Terrain Tutorial: Ruined Timber Frame House for Mordheim, Warhammer, Age of Sigmar, Frostgrave, D&D

[@mookiemorjax]

That's a thing of beauty. Thank you for sharing from one Mordheim fan to another.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thanks Morjax! There is more to come from the City of the Damned. I have a campaign coming up and am excited about all the cool projects in that setting I can do.

[@pbucch]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop looking forward to it Eric. This video is a big help, was contemplating dropping a lot of money on MDF, but I'm feeling very confident now that I can do it myself. What thickness is the foam board?

[@jameslivingstone8267]

This could definitely fit into a WW2 style setting as well, it has that traditional European style that I've seen while on holiday in France and Belgium. I'm planning on making some ruined buildings like this to go along with some tank models I'm going to build next. Thanks for another useful video!

[@rickluque6429]

Nicely done my friend. You make things look so easy. And thanks again for sharing your video ….. well done as always 👍👍

[@adrianbk698]

The techniques are really handy. I'm presently using the old Mordheim cardboard scenery (which are looking a little tired after twenty years) as a foundation and then layering using craft sticks as floorboards, beams, and window/door frames and the like. The original buildings help save time, but I'll add to them by scratch-building, so this video will become a staple in my library. Thanks so much for your work!

[@BrushQuill]

Brilliant build. Inspiring me to start using foam board.

[@thecraftingbrothers9448]

Very cool build. I use some of your techniques in my builds for D&D. Thank you, I like your inspirational style

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I am glad you are able to get something from my videos!

[@stillunsure7630]

Amazing, definitely going to borrow these iseas for deatiling MDF buildings and adding themed special builds.

[@Joe-pz7cg]

Great choice on the background music!

[@minipop1138]

Awesome vid! Appreciate your level of explanation, reasoning, and a window into the thought process of a master craftsman.

[@Karlmakesstuff]

I like it! Only thing I would add is some sand to hide the exposed edges of the foamcore and make the broken pieces of the wall grittier, and maybe some more weathering (maybe soot and grime), but I like your process and the end result. A table full of these would look great.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Working on that table! I will do another fantasy themed video soon and show the progress of what I’ve been working on. I thought about hiding the edges but that kind of begged the question about what was supposed to be inside the walls to begin with. Woven wattle? Wooden laths? I didn’t want to have to show any of that peeking out, so i just left it. I don’t think sand would have made it look any more realistic in my eye. This may need a bit more pondering on my part. Thanks for your comment though!

[@Karlmakesstuff]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Good point :) I'll have to look that up, not sure what would go in there! :D

[@brianlamison1345]

Love this. Very straightforward and vastly usable build. Thank you

[@johnkelley9877]

This is very impressive! It looks great and has a dilapidated feel to it. I will try this myself soon. Thanks for sharing this and I subscribed yesterday.

[@etgha]

I'm building a piece inspired heavily by this right now. It's my first piece and I'm already learning a lot! Wish me luck

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

Used to do so much Mordheim in high school when it first came out. We mostly just combined a couple of folks' boxed sets of the pre-made cardboard buildings.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I was a kid when it came out, and i didn’t even understand what it was for a long time. I just saw the pictures in white dwarf and knew it was cool

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop I think if I got back in now I'd try and figure out how to do some cool tealight-based glowing warpstone tokens

[@swani24]

Great video! I am preparing a ruined city in my campaign so I need to make some multilevel ruined houses and such so this is perfect!

[@Sanorace]

This is super cool. I love the detail on those shingles and the colors look really nice together. Maybe work on your lighting situation though.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Fair enough! I think my most recent video is better lit. I’ve rejigged my workspace

[@paulusferrus6932]

Great video and very nice craft.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Paulus Ferrus Thanks Paulus!

[@martyndragar7910]

Amazing build!! You know you've just broke me and the misses up!! our weekends are out of the window now lol 😉. Love it thanks mate now it time to blow the dust off my hobby knife. I hope You make more of these my frost Graves never going to be the same.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I have a really cool one coming this week

[@alrethianscraftsbattles]

I love it! I altered 1 thing and made it 3inches, fits for the warcry dimensions ;).

[@robertspears8301]

Great video. I like the way you made a channel in the foamcore to insert the beams.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Robert Spears thank you!

[@DonKofod93]

Great video and nice craft!!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

aintASaint Thank you!

[@CrankyPantss]

Looks very good. Thanks for sharing.

[@michaelbublitz1768]

Awesome building man!

[@richardthomas8415]

Another excellent tutorial mate!.. Very impressive 👍

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Richard Thomas Thanks Richard!

