Terragenesis has a photo tutorial on making a cave system. It’d be good for a cave, a mine, a tomb or a hobbit hole.
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Kiev’s Museum of Micro Miniatures
Within the walls of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the Kiev Monastary of the Caves is the Museum of Microminiatures, a collection of models that are so small and so detailed that they defy belief. For example, there is the rose inside a hair, shown above:
“The hair is drilled lengthwise and polished outside and inside until being transparent. An artificial rose twig is inserted into the bore. The flower diameter is 0.05 millimeters, the stem is 0.005 millimeters thick.”
Using Children’s Board Books For Bases
Here’s an interesting idea about using an old children’s board book as a base for making terrain. I think there’s lots of other uses for this readily available source of thick cardboard.
Refurbishing Old Wargames Scenery
Scotty’s Wargaming blog has an article on refurbishing old wargames scenery. I’ve got quite a bit that I’ve accumulated over 40 years of gaming that needs touching up.
Making A Long Marshes Game / Display Board
This is a nice video showing the construction of a beautiful marshes board. The board was designed for display, but the techniques could be used to make terrific battle boards.