TheTerrainTutor Builds The Fabled Realms

I think you’re right about the clay mountains. I don’t see you getting the detail you want at that scale with the foam. I’m thinking clay would work well with the cities too. Maybe even casting?Seek out some medieval art for the city look.

Have you thought about making molds and casting “old-tyme” map style mountains?

For the coasts, maybe the tactic is to raise the sea level with gel AND bevel the foam.

exiting build, I would personally do hills from das, easy to work with after drying than clay and cities ith that scale 3d print I think, looking forward for updated and live build,

Even looks amazing as is. Keep it blue! I would be tempted to build the mountains and hills out of cork or other easy to cut sheet material. cut circles and shapes stacking them smaller up to the peak then skim them with car body filler (for strength) for the last stage. On the notes of castles, as you have lots to do I would make 3 or 4 cookie cutters out of plastic or wood. Then use these on clay or putty and then stack the 3 – 4 layers to make the final piece and smooth the sides.… Read more »

Great work keep up the good work

a great video.

Awesome work so far Mel! Can’t wait to see the rest.

Irregular have a range of 2mm building which could be useful, though only for the larger cities.
Also Brigade (UK) might have something.

SketchUp is free software and probably the easiest 3D modeller to learn. You should be making simple buildings within an hour or two of downloading the software. Exporting to a 3d print format should be a simple process of finding a plug-in (there are a few out there, and it depends on the printer’s native software and what file types it reads). I think you were on the right track by identifying cities with markers. Typically on a map these would be Capitols, fortresses, major cities, and key trade locations (like villages on crossroads, or key narrative locations). Even at… Read more »

(continued from above – sorry, I wasn’t quite done typing – I hit a bunch of random keys, and the next thing knew it was posted!) – Small villages are likely loose clusters of buildings – Are there significant public spaces within the walls that could be shown? – Most buildings will be perceived as groups of masses with open channels representing the streets. – If it’s worth 3d printing a building, I would do only 1 per city, and then only for the large cities. Pick a landmark that identifies it, and then other landmarks on that map that… Read more »

Looking good so far! And always entertaining to listen Mel.