Terrain: De-watered Water Mill

Here's a quick little post on a buildings for Guilders and other fantasy stuff. The kit is from a now defunct sellers (who had bad health and decided to scam some people). I've seen the kit from other players since, so the files at least out there somewhere. 

This building was painted quickly by my mate Lau. Then I gave it a few upgrades afterwards to make it fit better with the style of my board. 

The kit is originally a water mill. But we don't have any water stuff made for the board yet, so the wheel has simply been removed. 

The roof got a quick fix for a flat top, allowing miniatures to balance on the top of the roof. 

The railing were originally brown, like the other wooden areas. After trying it on other buildings I decided to add bright green railings instead. Getting more colors onto the house with little details like that. 

All the windows have added coffee stirrer ledges for a bunch of different flower tufts. And there's some grass flock on the roofs for extra color as well. 

Guilders: Priests and monks

 In Guilders one of the scenarios is called 'Pious Pickpockets'. The objective for the guilds is to steal relics from a temple. In the scenario there's still civilians for pickpocketing, so I wanted some clergy for that. I had a good friend 3d print me some monks. The bald guy clutching a dagger is from a second set - a royal court. He's an adviser of something, but fitting well for the monks. 

I did a really quick paint job on them. Red base coat, red wash and then a highlight (though it's hard to see on the photos).

I'm continously stunned by this 3d printing technology and how quickly one can get whatever they need. I've had so many different specifics printed for me. 

Guilders: Stats and Character Profiles

 I've made another video in my series of 'How to Play' videos. In this video I cover:

• The different statistics - what the stats do in game.
• The entire character sheet - how's it setup and what does it mean.
• All the different character types to hire for you guild. 

The video is up on youtube, with inserted time stamps for easier watching. 

Guilders: Crowd Bases and cobblestone

 Here's a tutorial style post on how I made my crowd bases for Guilders. In the game the crowds are represented by a 3" round base. There's no rules as to how many miniatures should go on it, but I've made room for three.

When painting these I've drybrushed some different greys, picked out a few individual stones on each base and then added small bits of static grass.

Here's a guard totally unable to find that hiding thief! 

Materials

Cardboard, XPS foam (1 or 2mm), paper, Green Stuff World pinroll and pva / wood glue. 

Step 1

Cut a 3" round circle and draw it onto the XPS foam.  Cut those out with some scissors. 

Step 2

For stability, I want to make inserts for the miniature bases. They're all based on 25mm bases, so draw three on it's large 3" base.

Step 3

Cut out those 25mm inserts with a fresh hobby knife, needs to be really sharp. This leaves room in the middle of the crowd base for another miniature, if a player character enters and hides in the base.

Step 4

Glue. Lots of glue on the 3" bases, but on some thin cardboard and put pressure on it while drying. I placed a ton of books on top, we don't want them to warp too badly. 

 

Bonus Step

Mess up some 25mm round bases with a knife (for better grip) and glue all those 1" discs to them. We don't want any waste! 

Step 5

Time to bring out the Green Stuff World roller. It'll keep the presured texture made in the XPS foam. 

 

Step 6

Mod Podge is amazing! It's some kind of varnish / glue thing. I've mixed some black into mine, so that it now dries a very dark grey. This will seal and harden the foam very well. I can't recommend this stuff enough for anyone working with foam. 

After a nights work I have a bunch of finished crowd bases and a lot of 25mm bases for future miniatures.