MiniWarGaming Quick Materials List for Terrain Projects

[TheGhostOfPainsey]

hi there nice videos you have i am currently in college doing film and i have to do a stop motion short film and i have decided to use a freddy kreuger action figure for stop motion is there any videos online showing hot to make a minature boiler room? thanks

[spectra747]

another good one is an old tissue box

[theliberator1]

you can not only use your pen to mark out your floor plans, or mark your cut lines, you can also use them when they run out of ink as pipes or cannon barrels. much sturdier than straws. cheaper than buying pvc/styrene pipe (if you buy the cheap $3 for a bag of 50).

make sure you get the plain ones, not the ones embossed or engraved with company logos!

[revscole]

plastic cups

[gibbsy211]

what about fooooooooddddd!!!!!!!!!!

[abc114able]

plaster

[TheRexybear]

lego

[Tonyhack11]

Warhammer 40k has taught me to never waste anything... I have made a shack out of some cardboad, spray paint, and boltgun metal... I have also made a small chaos temple and now I am getting chaos space marines so that my friends can try out a new campaign I'm making!

[TheSw1ftBlade]

I Made a 16"x16" Ork fort using balsa wood also train set scenery like trrees walls etc and on another note i made an ork battlewagon using a WWII tank kit

[gotsane]

quick and easy barrels... take two bottlecaps (from 2 liters) and glue them together

[40kOrkBigMek]

i find styrafoam really usefull uve used it on many of my projects im a big terrain maker and enjoy making it in the past i have made peices such as simple rocky aras to snow outposts and bunkers my current project is an ork waaagh banner from the pc game dawn of war, awsome game and love your videos!! :D

[sholto666]

are you sure we ought to buy our GW paints from GW and not mini wargaming? lol

you guys help make this hobby more fun and worthwhile thanks for all your tips :)

[Sammichez1]

And making terrain is half the battle!

G.W. Joe!

[TheHarcipoter]

Sissors and... what??

[spectra747]

@TheHarcipoter sissors and bucket

[teehee23able]

cool vid much respect!!!

[miniwars123]

"paints from gw, why because they are the best paints in the world" no reaper is ;o). 1:38 is the building from "mini balcony" unpainted, thanks for the tut. (white foamboard, textured paint, grey paint, brown paint, metal bench, thanks)

[Simpsonwannabe]

@miniwars123 what makes reaper better?

[miniwars123]

@Simpsonwannabe brighter, has a bigger range of paints, cheaper, and dropper style bottle

[miniwars123]

holy shit! 0:10, 0:24, 0:40, 1:28 FTW, also where do you get "steel bench" (1:19)?

[NOFXRules15]

i am soooo glad you said Popsicle sticks. we have over 300 of them in our cupboard! yes! Barricades and towers for my orks, here i come!

[teehee23able]

@NOFXRules15 this one to u WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGG­GGHHHHHH!!! KEEP UP WITH DA ORKS!!!

[Grymbaldknight]

i made some walls from ordinary inch-thick sheets of polystyrene covered with paper-mache (sp.), it didn't go too well, but i'm relatively new to terrain making. A revised edition may (or may not) turn out better, but they are great starting materials for a budget project.

thanks for the video though, it really helped.

[wolt96]

i use oasis for small bases

[haromnyuszi]

You can use those wooden sticks from Mc Donalds for tea those are awsome and free:)

[jackalberts]

thanks im new to warhammer and i love making stuff so this has helped alot

[ZoomZombie09]

Use some pvc to make chimneys and or mortars.

[WARPIG3989]

im working on that one

[thewarhammerclub]

may you please make a tutorial on how to make the two buildings you showed in the beginning of the video.

[tkewetk]

im a begginer this really helped

[TheDeinonychus]

Also, with the baking soda, I find that if you just use it by itself, it tends to discolor too easily over time. Mix it with alittle bit of watered down white glue to paint onto the base, then sprinkle a very light layer ontop just to give it a fluffy look. You can also use flower on top as it doesnt discolor as eaisly.

