Your Terrain

It seems that last weeks scenery focus has got a fair few of us in the office in the scenery building mood. John has been painting the piece that he put together last week and Ed has bought himself an Arcane Ruins set to build an Elven Waystone and Sorcerous Portal based on the new Warhammer terrain rules. Andy and I have also been looking through scenery articles here on the site and thought we should let you know our favourites so far.

If you are looking for big board inspiration then look no further than White Dwarf: Battlefields. This article brings together some of the best gameboards the Studio has ever made; our favourite has to be the Escape from Euryales as every corner has an opportunity for narrative gaming. The Space WolvesTerrain Feature is a hidden gem if you are looking to paint a frozen waste style board. Mark Jones is a master of scenery building and some of his tips including his use of cork are invaluable. Finally if you are building a gameboard for The Lord of the Rings then check out War of the Ring - Terrain Tips and Osgiliath Terrain Feature both of which have some great ideas for taking your terrain just that little bit further.

We've also been blown away by the fact we've had over 1,000 entries from you for our 'Great Gameboard Giveaway' competition and they keep coming. Some of the pieces that you have sent through have been amazing and although not everyone can win we still want to show off some of the top entries. Here are just six of our favourites so far. Remember you can still enter by sending us pictures of your scenery. You can find full terms and conditions here.

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  Tim Howard sent us this Watchtower which has been taken over by a Vampire Count. He's been using this piece as a haunted wizard's tower by combining the rules for the Haunted Mansion and Wizard's Tower which appear on page 130 and 131 of the new Warhammer rulebook. Tim says that he has plans to impale many more victims on the stakes that surround the building as his Vampire Counts march to victory. Click on the image to see the full building.

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  Paulo Cavalcanti from Brazil sent in this impressive High Elf Waystone which he uses to represent the Elven Waystone terrain feature in the new rules. We really liked the use of classic High Elf miniatures as well as lots of pieces from High Elf box sets and bitz packs. If you click on the image you can see the full Waystone in all its glory.

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  Gil Fur is a maths teacher who runs a Warhammer 40,000 club in Ashburnham, Massachusetts in the US. We really liked the gritty feel of this piece, it really does feel like a section of a war torn ruined city. Gil used pieces from the Imperial Sector as well as foam board for the floors, cut out sheet styrene for the shingles, balsa wood for the balcony and pews, and a healthy amount of drybrushing. The random I-beams are actually school locker shelf pieces from the high school games club bits box - very ingenious.

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  This piece by Agustin Lasso from the Canary Islands really caught our eye. Agustin made it from high density polystyrene. After hardening it using wood glue he painted it by applying a basecoat of Chaos Black. Using the Citadel Spray Gun he then applied a mix of Chaos Black, Skull White and Enchanted Blue, he then applied a wash of diluted Chaos Black before highlighting the raised areas by adding more and more Skull White to the Chaos Black - a really simple technique that gives a great final effect. Click on the image to the see the piece before it was painted.

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  This Tyranid gene core set was sent in by Rik Simmons. It's really different from anything else that we had been sent so we really wanted to show it. Rik used plenty of rocks and other building materials but you can tell it's Tyranid scenery because of the bits he has included from the Tyranid box sets. If you click on the image you can see all of the pieces in the set.

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  We loved the stuff that John Gemrich sent in and not just because he is obviously a great photographer, as you can see he is a brilliant scenery painter as well. The green asteroids were given a basecoat of Dark Angels Green and then highlighted with a mix of Dark Angels and Scorpion Green. He then added a straight highlight of Scorpion Green and finally added a small bit of Skull White for the final highlight. Click on the image to see one of John's Bastions.