[@brandonb1681]

I do WW2 model tanks in 1/48 scale. I want to start doing dioramas. This would work great once I scale it right.

[@skysteel831]

This is a great tutorial video!

[@Slurgical_3D_Terrain_Channel]

Exactly what I am looking for. I created a 3D printed ruined house for Mordheim, but….I suck at painting :P

[@mikestark4357]

Nice job!

[@johnlanger7852]

Jason from BMC has a method for using spray paint that doesn't melt the foam, check it out. Like the video

[@alyander7032]

Hello Eric, Realy nice build! Whats the measure on the beams, 5x5mm?

[@paralipsis]

Although I've seen a lot of fantasy ruins like this, I had this sudden thought when you were building the story of the amount of scattered wood on the model. How does a building get this way? While we've all seen buildings get this way in modern times, it's usually as a result of high explosive ordinance. It's very Tolkienesque to borrow the imagery of modern warfare as part of the fantasy world building process.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Mordheim was hit by a meteor, so modern ordnance is not a bad comparison!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Btw tolkien was very clear that he HATED allegory. Just thought thats worth a mention.

[@Bluecho4]

In a fantasy setting, "heavy ordinance" could be anything from anachronistic siege weapons to rampaging giants to alchemical explosions. Not to mention good old fashioned fire. A city made of wood is quite vulnerable to fire. It might be useful, when making such terrain pieces, to make them look scorched around the edges.

[@andreyroschevkyn8431]

Thanks for tutorial! What is material for walls? It looks like foamboard

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Andrey Roschevkyn it is. Did i not mention that in the video? Thats what late night narration gets you

[@AKARazorback]

Hey man! Can I challenge you to do a high tech Sci fi version of something like this? As opposed to a grim dark Sci fi build...

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

A high tech ruined building?

[@AKARazorback]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Ruined is... Optional! Are you in? :D im thinking cyberpunk / infinity / bladerunner

[@John-zm3eq]

Excellent build. What size are the square dowels? The scale looks perfect.

[@TeamQuiggan]

Guess I can't call my Channel "Eric's Hobby Workshop" hahaha! Good video!

[@nickschuh1080]

I'll sue you

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Hahaha

[@christowolaki8394]

You can also use this for Bolt Action in Normandy scenario 😉

[@enricobernardeschi573]

Hello. Very cool and fast work.. There is any teamplate scaled well for 28mm miniature?

[@kirkgeier417]

woah stumbled upon this just searching "mordheim tabletop" on youtube

[@justinchristopher8974]

Any chance you'll show the whole table when done?

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Justin Christopher Sure!

[@nickschuh1080]

We're back! I'm gonna just live in it if that's OK. I'm very smol

[@nickschuh1080]

dON'T WORRY ABOOT IT

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Not much shelter in there but suit yourself

[@yanivcgfx]

Beatiful build ! What paint are you using ?

[@tinfoilstork]

What size of balsa/basswood sticks do you use?

[@czaczacza9936]

Thanks

[@dariostabletopbastelecke4846]

You're not makin' a mess....you're not really Craftin'! Thats ma life^^ hahah

[@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork]

All hail the mighty Wattle and Daub.

[@robh09]

What's the black material?

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Foamcore board

[@justcallrizq4589]

Whats that black board material?

[@niina83]

2 year old reply but what the heck, someone else might be wondering the same. The black board material is just regular foam board. You can get it from your everyday craft stores or amazon. Alternative budget version: Regular cardboard.

[@DyeHardBB]

OK, I heard that one. In one of your videos you made a point out of catching yourself saying a word that is just a fancy and unnecessarily long version of a common word. There is a term for this type of thing, being supercilious. Which is really just a fancy way of saying pompous, or putting on airs, or perhaps even better, linguistic puffery. Anyway, the word happens at about 5:50 into the video, it is "Methodology". If you think about it, you really mean just "method". Technically Methodology is the study of methods, but a great many people use it all the time to mean just method. Sort of how cops say "rate of speed" when they just mean "speed". As an "influencer", I am so happy that you have seen this, and perhaps you can help bring back simple straight forward speech. And I get to steel all these modeling tips in the meantime. Thanks.

[@mikesmith2905]

No piece of art is ever finished, only abandoned!

[@valeriebrincheck6034]

Only a real man would dare craft with a pink pencil and flowered nail clippers.

[@keithnewman5831]

Good video but it's too fast especially when it comes to the measurements

[@alexgolubski]

I love hot nerds.

[@dicebot9617]

what is the black material used here?