Journey to the City of Dwarves,DnD game terrain,modular construction of an underground city,Resin/FDM 28mm scale-for Role Playing Games
I scratch-built a fortress terrain piece. I designed it to be modular, creating it in sections so that the gatehouse or the towers could be used individually in the game.
I designed the castle gate so that it can be opened and closed to some extent.
38mm Scale - 16" x 16" diorama
Going to try out the new edition of Necromunda with my stepson, for now I figure we can scratch up some terrain ourselves rather than shelling out on official kits. What started as a simple box/bridge/staircase has rapidly become a fun evening event for me as a way to unwind! Especially proud of the legs & ladders on that watchtower, and the split spiral staircase with two landings and through-connection. All made with biscuits boxes, toilet rolls and pritt-stick (aside from the old sprue for the bridge). Will focus on a ton more simple boxes/walls for now to help make some more modularity, but any suggestions for what I should make next welcome!
Oh and the bar at the top right, the wonky tower is purposeful. Every Underhive sector needs a bar, ours is to be called "The Tilted Spire". Need to make some bottles for the counter, and some bar stools to scatter around!
On 11 September 2026, I posted the very first publication of my new project combining 3D printing and painting.
This project is nothing more and nothing less than a long-held dream – decades, in fact, given that I’m such an old-school vintage type – to create my own gaming table dedicated to medieval and alternate-history skirmish games (Mordheim and Trench Crusade).
A few print plates full of STL files and dozens of hours of printing and painting later, I’m absolutely delighted to share photos of the first three sets of scenery I’ve printed and painted!
Instagram isn’t really suited to photos of scenery sets, which would be better off in large 16:9 formats! But you’ll have to make do!
If you want to see a large 2K version, I’ve posted one on my Facebook page (I told you I’m a bit of an old-timer!)
I hope I can keep this up, as the method I’ve used to paint the stones and wood is particularly tedious, time-consuming and dreary. Thankfully, the result is well worth the effort and makes you forget those hours of torment. 😅
General information:
3D-printed and hand-painted medieval building scenery, ideal for miniatures and skirmish games like Warhammer, Mordheim, Frostgrave, Trench Crusade, 1490 Doom or any role playing games like D&D...
Printed on a Bambulab P2S 3D printer using PLA Basic filament from the same brand, fitted with a 0.4 nozzle and a high-quality print profile of 0.12mm.
Files upscaled at 114% to fit the 32mm heroic scale.
STL files bought on https://www.my-dungeon.com
Consider following me on Instagram as it’s my main hobby and photo sharing social network .
Cheers
Big Z
As promised, some photos of my build.
Today only building the ruins, next time the painted results. The ruin is actually part of a large country house. It's made in segments so I can arrange the setup. Every part is made of blue XPS, glued with PVA.
Went a little crazy with dirty down’s moss but I think it’s alright.
Work continues on my wizard's tower build. This is going to be a scenery centre piece for Warhammer: The Old World.
I started out creating a rough shape using plastic bottles, yoghurt pots, etc... and wrapping them up in tape. Then using XPS foam to create the block work.
Lots left to do but I've started to add paint which always feels like a good milestone.
In my previous post I showed my game ready terrain layout. Here are a few pix I took along the way as I built it over two weeks (off and on after work).
The base is a 2’x3’ piece of tempered hardboard. I used 2” XPS foam for everything else. Lots and lots of hot glue hold everything together.
Hi!
Here is some work in progress images about terrain set we are making. The goal is some kind of island fortress with cathedral and some docks etc.. The island theme doesn't show much yet since this is really early in process, but there will be more pieces that lean towards to that theme.
First picture is our first test piece, printed and painted to see how it holds up on the table. It will be changed a bit more playable later but idea is some kind of cathedral with big statue on top of it.
The rest show where it's coming from: the bunker with Hellgate concept sketch and one of our sculpts in progress. Also something little about people who live in the island.
It's early in progress and a lot will change. What you think about this? If you'd like to follow the project, the BackerKit page is linked in my profile.
You can also tell us if there is a specific piece you'd like to see: part of church, something for the bunker, something for the docks? What ever it is we will consider it!
-MortalHenri
Our first Trench Crusade game yesterday!
This wasn't really a proper scenario yet — the goal was simply to test the rules, learn the basic mechanics and figure out what we were doing.
Of course, a simple test game obviously required trenches, burning ruins, crashed aircraft, religious propaganda, corpses… and three perfectly reasonable artillery pieces named Pater, Filius and Spiritus Sanctus.
We definitely got some rules wrong and spent a fair amount of time looking things up, but by the end things were already running much more smoothly.
Most importantly, we had a lot of fun — and now we're ready for a proper battle.
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Fire.
This weekend, I playtested my self-designed wargame, 'The Battle for the Watchtower,' several times. Placing the tower in the center turned out not to be ideal, so I adjusted that rule. All tiles are now placed by drawing them at random. If the tower ends up at the edge of the playing area—as seen in the first photo—the altered orientation suddenly creates much more interesting gameplay. The other photos are purely for atmosphere ;)
Materials - matchsticks and cardboard. Any suggestions about filling of top floor are welcome.
Hi everyone, looking for suggestions to improve rusting metal and concrete rubble. I think a wash and dry brush on both parts to bring them out a bit more. Current work is (concrete) primed, mid grey, earth wash, sponge grey and highlight with sponge grey again. Rust is black, dark blue, wash of nuln oil, then IPA fixer and mix of rust pigment powders.
Its GW scale, looking to use them to make up a series of similar bases for a small group / squad of figures.
Any feedback welcome! thank you.
Update on my first necromunda terrain tile
Happy for any feedback.