A warhammer terrain epiphany!

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-07-30 02:40am

Ok, so my brother and I are always trying to make new terrain pieces. Not just hills, but bridges, ruins, nifty things. I was walking to the grocery store last week and I walked by the biggest source of cheap terrain ever:

PETCO!

Seriously. Go sometime and check it out. For fishtanks they have stone ruins in Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Mayan, and even Angkor styles. They're solid resin, and take paint well. They even have stone/medieval ruins, and various interesting rock shapes. Lizard pieces have "caves" that can be decorate dwarven-style or used as hills, or they can be used as hills. They have resin "tree trunks" which are hollow and can pass for your classic D&D sequoias. 4 inches, 6 inches, or 10, they have them.

You can buy entire stone temples that are 8 by 12 by 5 inches if you want, and plenty of free-standing columns and obelisks. If you need interesting rocks, nice terrain, or faux-stone bridges, they have it at bargain prices.

Now, I swear to Crom I don't work at a petstore, but has anyone else thought of this? I'm visiting my bro next week, and we're going to a petstore.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2005-07-30 10:21am

I've though abolut using things that go i fishtanks, but i could never find the right scale, or when i did it was pretty damn expensive.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-07-30 04:28pm

2000AD wrote:I've though abolut using things that go i fishtanks, but i could never find the right scale, or when i did it was pretty damn expensive.

You can get perfect-sized obelisks and columns and statues. If its a little off, heck, its only warhammer.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2005-07-30 05:28pm

I remember the uproar on Dakka when GW released the Lustria jungle plant terrain pieces. These miniature terrain pieces looked exactly like plastic aquarium plants.

For the reverse of this idea, what about using Warhammer armies to decorate your aquarium? It'd be expensive but very decorative.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2005-07-30 07:02pm

I once built a massive bar complex for necromunda...brilliant fun...and all it took was card, my bits box, green stuff and some paint...it kicked ass...and made for some of the best games ever.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-07-30 07:12pm

Keevan_Colton wrote:I once built a massive bar complex for necromunda...brilliant fun...and all it took was card, my bits box, green stuff and some paint...it kicked ass...and made for some of the best games ever.

Do you have pictures?

Today I went to the store and got an Olmec stone head that's about 4 inches tall. It'll blend great into lizard-man pieces.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2005-07-30 07:13pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:
Keevan_Colton wrote:I once built a massive bar complex for necromunda...brilliant fun...and all it took was card, my bits box, green stuff and some paint...it kicked ass...and made for some of the best games ever.
Do you have pictures?

Today I went to the store and got an Olmec stone head that's about 4 inches tall. It'll blend great into lizard-man pieces.

I'm afraid not, but with a craft knife the plastic sprues can make excellent hand rails etc...it was a long time ago now and it ended up getting smashed. Besides I've not had anyone to play Necromunda with in years now...and I havent dont 40k since they moved on from 2nd Ed.