Have you got much experience with terrain? What are you preferences? I love 3d printed stuff, but sometimes, nothing beats hand made things!

@ricebrown1

Жыл бұрын

My wife does good work with modeling clay for rocks and trees but the money maker is the pizzabox building facade. Cheap, light and can be cut to nice scalable sizes. We don't usually don't do a roof or high walls due to how annoying it can be play around the terrain and scatter. One bump and the pieces go everywhere. I'd like to get into more 3d printing territory now that we have access to one. Great video! keep them coming.

Best value will always be home made scratch built! The joy of doing it yourself is so satisfying

If you ever go through a market or pet store, you can look for aquarium decorations. Sometimes you will find some pretty cool pieces you can use for terrain, and they are usually $10-15

Kromlech is my go to for mdf/hdf terrain, the way they layer things to make it less flat looking is great. Here in the US, Death Ray Designs does great terrain as well, and Miniature Scenery out of Australia has awesome sci fi themed buildings. For resin, I like Fogou Models - they’re in the UK and have a good range. A lot of their post apocalyptic shacks are painted in ork colors in my personal collection. Dark Fantastic Mills does a big range of awesome looking 3d printed terrain.

@danroberts007

Жыл бұрын

These are quality suggestions.

@savagex466-qt1io

Жыл бұрын

Iv never heard of these before. Thanks for sharing bud. PS Im getting better at painting. Still noob after painting on and off over 20 years but have gotton way better. Thats why I keep my old mini's lol ! You can see how far you have come ! Whats a good gameing mat company ? Id love to buy one of those that just rolls up easy for transport.

I do a mix of kitbashed GW and scratch build. I loved the days of Floorhammer with the 1st editon, Rogue Trader rules.

Card terrain, like Battle Systems, should be worth a mention. Even if its not that great. I think that the layer lines in filament printed terrain completely ruin the look. You could print in resin.. but that could get expensive. My main terrain has been MDF terrain from TTcombat. Yes, it takes very long time to build. I like how its not far off from scratch building though. Especially when you can get it wet to lift out detail (bricks, roof tiles) and cut into it with a Dremel. MDF is the best balance of price and ease of customization. It is super time consuming to build though.

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

I did think about the pop up terrain, but I have no experience with it (yet), so didn't feel I had the expertise to compare it with anything. The 3d printed things do come with that issue.. plastic is king for me, but it's down to personal taste. Mdf is always a great option.

@kenrickdavis5355

Жыл бұрын

What's time consuming about doing TTcombat terrain, like adding extra detail to make it look good? I bought the wizards tower but haven't assembled it yet

@beanjavert

10 ай бұрын

Can you elaborate a little on getting it wet to raise terrain? I've never heard of that before.

I've had really good experiences with Rampart terrain by Archon studios, it is the modular stuff you might have seen on youtube. Some 5mm magnets and a polarity guide magnet and besides losing some skin to super glue it went together pretty well. Waiting on them to launch another kickstarter so I can get a deal on a bunch of it.

I recently got some mdf kits with a bit of work they look very good I'd definitely recommend

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

Ah hey man! Yeah, they can be really good. Which company did you buy from?

@robertlovell7361

Жыл бұрын

@@BroadswordWargaming I got them from a guy on ebay called jb mdf products They were very reasonably priced and with a bit of work to add some extra texture they have come out very well

I enjoy building terrain for various games from DIY techniques (the old GW Terrain Making books are still valid) to 3D printing, to mdf kits, to resin kits, and plastic kits. With the exception of a few of them, they still have to be assembled and painted, so DIY Terrain is my favorite as it's less expensive. It seems to take only a little more time than the purchased terrain kits and you can customize it the sizes you want. It does require that you collect a few materials to assemble it and keeping it playable is important unless your end goal is to have a display board or a diorama. Plus, there is the satisfaction of having created it yourself, usually from junk that would have been tossed anyway.

medium weight chipboard makes pretty decent terrain, ala Wyloch's Armory's Grimdark buildings. cheap materials and easy to make.

Hey the audio on this version's ad for Square Space has you doing voice over and the music is consistent with the rest of the music in the video this time. Nice speed edit and re-upload. Nice video Mr. Ollie!

