Dreamspirit's terrain log

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**dreamspirit**

Okay so I decided to open a terrain log where I will post all of our future work in 2012 (and hopefully after). Up until now I've posted threads for each work and that just isn't practical. so here goes, first of all couple of stuff inspired by Skyrim, hope you like them

Have a great day,

Milos

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Here is a little waterfall, again, inspired by Skyrim. I am still experimenting with water effects here, once I master it (or at least get a good grasp) I'll post a tutorial. For now you;ll have to settle for this

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Couple of Arcane Ruins shots: the standing stones can be removed for easier miniature placement.

**Cave_Dweller**

It looks great, wish I had terrain like tht to game with!

**oadie**

Everything looks fantastic! I think your water effects experiment was a great success, so feel free to dive right on into a tutorial any time.

If you do plan to keep updating with new pieces, you may want to consider moving this to the P&M Blogs forum, though.

**dreamspirit**

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate them very much!

@oadie: not sure how to move it there. Any hints?

Milos

**Einhänder**

The calligraphy on those rocks just blew me away! Are all of those pieces made of polystyrene by chance?

**dreamspirit**

thank you Einhander, and yes they are

Milos

**oadie**

dreamspirit wrote:@oadie: not sure how to move it there. Any hints?

You can flag the thread with "wrong forum" using the little yellow triangle above your original post or you could PM a mod, asking them to move it. I'd almost say you're better having started off here, though, as P&M threads usually get a bit more initial attention than blogs. Now we're hooked, though, so we'll come to you looking for updates!

**dreamspirit**

thanks mate, up until now I was posting my studio work in separate threads, but this is much easier for everyone, and if I can get more views here, well...

Milos

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thanks all, here is another marble from our collection (actually now collection of someone else). I really enjoyed building this one, you can find more detailed footage on my youtube channel, and here is something for all of you on the forums:

More pictures here: http://dreamspiritwargaming.blogspot.com/2011/11/stallion-stronghold.html

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aaaah sorry forgot to post a picture of the entire piece, here it is:

Milos

**dreamspirit**

Sinister Statue, inspired by many cool locations in Skyrim:

**dreamspirit**

Okay it's time for an update, here is another waterfall with somewhat better water effects:

and as promised here is the tutorial, so if you like it, please subscribe there's more cool stuff on the way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13qzk6YflfY

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And here is the Charnel Pit,terrain powered by LED, provides amazing atmosphere, even in well lit room:

**oadie**

This thread just keeps getting better and better. Keep up the great work, dreamspirit!

Looking at the one pic of the stronghold with the roof removed, I'm seeing two sheets that make up the wall which appear to be roughly 5mm thick, each. Am I to surmise that you used foamcore, stripped the paper on one side and carved out the stonework yourself? If so,

. If not, I'd love to know how you did it!

**Serder**

aweomse terrain as always guys
keep up the good work!

**Flinty**

There are fish... in the pools... that is so neat

**dreamspirit**

Oadie, I know I said it already, but you have an amazing eye for details. everything you said is correct those are two sheets of 5mm thick styro, and all the cobblestone on the Fortress is carved by my mighty pencil. Yes it was boring job, but you have to admit it payed of.

Serder, thank you for the support and comment I appreciate it very much!

Milos

**oadie**

Careful, you'll make me blush.

**Orikl**

oadie wrote:This thread just keeps getting better and better. Keep up the great work, dreamspirit!

Looking at the one pic of the stronghold with the roof removed, I'm seeing two sheets that make up the wall which appear to be roughly 5mm thick, each. Am I to surmise that you used foamcore, stripped the paper on one side and carved out the stonework yourself? If so, . If not, I'd love to know how you did it!

i have made a few pieces much like his work. and yes that is avery good away to do it... if you are going for a more modern brick look you would leave the paper on and just put indentations with a pointy tool. in the shape of bricks

**dreamspirit**

Now for some High Elf stuff!

Mountain temple of the Elves, very cool looking on the battlefield, quite big, plenty of space to hide your miniatures, and again plenty of space to fight on the actual terrain. Let me know what you think!

Milos

**Serder**

the details are just wow!

I'm wondering,a re the models there to show the size of the terrain or they are part of the terrain?

**dreamspirit**

they are part of the terrain, I imagined them as guardians of the temple. thanks for the comment mate.

**Ursa**

Awe inspiring... simply fantatic.

**DarkKnights44**

Excellent work, I checked out your website, do you only do fantasy or will you eventually expand to Sci-Fi like 40K type terrain?

**SilverMK2**

Some very nice terrain.

**Jonesyboy12**

OMG SOOOO NICE!!!!

**dreamspirit**

thanks guys, we do sci fi terrain, as custom orders only. I currently have 5 artists in the studio, and we are all very dedicated to make epic stuff

Best regards,

Milos

**Milisim**

I really think that they are well done and look great.... The only minor quibble would be that they do indeed still look like "painted foam" I think its mainly because you haven't used other material to scatter around the diorama... Like popsicle sticks for logs etc that sort of thing....

With that said I would LOOOOOOOOOOVE to play on terrain like this its great stuff and is light years beyond anything i can do or ever will be able to do =]

**SilverMK2**

Milisim wrote:I really think that they are well done and look great.... The only minor quibble would be that they do indeed still look like "painted foam" I think its mainly because you haven't used other material to scatter around the diorama... Like popsicle sticks for logs etc that sort of thing....

I would agree - I knew there was something about the pieces that I could not place; they do lack a certain randomness that you get in nature - adding in some cork or natural stones to the pieces would really help give some variety to the texture and feel of the pieces.

**Sentinel**

Wow! This is fantastic stuff. Definitely subscribed for more.

**dreamspirit**

thanks for the comments and suggestions, I am definitely going to try adding more natural materials. I appreciate the support, more stuff on it's way!

Milos

**SilverMK2**

If you haven't already, check out Terraformer's threads.

**hal9000**

Holy ****