[TheDeinonychus]

green scowering pads. Fold them in half, roughen up the edges, and paint them with a couple drybrushings of lighter green to make some quick and easy hedges. More useful for fantasy, but still handy. also, square toothpicks make a good wooden fence.

[953SuperDude]

reaper paints !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[harryporner1]

i have an orc warboss and i put green stuff on his arms and now he is like huge

[0h4yd3n0]

were can i get styrofoam from ??????

[TheSpriteFreak]

mostly you get them when you buy a dvd player,computer ect. The styrofoam is in the boxes of that

[IhackShane]

@0h4yd3n0

you can also get pink styrofoam from home depot, it is pink and very easy to use. also pink.

[spartanlemming1996]

crushed sweetners is always good 4 snow and you can harden paper 2 go harder than wood so thats good and u can apply water to partialy corogated cardboard(bits o paper torn of it) and use waterd down paint to make a melted effect (dry brush chaos black to hole wall and more aroun melted areas)

[Wurchin]

I actually like baking soda when I make the snow affect. (Helps controll that sweaty gamer smell too :P)

[slashboy5]

Polystirene is awesome for making walls, i watched miniwargaming's tutorial about stone walls and it's really good but i gotta paint it but i am rubbish at painting :C

[tabletopwar]

thanks dude

[RoytjeWC3]

i use clay sometimes

[MrAsh1357]

omg cool train

[TenaciousD872]

i asked my mum if i could have some polystirene we had but she "it goes every where!". i was like but i neede to make terrain. i had a good idea and all. i might try the rust effects one

[warhammer677]

try and say to her ill vacume it up after of you can cut over a bin

[TenaciousD872]

will do lol

[TeamTBagr]

Lol random wire

[JynxBlack]

Take the styro pieces from an appliance box (fridge, washer, dryer ect..) Those peices by themselves are endless potential for terrain. The shapes are very unique and have an almost gothic quality to them, very usefull for 40K or Warmachine. Just go to Home Depot of where ever they sell Appliances and just ask for the scraps, there will be tons!

[Commandos12]

im currently making half of my LCD holding styrofoam as a star dock for light space craft to medium size frigates :3

[snafutroll]

I disagree about GW paints. Reaper has some fantastic paints available. I'd also recommend not breaking the bank on terrain. Rather have a lot of paint for cheaper than pricey paint that will only last for a few projects.

[MajChung]

well this was made a while ago i don't think miniwargmaing knew about reaper paints =)

[tonz0fun182]

to each man his own but I'm sorry i hate reaper paint you wast alot cause it in a squeeze bottle and the paint drys in the tip of the bottle but i do like there silver over GWs (looks cooler)

[barod1]

Can these items work for lord of the rings senery?

[iluvluckystar]

this is the generic stuff you will need for just about EVERY piece of terrain you ever make

tools etc and general stuff

so yes your kind of dumb to be making terrain without at least half of the tools here and most of the materials ie styrofoam .... it can be anything shape it into the walls of some castle or a cave entrance etc

[Haydeez64]

My quick list:

Everything on the planet ever.

[landraiderares]

@Haydeez64 - "Everything on the planet ever."  So true. It's magical how slapping the most random things together with glue and then coating them with paint will transform them into soaring Eldar towers, solid Imperial fortifications, or rickety, rusty Ork Mek shacks.

[Altier215]

take styrofoam and cut the 4 inche by 4 inche block of it into a crater shape. add on ballasst or sand. then put realistic water by woodland scenics into it. you now have a cespool. feel free to put in random painted weapons or dead guys into the water as it dries.

[HbAvenger]

I'm outta 40K and into LOTR

[buzzardsgirl]

i like the tau empire

[Gamer0900]

Ahh... back when Miniwargaming was a lad. No fancy effects, no corny intros...just solid info. (love MWG now, but the old is still better IMO)

[pyromaster55]

cut up sprues look like bricks piled up, if you have a figure case the pieces of foam you punch out for it to hold your figures are great to build walls with, old tissue boxes are starting points for buildings, and obviously cans of all types are useful for all sorts of stuff.

