Lately I have been working on my Stargrave terrain for our local gaming club here in York. Today I printed a full-size habitat but also did some crafting of a sci-fi desert-world shanty. If you want to create a Tatooine style feel then read on to see what I did. First the 3D Print If…
Stargrave and Gaslands are two games that exemplify the category of tabletop war-games that inspire you to craft and make things. One of the things that has made our return back to the UK more tolerable has been finding a great tabletop games club just outside York in North Yorkshire. This club has allowed me…
What’s your “red flag” setting, the one that you know just won’t work for you? Mike asked this on Twitter and it reminded me of all the plots I just feel repelled by. See if you feel any raise red flags for you: Over to you – What plots or settings do you say NOPE to automatically?
Animated LED lighting takes your terrain from being great to being OMG WOW, and with these simple Arduino tips it’s cheap and easy.
Terrain sealer is a DIY mixture for sealing flocking, weathering powders, and preparing foam and MDF for painting.
Unlike many recipes, this involves no pigment unless you want to add it – making it perfect for sealing without changing the final colour too much!
Here’s how you can get quick and easy LED lighting effects in your terrain projects, without soldering, and with no dollar-store LED candles in sight!
Industrial, post-apocalyptic grim dark terrain needs to look not just lived in but heavily worn out and grimey. It should lean towards toxic rather than factory fresh.
How can you get that necromunda/bladerunner/alien feel, without spending a fortune on expensive brand-name paints?
Nuln Oil and Games Workshop Contrast paints are excellent ways to boost the perceived quality of our tabletop miniatures but they are on the expensive side, especially when we have a lot of terrain to build.
Can we DIY a cheaper version, but get close to the results we have come to expect from Citadel paints?
Can you really make contrast paint? Turns out, yes!
Zenithal priming is one of those phrases that gets used a lot but people seldom actually explain, and if they do explain it they tend to skim over the details.
Here I hope to resolve that and help you actually get the real benefits from zenithal priming.
Terrain doesn’t need to cost a lot. In fact, some of the best terrain costs very little.
Rather than putting stuff in the recycle bin or landfill, you can create some really cool scatter and buildings for your tabletop from stuff you would usually throw out.