Arkham Terrain, What have you built???

[Uncle Mike]

Cool stuff! Love the 'skinning station' and evil church! Could make a good 'Innsmouth' with that lot...plenty of freaky stuff. 

[thebinmann]

There is also this
http://www.worldworksgames.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=48&products_id=178

For city stuff look at these:

http://fauxtoys.com/tvag/610-Mean-Streets-Main-Page.html

and

http://fauxtoys.com/tvag/620-Mean-Sets.htm

[Wirelizard]

All these pieces were made on CD's in the past few weeks and many of them were directly inspired by others who were kind enough to post their pics online.

I think I recognize your inspiration for a few of these! I'll have more CD terrain done in a week or two for more inspiration, no worries! 

Have you photoshopped over the blood blotches on the back wall of this shelter for some reason? Bad Symbols for LAF? The tan blotches look odd.

Aside from that, great set of scenery CDs. I have plans for a decrepit farmhouse and small church, going to tuck your photos away for further inspiration!

[gauntman]

I think the skin shack looks better in person.  The original photos were taken with a flash.  I'm not too good at taking pictures.  It's amazing how different a flash will change an image. 

The skin is much darker in appearance and I love the look of the blood and knives on the table.



I also wanted to make some flying insect swarms too to go with the Strange Aeons expansion supplement.  So I made these 4 flying swarms out of scupty and wire to represent swarms of locusts , flys or killer bees.  I'm not sure how satisfied I am with them but they will do the job.
 
Here are some other objective markers I threw together included.  Again the torn and blooded torso didn't photograph well (like the skin shack) but you get the idea.

[blackstone]

Great stuff gauntman!! Lots of very nice scratch-building in display 

[gauntman]

Here are two other small but simple pieces still in their early stages.

A path between two large stones and a hillside cave.



Nothing but white glue, spackle, a cut up piece of foam and sand at their point.

[Charles_Rane]

There are a lot of great pieces here, then again I should have expected that when I made the thread.

[demi_morgana]

sorry for OT - it's not about Arkham but you might find it worthy considering:
some CoC adventures were placed in desert (like "steel angels*" from "terryfing adventures*" expansion) - you could make pretty flat, sandy game table with some dunes, some military or archeological tents etc;
lots of space to drive armored car and gun-down dark youngs and mi-gos

*I hope it's proper original name - I translated polish versions

[gauntman]

Oh yeah, sorry you were asking about Arkham type terrain...  I got off track....

[Charles_Rane]

Oh yeah, sorry you were asking about Arkham type terrain...  I got off track....

Haha, that's ok. I'm sure there is a cave somewhere in Arkham.

[Doomsdave]

I have the Whipstaff Manor toy from the Casper the Ghost movie. It is in about 28mm scale. A great Gothic Mansion/Asylum.

 
Do you have pics of this? I have never seen/heard of this toy.  Couldn't find it on evilbay either.

[JMGraham]

 
Do you have pics of this? I have never seen/heard of this toy.  Couldn't find it on evilbay either.

+1  I'm intrigued, but my search-fu has failed me.

[Stavros Banjo]

@gauntman
I'm just putting together some bits and pieces for Strange Aeons and you've given me plenty of inspiration here for some new terrain - Brilliant! . Love the skinning station, in all it's gory glory, and the mound with the mysterious door to who knows where. Might have to pinch that idea 

What did you use for the water in your swampy pond? I've tried using Woodlands Scenics Realistic Water but it shrinks so much when it's drying that I couldn't get a decent result with it.

@Doomsdave & JMGraham
I've been furiously hunting for the elusive Whipstaff Manor too. All I can find is this one (scroll down):
http://chaosartz.com/Casper/Merch/Figures2.html

[Death]

Here is one piece of terrain i built for A Cthulhu game

[gauntman]

My creepy hillside door was inspired from the Lovecraft movie "The Ressurrected" one of the few good lovecraft films which is a retelling of The Charles Dexter Ward Story".  In the movie and story, there are mention of a hillside entrance to the ancient dungeons where Joseph Curwen creates conducts his necromantic experiments. 
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As far as the pond goes.  I used "Woodland Scenics Water" I really struggled with it the 1st couple projects I used it for but now that I understand how it behaves...I can use it better.

Step by step....

1. Create the rim using silicone calking, greenstuff, hotglue or whatever.  I love the silicone calk.

2. waterproof the CD hole...I white glue a tiny piece of aluminum foil inside to cover and waterproof the hole.

3. Place stumps, roots and trees in or around the water.  Prime and paint the stumps.

4. Give the basin a very thin texture coat of sand with white glue and paint, you want the center dark or black with the outer edges muddy colored.

5. Pour a very thin layer of water scenics.  Add swirles of green with toothpick into the water to form algee or layers of muck and underwater vegitation.

6.  Each layer takes about a 24 hours to set.  Add 2-3 layers adding varied toothpick swirls and dabs of varied green colors with each.  You must keep the layers very thin and allow them time to dry before adding more.  You also need to make sure the rim of the swamp is high enough to allow for three or four layers of the water effects.

7.  Add foliage, grass and moss.

The difference between making a swamp and a pond are the tree stumps and the impassable vile water.  A swamp has stumps and trees coming out of the water.

I'm actually working on 2 more swamp CD pieces.  Here is an outstanding tutorial link that should really inspire you all.

http://www.necrotales.com/necroTutorials/tut_swamps_and_craters_01.php