Scenic Plates

I've had some people ask for just general ground coverage, so I came up with these. They are just made to cover your area in small pieces of terrain, while still looking good and providing some cover for your games. If anyone purchases five, they get the sixth one free.

Basic Detail Ruined Fieldstone Puzzle

I've been doing a hefty bit of molding walls of late, and have started using them to make various items. This is a Ruined Fieldstone Puzzle built using only pre-made molded walls.

First Etsy Commission! Ruined City Block & Tank Traps

Despite the wet weather around here making the air so humid the glue didn't want to dry, my first Etsy commission is on it's way to it's new owner! This piece is a Ruined City Block built with Hirst Arts chipped stone blocks, but is set in a sci-fi setting, so I got to include braces, boxes, sandbags and all sorts of interesting bits. He asked that I attempt to match the flocking and colors to his existing game mat, which is a swamp. I used a lot of muted browns for a wet look, and the patchy vegetation attempts to match his mat. He also requested some tank traps in the same scheme.

Here's the finished pics! Click down below for all of them!

Ruined City Block Puzzle & Abandoned Pumping Station

I've adapted my Puzzle design to my foamcore buildings, and the following was my first run at it, at a very basic level. Normally I would have used concrete patch pasted onto the sides of the buildings for more texture, as well as more bullet holes and damage. But I kept it fairly simple, and tried to use my airbrush for as many effects as I could. I'm really happy with the results, and look forward to making more of these!

I also finished a bunker type building I am referring to as a "Pumping Station". Some long forgotten piece of machinery labors on inside this small corner, surrounded by some of my new barriers, sculpted by my friend, Nick Denny!

Most of the paint on this project is also airbrushed, with very little actual brushwork.

Click below for more pics of both projects!!!

New Ruined Puzzles!

Here are a few of the different types of Ruined Puzzles I've made recently. I've really gotten better at airbrushing, and hope it shows!

Ruined Puzzle Bunkers!

These bunkers are a take on my "puzzle" format, where you can take all five pieces of the puzzle and create a single building, or scatter them around a game board for various pieces of cover.

These two bunkers are completely airbrushed, down to the rust effects.

Defensive Squares, Points and Tank Traps

I've been experimenting with sets of container terrain for use as both complete pieces, based somewhat on my "puzzle" series of terrain.

The first set splits apart into three separate pieces of area terrain, or together forms a "Defensive Square", depicting a hurried defensive position of hastily thrown together cover in an attempt to survive the coming enemy fire.

The tank traps consists of five strips of tank traps and various detail pieces, which can be used together, forming a tank trap field no tank commander would endanger his vehicle in. They can also be broken apart to cover large portions of your battlefield.

Supply Depot

This is a piece based on my "puzzle" series of terrain, using various containers, barrels and boxes to form a complete supply depot, or separate into five pieces for use as area terrain.

Small Bunker w/ Trench

I love adding trench sections to my bunkers, as I think it adds more character and depth to the model, not to mention the extra space for models!

This bunker was constructed a bit short in the back, so I was not able to use one of my complete one piece roof molds. The roof is still removable as one piece. The bunker itself can hold ten normal sized 28mm minis, as well as another 5-10 in the trench section, depending on size.

New Bunkers

I've been working on a series of new bunkers consisting of single wall and roof molds, so that I no longer have to place every single block and glue. This makes it infinitely easier to spend more time on detailing and painting.

Here are two of my single, small bunkers.

These are basic prototypes, without any serious detail added. Both have removable tops, with interior space for miniatures. They have both been airbrushed with an Iwata Neo. Every single color, weather and rust effect were done with the airbrush. I hope to make these effects better as I get more practice with the airbrush!

Bunkers

These are some previously sold bunkers. I have a couple more types I am working on: One very large bunker and a small 6x6 bunker with removable roof.

Castle Walls

I really enjoyed making this. It is the exterior walls of a razed castle. It consists of four wall sections, and four destroyed corner turret sections. They can be set up many different ways.

Collapsed Building

This was done on commission. It is an L shaped ruin, with many doors and windows added for maximum miniature usage.

Town Center

This I envisioned as a Town Center with the ruins of four small town buildings on the corners. It can be used alone as cover or an objective, or used with other pieces to create a small ruined village.

