Customer Reviews

Making Terrain and Buildings for Historical Wargames

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I bought this book hoping it would show me in detail how to go about making terrain in a step by step kind of way in order to take my terrain skills to a higher level. In a couple of cases it does that but these are few and far between. There is some discussion on techniques but these are more beginner to intermediate ideas.

The section on modular terrain is probably the section I got the most out of and it is fairly comprehensive with a number of techniques and ideas on how to go about it.

There is a lot of discussion on a wide variety of terrain manufacturers and supporting companies and the products they make and some ideas for there use and that is where this book really has value as it also lists manufacturers including web addresses.

In it are a lot of colour photographs which themselves provide a lot of inspiration. Unfortunately the photos are more focused on the miniatures than the terrain they are on but this is a minor distraction.

Its an OK book well worth adding to your library if your a beginner to intermediate terrain builder and a good reference for the rest of us.

I have recently returned to my childhood hobby of painting toy soldiers and making terrain for wargaming, and this book has proved to be a valuable resource. There are lots of good tips on building hills, trees and buildings as well as photos of manufactured terrain as well. There are lots of great photos that are informative as well as inspirational.

This book is not worth half the cost. Even some of the safety advice is wrong, eg how to use spray paints. The book features companies who have simply supplied items to the author, and its how to approach is hopeless. Not worth the star I had to give it. The publishes washed their hands of it, and the authors never replied to the very valid critic I gave it. Don't waste your money, Over the 30yrs of wargaming I have seen many better books on terrain building.