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warrenss2 · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:02 pm Post subject: Scenery on the Cheap

For those of us who are into using miniatures for our Savage Worlds games here are some inspiring websites for some ideas on making your own table top scenery.

TerraGenesis
The War Factory
RavensBllight Free Paper Toys

I really like THIS article for desert terrain. You can also paint them to look like ice for that Antarctic expedition you've been planning.

Matakishi had many wonderful ideas.

Wreaked cars for your urban ruins and Post Apok setting. More of the same at Combat Zone.

Making urban high rise ruins from mike crates.

Streaked Rusty Pre-Fab Buildings

Self made street mat.

Worldworks games has some great building you can print out and back with foamcore to make 'em sturdy. Or you can build your own.

Other sites/forum threads that inspire me...
Making water
Commander Vyper makes an urban board for his zombie miniatures game.

More later...
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Vinzent · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:09 am Post subject:

You can also pick up some great pieces at your local pet store pretty cheap. Just walk down the fish tank decor isle.
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VonDan · Legendary Joined: 08 Jul 2008 Posts: 3244

What did some one say cheap, in old English my family name means cheap

Streaked Rusty Pre-Fab Buildings

If you ever play(ed) fallout the adobe buildings are modeled after similar styro foam boxes. So save those styro foam blocks the come wraped around large electroic devices

Also in the cheap toy sections are the accessories for army men and army men scale things like cave men and farms. You can also find the accessories in random bags at thrift stores. Building parts, fences, rocks etc

And some scales of Model rail road accessories and people would work allthough they are not cheap but i picked up a few things at thrift stores that the toy stores had dumped on them as they had damaged packages
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Sean-Khan · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:43 am Post subject:

Links to great sites are nice, but I've been recently starting to think that Pinterest might offer a lot to terrain builders. I haven't had time to get to know it well, has any of you got any experiences with it? I think you could create terrain pinboards with it, which would allow to find exactly the things you'd like to see quickly.
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Jordan Peacock · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:30 am Post subject:

I've been saving plastic containers from the grocery store deli for use in sci-fi games. The trays are usually black plastic, with a "grid" texture bottom broken only by the obligatory manufacturing information and such, which can easily be covered up by a cardboard "hatch" or "plate" or obligatory gizmo.

The "walls" are often very sci-fi-looking, and the plastic is easy enough to cut with scissors to make doorways and such. Basically, have the tray right-side-up, and you've got a way to represent a sci-fi building interior chamber. Flip it upside-down, and you can use it to represent a small bunker, building or other structure exterior.

I've also found that plastic cross-stitch grid from the craft store can be great as a "poor man's techno flooring." It's usually available in a variety of colors (or I can just paint it as I please), and can easily be cut with scissors.

I regret I don't have any pictures handy. I'll have to do something about that.
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warrenss2 · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:03 pm Post subject:

I've made some shanty shacks with THIS handy gizmo.

Just get a normal index card and run it through it and it comes out looking just like corrugated tin. I then glue them on a frame work of Popsicle sticks. Paint them rusty and you got a great shack..
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Wiggy · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:06 am Post subject:

TAG has 11 handy scratch building terrain guides. A lot of the terrain has been used on our gaming table.

http://www.tripleacegames.com/TerrainBuilding.php
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warrenss2 · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:27 am Post subject:

I made some small palm trees out of squirrel gnawed pine cones, for the trunk, and silk plant leaves for the foliage.

I just trimmed the leaves into the shape of a palm frond and then cut from the edge of the leaf toward it's center line.

Hot glued the leaves on top of the pine cone. Hot glue the end result on to a base.
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