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Please tell me what you think so far.


In the end she will be 4x6 or 6x8.What do you think?Please any tips tricks?Links to good scene making web sites like terra genisis? etc etc etc THANKS!

A lot more work to do.this is just the start!




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Those little mixing straws for coffee make good pipes after being primed and cut. Also pastel chalk dust makes perfect rust, dirt and mud.

That is a horrible horrible color for a rug....

Nice work on the board though. I can't tell form the picture but if the bowls used to make the towers are styrofoam hit them with a coat of Gesso before you spray paint them or they will desolve. Same goes for anything else made of styrofoam on the board.

Cool look, very Tau-esque it seems. The other way to deal w/ spraying styrofoam is to buy a water-based spray, it doesn't eat the foam.

Looks like a Tau or Eldar board you have going there. Nice job if that's the theme you're going for.

Regarding styrofoam, I'm building my own terrain as well and what I like is stuff called Mod Podge. It's a waterbased, non-toxic glue/sealer that I brush on the foam before painting it. It seals in the pores preventing paint from absorbing into the foam. It comes in Matte, Satin, Gloss and I think a few other finishes. I found mine at Walmart but I've also seen it at Michaels and can be found online. After the Mod Podge dries I then paint it with just regular craft store acrylic paint and throwaway brushes.

zariart wrote:Those little mixing straws for coffee make good pipes after being primed and cut. Also pastel chalk dust makes perfect rust, dirt and mud.

Great and thanks!!I'm going to hit a dunkin doughnuts asap and grab my self a hand full!i also have a set of pastels ready to rock!


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Catyrpelius wrote:That is a horrible horrible color for a rug....

Nice work on the board though. I can't tell form the picture but if the bowls used to make the towers are styrofoam hit them with a coat of Gesso before you spray paint them or they will desolve. Same goes for anything else made of styrofoam on the board.

What a dick thing to say about my rugs.lol

Thanks for the kind words about the board.The bowls are plastic but i hear you about meltung the strofoam.!I have clear coated the styrofoam with slightly watered down pva glue.Again thanks man.


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StoneRaizer wrote:Looks like a Tau or Eldar board you have going there. Nice job if that's the theme you're going for.

Regarding styrofoam, I'm building my own terrain as well and what I like is stuff called Mod Podge. It's a waterbased, non-toxic glue/sealer that I brush on the foam before painting it. It seals in the pores preventing paint from absorbing into the foam. It comes in Matte, Satin, Gloss and I think a few other finishes. I found mine at Walmart but I've also seen it at Michaels and can be found online. After the Mod Podge dries I then paint it with just regular craft store acrylic paint and throwaway brushes.

Good sh!t and the podge is great!

Not going for a tau or eldar table(also i never really even thought about it).More of a progressive human culture the Imperials hates?To much liberty or something...again thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I will post some more pics asap!!!

I can see premeasuring being a problem but if its a casual home game it should be cool! this is kinda what I'm working on in my P&M blog (sig) I'm doing my cities of death on 1ft x 1ft tiles but with some 2x1 and 2x2 tiles to have some center pieces or whatever. but yeah your boards coming along great! what did you base it on?

Molotovsoda wrote:I can see premeasuring being a problem but if its a casual home game it should be cool! this is kinda what I'm working on in my P&M blog (sig) I'm doing my cities of death on 1ft x 1ft tiles but with some 2x1 and 2x2 tiles to have some center pieces or whatever. but yeah your boards coming along great! what did you base it on?

Yeah just myself and a few other dudes.1ftx1ft is the way 'im going as well...Good idea about the bigger pieces.

i used to flip houses and have a bunch of left over tiles.they have been sitting around for a few years.Better put to war than collecting dust....plus free99 is a good price!

Not really baseing it on anything.what ever comes to mind thus far.Planning on having a mixture of building some very modern or sci fi if you will.Others will have a more classic brick and cement feel.Plus bunkers and all that other good sh!T.

Bunkers and bricks! Cant go wrong with post apoc.

Added some more road sections.my buddys did the grave yeard and the mech shop.I think they came our rather cool.


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Looking good, keep it up.