does anyone have any ideas for the road? i was thinking perhaps 5mm foamboard, sanded down at the edges and then the stone grooves cut into it with a hobby knife?

You should try textured plasticard, it should work.

Here's what I might use:
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http://www.thehobbykingdom.com/ProductD ... 3fCID%3d54[/url]

Browse the site, they have a whole range of plasticard.

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Instead of painting it, get some spray-paint. You can get some cheap grey spray-paint from somewhere like Wilkinsons.

Were you going to do ruined buildings or un-ruined buildings?

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some ruined some unruined just to show it has been attackedd but defended too

Here's a nice Osgiliath board that I saw over on The Palantir website if you want some inspiration.



Very tasty, I reckon. I apologize for posting such a big picture in your thread but I didn't want to resize it as you would find it harder to make out details.

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Here is some more Osgiliath information from Revolutionary posted on The Palantir (he is very talented and the images/descriptions give good guidance on the sort of steps you need to take to create great Gondorian terrain).

http://www.thepalantir.org/ca/terrain/r ... ev002.html

And this from Ninjameister on HDR:

http://www.tabletop-hdr.de/gelaendebau/ ... jameister/

Check out framecaplib for screengrabs from RotK for more inspiration.

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Nice links Chris. I would make some myself, but that would mean I would have to start painting my Gondor army to play on it so I'll leave it for now.

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These are very useful One Ring articles.

By Ninjameister

Pt 1: http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php?mode=article&k=379
Pt 2: http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php?mode=article&k=415
Pt 3: http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php?mode=article&k=475

And another Osgiliath thing.
http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php?mode=article&k=776

And an orc boat.
http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php?mode=article&k=596

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I'm going to start work on the buildings over the weekend and i'll probably make a WIP on it. just wondering is 3mm foamboard ok? i can't get any thicker