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks! Weird right. I just re upladed and it fixed it. Pesky audio! I'm walking around derby on my phone haha.

Thanks Ollie! Really loved that video, and hearing your opinions

A great run through of the various types of terrain available

I love the smell of mdf kits... mmmm burnt wood.

Thank you , Broadsword . 🐺

always love your content thanks for sharing.

I would highly recommend "Knights of Dice" based in Australia for MDF terrain. I good balance of quality, price and ease of assembly.

Making it yourself is real value. Example: For ~3$ you can make up to 6 ruins corner pieces with foam board and some glue and they will last forever if you don't throw them around.

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

I agree, although homemade things (made well) do require other materials and products to make them look good (in my experience).

I like the look of some of the modern cardboard terrain, like the pop-up stuff (upzone?), But also tinker turf and metro morph. It'd be great if you could get an opinion on those alongside the styles you've already done. Archon Studios also do some pretty nice plastic kits.

I’m not sure what the UK equivalent to Michael’s craft store is, but a lot of the Halloween/christmas village pieces are great to doctor up for quick terrain pieces. If you get them towards the end of their target season, you can usually find them 50-80% off, which is a right steal. I’m not sure exactly what their material is, but they are quite heavy

@muffinlord3168

Жыл бұрын

I'm very late but the UK equivalent would be somewhere like HobbyCraft

The MDF you showed wasn't floppy and soaking so the new studio seems pretty neat from what I can tell! ;)

Very helpful video. Keep up the good work.

Really good video, entertaining, helpful, and packed with useful information, hope more people could watch this

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

Thank so much! :)

MDF can stink! I got a load and had to open it and leave it in the garage for about a week before it stopped smelling as bad.

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, and it can be soo messy

@Ennomen69

Жыл бұрын

clean it with a rag first. Smell leaves way faster and no dirty hands from the asembling. Just dont make it too wet.

@mraide

Жыл бұрын

@@Ennomen69 nice one mate

I have good success with Battlemats, GW kits and a bunch of pieces I printed.

Here’s an idea for DIY terrain. 3 toilet paper cores, some glue, some paint and you got yourself a stockpile of sewer pipes.

I'm getting a "Rik Mayall got into miniatures" vibe watching this for some reason.

@BroadswordWargaming

10 ай бұрын

Honestly, so many people tell me I'm like Rik May all, and have done my whole life, haha.

Rampart terrain is great. so is getting a foam cutter and some XPS

Pegasus is another really good brand. Plastic, can make modular and cheap.

You guys are great!

Your Dollar Stores are called “Euro Zone”? Thats kinda amazing honestly

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

Eurozone is the place to be.. that or "dealz".

I really like the terrain called Terrainturf. Just really thick cardstock, pre-printed so it's ready for playing in a seriously short time. Looks great and breaks down easily for storage. The price, however, seems steep for what it is.

at 0.33s in to the video where is that terrain from? i really like it, its got the right L shapes and stuff for competitive 40k but doesn't look like the more plain mdf stuff, i like brick effects

In my opinion there is no exclusive this or that, because the different types very well complement each other. For example you can buy a cheap MDF building and add to it with 3d printing. There is no need to always print whole finished terrain either. But maybe you can summarize that under DIY terrain 🤷‍♂.

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Everything has its place. If you want to mix various mediums, of course, you can! I do like to keep the style similar for a board though.

I've built a couple of pieces of Kromlech terrain and I wasn't as impressed as I expected to be. It often looks very good for MDF/HDF terrain, but you end up paying for that in terms of both cost and time/fiddliness. It is also getting to the point where the limitations of MDF/HDF are holding it back, where simpler designs wouldn't show up the limitations in the same way. Mind you that's just based on my experience of a couple of their smaller kits, maybe some of their other stuff is better. On the other hand I think you were a little unfair about TTCombat. They certainly do a lot of cheap and cheerful stuff but they also do some more detailed kits that are pretty impressive. They don't usually try to go as fancy as Kromlech but they're not just selling basic corner ruins and the like. Also I think they will shortly be taking over the sale of Warmill's MDF terrain and that stuff is very nice! One other MDF company I'd recommend is Art of War Studios. They don't have a particularly large range but their Gothic Ruinous terrain is a great way to get some terrain that will fit in very well alongside GW's Sector Imperialis terrain while also retaining the benefits offered by MDF terrain.

