Two and a Half Week Terrain

Two and a Half Week Terrain

THE DESIGN STAGE

I needed some terrain that could be easily transported for gaming at a friend's house and done both on the cheap and quickly.

So I approached making a set of terrain with the following brief:

Transporting
It had to be easy to transport from location to location. I had seen floating around online several images of tables with terrain made from boxes that would then fit into each other for packing up and transporting. This seemed like the ideal approach to the problem.

Materials
It had to be cheap to build with materials being from only what I found around the house. I still had plenty of glue, paint, and scraps of foamcore from building a Fallout inspired table for Infinity the Game. I also stocked up on a cardboard box and cereal boxes that would have otherwise gone to the recycling bin. The only real expenditure was on $10 worth of balsa wood. Materials were sorted!

Time
Construction and painting time had to be at a minimum, so I set myself a goal of getting this all done in two weeks. I tend to find that if you don't set yourself a goal, you may lose interest and the project will stagnate resulting it not ever getting finished. Life kind of got in the way, and the time-frame stretched out to around two and half weeks, which I'm still quite chuffed about.

Aesthetics
It had too look good. I strongly believe that you don't need to use the best materials (or even terrain in kits), or spend huge amounts of money to end up having an awesome looking table. The small details you add and ultimately the paint job will bring the project to life.

Testing out Colour Schemes/Techniques
Ultimately this would be a practice run for the colour and techniques I use for s permanent set of terrain at home later on.

THE PAINTING STAGE

I've grouped images of the buildings how they combine for storage/transporting. All the terrain fits into two shopping bags once packed up.


Group A
Complete buildings.




Group B - scatter terrain
The scatter terrain (with the exception of the fountain) packs up inside the buildings in Group A for easy storage. Bridges and barricades are made from scraps of balsa, walls are made from shaped foamcore.



Group C
Some ruins with the second floor accessible.




Group D



Group E



Thanks for looking!

You are really talented. The scenery you made to be well transported, scratch built in so few time is really great.
I love the well/fountain scenery

It is a real bonus when easily transportable terrain can look SO SPLENDID. GREAT WORK!  
Funny thing, I thought the Statue only had one arm...must have been another instance of imminent senility.  

Very nice pieces of terrain!

Love it!