once again, not weathered enough, needs more verdigris and drips and heat discolorations- more variance, so it doesn't look so 'plastic toy' alongside the other stuff, which all has much more believable texture.

Im loving this peice it reminds me of "There will be Blood"

Anvildude wrote:Hmmm... Oddly, those last two seem a little lacking, actually.

I'm not exactly certain what it is about the Imperial bunker, but it's sorta flattish? Perhaps it's the scale, but there seems to be too little tiny detail, for actual scale. Even the odd bullet hole or scorchmark might make it work better- right now I think it's a bit too pristine.

Something similar for the Steampunk style terrain bit, too. most of it is great, but the boiler bit sticks out as 'fake' looking- once again, not weathered enough, needs more verdigris and drips and heat discolorations- more variance, so it doesn't look so 'plastic toy' alongside the other stuff, which all has much more believable texture.

Hi Anvil, your comments raise some pretty good points and we appreciate all kinds of feedback.

You are right, either of those pieces could have been detailed more, with more plating, weathering and patina, But a large number of the pieces we produce on a weekly basis are "test-bed" pieces, where we may be trying out a new style, color scheme or other technique, before we apply those same techniques to one of our larger, more intricate commissioned works. And since we also need to run our business effectively, we usually finish these pieces to a fair level of quality and sell them off on eBay, giving buyers a chance to land a great deal, greatly discounted from our regular commission rates. If I were to spend more than say, a week, on a piece, I wouldn't possibly be able to start the auction reasonable rate, so there's a constant juggling act between the holy trinity of terrain: playability - affordability - aesthetics.

Trust me, we are our own worst critics here, every piece gets a scathing review. If we were to do dioramas for competitions I think you would see a totally different approach and thoroughness in detail, but for now at least, despite the handful of flaws you see (and the several thousand flaws that I see) I really want our terrain to be accessible, to be brought home by average people and played with, or be used as inspiration to show others they can achieve great effects with just a little extra effort.




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Aduro wrote: What happened to the Eldar Guardian than used to tour all your creations? I liked him better and miss him.

That's Steve, I try to give him some down-time from exploring all the creepy, dangerous, landscapes we usually send him to, but since he's become somewhat of a celebrity, I'll make sure he returns soon for our next round of... well, whatever we make next!

Aduro wrote:If I ever win the Powerball, which sadly I did not last week when it was up over $200m, you're going to be making me a ton of stuff.

P.S. What happened to the Eldar Guardian than used to tour all your creations? I liked him better and miss him.

Be prepared that it will take a lot of time BUT having said that it is WELL worth the wait. They are not quite that expensive but it is a pretty red penny.

It look real good man.. i need to finish painting my ork terrain .. at the moment i got a large village.. looks pretty good .. just needs paint :p

I'd love to see you make some Trench themed terrain.
Or, if you want a massive challenge, you could build a Hive City

Can you try doing castle ruins? Please please please? It's just that all your work mostly revolve around sci-fi stuf, and fantasy-styled terrain can be a nice change.

As a terrain junkie I'm a big fan, keep it up (I check this thread all the time for new ideas and inspiration for my own table). please post some new terrain soon.

Some really cool stuff here.

Yea they are that good

Ummm.... WOW! Absolutely amazing.

Absolutley love all of the terrain. Your stuff is really what inspired me to take some time and actually build some terrain it's tabletop stuff as that is my skill level but seeing what you did inspired me to make it nonetheless

This stuff is amazing!!

I just found the thread today and have been running through, drooling over the pics.

I have a whole little story in my head now, about a lone Eldar who is exploring the ruins of a out of the way planetary system, stranded and alone...or is he?