A few more shots of my ruined city! There are so many little details scattered throughout this scene, and I had a lot of fun bringing everything together.

Hope you guys like the pics!

It's currently live on Kickstarter if you want to check it out

And there is a free tower STL!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimrotcollective/the-ruins-of-lumenfall-2?ref=3cjs9m

Ive spent about 3 weeks working on this (not including printing time) for a one shot dnd campaign and the Socal Mordheim group in apart of. Still lots of detailing remains. But 4x4, plywood base, carved foam ground work, printed terrain buildings and walkways (from Fabio on Myminifactory) and a gallon of resin

this is a project for a friend learning to do stone

I started to redo the stairs (the circles in front). These will lead to a platform as many of you suggested. I added the first archway (a nightmare), and walls to close off the council area. Finally, I added some tables. Everything is being held by small nails and hopes until I'm happy with the product to glue down.

Thanks for everything help and suggestions. More is always appreciated!

Had a 3D print come out wrong and rather than throw this Stug away, I made it a terrain piece.

Hand painted with some grit mixed in to look like aggressive rust. First time painting rust.

My friend Dexter was commissioned by Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park, to build a game table for Blood & Plunder. This is the finished table. I’m sharing it for him.

It’s 4' x 6' table and features a lighthouse, docks, water, a harbor, a tavern, a fortified prison, a market, shipyard cranes, a stone warehouse and a Spanish Mission. Dexter built it by hand over a year, and he filmed the whole process as a 16-part series on YouTube, from the first thoughts to the finished table.

I’d love to know what you’d want on a pirate game table. Anything you’d add or do differently?

Happy to answer questions about the build, and I’ll pass them on to Dexter.

Walk through of the Completed Trey Parker Table

hello, does anyone have any tips to weigh down polystyrene so it isn't so weightless?

i am going to be making some castle walls from polystyrene

thanks!

Had this thing primed black on my shelf for like 7 months, and I FINALLY painted it last night & today. Been in a wildly productive hobby mood the last few weeks and got sick of seeing it sit there unpainted.

This is the first build I’ve ever used pastels for weathering, and I like the effect! I think in hindsight I would’ve used a darker color, but it’s kinda neat in its own way. Also, huge shoutout to Philip Sin’s Miniatures for creating a 3D sculpt that I borrowed inspiration from when crafting this.

We are ready for our family Halloween one shot 🥰
We always do a one shot for our family around holidays. We've had mutating easter bunnies, an angry druid who was against cutting christmas trees so he turned them into evil treants, and now: spider cave halloween adventure! 🥰

I used a hot-wire foam cutter to melt styrofoam (I think polystyrene). I was doing this outside my apartment, but the cutter produced a noticeable amount of white/light-gray smoke with a strong, unpleasant smell, and a lot of the fumes blew toward my face.

I used it for about 15 minutes without a mask or a respirator.

Afterward, I noticed slight throat irritation and dry eyes. I'm otherwise feeling okay at the moment.

I didn't realize the smoke could potentially be harmful until afterward. I’m seeing posts now talking about it being toxic, causing chemical injuries to lungs, respiratory failure, or death. Do I need to be worried??

Mix a bit of crooked staff dungeon floors with some good old craft.

3D printed the ship hull, added Popsicle sticks to make it look more wooden, painted, added crows nest and dragon head. What do yall think? Newest addition to my D&D terrain.

When building a physical model or diorama of a Minecraft Enchanting Room, regular top-down lighting can kill the mystical vibe. To get closer to the in-game look, I’ve found that the lighting works best when it’s split into three functional layers:
Key Light (Main Focus): A deep violet LED (400–420nm hue) placed at a 45-degree angle under the Enchanting Table to make the obsidian and diamond accents stand out.
Ambient Light (Background Fill): A warm yellow LED (2700K, dimmed to 20%) hidden behind the bookshelf perimeter to mimic faint torchlight on the wooden planks.
Point Light (Detail Accent): Tiny 0402 micro-LEDs inside miniature glowing lapis/redstone pieces to pull attention toward specific corners.
The wiring uses 30AWG enamel wire hidden in fake seams between the blocks and runs to a 3V button battery box.
Before I adjusted the ambient fill, the violet key light made the surrounding stone look pitch black. Turning down the key light and bringing up the background fill restored the depth of the room.
When you work on Minecraft-themed builds, which layer do you usually tune first the central magical light or the subtler torchlight in the background?

This is for a boss battle for my d&d players next week. It's suppose to be a council chamber with huge windows. I know I have a lot more work to do, but what else should I add to make it more immersive?

To go along with an earlier post on this subject

Update on my magnetic tiles project. With more tiles including windows, barricades and boarded up windows . And 3 new walkways (one same sort, two made of scrap)

Board is a kill team board. So certainly not finished yet

Some pics off groundwork and the beginning of te greenery. All made out of XPS, painted with acrylics