[HAre7su]

OMG! i dont know how you got the pictures but the Necromunda buildings shown at 1:32 were made by me! Cool to find them here,,,

[AnimeFreak84853]

good job

[Geass300]

i took those pictures and i sell them on ebay, i wait in your closet for you to fall asleep and then take pictures of everything you have :)

[jordan045mfn]

use leftover weapons from your squads, buy some detritus (boxes, barrels, etc) put the weapons on the boxes and you have an armoury

[jonny15o]

half of a tin can to make a steel tunnel for units to go threw

[fliattitude]

vinyl table clothes make for a good table cover for terrian and they are easyly paintable

[aboogie123456]

you dont even need a blister pack for the broken windows u just need any type of clear plastic

[SleepyMata]

hammer?

[nzone4]

me and my friends made a tarian thing wahter u call it. it was like a space ship crash thinggy and those pringels can work nicely

[FanofDoW]

You can try to make some ork boss poles to put heads on.

[hazedude1233]

the link for the forums isnt to my right... if i look to my right i see a wall not a link! LOL

[mikey40k]

to make that window what do u need to do?

[Saxmaster96]

use clear plastic that comes in pakaging, like in a guitar pedal container, ETC

[sheild61]

shoe boxs work well for random stuff plus you get lots of what you want. i once made a base of a normal 1in, 1 and a half in, and 2 and a half in and had plenty left over.

[wisekeaton]

coke cans or just any can ,bottle, or cheap plastic cup

[strader1234]

try eldar terain

[GRAYtablePAINTING]

smashed up gw paint pots make brill oil canesters

[zaqwsx28]

Just get a random acrylic paint set from dollar store and you have thousand times more paint than buying GW's own paints.

[can90man]

but painting is ur hobby not your job why u wanna buy something that is not the best

?????

[eldergroan]

but GW paints are so DAMN expensive!

[Biotrex310]

Can you make a watch tower?

[360andmerule]

i got an idea u could use poo for mud onli joking cool vid

that poo thing was a good idea

[kleezer1]

hey i really appreciate this video its really inspired me. ive got an i dea for a fortress assault battle field that when i get done ill try and post so that people can see thx

[Raginok]

Building at 0:10 looks really cool

[SleepyMata]

i had a neat idea for some things for making your terrain and bases more convincing, i cut tiny pieces of wire off of a long strand, and i suggest u use thin wire for this, and i painted them a brass color to give them the effect that they were empty shells from the dudes guns

[theownerofwierd]

its my little bro's birthday tomorrow, and he's getting assault on black reach and the hobby starter set!

[skullkid12345]

A good material to use is balsa wood, but you need to make it last. It works well making city deris or ancient temple ruins

[warhammerfane]

´where can i get flamingo

[aBrickAboutSomthing]

hmmmmm.... idk ttry the ZOO

[qwazymandude]

I was looking at the comments and what about all the people like matt and them (sorry i dont know your names) that make the vast armys and insane terrane??? they deserve some credit!!!

[carnifexiscool]

any one who lives in england theres a shop called hobby craft they sell things games workshop do but cheaper there all over the place

[DarkHusky101]

This guy speaks sense i go to hobby craft to get stuff for buildings- On the other hand he think carnifex is kl der not they're ugly stupid inhuman low lifes

[stelladogrocks]

foam core, tooth picks , cardstock , paper mache items. i dont know if those were on there already. : ]

[legalam]

my dads really good with wood and he made a kickass ork fort like on dow for me

[boi560]

my dad makes stuf out of metal so he let me make some pipes, ladders and stuff =)

[gamerkid43]

i use sprues for rubble when i make stuff for my brother who plays imperial gaurd

[Vehementi]

If you use some poly cement to melt the cut up bits of sprue into more random shapes, just adds a bit of variety, instead of all the sprue-rubble looking almost identical.

[elbenzorockz]

great tips man ty im just starting out and i have found it very fun to make futaristic terain because i used to make lord of the rings so ty for the tips

[mattamomo]

please can you make some lord of the rings scenery tutorials.

[SpeedyProductions7]

Dave=Coolest Warhammer 40k player ever!!!

