Simple Obstacle Terrain Tutorial
By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
October 28, 2008
This is another installment of terrain I need for my house. I wanted something quick with pillars of rock.
Material: Pink Foam, Foam Cutter, White Glue, Sand, Sand Paper 220 grit, tool to pick at foam (dental tool in this case), static grass, acrylic paint, paint brush
I started […]
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I have decided to go ahead and throw the pictures up from the huge battle we had on Saturday. I would like to touch on a few things. We had the Dwarves, Reptus and Nefsokar at 2,000 points each. I was the Nefsokar. The first of the game my first battle came when a giant […]
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We had a game of Warlord last night and I don’t have very much basic terrain. Well that was motivation to paint some stuff that I have already started. These are progress shots and not the terrain is drying down stairs.
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Water Tower
By: John Salmond ‘Scarab’
October 8, 2006
Materials
Pringles Can
Plastic Sucker Sticks
Nails
Masonite
Super Glue
Chains
Gears
Plastic Styrene
Paint
Turf
Static Grass
India Ink
Rubbing Alcohol
Paintbrush
White Glue
Balsa wood strips
Green Stuff
Toilet Paper
Well we have a steamed powered world so I decided to do some surfing of the web to find a look that I liked. This is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy
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Bed Roll Tutorial
By: John Salmond ‘Scarab’
January 17, 2007
Material Needed
Toilet Paper
White Glue
Water
Thread
Wax Paper
Craft Knife
Paint Brush
Step by Step
1. Tear off a sheet of wax paper to work on.
2. Tear off two sections of toilet paper and fold length ways twice.
3. Put a dab of glue on the wax paper with the same amount of water and mix.
4. […]
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By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
Date: October 13, 2008
Material:
White Glue, Pink Foam, Foam Cutter, small rocks, rubble pieces, 220 grit sand paper, paint, static grass, clumped foliage, dental tool.
I am just making some simple terrain pieces for gaming at home. Why not take some pictures of it. This is made from some pink foam I picked up […]
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By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
Date: October 3, 2008
This is yet another quick tutorial on basing a miniature. Why not take some pictures and go into some minor detail on basing a fig. Most of the time, if not all of the time I attach my figure to the base and paint it before finishing the basing […]
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By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
9-16-08
I have had some request to take pictures of whenever I do a base. I am trying to paint more and a little faster which means I have to let go of some of my quirks. I don’t want to spend tons of time on this type of figure anymore for my […]
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Roadhouse
By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
Date: June 6, 2006
Material
Foam Core
White Glue
Balsa Wood
Styrene sheets
Styrene tubes
Paint
Paint Brush
Clear Plastic
Joint Compound
Carving tools
Craft Knife
Static Grass
Sifted Sand
Toilet Paper
Envirotex
Masonite
The tired traveler always needs a place to stay between cities. Why pitch a tent when you can grab your supplies at Joe’s, repair the chink in the armor at Too Many Rivets and then […]
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Figure Basing - Sand
By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
Date: 5/16/2008
Material
White Glue
Sand
Building Rubble
Paint Brush
Paint – Pig Skin
Paint – Iron Oxide
Paint – Sand Stone
Rag
Water
Tooth Pick
This is a fairly simple base that does not take to much effort to accomplish. After I have completed the painting of the figure is when I do my basing. This is true for about […]
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