Making GW 90's Terrain: Woods Edition

[@ardyer3]

Back in the 90s I ordered a bunch of trees from GW and they shipped in the original K&M boxes. So they definitely were at least one of the manufacturers GW used.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Ahh thanks for the conformation 😀

[@derdom1862]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@Del_S]

It helped in the 90s that most people around also had watched episodes of Blue Peter like the one where they built Tracey Island. These days terrain comes in a box as far as GW care.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Yeah defo. The art of building from scratch is disappearing for sure.

[@Belzediel]

I was about during those years. The GW staff went in two very precisely picked ways for what they showed. One was the Nth degree - pages of miniatures painted by the very, very best in the field. The acme. The other was a very specific level of painting etc that the lads felt was attainable by more or less anyone given a little practice. Similar thing went on with the base design scheme. Miniatures weren't simple because GW couldn't make decent ones, they were simple because a big part of the hobby, least as they saw it, was making everything your own. Wide flat panels on orks, marines, rhinos, were there so you'd fill them in, with painting, modelling, kit bashing, whatever. Back then, the emphasis was on people having fun, with whatever part of the hobby they enjoyed, to the limit they wanted. Anyhoo, these simplistic reductive pieces should not be thought of as 'what terrain was like then' but as 'this was the bare minimum'. They were an awful lot kinder and more fun before the buy out.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Thank you for this very interesting 👍 did you work for GW back in the day?

[@Belzediel]

No, but the main guys used to be a LOT more available. The Games Days in particular, for me, you could wander round the event then go sit and natter with most of 'em as they'd spend most of the day off to one side sat in a group of tables painting and talking to the kids. 'cept for Priestly who, whilst a genuinely nice guy, funny, thoughtful, considerate, generous, was also batshit insane. Anyhoo, spent a bunch of time listening and asking questions. Spent half of GD 91 sat next to the exceedingly cool John Blanche (along with a bunch of other kids rapt with awe) , who, among other things, failed to teach me painting, but did let me buy him a pint and, iirc, a sausage sandwich. Topics of interest included whether or not Terminator 2 was any good and why the just released Use your Illusion was cool but didn't seem to be Appetite for Destruction cool. Those were damn good days. Damn, damn good. @@JonnyWatsonGaming

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Ahh man that is amazing! I would have loved to have gone to Games Day 91. The limited edition miniature from that games day is still my favourite. I’ve just finished painting him up as it goes. Chilling with the great man him self must have been awesome! Thanks for sharing 👌

[@AzraelThanatos]

I remember both the K&M "Official" Trees, but everywhere that had tables only used a few of them, most of the trees tended to be the cheap ones from the christmas villages (with or without the snow flock removed).

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Haha yeah very true lol 😂

[@snickerofsteel9879]

Thats one heck of a informative Video! Really appreciate it, im collecting old citadel miniatures so im happy to have seen this :)

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Ahh thanks mate really glad it has been of help 😊 I’m also going down a route of collecting old citadel minis and loving it. 😉

[@Choom89]

I'd love to see a review of this book and some of your highlights from it, seems like it's rather pricey now-a-days.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Yeah I could do a more in-depth look at this book for sure 👌

[@leont66wargaming31]

Nicely done mate. Brings back memories

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Cheers Leon. Yeah the good old days!

[@worldhistoryminiatureshous9757]

Cool and effective tutorial . Well done with this mini forest .

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Thank you. Sometimes these old books are still worth picking up for some simple ideas.

[@crimsondragon1980]

Remember having this book when I was a kid

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

It’s such a good book!

[@robins5314]

Great job. Thanks for the video.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Cheers dude. 😀

[@pizzalord3n]

Ahhh childhood memories, did a few of these but the bases always bowed and warped into a lopsided mess 😂

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Haha yeah bowed bases are the devil 😈 😂

[@erikbrown8738]

I made some terrain from the pages of WD back in the day.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Quality, it’s a nice little book to use 👍

[@maryhinge6334]

Great stuff Jonny. Simple but very effective. 🙂

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Cheers mate.

