r/ModelScenery

Every building on this project starts as a clay sculpt on the bench, gets scanned, then gets printed so we can paint proper copies of it. This one went on in that order: terracotta base over the tiles, a thin dark wash pulled down into the gaps, a dry brush of lighter orange across the ridges, and the timbers picked out last so the wood reads warmer than the roof. The little rag in shot is doing most of the work, wash on, wash mostly off. Sculpted by Johnny Fraser-Allen, who spent years at Weta Workshop before this.

We built the river, rocks, and plants first, then added the dinosaurs. Now we're moving a few trees around and filling in the last gaps.

I've flocked a lot of seafoam trees before, but these are the first I made "from the wire up", so to say.

Recipe:

1. Twisted metal wire

2. Some PVA glue to flatten the texture of the trunk (don't know if it did a whole lot..)

3. Spray adhesive and 12mm static grass

4. Second coat of 12mm grass (might have overdone it)

5. Coat of 4 mm grass (might have overdone that too)

6. Spray painted the whole thing brown

7. More spray adhesive and WS coarse turf

8. Little dabs of PVA glue and red decorative sand for the apples :)

I think they look the part! Just a few more to go for my orchard.

We shaped the cliffs by hand, planted the forest one tree at a time, then added a tour boat, a pod of orcas, and a bear on the ridge. Once we added the boat and animals, the scale finally felt right.

Not as pretty as some of the terrariums I see here, but I’m genuinely so happy with how this turned out.

Everything is custom-made, from the electronics to the miniature models, which I designed, printed, and painted myself. Each light, the smoke, and even the windmill can be controlled from my phone. I can turn the lights on and off, adjust the brightness, control the flickering intensity, and basically tweak everything remotely.

There’s definitely room for improvement, but for my first one, I’m really happy with how it came out.

Hi! This is my first ever foam diorama, a hidden dugout bushcraft survival shelter. I made everything except the tools and water bottle. You would enter through the tree stump, which is where the battery box is hidden. Next time I will use thicker logs for the walls.

Front façade of the main building from my latest crafting session. As usual, mostly XPS foam, and some straws for columns. A bit of greenery and flowers also, for realism.

Built from scrap cardboard and papier-mâché with cherry veneer on the tray. It lifts out so it can be used on a game board, and the long window in the gable has a light inside. I’m pleased with the stonework on this, it took forever but it has the sandstone look I was hoping for.

Just finished sealing my latest build this afternoon and wanted to share. I love terrain pieces that add to the campaign narrative through environmental story telling, and I'm quite pleased with the results here.

Medium is XPS foam, craft wood, sand, acrylic paint, oil washes and terrain foliage from both Woodland Scenics and the Army Painter.

These are the original clay masters for a fantasy township we have been building. Every roof, gable and stone course is cut into clay by hand first, so what you see later in paint started life as tool marks on a desk. Sculpting is by Johnny Fraser-Allen, who spent years at Weta Workshop before this.

Shot one is the first red going onto a thatched house, shot two is a finished master waiting for colour, shot three is a separate ruin master from the same township, and the last is the painting desk on a normal evening.

Happy to talk process if anyone wants to know how the thatch is done, it is the fiddliest part by a mile.

Pretty happy with how it came out, although I do feel like it could use some more scatter like crates and barrels, maybe some little starfish etc 🤔

Made from a styrofoam head, scrap foam sheet and beads and wooden discs. Painted with modpodge and craft paints and a few adhesive tufts. Pretty much all from the dollar store.