From SamuliS: Over the Hills and Far Away - Arda (40 points)

Dang it feels good to be back! By my counts this should be my tenth challenge though couple of the last ones haven't been exactly the most glorious points wise. Being away from home constantly due to business travel and constant overtime on top of having a new kid last year kind of burned me out a bit. But now I've been at home on paternity leave for 9.5 months and now starting a new position at work with far less travel and somewhat shorter hours so I'm ready to tackle this challenge full of energy again! I'm starting with a modest goal, but I'm optimistic that this time around I can easily reach it and increase it mid-challenge ;)

I'll kick things off with a simple terrain submission of a few different hills that I quickly painted up and flocked during a few meetings yesterday. Four generic ones for my own use at home as I'm slowly building up a proper gaming area at our new house and one for our clubs growing Warmaster terrain collection. For the Warmaster terrain I had originally test printed some 28mm terrain in 8mm scale to see how it would turn out, but hadn't really done anything with it since. Finally got around to painting it and it fits in for Warmaster quite nicely with a steep hill and ruined tower on top being a suitable hideout for a Necromancer and just provide some blockage for movement and line of sight to force the armies to manouvre a bit more.

 

Nothing really special about them. Just some XPS foam cut to shape with a foam cutter and then with stairs carved out with a hobby knife. Some spackle on top to give it texture and protect the surface followed by craft paints and some flocking. The ruins had several different washes applied on top of each other while wet to give it some blended shading that starts greenish at the bottom and moves to more basic grey tones at the top. The colours don't really come through with the bad lighting in my gaming room so you've gotta take my word for it ;)

With the Warmaster terrain I'll use it as an opportunity to take some cheeky extra points from travelling to Arda on my fantastical ruins ;) I'm only really counting the Warmaster terrain piece for points as it was the only one that involved a bit more painting and work. The other hills feel a bit like cheating. That piece of terrain is roughly 7x4x4 inches by size so probably fits the 6" cube nicely for another 20 points.

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Warmaster? Now you're talking my language. I have a bunch of 10mm fantasy stuff I want to do this Challenge, so this is very inspiring. I particularly like the whimsical carved stairs leading up to the ruined tower. Great use of online meeting time (I'm just assuming you were online and with no camera). :)

Welcome back to the Challenge, Samuli!

-Curt