Here's a few pics from the model of my home farm in Asikkala where I grew up, to be a gift for my father. Above, you can see all but one of the buildings in the model. The models I've created before and given as a gift, now I'll create the terrain around and build it inside a glass -covered table.

Last saturday was midsummer, and in Finland was burning bonfires. So, what's a better topic to write about than about modelling fire? Fire is extremely strong element in models, and this article shows you different ways of using it in your gaming terrains, dioramas or wherever you want to use it. If you haven't read my [FIRE MODELLING TUTORIAL], go ahead and read if now or after reading this article. 

This article is about basic dungeon terrains; If you have any terrains for roleplaying purposes, they are much likely to be stone wall -terrains like these!

In my fantasy roleplaying game sessions, I use mostly three kinds of terrain (gaming props used with miniatures, if you are not familiar with the term): As my main setting currently is Ptolus(link is external), which is an urban setting, I'm using City terrain (houses, marketplace items etc); the second type is tiled wall terrain (which can be used for built dungeons, interiors of buildings, cemetery walls, sometimes as exteriors of buildings too when I'm lazy or want to give better view of the area for my players) and, the last one cave terrains (which in addition to cave walls can act as hills, rocks, cliffs etc).

Marketplaces are very common element in all roleplaying game environments. In medieval era - and fantasy worlds inherited mainly from that era - marketplaces were vital, as most people or their servants went to fetch food from marketplaces. Farmers and herders came to villages, towns or cities to sell their animals, meat, wool, grain or other goods, rich merchants visit marketplaces to oversee their business or to do some great deals and pickpockets look for victims on the crowded marketplaces. And even in modern era marketplaces in form or another can be used to create authentic atmosphere.