Surviving Wall

I've had a couple people ask what else I make, so I thought I would post some pics of my finished projects that I have either sold or use for my own games, but can be replicated.


This piece is mostly just a single surviving wall of a large building.

Yet More Ruined Puzzles!

These are heavily weathered with both powders, chalks, and washes. I wanted to get the floors to contrast with the walls. I am very happy with the final effects. There are three seperate sets.

Warning! Heavy pic content below!

More Ruined Puzzles

I built some more ruined puzzle pieces that have been sold on Ebay, so I thought I'd show how they turned out. I've used more and varying weathering techniques on these.

Ruined Bunker Puzzle and Intact Bunkers

I've created a new piece, using my existing "puzzle" concept, but with a modern/futuristic twist.

I present, the Ruined Bunker Puzzle!

As you can see, it is made in five sections, plus a removable roof.

Ruined Puzzles

One of my new creations is the Ruined Puzzle. I have done collections of walls that form a building, giving you the ability to create different set-ups, or just place them all around the board as separate pieces. But when you placed them together, they could feel like exactly what they were. Individual pieces.

These pieces fit together like a puzzle, hence their name. When placed in their shape, they form a "complete" building. Apart, they function much like any piece of terrain. What I like is that they give you the choice.

For the moment, I am building them in two ways; fieldstone walls with a chipped stone floor, or the opposite, flagstone floors and chipped stone walls.

For the moment, I have been doing them as quite "clean", meaning free of weathering. In some of my upcoming pieces, I am experimenting with both powders and washes, so we'll see how those turn out.

I love feedback, and look forward to your opinions.

First Post!

I've been extremely busy of late, trying to come up with all sorts of ways to do scenery for wargames. I've tried to come up with both different styles, and keep the intent of the terrain in mind all the while.

A note about the concept behind my designs. I try to strike a balance between realism and playability. That means my hills will, in most part, be terraced to allow for maximum amount of miniature placement. My ruined buildings will not be awash with the correct amount of debri one would normally see in the case of a collapsed building. Again, to allow for the easy placement and subsequent standing of said miniatures.

Having spelled that out, I hope to see my terrain evolve over time, and become better, more durable, and of higher quality than the majority of terrain you might see offered around the web. There are some great sites out there selling wargame terrain, believe me, I've pored over them for years now. The best of them have learned and adapted their techniques to create better scenery, and I hope to do the same. I'm not going to claim to be the best, as there are more established terrain studios who have access to the experience and tools the time as professional terrain creators do. All I can do is strive to achieve what they have.

Here's a bit about myself. I'm an early thirties old school gamer who has been playing wargames, rpgs, and video games since an early age. I believe I was introduced to Warhammer when I was 12 by a fellow Air Force brat who happened to be English. I was blown away by the hobby, and quickly started collecting armies. This led into the "gateway games" like AD&D, Epic, and countless other boardgames.

But what to play on? Since I and my friends gathered most often at my house, I decided to make some terrain. My earliest works were expanded polystyrene packing styrofoam sheets melted with a spray can. I advanced onto painting them with acrylics, trying to make natural hills, city ruins, using foamcore board, using Hirst Arts blocks etc etc. And now I've been doing it for close to 20 years now. 

But I've never really looked at terrain as a business. Not until recently when I found myself with a lot of time on my hands due to medical reasons. So here I am!

My focus, for the moment, is on 28mm wargames. I can make for both sci-fi and fantasy. I believe my terrain is fairly durable if taken care of, but it isn't made of resin. Plaster can break, and flock can be scraped off. But it should hold up for years of wargaming on your table.

But, is it "professional"? I see that word thrown around a lot. I see it used when appropriate, but then again, I see it used when detailing what amounts to a brick glued to a board with some green flock sprinkled on it. So I won't use it. I'll let you, the owner and future owners of my hand-made scenery, to be the judge of that.

I've recently finished some commissions I took after placing items on Ebay, so I am open for new orders. I'm not set up for whole boards at the moment, but am planning on experimenting with them. For now I'm keeping it to individual pieces, or sets to fill an entire table! 

Thanks for reading, and be sure to check the blog often, as I'll be updating it frequently!