[@tinyfishhobby3138]

Maybe I’m just old, but IMO more battlefields need stands of trees here and there… Nice work!

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Yeah totally with you there mate. Thank you 🙏

[@smoothbrush4722]

That hill and trees are looking pretty epic

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Cheers mate

[@derdom1862]

super nice video! thanks alot!

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Not a problem. Really glad you enjoyed it 👌

[@granapriego]

That was pretty cool. Have a go at the hills.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Yep no worries I’ll do hills 😀

[@hermanpesina6328]

I wish I could go back in time and see how everyone got ahold of all the materials needed for terrain I'm sure it wasn't as easy as it is now

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Well yeah Amazon was not a thing so I must have been harder. The book suggests your local hobby and craft store was were you bought all materials from. The question is how many hobby and craft stores were there back then lol 😂

[@gamerman782]

​@@JonnyWatsonGamingprobably at least one per town

[@BrushQuill]

Some nice looking trees Jonny. The only thing I would suggest is to add the paint to the filler. Stops it being glaring white if/when it chips.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Yes nice tip. Was just following the books instructions. They definitely should have added that in

[@BrushQuill]

@@JonnyWatsonGaming i thought aftet commenting that you probably just followed the book lol. The tip is from model railways!

[@axisandaliens]

That’s a great tip! I hate those little white spots that come with wear and tear.

[@Pablo-me1ic]

Thank you very much for your lovely content! Please let me know where i can buy these trees. Best wishes to you!!

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Hey thank you for the lovely comment means a lot. The trees are from K and M Trees 🌲

[@GoblinGreen2021]

Another great vid!!! Which specific trees did you buy ? Theres so many sizes on the site!

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Ooo now that’s a good question I’ll have a look and get back to you 👍

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Hey mate. The Trees are from K and M Trees 🌳 👍

[@chaoticflanagan]

@@JonnyWatsonGaming Do you know which sizes? Probably like a mix of 70mm and 90mm? The largest tree may be 125mm?

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

@@chaoticflanaganI would go 90 or 125mm

[@nichy777]

I really enjoy the aesthetic of 90s warhammer minis and terrain. Thanks for the video! Will you be creating other tutorials for similar terrain?

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment 👍Yes I will be doing more of this type of terrain video. Once I have finished my Howling Griffons I need some old 90s Sci-Fi terrain to fight over 😀👌

[@stonehorsegaming]

Looking good, simple to make. I always thought it was odd how GW put their trees on small mounds. I wonder if the method of making those mounds could be scaled up to make some hills?

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Yeah im sure they could it would be a case of adding more cardboard to create a bigger mound.

[@monsterhobbiesageofsigmar]

People may thing these trees look toy like, but I've seen trees like this in the real world, in my neighborhood, on the drive home.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Yeah totally agree

[@Dylanquinn666]

Very nice! I'm gonna give this a go. What battle mat are you using in the shot at the end if you don't mind me asking? I've been looking for a decent grassland one.

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Cheers mate, Its a really simple way to make a little wood. The mat is from Game Mat EU if that is of any help 😀

[@Dylanquinn666]

@@JonnyWatsonGaming thanks :)

[@Bloerz999]

Nice video. May I ask what you are using as grass scatter?

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Cheers mate. Im using sawdust scatters from Geek Gaming: Rough Pasture and Spring Green.

[@Bloerz999]

@@JonnyWatsonGaming Thank you very much! That may be the stuff I'm looking for since static grass seems like quite a nuisance to me. cheers!

[@Valathiril]

Where are those figures from?

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

They are Perry miniatures 👌

[@shitstormbringer]

Subscribing!

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

Cheers mate. Lots more on the way 😀

[@LG-rg4ut]

Where the hell did those trees come from?

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

From a company all K&M Trees

[@napukapu]

How to make trees: Go online and buy them T-Thanks..

[@camy252camy3]

*Watches video to find how to make 90s style warhammer trees. KZbinr just buys them online...🤔

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

To be fair these trees are the Sam’s ones used in the 90’s. So if you want a 90s look… look no farther 😉