My Lian Yu Jungle Terrain Thus Far

Apologies for the lack of updates recently, I've been in a bit of a painting slump, although that appears to have shifted and I'm back in full paint mode.  If cranked out most of my Trident realm army for Kings of War this week, but you can't see that just yet, only when it's done.

In the mean time here's a showcase of my jungle terrain thus far.  Calenderman added for scale.  The mat is from DeepCut Studio.  The foliage is plastic aquarium plants, mostly the really cheap ones.  The trees are from 4Ground.  The buildings (you've seen those before) are from Sarissa Precision.  The ponds I made myself, they're not amazing but I think their a good first attempt.

I plan to use this lot primarily for the Batman Miniatures Game as the island of Lian Yu.  But it could be used for other games like Malifaux and Warmahordes or even small games of Bolt Action or 40K.  Hell I could even use it for the Walking Dead (jungle edition of course).

So what would I add to this?  Definitely more trees.  Maybe another of those big leafy buggers too.  I think I could do with a couple more buildings, and I definitely need a few crates and barrels.  I'm toying with the idea of some cliffs and a stream too.

Lian Yu - Jungle Hut

I've finished my last building for my Lian Yu outpost, a taller jungle hut.  I wanted more variation in height.  Like the others this comes from Sarissa Precision.  It's the planked style village house from their Far east range.  I've added more of my shredded paper palm roofing to it.

My Lian Yu terrain is about 2/3 done.  I just need to finish basing my trees and build a couple of swamps.  I might get cracked on with that this week.

Jungle terrain part 2

Despite the fact that I'm dying of the flu, I've managed to finish another building.  A guard tower from Sarissa Precision's Far East range.  I've gone for a felt roof this time to give it a more militaristic feel.   I made the roof felt from sandpaper. 

Jungle Terrain part 1

The Flash and Arrow expansion book for the batman Miniatures Game came with optional rules for fighting in different cities and areas.  One of these was the island of Lian Yu.  When I saw that I knew I needed to make my own jungle terrain. 

Jungle terrain is very versatile.  I could use it for the BMG, or Bolt Action.  It would be pretty funny to see my German's wandering around in the Pacific.  I could use it for 40k, you get jungles in space.  Or even Malifaux for the depths of the bayou.  I'm sure it could be useful for a whole plethora of games that I don't play.

Enough rambling you came here for the pictures and I shall not disappoint you.

This one is a low stilted palm house  from Sarrisa Precision's Far East range.  I tried to go with a palm roof made from the instruction sheet.  I've done it in earthy colours to try make it look natural.  The only down side to this is that it's a bit of a squeeze to get a 30mm base on the porch.  25mm bases fit perfectly.

This is also from Sarrisa Precision's Far East range.  They call it a check point, but if you  filled in the gaps in the fence I don't see why I couldn't be used as an animal pen.  I don't think this would look out of place in a more European styled board.  I could see my Germans sitting in this guarding a river crossing, or the entrance to a village.  I might get another one and experiment by giving it a felt roof.