By Guy Rheuark After my last experiences building 4Ground Publishing’s terrain, notably the Treadwheel Crane, I was eager to build some more. My terrain collection is mostly from Gale force 9, and my own crafted woodland terrain, and sorely lacked buildings of any sort. Luckily, 4Ground sent bloodandpigment.com some of their terrain to try out. … Continue reading 4Ground Terrain – Mediterranean Village and Scatter Terrain
By Joseph Forster Last year we reviewed the Ports of Plunder line of 4Ground buildings and terrain and I'm still very happy with that complete set. I recently learned there are more pieces that weren't included in that set but fit right in! Today we're going to look at the Spanish Town Hall from the … Continue reading 4Ground Terrain – Spanish Town Hall
By Guy Rheuark The recent partnership between Firelock Games and 4Ground Publishing has produced an extensive series of exciting terrain for Blood & Plunder. The kits that are initially available are relatively cheap, fun to assemble, and look good out of the box. Of all of the buildings and piers, the crane stood out the … Continue reading Fan-Made Treadwheel Crane Rules and Scenario
By Joseph Forster I'm back with some more MDF buildings from 4Ground Publishing. When I first started collecting terrain for Blood & Plunder, a couple 4Ground buildings were among my very first purchases and since then I've come to count them as my favorite source of buildings and terrain accessories for the game. I thoroughly … Continue reading 4Ground Terrain – New France Cabins
By Joseph Forster No matter how much terrain I collect or create, it seems like there's always something else I could use. Or something else I need. In all seriousness I don't need any more terrain but a new piece always adds interest to a board and it's nice to have options. I've been meaning to buy the … Continue reading Terrain Building: Making River and Stream Terrain
By Guy Rheuark Setting up terrain for Blood & Plunder, as listed in the core book, can be a little uncertain. How much terrain is enough? How much is too much? The only guidance you get is to follow the scenario, but few scenarios mention terrain. I usually end up setting up terrain based … Continue reading A New Way to Determine Terrain Setup
This post is long overdue! It's been more than a year since Firelock Games came out with a line of resin terrain. I've had them painted for months but just haven't got them up here on the blog. Let's take a look at the 4 pieces of terrain included in the Village Bundle. The four … Continue reading Firelock Terrain – Village Bundle
By Joseph Forster We've reviewed the entire Port of Plunder line of 4Ground products here and now we're looking at a newer kit that Firelock doesn't event stock yet (I believe and hope they plan to). This is the Wooden Port Set and it contains two small warehouses, one large open walled warehouse and a … Continue reading 4Ground Wooden Port Set
By Joseph Forster I'm back with some more of 4Ground's amazing Ports of Plunder terrain series. I recently wrote on the Hovel set and the Port Houses set and now I'm taking a look at the docks and some of the other portside accessories. Here I have a setup using the Large Dock Bundle, the … Continue reading 4Ground Ports of Plunder Docks, Crane and Barrels
How I Stopped Making Horrible Messes and Learned to Love the Render PowderI've been working on a lot of 4Ground terrain lately and I wanted to share some technique and tips that I've picked up along the way. Much of the Ports of Plunder line of product comes with a "Render Powder" that has to … Continue reading 4Ground Render Powder