Mushroom forest, weird tree, toxic pools and fantasy terrain.

Hello and welcome back. 

In this post I have some new bits of terrain to show off.  First up - the mushroom patches.

A couple of years back I spotted a bag of mushroom Xmas tree decorations when out on our annual pilgrimage to various Christmas stores. 

 Once home I trimmed the fixing wire off and flattened the bottoms off. Grabbing some spare bits of blue foam, a couple of CDs and the hot glue gun. Pretty soon I had two cd’s of mushrooms. 

Then Christmas arrived and the hobby stuff was stored. The models were forgotten about until a couple weeks ago. The bases were then flocked and painted. Then the mushrooms got a lick of paint. Static grass and grass tufts were avoided so I can use these in cave/tunnel systems. 

I like these models as they are not only genre neutral (I can use them in my fantasy games) but they can also feature in 15mm games as a forest. 

In keeping with the Christmas theme there is also this weird mutant or alien tree. 

This started life as the tip of a Christmas tree. I kept it and dried it out. It was then glued to a plastic gift card as a base. Flocked, painted and done. Quick easy terrain. I may have to salvage bits of this years tree too.

This resin toxic pool/pipe set I have had for a couple of years. It is too long ago to recall the manufacturer. They got primed and put to one side. I gave them a quick paint job. 

Looking at them I think they might need a couple of coats of gloss varnish on the toxic goo just to finish them off. 

Speaking of resin I picked up these bits for my fantasy setting earlier this year. Not sure of the manufacturer as I got them from Amazon. 

They will work for Post Apoc townships too.

Thanks for looking. 

Take care out there.

Puffball plants

Hello and welcome back. 

The end wars of Mattblackgod’s world saw many toxins, biological and mutagenic toxins thrown about the planet. As these have seeped into the soil and water table it is hardly surprising that the world sees weird and wonderful mutations. The Puffball plant is one example.

The noticeable feature of the Puffball plant is the large red sacks which when disturbed burst, releasing a cloud of toxic spores which can intoxicate and even kill. The careless find themselves coming to hours later with a headache from hell. The really unlucky ones find themselves stripped of anything of use or value.

Savvy wastelanders often herd opponents towards Puffball plants and then shoot the Puffball’s to gain a edge over their enemy. Wasteland Shamans harvest the puffballs to use during their “ceremonies”. 

The Puffball plants  are Na'Alene Scent Traps from the Beyond the Gates of Antares line by Warlord Games.

Thanks for looking and stay safe out there. Oh and don’t stray too close to the Puffball plants. 

More Jungles....

Yet more jungles for Sci-Fi or my Brit Post Apoc setting. This is the lot. There is no more to make.  They are plastic aquarium plants on washers or old CDs as bases. 

Alien jungles around the ruined world....

The one on the left is a lump of Foral Foam left over from another project and the one on the right is foamboard. Both are mounted on CDs. 

Triffids

Get yer hedge trimmers out....the TRIFFIDS ARE COMING! 

These models where made from scratch for my Alien Plant invasion bit of my 80's British Post Apoc setting. 

Made from plastic straws, cake candle holders, wire tie wraps for food bags, plastic bases and good old greenstuff putty! Simple, cheap n cheerful! 

Hmmm - I think I will have to do a tutorial at some point. 

How to make Sci Fi Jungles

As my British Post Apoc setting has alien jungles and I hope to start a VSF Venus setting some day I decided to get some made. These are plastic aquarium plants based on washers.  

1. Take a metal washer - wash it washing up liquid (how many times can I get wash into a sentence! ha ha ha!)
2. Dry it and cove the hole with tape. 
3. Cover one side with PVA glue and cover with sand. 
4. When dry paint the base in your chosen base coat.
5. Chop plants and hot glue them on in clusters.
6. Paint the hot glue lumps.

Easy, quick and effective. Oh one other tip, get your plants form a local shop not GW. They are far cheaper.







The whole lot together...