Reply To: TerrainFest 2023: Week 4 (4 Days left) Finishing Touches, Bring Terrain Alive

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I cannot speak to MDF terrain (all of mine is still nice and unpainted), but one thing I see as a tip to have in your tool box for terrain in general: Do not be afraid to look outside of the miniature war-game hobby to find inspiration/tools/whathaveyou.

In my current project for Star Wars Shatterpoint terrain, I have utilized plaster molds from miniature train hobbyists to quickly build various rock formations. I’m already using them in my Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings bases. A trip to a local craft store led to the inspiration to use a generic snake skeleton meant as a Halloween decoration as scatter terrain (once it was chopped up of course).

Little details like that can spring up from the most random places if we keep an eye out for them.