Hills - a staple of terrain making
Hills, the ubiquitous terrain of miniatures wargaming. Here I show how I made some hills from some simple and cheap (mostly free) materials.
Lanscape pieces Tutorials
Rivers & Ponds
Rivers & Ponds
Hills, Rocks & Crags
Hills, Rocks & Crags
Waterfall and Pond
Woodland Scenics E-Z Water can be difficult to use but Vasilis Georgandis has used it to great effect in the two projects presented here.
Waterfall
This piece was specially made for the GW Dundee store, so it had to be pretty robust and stand up to lots of play. It combines 3 basic techniques, (hills, rivers and plants) to make a more interesting scene.
Rocky Terrain
The subject piece is a rocky mountain for my Pacific Island jungle. The idea was to create a significant break separating a native village from a town and port on the opposite side of the island.
Rocks
There are a few ways to make rocks. These are amongst the easiest - chunks of styrofoam drybrushed and based.
Rock Spires
These rock spires are a favourite of mine - easy and cheap to make, useful in game play, and suitable for all the game systems!
Rivers
Rivers are one of those terrain features that people admire but rarely make. This is probably because they imagine them to be too difficult. I made 10 feet of river in one afternoon. Here's how...
Ponds
There are lots of ways of making ponds and water effects, and this little project describes just one.
Random Tutorials In This Section
Making an Unholy Idol
Making an "Unholy Idol"
Tau Terrain
Making Tau Terrain
Catholic Church in 28mm Scale
On this page, Sam Balmond tells us how he used a school project, intended to broaden the pupils knowledge of religious cultures, as an opportunity to make wargames terrain.
Scenario Objectives
Making scenario objectives
Sphinx
Sphinx
