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Hi Dakka, not sure if this is the right section :/


I am looking to make a poltergeist themed table. I plan on using my fortifications which I have painted up to have a poltergeist/daemonic feel. I will post them as the project comes along. (They are painted bone, with very subtle blood in vents, crying out of skulls etc)

I am looking for some creepy forests/marshy forests/ruins that can fit into this theme. I plan on hanging some bodies from the trees, maybe some rotting in a marsh, or hanging from the middle of a debilitated house. Are there any companies you guys can recommend to pick up forests and ruins at a decent price?

Do you guys have any other tips for flocking or setting up a table? I have already heard the recommendation of foam spraying the bottom of the realm of battle tiles so that dice dont make weird sounds.

I wouldn't call it cheap, by any means, but the Citadel Wood has about as much creepy flavor (especially if left devoid of foliage) as anything I've seen for sale and the shape of the trees would make for easy corpse-hanging.

Any other buildings or natural features I can think of are generic and would require extensive modification - enough so that I'd recommend scratchbuilding the entire piece to your design over buying and converting. Floating or submerged corpses in swamps, for example, requires placing the bodies before pouring the water, so a finished piece simply won't serve.

Only generic finishing tip that springs to mind is on coloration. Do NOT grab the usual tub-o-flock. Bright spring green =/= ominous. Dead/winter grass, scorched/summer grass, turf-heavy blended flock... these will help set the desired tone. Likewise for soil - warm browns are too lively, so opt for either dusty, desaturated tones or dark black-browns (perhaps more appropriate, if you want to include bogs and the like, which don't tend to spring out of the dust). If you want some scattered undergrowth, go for spindly reindeer moss and patchy briar over fluffy clump foliage bushes.

The best one for actually buying would probably be the citadel junk but the best cheapest way to making a twisted tree line would be twisted wire paper mesh. you can get some sick detail with paper.

as for the table it self, Gloss varish can help make the ground look wet and soggy in areas, go with a Raw umber + green ish color. looks very marshy. Long grass, stumps and felled trees always look nice too

Edit (look up artificial bonzaies IIRC)

I think CItadel wood may sadly be the best option.......


Great table tips btw. Thanks.

You can also make your own creepy trees via copper wire: the method is fairly cheap and produces very realistic trees, but the downside is that it consumes a lot of time.

Here's one of the best tutorials I've found on how to do it:

https://daggerandbrush.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/winter-is-coming-realistic-trees-for-wargaming-and-dioramas-part-i/

You can stop with adding foliage and leave (leaves?) the tree looking like this. I'd imagine you would also make more gnarly-looking vines than the ones shown here:




Malifaux also has hanging tree miniatures, complete with hanging corpses:




I don't know if they're more pricey than Citadel Wood, but at least you have options.

As with the other terrain pieces, do you have references or pegs on what sort of feel you want to create? A picture is worth a thousand words, and i think I can recommend a few terrain pieces and/or tutorials once I know what kind of feel you're looking for exactly.

Cheers.

Wow, thanks. I decided to come back to this thread with a great reward :p


I hope I can find those maulifaux things cheap!


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Heh, nope. They are like 100 bucks.

Thanks for the tutorial though...

well you can wait till right before Halloween get a bunch from a craft store when they are clearing them out!
or get a bag of trees without foliage apply a green wash or dry brush add some tiny dark green paper mashe on were the leaves should go.