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Hey all,

I'm starting a new terrain project this vacation and I'm deciding what kind of board I should build.

The three ideas I've come up with so far are:

1. Desert/plains outpost. Board would probably feature a small stream, a network of wooden docks, some old-west style buildings like a gold mine, maybe a railroad. I'm also picturing a rockrete wall enclosing the settlement to keep out the mutants and animals wandering the plains.

2. Ice mining factory. Probably built on the edge of an ice cliff, featuring a number of industrial buildings like factories, refineries, etc. Lots of imperial iconography everywhere. Probably the edge of the glacier would overhang a pool of water that pipes running through the ice would pour waste into. Alternatively, this terrain could be built on an asteroid.

3. Mangrove swamp. Exactly as it sounds. Some creepy wooden huts and shanties, tents, cult icons, the like. Clearly a place where cultists have holed up and corrupted the ground. Lots of waterlogged land and trees.

4. Xenos city. Maybe dark eldar - lots of sharp, black buildings, as per the artwork in the dark eldar codex and the Soul Reaver supplement for rogue trader. Alternatively, necron ruins are always a fun route to take.

I would love to see a Dark Eldar city, but it might be bit tough since it's mostly high spikey buildings.

I was thinking of basing any Dark Eldar structures off of the buildings shown in the game Dawn of War: Soulstorm.