Category: Area Terrain
Making another type of small crystal mold.
It’s been a while since we made any crystals to add to our collection, so we figured that it was about time to make a few more. The process used to make these was essentially the …
15mm Trees (part five)
If you are wanting to make some nice looking 15mm trees really cheaply and easily then give plastic flowers a try! They are some of the best readymade armatures you will find for making trees. …
Making a playable Marsh (part two)
The third plant was made using this funny looking decor item I found in an interior decorating shop. It consisted of a bunch of individual fronds all arranged around a spherical frame to give it the …
Making a playable Marsh (part one)
Marshy ground is a great addition to any woodland or jungle terrain set! Making some swampy pieces is actually a lot easier than most think. The problem is that most people tend think of it …
Bocage Hedgerows
A hedge is actually just a series of trees that have been planted closely together in a line. Why not take this same approach when modeling a hedge in miniature? The real advantage of doing …
Grapevines
Grapevines are a useful piece of terrain! Unfortunately, most of the ones that are commercially available are clunky and don’t look like real vines at all. The following tutorial will show you how to easily …
15mm Trees (part four)
Twisted wire brush trees are another really great tree to add to your collection. Many readymade trees are based on some sort of twisted wire brush design. If you look around there is a very …
15mm Trees (part three)
Nature repeats patterns over and over again. Does a tree look like flowers, or do flowers look like trees? Why not take advantage of this and make some really easy miniature trees. If you can wait for the …
15mm Trees (part two)
Now that you have a nice flexible tree armature it’s time to paint and flock it. Flexible trees have several advantages over their more rigid brethren. For starters they are very hard to break, since …
15mm Trees (part one)
Working with smaller-scale vegetation is very similar to their larger-scale cousins, but with a few interesting differences. It’s all about finding or making suitable armatures and applying flock to them. Some items make great armatures …