Today we look at a real simple terrain tile of a horror themed 'forest' . and also a lair for horrific little spiderlings.
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Showing posts with label Scenery:Accessories. Show all posts
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Spider Forest and Spiderlings
Scenery of the Day
Today we look at a real simple terrain tile of a horror themed 'forest' . and also a lair for horrific little spiderlings.
Today we look at a real simple terrain tile of a horror themed 'forest' . and also a lair for horrific little spiderlings.
Saturday, 3 March 2012
High Density, Low Cost Housing Estate
Scenery of the Day
Following on from the Previous Article about using foamcore to create small tabletop townships, here is a another approach using an even simpler construction technique.
Here is a High Density, Lost Cost housing estate for my 18th/19th Century tabletop Central Europe.
Here is a High Density, Lost Cost housing estate for my 18th/19th Century tabletop Central Europe.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Vauban Fortification for the tabletop
Scenery of the Day
Today we look at simulating a small city on the tabletop that uses the Vauban style fortifications.
Today we look at simulating a small city on the tabletop that uses the Vauban style fortifications.
Saturday, 19 November 2011
A bridge not too far .. and not too expensive either
Scenery of the Day
Today lets have a look at putting together a bridge so our troops can march over rivers in style. Lets see if we can put something together that fits the style of the scenery, whilst keeping it under the magic $2 mark.
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Le Farm
Scenery of the Day
Today we step into our little imaginary shrinking machine, and scale ourselves down to battlefield scale - grand tactical style.
Lets have a look at building a farm that sits on a plot of land approx 400m x 400m, and offers defending troops some cover and concealment.
All for under the magic $2 mark !
Today we step into our little imaginary shrinking machine, and scale ourselves down to battlefield scale - grand tactical style.
Lets have a look at building a farm that sits on a plot of land approx 400m x 400m, and offers defending troops some cover and concealment.
All for under the magic $2 mark !
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
The road to perdition
Scenery of the Day
Any good battlefield needs some roads, whether that be a Napoleonic battlefield, a DBA / HoTT game, or even Zombie blasting skirmish wars of the near future.
One can go to a great deal of effort and expense to put together superb roads for their tabletop ... but then the inevitable happens.
Any good battlefield needs some roads, whether that be a Napoleonic battlefield, a DBA / HoTT game, or even Zombie blasting skirmish wars of the near future.
One can go to a great deal of effort and expense to put together superb roads for their tabletop ... but then the inevitable happens.
Monday, 24 October 2011
Le Grenadiers de la Liberté are called into action.
Horrors of the Day
The unspeakable horror unfolds in this astounding tale of the last stand of the Grenadiers of the Guard de la Libertié.
1783 -During the time of The Reconciliation during the latter half of the 18th Century, trouble brews in the streets of Paris. The crops have been failing, and the farmers resort to superstition to explain their plight.
Amongst their blasphemous utterances, some claim that diseased plants have been growing in the darkest forests .... and spreading out towards the farmlands .. leaching poisonous filth and corruption into the very soil of France. Bespoiling the crops, and providing nesting havens for unwholesome blackbirds.
In the darkest shadows of the night, some townsfolk can be heard to utter the unmentionable name of the infamous Marquis de Chenoncoix ......
It has been over 60 years now since his ghastly demise, and his name has been struck from memory. All those who fell under his power all those years ago were burnt at the stake during The Change.
Why then does his name emerge once more, like bloated carrion that floats to the surface of an unhealthy pond ?
The unspeakable horror unfolds in this astounding tale of the last stand of the Grenadiers of the Guard de la Libertié.
1783 -During the time of The Reconciliation during the latter half of the 18th Century, trouble brews in the streets of Paris. The crops have been failing, and the farmers resort to superstition to explain their plight.
Amongst their blasphemous utterances, some claim that diseased plants have been growing in the darkest forests .... and spreading out towards the farmlands .. leaching poisonous filth and corruption into the very soil of France. Bespoiling the crops, and providing nesting havens for unwholesome blackbirds.
