Iron Hands has an article on turning those cheap and ubiquitous porcelain “Christmas Village” buildings into Mordhiem scenery. The results are very good.
Modeling
Modeling Swords
Carmen’s Fun Painty Time blog has a tutorial on making swords from wire.
Making Rubble From Sculpty
Carmen’s blog has a set of instructions on making bits of rubble from Sculpty.
Quick and Easy Lord of the Rings Plastic Conversion
The OMad blog has an article on converting Lord of the Rings plastic figures. Learning techniques such as these will come in handy, given the large number of plastic figures now in the offing.
A Futuristic Bunker From Miniature Bases
Toposolitario has a tutorial on making a futuristic bunker out of spare miniatures bases.