Terrain and Terra Genesis

Morning all,

Yesterday afternoon I had a bit of a thought where I wanted to be able have a gaming table at home, rather than be at the mercy of club timings and what not. Especially if there's a tournament coming up since I can't fit big games in on a Monday night.

So, I've got myself a dining room table, had the board cut and used it for the last 2 years or so but struggled with terrain. Either someone has had to bring it round or we've played with very low, small objects. Which is a bit harsh when using Dark Eldar.

And also, at the moment, the stuff we have at the club is taking a bit of a battering and if we would like to host any tournaments would need some more, and more varied, scenery.

So I'm planning a bit of a terrain push soon. I'm going to sort myself out with a terrain bits box and drop bits and bobs of interesting finds in there. Then try and do a few different pieces each month. It'll probably never happen though, since I've got models I bought or was bought last Xmas, that are still sat in a box.

But I spent some time looking around a website called Terra Genesis and came across some interesting, easy enough looking and pretty cool terrain pieces. There's all sorts of cracking work on there, but I'm going to focus on some of the things I'm planning on actually attempting that can be done over the space of a weekend or evening, whilst taking care of a 6 month old baby daughter.

I'm also trying to avoid Polystyrene wherever possible. I know it's really good for terrain and storage, but it's been expensive to get hold of the pink stuff in the past, hassle and mess to work with and would mean buying / making a wire cutter. I used a bread knife last time when I made a castle for LOTR and there's probably still bits of polystyrene stuck to the carpet in my parent's house.

Here goes:

Alien Plants made from straws - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page533.html

Palm Trees made from cocktail sticks and scouring pads - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page570.html

Warpgates made from bottle bits and screws - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page445.html

Craters made from a CD base and foil pie cases - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page223.html

Ping pong ball and computer cable alien plants - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page430.html

Wrecked Cars made from tin-foil and plaster - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page423.html

Rocks in a box, handy for storage - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page419.html

Tall Birch trees made from floral wire and tape - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page425.html

Alien spore things made from the tops of Coke bottles and FIRE! - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page397.html

Cheap and easy trees made from green shredded paper - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page391.html

Hills that are easy to transport and store, made from Sponge - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page372.html

Plants made from sandwich bag ties - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page351.html

Plants made from plastic sprue - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page350.html

Hedges made from green pan scourers - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page111.html

Ruins and outposts from Cardboard casing - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page312.html

Tree stumps made from Pumpkin stalks - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page110.html

Ruins made from cardbord and polyfilla - http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page120.html

All images used belong to Terra Genesis and the respective article authors.

So yeah, that's my plan and some ideas. Maybe not for rest of this year, it could be my Wargaming resolution for 2013

I figured I'd do a brain dump here and I can use the links to refresh my memory later on.

Cheers,
SB