More Forbidden Psalm terrain - paved base

I'm a little bit gripped by Forbidden Psalm at the moment. I'm not sure what it is, it's a cute kind of skirmish game with a nice aesthetic and some cool scenarios and RPG type chatter. The idea of a warband of just five figures that adventure through a long list of scenarios to create a linear campaign is quite inviting. The characters develop on the way, gaining weapons and artifacts, wounds and injuries and possibly even dying. There's also a long list of potential foes, with weird stuff like wild pigs, corpse collectors, fecal ghouls and evil animal cultists. So I like it. I wanted to make some nice scenery and the little 24" square playing area is ideal for filling up with loads of cool stuff.

It also has a collaboration mode where your warbands join forces to defeat the monsters that lurk in each scenario. You can buff this up with various mods to make it harder if you fancy a challenge. In terms of minis, anything goes, it's fun to roll up a bunch of dudes and then hunt down a mini to match. Three legs, an eye patch, a pet anaconda and very long arms...

To start playig some games I got a small piece of 18mm mdf cut to use as a base. I screwed some plastic angle on the sides to be able to hold back drops on each side to create a nice framed play area. I used spray mount to fix some 3mm foam underlay on it and then drew on some paving slabs. It took bleeding ages. Once I'd drawn them all on I painted the lot with a pva, paint and filler mix. Then I added some different colurs by splatting paint on, wiping it off, using some ink, generally sloshing about till I had a paved board that I liked. This is the base for all of the town, village or castle scenarios. If you use a white polyfilla type substance and dilute it well it kinda runs in to the lower bits like a wash and you get a nice light mortar effect.

I also needed an outdoor environment, so I cut a 24" square piece of fake fur, took scissors to it and chopped it up a bit,  then I squidged in some paint and scrubbed it about until I had a nice varied grassy area. This lays on top of the paving to allow me to go outside. 







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