The Daddy’s Little Men Blog has a brief article on his experience trying to make an orange grove for a game set in southern Lebanon.
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Modern Building Templates
Dr. Merkury’s Lab offers some templates for making 28mm scale modern style buildings. Print them out, and then use them as guidelines to cut your walls from foam core.
Adding Cloaks To Your Miniatures Using Green Stuff
Here’s a photo tutorial on adding cloaks and capes to your miniatures using green stuff.
Modeling Ironclads
Here’s a photo tutorial on building a model casemate ironclad.