This week we are talking about craters and blast marks!
If you are anything like me then half of the fun of the hobby is the immersion that we get into the game now a third of this comes from the hopefully well-painted miniatures then the next third is the rules, if they are too clunky or slow it breaks the immersion and finally we have part 3 and that is the table scenery itself.
If the table is bland it is not as satisfying to play on, yes you can still have a great game with your friends or solo. But it's when all 3 parts come together that the game is cinematic and rememberable.
Today's video is for the lesser thought of part of the table, blast markers. These can be there at the start of the game from some sort of pre-game bombardment or prior fight.
However, I personally like to show the flow and flux of the battle using casualty markers and craters so that at the end you can look at the table and see how things happened.
This tutorial is very quick and easy so I hope you enjoy it.
Materials:
Polyfilla or you could use clay, plaster or even a caulk-like product.
Paints in earth tones or whatever is suitable for your battle environment.
Flock for the ground. Optional
Scatter Casualties and or equipment. Optional
Clump foliage of static tufts. Optional.
