And of course, a tutorial video:

うあああああ！！！

That is so AMAZING!!! I'm going to make terrain, too, but mine won't look nearly as good as yours. Fantastic job!

EDIT: I can't get over how beautiful these look, so I'm going to say it again: THESE LOOK SO GOOD!

EDIT 2: The ONLY thing wrong is that there aren't any cute lily pads in your pond. Again, not that I can do any better

Awesome work! Love the elevated terrace, and the forest is pretty great.

Awesome! I've been in the early process of doing mine as well, cutting out plasticard bases and getting my supplies together. Glad to see I'm not the only one.

9 hours ago, Parakitor said:

うあああああ！！！

That is so AMAZING!!! I'm going to make terrain, too, but mine won't look nearly as good as yours. Fantastic job!

EDIT: I can't get over how beautiful these look, so I'm going to say it again: THESE LOOK SO GOOD!

EDIT 2: The ONLY thing wrong is that there aren't any cute lily pads in your pond. Again, not that I can do any better

Yeah, I thought about either painting lily pads directly onto the resin or punching out green circles with a hole puncher but it looked too cartoonish so decided against it. If you come up with a better solution, please post!

Thank you for the tutorial. Can you state what molds you used??

Really great work!

I really like your solution for the raised defenses. The very cool thematic use of wall sections instead of raw rocks look great! A very nice unified terrain set.

In my existing terrain collection I've got a pond (very similar to yours, but not nearly as cleanly done), forest, low walls (just separate walls made from hirst arts) and rocks. Time to get to work on sharp sticks and mini-castles I guess...

3 hours ago, Ranger421 said:

Thank you for the tutorial. Can you state what molds you used??

Here's the list ( www.hirstarts.com ):

Fieldstone Wall 70
Fieldstone Accessories 71 (for the stairs)
Ruined Fieldstone 75
3" Round Fieldstone Tower 79
Rock Cavern Pillar 84

Flagstone Floor Tile 260

Honestly though, that's a big money investment for just a few terrain pieces. I would get 70 and 75 and you can pretty much make everything from them. Even the stairs and floor can be made from just 75. Also, the rocky outcropping can be sections of ruined walls or the corner of a ruined building using these two molds. And you can avoid getting 79 if you make your corners 90 degrees rather than curved like I did. But 75 is my most favorite mold and if you look at Bruce's instructions on his website , you can make a lot of different things with it like this (not mine):

One word of caution though--DO NOT USE PLASTER OF PARIS! It is too soft and you will get frustrated with how often your casts will ding up and break apart. I use Hydrostone which you can purchase at a pottery supply store (the kind where they have a kiln to bake thrown pots on a wheel). I used to use dental plaster but the shipping makes it too expensive. Hydrostone is significantly cheaper and can be found locally.

Thank you!!! Love your work!!! Keep the tutorials coming!!

2 hours ago, bumyong said:

Here's the list ( www.hirstarts.com ):

Fieldstone Wall 70
Fieldstone Accessories 71 (for the stairs)
Ruined Fieldstone 75
3" Round Fieldstone Tower 79
Rock Cavern Pillar 84

Flagstone Floor Tile 260

Honestly though, that's a big money investment for just a few terrain pieces. I would get 70 and 75 and you can pretty much make everything from them. Even the stairs and floor can be made from just 75. Also, the rocky outcropping can be sections of ruined walls or the corner of a ruined building using these two molds. And you can avoid getting 79 if you make your corners 90 degrees rather than curved like I did. But 75 is my most favorite mold and if you look at Bruce's instructions on his website , you can make a lot of different things with it like this (not mine):

One word of caution though--DO NOT USE PLASTER OF PARIS! It is too soft and you will get frustrated with how often your casts will ding up and break apart. I use Hydrostone which you can purchase at a pottery supply store (the kind where they have a kiln to bake thrown pots on a wheel). I used to use dental plaster but the shipping makes it too expensive. Hydrostone is significantly cheaper and can be found locally.

Really nice work! That ruined tower is a thing of beauty.

I've never done any large constructions like that, but a while back a buddy gave me a big bag of his extras and miscasts and I made a variety of things with them. I agree about the casting material. Hydrostone is good stuff. I'm not sure but I think my friend uses Hydrocal, which isn't quite as strong as Hydrostone but much better than PofParis and is avaialble at most home repair shops.

I'll be using this as the basis for my forest (with some removeable trees on top)

And I've got plenty of these to make walled areas with.

In this post I lay out which walls require which mold.

8 hours ago, bumyong said:

One word of caution though--DO NOT USE PLASTER OF PARIS! It is too soft and you will get frustrated with how often your casts will ding up and break apart. I use Hydrostone which you can purchase at a pottery supply store (the kind where they have a kiln to bake thrown pots on a wheel). I used to use dental plaster but the shipping makes it too expensive. Hydrostone is significantly cheaper and can be found locally.

For casting material, while I've never casted terrain, I do a decent amount of molding and casting for costuming and special effects gags, and my favorite plasters to use are HydroCal and UltraCal. UltraCal is a bit harder than HydroCal, but both are probably just fine for terrain.

Another tip is to always have an extra mold with you when you're casting something, so you can make use of your excess material. Even if it's just a paper cup to make into a paperweight, you don't want to waste your plaster. I've made more than a few partial castings of my face, which will eventually turn into a pretty cool art piece.

Amazing stuff @bumyong Watched your video yesterday morning in amazement!

Ive not made any terrain in over 10 years but you've inspired me to improve on Runewar's punch outs.

Got to paint the minis first though...

14 hours ago, eilif said:

I've never done any large constructions like that, but a while back a buddy gave me a big bag of his extras and miscasts and I made a variety of things with them. I agree about the casting material. Hydrostone is good stuff. I'm not sure but I think my friend uses Hydrocal, which isn't quite as strong as Hydrostone but much better than PofParis and is avaialble at most home repair shops.

9 hours ago, shoeshine said:

For casting material, while I've never casted terrain, I do a decent amount of molding and casting for costuming and special effects gags, and my favorite plasters to use are HydroCal and UltraCal. UltraCal is a bit harder than HydroCal, but both are probably just fine for terrain.

Yes, Hydrocal is a good alternative and can be readily found in home improvement stores so if you can't find Hydrostone, definitely go with Hydrocal. Basically, anything that isn't Plaster of Paris will be fine.

The quality of this blows my mind! I need to up my game haha! Time to put away the paper mâché

Just grabbed a bag of cocktail sticks. Going to replicate your stake barriers shortly!