Roman Building terrain tutorials? ?

[Bloodaxe]

With Gangs of Rome out, I'd like some Roman terrain, but the cost of a table worth of terrain is prohibitive.   Are there any tutorials to make your own terrain ?  I've looked , but came away empty handed.

[Poiter50]

Matakishi's page?

[tin shed gamer]

It depends on what you have in mind.
I've promised to do a tutorial on the speed method I use for adobes(this is unlikely to be until April due to commissions).
I was intending on extending it into Roman buildings. If your interested in this I'll happily included buildings your interested in.
However if your in a rush. I could talk you through some basic technics for roof tiles, Columns, X framed panelling to make both window grills and railings. These technics are transferable from card to wood, or plastic.
But for speed I'll go through them in card.

Mark.

[nervisfr]

Follow my topic on the LAF

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=63629.0

or my blog

First page in 2013 up to today 



the subject is not new and we were already at work on it...


and here on the LAF

the Rumacara's Topic :
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=63550.0

the Marck Backhouse one :
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=65876.msg796755#msg796755


the Paul one :
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=59859.0

the Viper4Dan one :
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=81667.msg1004967#msg1004967

enjoy

[Bloodaxe]

Thank you!  Im looking on "how to" make basic buildings and terrain like Nervisfr has in his picture. Great stuff.

[Belgian]

Have been thinking the same and the construction looks quite straightforward depending on your building experience. Foamboard construction, texturing with ready mixed filler and roofing with either corrugated cartonboard or wills plastic pantiles. You can add details with bought or scratchbuild bits such as doors, windows and so on. If you need some details feel free to ask.

[tin shed gamer]

 
You do know you don't need any of that.
While all these threads have a plethora of ideas,and bucket on bucket of hard work and dedication. , No one ,including myself has a definite approach.
In fact there's not a single building in Nevrvisfr's  picture that couldn't be made from a cereal packet and pack of colouring pencils.
Even the bi marine,and the Swan ship in Marcks thread can be knocked out with little more than a Stanley knife blade.

I've no intention to put down any of these tables,or the volume of effort thrown into them, because quite frankly I'd love to own any of them.
So I'd better quickly qualify such an odd sounding post (before something gets lost in translation.)

I don't normally post on this board. Simply because a large part of my working year is building museum display models.I couldn't even tell you how may Roman villas I've built.Or how many digs I've been dragged along too Just so I  can get a better feel for the site.' To the point one of my son's is studying for his doctorates in history and archaeology.
I normally use cereal packet models as proof of concepts for sculpting. But for the bread and butter I use them as a party trick for digs. Knocking an interpretation of the site up by the time they hit the pub.
As for knowing you can knock up the ships using little more than a Stanley knife blade. Because well over a decade ago that's exactly what I  used to knock up the Grand Mannor masters.
I've included an image showing a fast paint method use to compliment the scheme on the smaller crescent root building.
You can achieve a texture by skinning with watercolour paper as it comes in grades of texture which means you can pre paint,or in some cases print onto.
Or simply just the surface of the card can painted upon.

Mark.

[Bloodaxe]

I found this blog by a forum member, Eric the Shed.  Great stuff, not strictly "Roman" but still awesome.

http://shedwars.blogspot.com/2017/09/28mm-village-for-my-napoleonic-project.html