My collection of all self crafted terrain for Tabletop RPGs

3 years ago by RQG to c/tabletopminis

Do we even do terrain here? Well I put some minis on it so I am pretty sure this still counts. ;) I finally finished a large chunk of the terrain I had begun a few months ago so I put it on the table to see some possible layouts.

All terrain is crafted from scratch from XPS foam, sand, toothpicks, some bits, tufts and moss. Heavily inspired by Black Magic Craft on YouTube (namely modular ruins, dungeon tiles, pillars, dungeon stackers). The acid pools and spike traps I came up with myself.

GuinnessChocolates 3 points 3 years ago

Yes we do terrain! šŸ¤™

That gelatinous cube looks amazing too.

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Localnative13 2 points 3 years ago

This looks amazing! Very well done! A friend gifted me a bunch of tiles and walls that look similar I'm wondering if he saw the same videos!

The spike trap looks especially gruesome!

Did you also paint the miniatures as well?

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RQG 1 point 3 years ago

Thank you. It is very possible, there is a very active tabletop terrain community on YouTube.

The spike trap is tooth picks by the way.

And yes, all the minis on there are painted by me.

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AlexanderTheGreat 2 points 3 years ago

That is all absolutely fantastic! I'm jealous. How do you even make stuff like that??

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RQG 2 points 3 years ago path: 0 366441 373086, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1
AlexanderTheGreat 2 points 3 years ago

I'll check them out. Thanks for the link

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socialjusticewizard 2 points 3 years ago

Nice stuff! Ever checked out Hirst Arts molds? Seems like something that would go well with your interests.

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RQG 2 points 3 years ago

Never heard of them. I'll check it out.

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passport 2 points 3 years ago

Oooh, very nice. Any recommendations for cutting XPS foam without taking up too much space? I'd love to make some bricks like this but don't necessarily want a full-sized hot wire table (or to pay 20x as much for the same amount of foam pre-cut on etsy, etc).

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RQG 3 points 3 years ago

Cutting bricks for ruins can be done pretty decently with a sharp kitchen knife or an olfa knife for example. You could also get a handheld hotwire cutter and fix it in a vice or with clamps and use a straight piece of wood for a guide. Kind of like a makeshift hotwire table. I did both things in the past and they work well enough for small to medium sized projects.

Truth is nothing beats a hotwire table for efficiency when cutting looooots of bricks. So if you want to craft a lot of brickwork you'd be very happy to have a table still.

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PeriaptGames 1 point 3 years ago

I've always been a little leery of xps foam. Looking at your stone ruins makes me want to give it a go.

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setsneedtofeed 2 points 3 years ago

This is great work. I like the effort of carving a lot of individual blocks and then stacking them. I assume a hot wire cutter was used?

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RQG 2 points 3 years ago

I used a hotwire table, it's just so much more efficient. I have cut bricks by hand in the past but it gets tedious pretty quickly.

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medicationforall 2 points 3 years ago

I dig the gelatinous cube, that's awesome

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RQG 2 points 3 years ago

It's one of my favorite minis. You can even open it and put other minis inside it.

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