[w4rh4mmer40k]

no matt the coolest

[jugs554433]

sprues are actually really good 4 scenary

[reaver107]

how do u make those staircases

[91111a]

you can make pointy spear things that stick out of walls from wooden skewers

[directorzac]

also good things to use are, u know the game pic up sticks! use the sticks from that,i did, and then also u can use that plastic tubing (i forgot what its called) and its always good to have a hot glue gun!

[reaver107]

pvcpipe

[apez101]

umm good? but i got a good 1, a, b, c, e, f, all the aphebet to gether and re atrange the letters to make straws cats dogs mice food rocks lol ect

[apez101]

mesh is the wire in straners and i got mesh from a circle thingie

[SkzZjz]

i like 0;14

[SwordMasterz2]

could you guys make a video on how to make the building at 0:08 plz, thats badass!

[tommytverrli]

where can u get those steel things..

they look awesome as floor on buildings

[ilovemonkays]

You can easly get it from your local hardware store.

[firefox1359]

how about scrap sprues and old stuff

[pbdude725]

gender confused though

[Vhosis333]

possibly some rocks for outdoor terrain and plastic pipe

[mexicancheesepicture]

the mesh you put on windows to keep bugs out

[headbash88]

not enough :)

[sprite5555]

plz that atleast 100 individualitems

[sprite5555]

give the boy a break

[BeetrootSoup1234]

thin plaster sheets,wood,spray paint thats my list

[WayOfSaimHann]

Excellent!

[colorfullFOshizzle]

subliminal msging lol

[JackRussellTerrier2]

I graduated as an art major and I've always envied gamers.

[xragg]

you get styrofoam (called polystyrene)from home depot / lowes type stores. It is used as insulation for walls and comes in large sheets about 4'x8' of varying thickness.

[xragg]

GW paint is good, but other companies make good paint like vallejo paints. GW, vallejo, and similar are night and day better then the generic paints you find in craft stores though. Use generic paint for undercoats and large terrain areas, quality paints for minis.

[amonkeyman2]

cool

[Jorgotszki]

I dont know where to get Styrofoam

[captainsapp]

ive heard varnish works well for rivers?

[zombieslayer92]

its really expensive to play mini war gaming...the men and the paints and scenery etc...but its still very fun and I will keep playing...my parents think it is a waste of money because Im not good at the game and its expensive and no one I know doesnt play warhammer

[phoenixfiregod]

moon sand yes that kid sand crap works amasimly well but you have too bake it for like 20 mins so it works (note only small projests will work withit)

[Micahaphone]

I play 40k, and by using some spare bases and corners cut off of sprues, you can make pretty nifty land mines just cut a corner off of a sprue, or use some other small dot and glue it ontop of the circular base. Paint them accordinglly, and you can make a quick little minefield!

[pendragonfan55]

you can youse guns / fences / tanks / jeeps you get the idea from army men

[scandalousrogue]

I would add to the list: Bass/ Balsa wood Foamcore/ gatorboard (can be expensive- I have a cheap source) Plastic sheet (Plastruct) Brass and Aluminum rod/tubing Celuclay (awesome for groundwork!) Toothpics Spackle or wood putty Pastels chalks Old toys - The list really is endless!

[klotzekone]

very good. i love ur vids. could you possibly put up some videos about lotr miniatures?

thnx! :)

[ShaunKnowsHow]

Im rather new 2 Warhammer and i'd like to ask wot the tile is For

[miniwargaming]

You can use the tile as a paint pallet. It's better than a paper plate for it is easier to clean and the paint won't wear through.

[ShaunKnowsHow]

OK-THX

[minituremaster934]

umm water effects i dont have any but it could be useful

[40kchaoslord]

you know theres a technique runnin around out there that uses PVA instead of water effects

and it looks even better

[patmanvii]

prey tell what is this technique?

[40kchaoslord]

imnot sure exactly for i havent read it

but i do know for a fact that they let their PVA glue sit out in the sun for a little bit to dry it out, and somehow that helps in the "water effect" process

[granduelist]

use bits from sprues that you won't use not every model has to carry around more stuff than it needs (even though it looks cool but then you woudn't get the cool bits for your terrain)

[TehPyroFang]

good vid.. i hav ALL of those things sitting about 2 meters away from me lol.. (dont hav much paint tho)

I just went out into dads shed.. its amazing wat junk u can find and turn it into a master piece !

