The WAB Corner Blog has a nice post on making terrained magnetic bases to hold four figures based individually on washers.
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Making Textured Paint For Foamcore Buildings and Ruins
This video tutorial covers making textured paint for foamcore buildings and ruins.
Modeling Wheat Fields From Door Mats
Iron Mitten has a photo tutorial on making wheat fields from door mats.
You can get the textured door mats in a variety of colors and textures, so this technique should be usable for a lot of different types of fields.
Pin Vice Tutorial
Instructions on how to use a pin vice
Modeling A Base With Overgrown Debris
Here’s a video with nice techniques for making a base with overgrown debris. The techniques also would come in use for modeling the floor of large terrain bases, such as tree stands.