Sunday, January 30, 2011

Terrain Project - Hills and Toxic Pools

It's a running joke that games at my place invariably are set in urban environments, so a woodworking friend of mine made a set of hills and sludge pits for my tables to change things up a bit.


There's enough to comfortably cover a full 4x8 table (this shot is it all condensed in to a 4x4 space), and they definitely will come in handy to give my battlefields a little more flavor. They're all made from very sturdy plywood, sanded and finished to withstand some serious gaming. I particularly like the sludge pools - he used a couple different techniques on the water effects and they turned out looking really toxic.

4 comments:

  1. Nice one, the sludge pools look particually hazardous!

    The GW Craters are also good for making pools (toxic or otherwise!) I've got a few waiting in the wings ready to become Tyranid Digestion Pools!

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  2. Very cool; I like the protruding barrels.

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  3. The sludge pools are all kinds of awesome! I really like how the different shades of colour seep in to oneanother.

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  4. Indeed - the pools were my favorite. The water effects were layered on. The bottom layer was a solid green tint which was allowed to dry before the next layer was applied. While the next layer was still liquid, it had paint dripped in and swirled around a bit with a cocktail stick. The paint ended up settling a bit as the upper layer of water effects dried, so it appears 'under the surface'. It really is a neat effect!

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