Make Your Own Dungeon Terrain With The Army Painter’s New Set
November 20, 2020 by brennon
The team at The Army Painter has been working on a new set which you can use to get into building your own Dungeon Terrain rather than buying pre-made pieces. Gamemaster: Dungeons & Caverns is available to pre-order now ahead of a release next year in February.
Gamemaster Core Set // Army Painter
This new set gives you the tools and raw materials to turn XPS Foam Board into the right kind of terrain for your adventures down in dungeons and through mysterious caves. A guide is also included as part of the set to give you an idea as to how you might want to approach using these materials and that hot wire cutter which you can use to fashion the pieces.
Gamemaster Core Set Contents // Army Painter
As you can see, as well as the hot wire cutter you've also got a knife, brushes, paints and more which allow you to get stuck into painting up these interesting pieces. Of course you'll need to do a bit of planning and such ahead of time but this could be a nice way to engage more in the hobby aspects of roleplaying at the tabletop.
Gamemaster Core Set Example // Army Painter
The Gamemaster system seems like a neat way to try and explore the possibilities of terrain making all inside one box. You could of course go out and buy individual components but this seems like a nice one-stop-shop for exploring this as an avenue of the hobby.
Could you be tempted to pick this up and give dungeon-based terrain making a go?
"Could you be tempted to pick this up and give dungeon-based terrain making a go?"
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89 euros.
…. No? I mean, maybe the hand wire cutter is nice, but for brushes you can really go for the cheap stuff when it comes to most big terrain projects. Same goes for paint. I buy huge tubes of cheap acrylics, lasts ages. The styrofoam has cheaper options as well if you look at appropriate DIY stores. Just look for styrodur. 20 euro’s will get you sorted for more than you’ll need for a full dungeon. The rest is stuff most hobbyist would have lying around, isn’t it? Some flock, a ruler. And if you want durability you’d want to… Read more »
I think this is probably aimed at someone who recently found some of the youtube crafting channels, like Wyloch’s Armoury, Bard’s Craft, Black Magic Craft, DMScotty, etc and wants to get started, rather than an experience hobbyist.
I make and sell a fair bit of terrain, and don’t see this as any kind of bargain. Do yourself a favour: Foam board: polystyrene sheets 1 1/2″ thick, 2′ by 8′ sell for about $35. Foam core board at the dollar store sells for $1.50 (all prices Canadian). Paint: you’ll go broke using those tiny bottles… and I’ve never primed foam board. Buy dollar store acrylics at a minimum. If you’ve got a big project in mind you should consider buying a quart of white latex and tinting it with acrylics. Use dark acrylic paint mixed with water and… Read more »
may be a good thing to go with the terrain tutors book ?
If you spent good money on that, then yes, absolutely you should buy this kit! 😉
So for the older hobbyists this set is nothing… because the tools in it aren’t “high grade” and most of them already found their way into our hobby rooms. And they are not that cheap. The hot wire cutter (which design I really like) will be sold separately at 17€ (IIRC) but is available right now on ebay as a cheap china product for 5€ (including shipping) But, with all the material in it I think this makes an excellent gift for people new to the hobby to dive in into multiple aspects without having to worry to much on… Read more »
yep, as a ‘starterset’ this probably will do nicely.
I do wonder where you’d buy more foam when you run out.
The name ‘Dungeons and Caverns:core set’ sort of implies that they’ve already thought of that scenario.
Yes I think there will be more packs to buy down the line. It’s not a good option for avid terrain builders but for most hobby builders that only do very few and small builds it will be the better option because it will be easy to find in hobby shops and doesn’t take up much space.
exactly. It’s easy to forget that beginners need every bit of help they can get.
Especially a few good examples and basic supplies.
Convenience is the key word here.
Wonder if they would have been better off with pre-cut terrain kits for various starter sets (eg. a terrain kit for Frostgrave, a terrain kit for an AoS starter box…).