Basing & Terrain Guides
Bases, boards, and the scenery that goes on them. Cheap materials, mostly, because a table full of terrain adds up fast.
19 guides.
Making stats for our teaspoon pet
Rolling up a pet in Teaspoon: a d8 down the line, the modifiers your creature type brings, and when to just pick a nature instead of rolling it.
How to Build a 16x16 Necropolis Board
Building a 16x16 diorama board for Necropolis out of foam offcuts, and where to get the free rules including the solo mode.
3D Printing KDM Terrain
A quick update on 3D printing Kingdom Death Monster terrain pieces, including a custom butcher base and encounter terrain.
Simple Lego Minifig Bases for D&D
A quick experiment making bases for Lego minifigures to use in D&D games on standard battle mats.
Basing and Life Tips
Finishing up a base with traditional flock, testing cherry blossom tufts, and a reminder to take a breath when life gets hectic.
Finishing a Mossy Terrain Board With an Oil Wash
Quick update showing off the terrain board after the oil wash dried—rich earth tones ready for gaming.
A Christmas Oil Wash
Sneaking in some hobby time on Christmas to apply an oil wash to the terrain board while the family naps.
ASMR Drybrushing
A relaxing drybrushing session on a terrain board using Scale Color and Citadel paints, preparing for an oil wash.
How to Make Scratch Built Terrain Indestructible
Day 98 pushing through sickness—sealing a terrain board with Mod Podge and glue to make it nearly indestructible like the old Warhammer Fantasy days.
The Best Snow Effect Ever
How to create incredible snow effects using crushed glass, realistic water, and fishing line icicles—nothing compares to this technique.
How to Prepare Bases for an Entire Army Quickly and Cheaply
250 bases in two hours with homemade basing material. Palette knife technique, finger cleaning, and the coffee grounds recipe.
Make Your Own Base Texture
DIY basing material recipe that costs almost nothing—spackle, baking soda, coffee grounds, and paint. Almost identical to expensive brand name stuff.
Trench Crusade Bases & Weathering - Finishing our Warband Part 1
Tamiya weathering masters, nilakh oxide disasters, fixing mistakes live, and why Brownish Decay is my new favorite paint (even though it stripped my silver).
How to Paint the Anchorite Shrine
Finishing Trench Crusade with the Anchorite Shrine—purple preshade for silver, aged wood recipe, and streaking grime magic on the Catherine wheel.
Fixing Warped Terrain Boards
The drill press idea failed—boards warped anyway. Here's the plan to fix them with MDF, transition tiles, and a lot of books.
Expanding Our Tile Into a Full Game Board
From one tile to a 2x3 skirmish board—using Mod Podge in cracks, heat guns on foam, and hoping the drill press keeps things flat.
Getting the Most Out of Dirty Down Moss
Day seven of the board project—the heat gun makes moss bubble up like magic, but watch out for that third-degree burn setting. Disaster and recovery.
How to Turn Foam to Stone
Day five of terrain building—fixing visible foam cells with AK Natural Texture and getting everything looking like real stone.
Making a Board for Motley Crews
Day three of terrain building—cutting foam with a hot wire into a checkerboard pattern for Molly Crew. What can you get done in an hour?