My Wargames - Terrain

Terrain

Building a Beacon

Beacon Concept
Beacon Concept

Beacon on Hill
Beacon on Hill

Beacon on Hill Landscaped
Beacon on Hill Landscaped

Beacon with Basecoat
Beacon with Basecoat

Beacon with Midcoat
Beacon with Midcoat

Beacon with Highlight
Beacon with Highlight

Completed Beacon
Completed Beacon

This beacon is being built to be used in fantasy wargames such as Warhammer and The Lord of the Rings. A scenario for using a beacon can be found in the resources section.

12/4/2004:
The beacon has been built out of the Dragon's Inn and Fieldstone Molds from Hirst Arts. The beacon has then been glued to the top of a hill made from expanded polystyrene.

15/4/2004:
The hill has had modelling sand and Greenscene Rubble Rocks added.

30/1/2005:
The hill has been basecoated with dark grey paint (Dulux Ice Storm 2).

5/8/2005:
A layer of mid grey paint (Dulux Ice Storm 3) has been drybrushed onto the hill.

6/8/2005:
The hill has been highlighted with a drybrush of light grey paint (Dulux Ice Storm 4).

7/8/2005:
The beacon has been completed by adding static grass in patches around the model.

Finished beacon

Finished beacon