deep within the ruins of summer girl
lies countless treasures unspeakable
monsters and oddly colorful mushrooms
hello and welcome to barge craft ruins
are great because they remind us how
quickly times can change and how empires
fall but most importantly they are among
the best types of terrain you can have
on your table so let's see how to make
them first I'm gonna show you some high
quality cutting along with noises feel
free to skip ahead if you have already
mastered the art of the blade
I began by cutting a bunch of bricks
from xbs film keep in mind there are
good material alternatives such as Evi
foam and egg cartons anyway with the
moderately sharp kitchen knife you can
cut the foam without ever using a hot
wire cutter drawing cuts are key if you
are struggling with the cuts you haven't
practiced the blade well enough once I
had worked the foam into thinner bits I
cut out the bricks in an exceptionally
satisfying manner
to keep my edge sharp enough for this I
usually work it a few times with a rough
file that's it there is no super sharp
blade only drawing cuts and putting a
few skill points into one-handed
after some additional cutting noises I
had enough bricks one note box of bricks
is just the right amount for this
project the way I texture this is simple
put all the bits into a box containing
small stones then shake nothing can go
wrong okay those are some nice textures
here I was thinking as in most projects
where you make a set of several pieces I
have probably underestimated the amount
of work that is required yeah all done
this have a pleasant scent of styrofoam
and stone kind of fun to play around
with as well okay let's take a look at
the bricks bits of varying size
thickness and shape are perfect for
ruins the ruins get more depth when
built with these pieces and here are the
stones are used for texturing
next I'll show you how to make the
foundations and shape of the ruins thin
cardboard and cardstock is good for this
first I cut various shapes of walls I
made sure to include doorways cozy
corners and heavy cover for miniatures I
wasn't sure of how sturdy the roots
become after adding the bricks so I
didn't make any larger ruins than this
from card stock here there will be a
nice window and there shall be a wooden
floor nice pot for the archers to peek
out from for the largest ruins I used
this thin cardboard the edge of a thick
cardboard is more difficult to hide with
bricks so I don't recommend that this
one will be of impressive height a few
windows here and then a large doorway
this is easy to cut okay kind of looks
like a stupid face let's fix that
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yeah that's better up here I planned to
build a platform the other large one had
a glassy surface I made sure to remove
that so paint and blue sticks well I'll
show all of these once I get them based
quick and easy I hot-glued the walls
onto a cardboard piece then cut the base
into a nice shape the basis should be
quite small so that ruins can be
assembled into complexes also with less
surface to cover you'll be saving paint
flocking and time
laying on the bricks is pretty
straightforward gluing them on takes
some time but if you set yourself a good
pace it's a much smaller task than
expected some areas can be a bit tricky
anyway I will give you a few pointers
apply glue directly on the cardboard
instead of putting it on individual
bricks saves time and makes the walls
more durable use the largest bricks for
the lower parts but don't be too
organized also try not to make the
corners look awkward when covering the
borders of windows and doors you can
build a rough frame around also overlap
a bit to hide the cardboard
the walls are two-sided cover both sides
first then finish the top by hiding the
cardboard and so on
I believe building the wall on a piece
of cardboard is faster and easier than
stacking bricks into a wall also the
walls can be built much higher without
having to wait for the glue to dry what
do you think
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take a look at this I found leftover
bricks from my first rebuild back then I
textured each brick individually not
recommended okay we are done here for
the next step I cut up some pine bark
the chopped up bark works well as stones
and general ground flocking but
seriously you sand and pebbles instead
I'm gonna show you how I use this okay
so after some cutting I separated the
different grain sizes
I like these bark stones they have nice
edges that look amazing when drybrushed
the finer chopping make good earth
textures this is how I made the ground
on the base first plenty of PVA glue
slightly diluted then I placed a few of
these bigger bits hmm let's see one here
and a few here after that I sprinkled on
the fine flocking in previous builds I
have used a mixture with two large
pieces let's hope this one is better
a few gentle taps and it's done
I also tried the medium bit before
covering with the fine stuff what can
also look good is to create a slope down
from the wall go ahead and cover some of
the fallen bricks to create a messy pile
of rubble most importantly don't make a
ruinous look to clean okay to begin
painting I made my simple watery base
coat from black water and PVA glue with
this it's a bit easier to get paint into
the gaps between the bricks I poke the
bristles of the brush into these gaps
and move the brush around worked okay
but as you can see it was not that easy
painting a set of large ruins by hand
requires some patience and you should
definitely not expect to have fun while
doing it
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you there yes you still have five
ravines to paint after this one I
switched over to a smaller brush and
fueled my efforts with plentiful oats
all right all done now in hindsight I
got a good tip for you if you make your
ruins like this paint the cardboard
black before gluing at the bricks
you'll save lots of time as you can see
I painted at the ground black as well
I continued by painting it with a dark
brown this is slightly diluted so it
gets in between the rubble as well while
at it I used the same paint on a few
bricks at this point I also packed up
one ruin for Jacob he wanted to paint