Great vid. I used to make my own out of bits and pieces but I’m lazy now and prefer to buy plastic 😁😂

great video

the best value for terrain are the free terrain sets and magnetic modular terrain sets on cults/thingiverse

Have a look at battle systems. They do the game core space. They have cardboard terrain with plastic chips. Sci-fi post apocalyptic and fantasy styles. It's really cool for the price. Also core space is amazing just to have it said

I want to start designing and 3d printing my own war hammer 40k kill team terrain any tips in general also figuring out the proper scale?

In the last 7 years I went from not knowing anything about Table Top Games to being an avid Table Top Gamer and hobbyist. I've got a ton of GW plastic terrain and some Mantic stuff. I think I have enough terrain already for the rest of my life and it's varied enough to use in almost any game.

Can anyone recommend a vendor that sells intact before-the-war-came-to-the-planet buildings? With internal stairs so that models don’t magically levitate or descend through the floors?

I’m interested in Modular and good looking Terrain.

Anyone know where i can buy plastic dkok?

Also MDF acquires mould very easily so storage is more of an issue unfortunately....

A Russian company called Tehnolog produced a number of really affordable and modular Sci Fi terrain kits. You know, alongside all their other cheap plastic models. Unfortunately, due to the war in Ukraine and the resulting sanctions, it's difficult to acquire Tehnolog items these days.

just pause the video at 1:24 "Ciara, for the love of Lorgar, please organize your paints"

The cost on electricity for 3D printing is so minimal it's not even worth mentioning. My Prusa MINI running 24/7 for a year would cost something like $10 in electricity.

@-Benedict

Жыл бұрын

Right now in Europe, there's no such thing as electricity cost not worth mentioning.

@xx_shadowbringer32_xx73

Жыл бұрын

Currently the cost of a prusa mini running 24/7 for a year in the UK would cost 297.49 as a rough guess

@Ceiran_

Жыл бұрын

@@xx_shadowbringer32_xx73 going by the unit pricing coming in tomorrow, I make it ~£700 going 24/7 for a year.

@TheAmazingMikey85

Жыл бұрын

Tell me you don’t live in the UK without telling me you don’t live in the UK.

@ShadowDrakken

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAmazingMikey85 tell me you suck at maths without telling me you suck at maths. Seriously, you're not running it 24/7, and if you are then you're a business and that amount of cost is negligeable.

Where did u get the same for the building with the bell on it

@jacobkotten338

Жыл бұрын

Stl

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobkotten338 3d printers tabletop. They do amazing stuff!

Battlesystems? The guys that make Core Space. Their stuff (paper card) is very good too.

Did any one realize he said mdf terrain and showed a picture of USB? Good video though! Thanks!

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

Got to get you talking some how!

If you or a friend play orks its really forgiving what ever you make lol. Nothing has to be perfect with them. Scrap heaps of what ever or some type of workshop just throw it together its not to bad at all.

if you have the space and a little time, id just buy a printer and print your own. Plastic is still best imo, but they are pricey

0:57 that’s chipboard pal.

My first pieces of terrain were from Dark ops, that a baby faced Luke Fellows introduced me to on his channel kzread.info/dash/bejne/aGWXsbKBqayzmrw.html Then I discovered the stuff from 4Ground. I still love it to this day.

Txarli is pronounced Charlie!

@BroadswordWargaming

Жыл бұрын

Is it! That's good to know, ha.

@samsowden

Жыл бұрын

@@BroadswordWargaming tx is how Basque represents the ch sound, since they don't have the letter c in their alphabet.

2:22 Dude, you go mouldy when you get wet?

make it yourself :) mostly free ha

Where Ciara?? 😢😉❤️🐶

I'm big on recycling materials to make terrain wherever possible because this hobby is a wasteful one.