This is the Ruined Tower made from the Hirst Arts mold number 65.
I'm not going in to the construction here because Bruce does a fantastic job of this on his web site. I will however mention the "landscaping". I have been looking in to making modular terrain for my war games table (to be built this winter .... after the Vixen!). I found an ideal material at my local Home Depot. It's DuPont's insulating board. Its a dense foam that comes in many thicknesses. I picked 1". The pieces come in 8 foot lengths so I was able to cut four, two foot square terrain bases from it.
The ruined tower sits on the first completed terrain base. The raised portion is another piece of foam board cut to shape with a bread knife and then sculpted with a modelling knife. The exposed rock was base coated with grey primer. The rest of the piece is coated with a sandy color I picked up in the odds and ends bin at my local paint store.
All the subsequent materials used were Woodland scenic products. I washed the base coat with a dark earth and dark green washes. I then sprinkled four different flocks to get the changes in vegetation color I was looking for. The pool and stream were made using realistic water (great stuff if you read the directions and ONLY pour 1/8th of an inch at a time).
Some large pieces of flock were added and then Army Painter tufts finished the look. Everything was "locked" in place with Woodlands Scenic Glue. Wonderful stuff.
Check it out. the perfect place for the Amon Sul scenario!
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