One of the most evocative types of wargames terrain you can have is the ruined building. Whether it is a ruined French house in a WW2 setting, a collapsed watch tower from Lord of The Rings, a burnt out half timbered Empire inn from Warhammer or the blasted remnants of a Warhammer 40K Imperial bastion, there is nothing that works so well on a miniature battlefield as a ruin.
Next post in my series of "why don't you buy off the shelf wargames scenery rather than making it yourself" posts. This seems to be occupying my mind a lot lately - I think because although I love making scenery, I have been finding it difficult to find the time to actually build it myself at the moment, life has a habit of getting in the way! I started building a Dwarf Brewery several weeks ago - and it remained as just the main stone building for ages. Last week the big brewing vat / kettle was done and added on. This weekend i was going to continue with the rest of the brewery and add finishing touches before painting it. What have I done? Nothing at all. Didn't even get to play a game with my son though we planned too.
That, in a nutshell is why i have been thinking more about buying ready made scenery for our Warhammer games. I love playing with plenty of scenery, as I like storytelling with the game and scenery aids that tremendously. Its a trade off as always - cash for time!
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