My battlefield rocks...

I have tried to be a little more productive and proactive on the blog. There is a few goals I have set myself over this school holiday, one of which was to finish some terrain I have been working on.
 
I drew my inspiration from my hobby origins in the old 2nd Edition of 40k. So perhaps if you are of that particular vintage, some of these might look familiar to you. 

I also got a lot of ideas from this old, citadel book on How to Make Wargames Terrain. It has a lot of the old terrain and ideas from way back when.

So without further ado...

 I made these out of a surplus of polystyrene that came in packing boxes for furniture, which I couldn't get rid off fast enough. So i decided to make some of the old rock pillars. I carved them with a sharp Stanley knife, stuck them on round drink coasters, and glued them together with PVA. When dry, I then went over them it plaster to seal it a bit, then went at them with some cheap bulk paints. Finally, a bit of green flock, and all done.

Next, I finished my old project which I actually started nearly 20 years ago with my dad. I remember one day after a local 2nd edition tournament, he said we should make some terrain for my games with friends. So I picked what I think, is the most iconic 2nd edition terrain I can think of, the old fortress. So we made plans, had a rough idea of scale, comparing it models from pictures and then made the core structure out of wood. And that is where it stayed for many years. Finally though, I got some impetus to finally get this old model finished, and here it is in all its glory.

 The rocks I made out of Woodland Scenic molds and plaster, which I think work well.

 The decking is from plasticard and the back of the fortress is made from the new Necromunda doors and some old Baneblade armour I had in my bits box.

Finally with some old 2nd edition models for scale.

I am quite happy with it and have been using these new terrain pieces with games with my boys. Feels good to get the fortress in particular, finally done.

Anyways, thanks for looking.

Stay safe.