High Elf Terrain - Warhammer Fantasy

Here are some pictures of finished Warhammer Fantasy High Elf terrain scratch built for a friend.

Elven Watchtower


Made of a paper towel cardboard center, plaster cloth, a polystyrene plastic base, blue foam for the hill and lots of patching plaster. The roof is made out of cardboard.

 Ruined Obelisk Garden


Made of cardboard for the standing one and blue foam for the crumbled one. Both pieces are on their cardboard base with a magnet in it. The large base is made out of polystyrene and has a couple of areas where the magnets can stick as seen in the last picture.

Crystal Forest


Made of sculpted blue and pink foam. Once painted the crystals were coated with High Gloss varnish in order to look more crystally. The individual clumps of crystal are mounted on cardboard bases with magnets in it similar to the Obelisk garden pieces. They can be attached to the polystyrene base in three specific locations as seen in the last picture.

Elven Terrain: Concept Art and first steps

So here is the concept art for a few terrain pieces I will be making for a friend High Elf player (nobody's perfect).
Crystal forest and Elven Waystone:

 Elven Tower (that is going to be a real challenge I think):

 I started cutting pieces for the Crystal Forest out of insulation foam:

The next step is to smooth down the 'crystals' and coat them with some sort of protective layer.

Finished Cassino Barracks

Finished three barracks for Flames of War Cassino campaign. In all three buildings, roof can be removed to fit 4 stands of infantry. 

Finished Craters

Looking a little simple but can be used in the Flames of War Cassino Campaign as bullet proof cover. Also can be used to replace a wrecked vehicle in 40K.

Finished Hills

Big hill with 2 steps

Smaller Hill with single step

Finished Ruins

Ruin #1

Ruin #2

Ruins are based on left over from Hirst Arts molds projects.

Finished Rivers

The total length of all the river sections aligned is about 28 mm. These rivers can be used as big rivers for Flames of War or smaller streams for Fantasy or 40K. 

Terrain WIP: finishing main painting

The terrain is starting to look more finished. After the grey basecoat, I drybrushed a lighter grey and skull white onto the grey/rock/building areas. Then the brown/sand areas were drybrushed bestial brown and bleached bone. A little green and brown were brushed here and there for weathering purposes. Next step: flocking on hills, craters (maybe?), etc, painting the river and detailing the barracks (not a lot of details planned but just a couple of things like doors, window bars..)

Terrain WIP: grey paint

First layer of darker grey applied in rocky areas and buildings and first dry brush of medium grey (codex grey type)

Terrain WIP: undercoat

Terrain undercoated with flat brown spray paint. Note that the foam (in the foam board and the hills) has to be really well covered in plaster or PVA glue otherwise it will melt with the spray paint. It has happened at tiny holes on the hills for me, will patch it up afterwards. Not a big deal but something to be aware of.

Terrain WIP

Terrain was covered up with patching plaster then once dry, play-sand from Home Depot was glued (2$ for 50 pounds!).
Once dry, a layer of watered down PVA glue was applied on the sandy areas to secure the sand particles.

WIP Barracks and Craters for Cassino Campaign

I have made three of these barracks. Roof is removable so you can place units inside.