Now that you've seen how to make and paint a simple house, you may be itching to try something a little more involved. So here's some ideas! All the stuff below was made using the same basic techniques we've covered in these pages, it's just a bit more involved and creative is all.

All the images here are rollovers so point your mouse over them to get another view of the completed house. As these images take a bit of time to load, be patient. I assure you an image will roll over once they have fully loaded!

This first house to the right is a bit taller and wider than the house we made, but is essentially the same. A shed of sorts has been added to the back and the woodwork is set in a different pattern. The roof is tiled in a more orderly fashion, creating a more neat and trim appearance.

But for the most part, this is just an expanded version of the house we built. The addition of a base is nice and definitely something you should consider for your creations in the future.

This terrain piece uses a pre-made Warhammer Fortress Wall and Tower, plus a scratch built house to form one big piece of scenery.

Wrecking the fortress bits was accomplished with a saw and hobby knife. The open hole that was left by the plastic fortress wall was filled with some pink foam and sand, making a convincing cross-section.

The house was built up and then wrecked along the way. Jagged edged walls, and splintered supports are two ways to create a ruined building.

All together this piece is great fun to play on and looks awesome on the table. It's not a complex piece either because it's really just two simple projects blended together.

The piece to the right was built by Kenny Goodman, who used to be the US Studio Terrain guy, but has since moved on to a new department. It is a very complicated and difficult project indeed. The buildings are made almost entirely from blocks of pink insulation foam. Each rock feature has been carefully etched into the foam itself.

The unique structural design came from some picture books on gothic architecture. Historical books are great to use as reference material and should not be overlooked! There were a number of techniques used in the construction of this beast. It is an awesome representation of what you can accomplish if you really strive for a lofty goal.

I hope you are now all full to bursting with hobby fervor! So head off and bring life to some new terrain feature of your own devising and get to playing some games with fantastic scenery!