Modeling Stained Glass

Ty Finocchiaro
Squig Herder

Stained glass is a common sight in the worlds of Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, and even The Lord of The Rings Strategy Battle Game. When constructing scenery, stained glass can add a level of detail that really makes your building or ruin more realistic. Below, I've given you three ways to model stained glass.

	Step One Paint, photograph, or scan a stained glass image. Size it to fit on your computer, then print it out in colour.	Step Two Cut the printed image out. Leave a small edge that can be used for gluing.	Step Three Glue the the printout in place, and you're done. Sure, it's not transparent, but it looks nice!

Step One Like before, find a stained glass image, size it to the correct dimensions, and print it out.	Step Two Head off to Kinko's or Staples and ask for a colour transparency to be made of your printout.	Step Three Cut the transparent image out. Leave a small edge that can be used for gluing.	Step Four Glue the transparency in place, and you're done. Let the light shine in!

Step One Grab a blister pack and a pair of scissors.	Step Two Cut the blister card "stained glass" to fit into your window.	Step Three Using markers or inks, create your stained glass image.	Step Four Glue the glass in place, and your windows are finished!

Application

Now that you've seen how to make stained glass, check out this Bretonnian Grail Chapel project. The setting of Bretonnia is perfect for stained glass, so don't just limit yourselves to the chapel. Use your imagination and go nuts!