"Useful video on making craggy hills, w. platforms for mini's" Topic

Take a gander at this video if you are interested in a simple way for crafting irregular, craggy hills, complete with built-in platforms for miniatures to stand upon. I think he overdoes the dry-brushing, but his construction method is quite good. I really like how he integrates platforms for mini's to stand upon.

I especially like the fact that these 'hills'/'mountains' are completely customizable, not only in size and shape, but also in colors. They can be painted up to suit any genre. I can even envision making asteroids using this technique, mounting them upon a stick to elevate them above the tabletop, for space ship games.

They can be used to create islands in an ocean, for ship-based games. Need an island really big? Make it. Need an island really long? Build it to the size you need!

There are sooo many variations on crafting hills… This one struck me as valid, useful, and it produces decent results. Therefore, I chose to share it here.

One of the great qualities of this technique, is that it is universal in scale. For example, I can build hills using his techniques, for 10mm figures, or 54mm Army Men figures. I game with 54mm Army Men figures, mounted on 50mm bases. To be able to employ craggy hills and cliffs for my Army Men games, is something I truly appreciate. Here's to hoping others will find these techniques useful as well. Cheers!

Excellent video tutorial!

His techniques are similar to those espoused by DM Scotty in his past videos: Paper Mache' #1, and Paper Mache' #2. Scotty, however, used a spray bottle of water to wet his TP layers after applying them to the armatures: this allowed it to drape better; it also allowed his follow-up spray application of 50%-water/50%-PVA Glue to soak into the TP very quickly. DM Scotty's techniques would fit, hand-in-glove with this person's approach.

I really need to put this technique into my crafting queue. I want (need!) some decent, craggy hills and rock formations, both for my 28mm fantasy games, and my 54mm Army Men games. The best part is that the same hill models will work for both my 28mm and my 54mm games! The flat platforms for figures to stand upon for 54mm games will work perfectly for 28mm models. Since I play fantasy, some of the creatures I run will be much larger than 28mm, so this will allow them to take advantage of the hills, as well. I love that!

Around 25 years ago, my group played out the Battle of Five Armies, from Tolkien's, The Hobbit. We had a large styrofoam "mountain" terrain piece. It was huge, whole, and non-modular. I could see making modular cliffs which could be stacked into mountains, as needed, using these methods… Cheers!