In the darkest shadows of the night, some townsfolk can be heard to utter the unmentionable name of the infamous Marquis de Chenoncoix ......
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| A Portrait of the infamous Marquis de Chenoncoix ... a man who is best forgotten for the sake of all that is decent. |
It has been over 60 years now since his ghastly demise, and his name has been struck from memory. All those who fell under his power all those years ago were burnt at the stake during The Change.
Why then does his name emerge once more, like bloated carrion that floats to the surface of an unhealthy pond ?
Sunday, 16 October 2011
The Abandoned Cemetery
Scenery of the Day
Starting my period drift, I am being drawn already into 18thC imagi-nation territory.
I don't want to be strictly historical with this next project though, as from what I can read, there is ample evidence that most of the Duchies, Principalities and various states of the imagi-nary 18th Century were often plagued by the occasional outbreaks of Vampyres, Werewolves, Witches, unspeakable cults .... and other weird goings on's.
So my 18C world will have a distinct Gothic Horror thread running through there somewhere.
Starting my period drift, I am being drawn already into 18thC imagi-nation territory.
I don't want to be strictly historical with this next project though, as from what I can read, there is ample evidence that most of the Duchies, Principalities and various states of the imagi-nary 18th Century were often plagued by the occasional outbreaks of Vampyres, Werewolves, Witches, unspeakable cults .... and other weird goings on's.
So my 18C world will have a distinct Gothic Horror thread running through there somewhere.
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| An abandoned cemetery with crumbling stone walls ... aglow beneath the mists in the light of a full moon. |
The Great Deboubt
Scenery of the Day
I was sitting in the painting shed the other day, enjoying a coffee and a chat with my significant other, when I spied something useful sitting on the shelf.
Noting my devilish grin, Kat followed my gaze with a grin of her own and asked 'What is it this time ?'
Some spare little cardboard planter boxes for our gardening adventures had caught my eye, and transformed themselves into a new vision.
If I was cut them up and invert them, they would make brilliant towers for the corners of a Great Dedoubt, no doubt.
I was sitting in the painting shed the other day, enjoying a coffee and a chat with my significant other, when I spied something useful sitting on the shelf.
Noting my devilish grin, Kat followed my gaze with a grin of her own and asked 'What is it this time ?'
Some spare little cardboard planter boxes for our gardening adventures had caught my eye, and transformed themselves into a new vision.
If I was cut them up and invert them, they would make brilliant towers for the corners of a Great Dedoubt, no doubt.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Burn Baby Burn
Scenery of the Day
There is nothing quite like a raging fire to add a sense of drama and urgency to a scene.
Tufts of cotton wool work well, so why not take it to the next step, and build a raging inferno complete with columns of black soot and smoke ?
There is nothing quite like a raging fire to add a sense of drama and urgency to a scene.
Tufts of cotton wool work well, so why not take it to the next step, and build a raging inferno complete with columns of black soot and smoke ?
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| Have a close look at some pictures of real fires with thick columns of smoke for reference before you begin carving. Note here that the smoke starts off thin and gets thicker, so there is a distinct ridge or groove between the flames and the smoke. Google images is a good source for fire pics - and provides hours of entertaining photos for even amateur pyromaniacs. Enjoy. |
Simple Battlefield Signposts
Scenery of the Day
Sometimes its the real simple things that make all the difference.
A couple of simple scenery tricks today that are quick and easy to do, and cost virtually nothing. I think they add a nice little touch of life to the gaming board.
Period signposts :
Sometimes its the real simple things that make all the difference.
A couple of simple scenery tricks today that are quick and easy to do, and cost virtually nothing. I think they add a nice little touch of life to the gaming board.
Period signposts :
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| Woot ! you can make hundreds of these period signposts for around $2, and a small investment of your time. |
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