post apocalyptic/ wastelands type terrain ideas?

[Battle_Brother_Edward]

hey all i am starting a desert postapocalyptic table for use in 40k and other games and was wondering if anyone has any input as far as types of terrain or general terrain ideas like small hiller pieces, ive already got large ruins and leaning ruins and whatnot.  

[DarkElf27]

If you're looking for inspiration for such terrain, I'd suggest you rent Mad Max, and and all movies thereof.  

[Battle_Brother_Edward]

DarkElf27

If you're looking for inspiration for such terrain, I'd suggest you rent Mad Max, and and all movies thereof.

been ther done that lol i own aobur 20 diffy post apocalyptic movies all the fallout games, even play d20 apocalypse, i was thinking more 40k postapocalyptic wastelands stuff not our world 80's post apoc razz  

[A.R.G.U.S Mykal]

I honestly don't see how hard it can be. There's sand, dust, and ruins. That's about it...

-Mykal

 

[Mormacar]

A.R.G.U.S Mykal

I honestly don't see how hard it can be. There's sand, dust, and ruins. That's about it...

-Mykal

add rust and you're well on your way 3nodding  

[[.Psycho.Doughboy.]]

I feel like a johnny-one-note here constantly bringing up Necrons, but most of their planets are post-apocalyptic wastelands, in the modelling section of the codex it shows a way to take styrofoam and make these cool alien crystals that look awesome on a wasteland backdrop. Other than that, yeah, dust rocks, rust, and ruins.  

[Battle_Brother_Edward]

[.Psycho.Doughboy.]

I feel like a johnny-one-note here constantly bringing up Necrons, but most of their planets are post-apocalyptic wastelands, in the modelling section of the codex it shows a way to take styrofoam and make these cool alien crystals that look awesome on a wasteland backdrop. Other than that, yeah, dust rocks, rust, and ruins.

thats not a bad idea,, someone on another forum suggested i make it like a watr world that had dried up  

[Fogcutter]

Check the Terra Genesis site and learn how to make slag piles.

I think what you want to do is combine Deathworld (see: Armageddon) tables and desert tables.

A good idea I had once with desert tables was taken from a story I heard about underground nuke tests, where they left huge caverns made of black glass out in the desert. What I thought of doing was building up a crater, then smoothing out the inside with putty extremely well, detailing in things like cracks, and painting it a glossy black.  

[A.R.G.U.S Mykal]

The following images may instill a patriotic booster to Americans, so I've put them as links incase you're susceptible to these sorts of images.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41553000/jpg/_41553914_dust_ap_203.jpg

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/AMH-V2/AMH V2/p460 .jpg

Yes, it's 9/11, but if you remember it, that's a modern day urban warzone. Imagine that, on a larger scale.

Good note up above, how sand becomes glass when heated. You know in T3 when Arnie is sent back (again), and he wakes up in a desert in a glass crater? Stuff like that, maybe.

-Mykal

 

[screaming_hawk]

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A.R.G.U.S Mykal

I honestly don't see how hard it can be. There's sand, dust, and ruins. That's about it...

-Mykal

add rust and you're well on your way 3nodding

they're right, there's notin 2 it  

[nanocharge]

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