[lysemads]

the idea whit the video is to say what's the basic things you need to make terrain, not to show HOW to make terrain

[Boudewijn85]

That's a big list...

Matbe it's better to give some examples of terrain and quickly explain how you can build them and what you need?

[Swearzy]

could you make some vids about how to make some stuff in that one???

[TemplarsSon]

Do you have a link to a forum topic, more pics, how you can build etc. the building shown at 0:08 and 1:30? That, and the staircase shown at 0:15?

[Helonion]

If anything it's more of a "what can't you use".

[Airsoftman87]

nice but mines not that good

[minitzonthesun]

Absolute must-have terrain tool: Hole punches of various sizes, I have 3. Perfect for rivets. I can make rivets as small as the round thing on a Boltgun.

[IIXXIIXX]

You'll need a styro cutter

[RexRapt0r]

lol "green stuff"

[Shannariano]

1:09

best paints? Mmmm I'm not that into painting, but friends (painters as a work) state that Vallejo's are the best...

[Sarrow112]

lol random wire

[Vhosis333]

I know games workshop paints are the best kind but there is so little in the bottle it would take me like 8 months the finish a small piece of terrain as the paints are really expensive and hold so little. and I know with oil paints a little goes a long way but it gets really annoying that there is so little

[grimaldus44]

yer but i can make a pot of games workshop pant last for more than 2 yaers even using them for terran you just got to know how to use them

[sonofwaranddeath]

i use the one dollar tubes from walmart! :] works great for terrain and goes a LONG way!

[inthedark45]

i got a lot more: hot wire foam cutter, PVC pipe, spackling paste or spackle, large paintbrush (the kind used to paint walls or any other large things), empty soda or soup cans, PVC cutters, cardstock, plasticard, spare knife blades, plastic cement, superglue accelerator, hacksaw, full cardboard boxes (not cut or chopped up), notebook, bottom half of a plastic soda bottle, random PVC connectors, balsa wood, foam bowls, old computer parts, your codex, and something to play music or CD's

[ravingred888]

Could you maybe make a video showing us how to mkae game boards, i'm new to warhammer and have no set, just my dinning-room table. Could you make a video showing us how to make some sets (really good and complicated or simple and ... welll, not so good???) Thanks!

[miniwargaming]

Check out the video we've already made showing how to make gaming tables. You'll find it on our channel.

[riman2207]

I find sponges can be fairly useful as well, I use them occaisonally to make a rust effect (i.e. Put the paint on the sponge) and can give a little authenticity to your terrain peice.

[stupidguysshow]

please teach me how to make a multi-layered lotr castle

[Firestorm686]

I think there is a nice portrayal on how to make a LOTR castle in the GW site.

[pendragonfan55]

were you get steel mesh thing from

[cptmachine]

Pringle tubes make good silos for an industrial area or farm.

Old PC fans with the wires removed make amazing industial fans to put on top of factories etc....

[crazymaniac100]

YEAH games workshop paints are the best!

[Concretehunter]

i have stryofoam but its not blue and it sucks if i cut it it crumbles <,< and where do i get foam core?

[Firestorm686]

Not any old styro will work.Use the one used for isolation.I think the prper term for it is styrodur or something.

[Concretehunter]

yeah i bought it in home depot insulation stryofoam but its white <,< and crumbles

[flatlandsk8ter94]

foamcore can be bought at craft stores for cheap

[Concretehunter]

thanks might ill buy some today never really used it <,<

[baxtertrist]

wow!!! that kool

[Firestorm686]

The GW paint part made me laugh[and yes GW paints are the best paints you can buy].

Here are some materials i use to make terrain that you didn't mention[i am currently building a tower for a wizard school].PVC piping,cd cases,an old basketball,chewing gum,green stuff.

[bizgf]

wooooooooooooooo

awesome.

[G3ner0]

im ur first view :P i think