Sunday, 20 April 2025

Two Small Bits of Terrain

 I've been making some bits of terrain this week.

This futuristic building was made from a printer ink cartridge on its end, stuck onto a leftover bit of textured MDF. Most of the details came from pieces of Mantic space terrain, some of them cut down to size. 




Here's the unpainted version. The painting was quite easy, with a dark brown wash for the weathering. I did want to paint some big hazard stripes over one side, but I soon discovered that I lack the neatness to do this, so I just went for a flat red. 




It's quite small, but would break up line of sight, and I quite like the raised height.

I also painted this outcrop of rocks. I bought it last year at a convention, for a couple of pounds. It's 3D printed, and has quite a lot of layer lines. I sanded it down a bit, but rocks are going to be a bit uneven (hopefully). Brown and green washes were used to make it look a bit more realistic, along with a static plant.





2 comments:

  1. Wow, both pieces are fantastic, each one their own way. I simply love what you did with the cartridge, it's creative as hell! On the other hand, those rocks look totally natural, I think you made quite a nice job!

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    1. Thanks! I've made generators out of ink cartridges before, so this made sense. They're blocky but more complex than just boxes, so they are a good start for industrial structures. I actually forgot to add a third small bit of terrain to this post. Whoops!

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