The Ruins of Al Shewdin and the oasis of El Marhal

East of the gulf of Medes, the oasis of El Marhal has long served Imperial traders from Sudenburg traveling to the southern reaches of the World Edges Mountains in search of gold. Recently, the ever shifting Great Sandy Desert has revealed the long concealed ruins of a city. The superstitious Arabyan guides quickly recalled stories of the lost Al Shewdin, a Nehekharan outpost. Unsurprisingly, fortune seekers and cut-throats from Sudenburg quickly took to the desert...

I've just started working on a new board, deliberately limiting myself to the Arcane Ruins, the 40k 3rd ed. Jungle Trees and the usual foam and foam board. Here are the results of the first couple of weeks of work

The Temple of Shemlek (Magic Circle)



The Gate of Mahalik (Sorcerous Portal)



The Obelisk of Tahaluk (Way or Bane Stone)



The idea is to use some of the Fantasy special effect terrains to guide me in the development of a multi-purpose board.

I'll be watching this with interest.   

That does look to have a considerable amount of potential cool...the Obelisk is already VERY COOL. I hope you have as much FUN making it as we will watching it develop.   

Really like the sandish color on the way/bane stone!
Now go paint the rest! ;-)

And here they are, painted!

The Temple of Shemlek (Magic Circle)



The Gate of Mahalik (Sorcerous Portal)

VERY COOL! The bright colors add a certain eldritch quality to the ruins. GREAT WORK!    

I like the Gate best, but great work on all the pieces   

Thumbs up, great work!

I had a slow down, but here there's a new piece, textured and ready for painting.

The Palace of Ramehelik, east wing (Acropolis of Heroes)

VERY CREATIVE use of the G.W. pieces. This will be a BEAUTY once painted. You may be slow, but the results are TERRIFIC...GREAT WORK!   

This time, to add a bit of colour I went for alternating tiles.

The Palace of Ramehelik, east wing (Acropolis of Heroes)






I'll never do it again! I was unable to focus distant objects for an hour or so after I finished it 

I like this colors. Good work   

I'm with Fat Rat on this: that is REALLY COOL! The tilled floors look TERRIFIC with the Evil Temple bits. AND the color selection & brushwork are EXCEPTIONAL. It brings to mind for some reason or other From Dusk till Dawn. VERY WELL DONE!    

Thanks, folks   

Reminds of From dusk till Dawn...because of this, perhaps?


Unintenionally, but it's almost the same sand colour.
And I think there were bas-relief skulls on the walls of the Titty Twister Bar.

Now that's inspiration   

Very nice job on the tiled floor    

Godfather Viktor wrote:

Thanks, folks   

Reminds of From dusk till Dawn...because of this, perhaps?


Unintenionally, but it's almost the same sand colour.
And I think there were bas-relief skulls on the walls of the Titty Twister Bar.

I think it's the view of the brothel on top of the Aztec Ziggurat at the end of the film that did it.

Great job, i really like the choice of colours, and now that you mention the film below, i like it even more!

VERY cool. Those times may have been tedious for you, but they look fantastic!

We all know how life gets in the way of the really important stuff, but I haven't left this project

The Palace of Ramehelik, north wing (no point giving it 8th ed. rules now that AoS is upon us)






I kept the tile work pattern simple this time, for the sake of my poor ol' eyes

Real life is obviously a diabolic invention that interferes with "making a joyful sound". That aside, the Royal Ruins did turn out SPLENDIDLY; I love the stairs. VERY NICELY DONE!  

The Crowmoons need to loot that ruined palace! I bet there are loads of ancient relics buried in there!

Indeed, Warboss Kurgan
Let me get the entire city done and we'll have a new campaign there.
I have plans for a ziqqurat, an arcane ruin, another portal and some trees for the actual oasis

Great work on the ruins

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(no point giving it 8th ed. rules now that AoS is upon us)

Why not? I have used the 6th edition terrain chart since it came out. It is a fine resource for themed games.

Thanks all you guys!

Von Kurst wrote:

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(no point giving it 8th ed. rules now that AoS is upon us)

Why not? I have used the 6th edition terrain chart since it came out.  It is a fine resource for themed games.

Well, just because with Warboss Kurgan and a few others here in Manchester we really got the AoS bug, so we're no longer playing 8th ed.. Anyway, the original plan was to use it as an Haunted Mansion