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Hi guys!
I wanted to share and get some ideas for everyday items to use in terrain builds. I’m looking to make some terrain for my new gaming board. Some of the stuff I use the most in terrain builds are the following.

- Pine bark
- Cereal cardboard
- Pipe toys
- Granny grating and mosquito netting
- Bottles and boxes in interesting and “in scale” sizes
- Moss
- Lycan
- Square chicken wire for railings and ladders
- Bottle lids
- Cork sheets
- Regular dirt for ground coverage
- Warhaming tufts
- Cheap Paintbrush bridles for tall grass/weeds
- XPS for bricks, rocks and to build up ground that is going to be covered.
- Sculpt-a-mold
- Tile grout as texture for concrete buildings and fine earth/dirt
- March sticks, cocktail stirs and popsicle stick.
- Balsa wood for beams and wood planks.
- Hexagonal plasticard rods for nuts and bolts
- Green stuff world textures rolling pins
- Foam board
- Vallejo textures paste when I don’t have time to use pva and dirt method
- Dried roots and sticks.
- Aquarium plants

I’m sure there is a lot I’m missing, but this is the first that comes to mind. Is there anything you guys use regularly that I’m missing? First plan is to make buildings, ruins and scatter terrain.

Dense fibreboard for basing. It isn't exactly an everyday item but I find terrain is much more useful when it's got a sturdy, heavy base to make it hard to knock it around by accident.

Not sure if you are counting it under “foam board” but sheets of housing insulation are used to make hills/large stuff.

I actually cut the empty sprues into tiny irregular pieces and use them as debris alongside bits to base. Have been using them for a while.

Styropor plates
Gauze
Sand
Woodsticks
Paint.

-Cardstock
-Polystyrene sheets
-Basswood
-Craft plywood
-Resin

Goblin Green Bases, PVA glue and some Flock. /shakesfist

Green tea makes a great flocking substitue

Don't forget bendable straws and plastic PVC pipe for making fuel, water & etc. lines.

Thread dipped in glue to stiffen makes good power lines or wire fences.

Plastic latchhook mats make great grating as well.