and flock one that's a good a bit less
work for me
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okay I then continued by painting the
bricks with the gray what I have found
out is that painting some of the bricks
gray and brown makes a huge difference
when I started the hobby I just painted
the black gray and tan works fine but
you won't even save that much time when
skipping this step I saved the gray and
then covered the natural stones with a
diluted dark blue this may look a bit
bright for now but no worries it gets
darker when it dries back to the gray I
used this same paint to over brush all
bricks on the wall just brush gently
with medium paint on the brush
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some spots on the ground can also be
painted while we're at it I looked at
the stones and saw they were still wet
so I painted them later if you want to
introduce a friend to the glorious craft
of the rain making you could give him a
ready to paint base coated a piece of
terrain everything from this step
forward his fun and easy so you might
just trick an unsuspecting player in the
making terrain for your table in the
future moving on for dry brushing I
mixed a tan from white brown and green I
brushed most of it away then painted
over the walls when dry brushing
remember that also your paint should be
dry enough here you can see that I had
perhaps a bit too much paint on the
brush at first but most importantly the
paint was still too wet it gets better
though I have found that some cheap
craft paints are usually extra wet the
rocks did turn blue let's see how it
works out
all done looking at this now I realized
I completely forgot one crucial step in
the painting the first layer of gray I
just started over and the dry brushing
on the black no good this looks okay but
not as good as with a gray layer
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next it is time to make the platforms
here I'm using textured craft sticks
that are just snapped into the right
size and then simply glued into place
the foam is soft and there are many
convenient cracks so the plank floors
are easy to make
especially in a chaotic manner I imagine
some goblins have found these ruins and
then decided to build their shabby
floors so the ruins work as good watch
post and ambush spots by the way the
reason I always prefer the simplest
methods is to avoid pain and tightness
from a sitting job that's probably the
reason why I forgot the gray layer while
painting as well I'm always in a hurry
anyway
the floors are done they are quite
effortless to make and they look great
one more this floor up here is extra
shaky because I used whatever leftover
bits I could find it will be the
greatest shooting spot on my table the
planks are now coated with a wash or a
wood stain if you just want to pay
interplant
I recommend gluing them on before base
coating the ruins alright while the glue
dries it's a good opportunity to apply
grass flocking this time I put my flock
into a little spice jar using the larger
hole here it's easy to get a good
coverage start by applying a slightly
watered-down PVA glue on a bit overhaul
of the ground and then apply the
flocking this is homemade flocking I'll
put a link in the descriptions this is
how it looks when I'm done with the
earth green flock I cared more about my
craft than making a video so I applied
the flocking properly without worrying
about getting a nice shot next comes a
bright green flocking I sprinkled this
on a few spots especially in the middle
of grass patches
well after I was done I got rid of the
Luas flocking and let it dry a nice
touch is to put some flocking on top of
the walls as well now I'm gonna make the
tanks nicer I applied the army painter
quick shade with a sponge for similar or
even better results you can just use
your own washes I'll use some later as
well
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more drying time so I decided to make
miniature mushrooms from hot glue a few
colorful mushrooms amidst the ruins
should look good
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once I got these beautiful blobs on
their stalks I painted the caps black
the idea is to make a simple highlight
on top before applying colors I just
heavily dry brushed with the white if
you're getting into mini painting a
small terrain bits can be good to
practice on that's what I'm gonna do
here I'm also doing the same on a crappy
mini I'm probably never gonna paint all
right after this seneschal highlight
which is usually done with a spray it's
easier to continue putting on colors on
your minis let's see how that works out
on the mushrooms yeah a thin paint layer
reveals the purpose of what we just did
I applied more blue after that the
mushroom looked quite good I then added
the lighter blue on top ok the paint
comes loose after being wet too long
I recommend priming your mushrooms after
a quick fix my first successful blend on
a mushroom pretty simple next thing I
know I'll be doing this better on minis
this is what I painted go ahead and try
simple blending on mushrooms if you are
a peasant level painter like me I
definitely learned something useful here
next I took my tiniest brush and painted
the dots on the mushrooms with white
nothing fancy here from tabletop
distance for the messiest smudge will
still look like a round dot
after this I cut the stems and glued on
the mushrooms
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okay some quick touches with washes next
I apply the diluted brown paint around
the walls and on the ground as you might
have noticed I have missed some
mid-tones in my paint job the brown wash
should take care of that
I applied most of it on the lower parts
of the wall then I used a black and
green wash on the planks
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let's take a look at Jacob's ruins
before trying these out more weathering
looks quite nice
these are versatile you can assemble a
larger ruined building or then just use
them as scattered to fill up your table
I'll still build some more ladders
walkways and such other than that these
are done now go ahead and craft
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