With just under two months before the big event, I wanted to get the word out now that I will be making my own terrain with the help of a few friends. Along with the terrain I will be borrowing from 3 Geek, I am hoping to be able to put together 8ish really awesome and fun tables to play on. There are a few reason why I want to build more/better terrain. The first reason being that some of the terrain at the shop is starting to look pretty haggard and worn out. It seems like every Wednesday one piece of terrain (I am looking at you Cities of Battle buildings) needs to be re-glued and what little paint there was on the piece has worn off. I think 40k, and war gaming in general, is as much about the cinematic "shock and awesome" that happens when you see really neat terrain being fought over by two nice looking armies!
The second reason I want to add to my pool of available terrain is because I happened to review the pictures of the 40k 'Ard Boyz regional event that 3 Geek Gaming held a few years back. At the time we thought we were "the poo" for being able to host such a large, cool event. A few years later, a few years older and wiser in the world of hobby, I came to realize after looking at those photos, just how poorly our shop terrain managed to do the job. Granted, we have had quite a few new foam buildings and hills donated since then, but still, take a look at the above photo as my open and shut case on why we need more terrain for a larger event!
To put it bluntly, we don't have enough cool, diverse terrain to do the eight or so tables that I have in mind. The next few weeks are going to see me doing nothing but terrain TLC and building new foam creations for you all to fight over. The best part is that most of the terrain that I make will be donated to the collection at the shop as well. I am always a fan of city fighting, so expect to see more buildings and urban terrain features... it is the 41st millennium after all!
Until next time,
