Author Archives: Nick

About Nick

Who & Where? Me… sorry that doesn’t help! My name is Nick Brigg and i’m a gaming enthusiast in the Edinburgh area playing a variety of Wargames, Boardgames, Roleplay & LARPs on a regular basis. Currently I attend Edinburgh League of Gamers [elg] to get my weekly wargaming fix: http://elgamers.org/ What & Why? This blog is for me to share my enthusiam for the hobby, and in particular share my knowledge and experience of making wargames terrain and boards with the community. Hopefully improving the terrain which your playing on and making wargaming a prettier and more enjoyable experience.

Clearing the cupboard terrain…

Posted on 16/09/2022 by Nick

Over the years I’ve made… many… sets of terrain, and invariably there have been leftover bits & bobs which I’ve kept as they could be useful. So I’m determined to have a clear out by making a terrain set from … Continue reading →

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Terrain within terrain – complete

Posted on 31/08/2022 by Nick

Finished off painting, varnishing & felting the undersides last night. Also pictured is my very old Necro-fun-da add on pack, some gantries & random small scatter. Hope these amuse, cheers. Nick

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Lighting because why not…

Posted on 23/08/2022 by Nick

Okay so these boxes are turning into a bit of test bed for lots of old ideas that I’ve been ruminating on for a while. But the over hangs of the lids seemed like too good a opportunity to pass … Continue reading →

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Terrain stored within Terrain

Posted on 19/08/2022 by Nick

This idea harks back to when I ran elg and we had a finite amount of storage space (which everyone does really) but we wanted the most variety of terrain for different games systems as possible. In an earlier post … Continue reading →

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Pandemic, children, life, arg…

Posted on 19/08/2022 by Nick

So I’m still alive honest… hmm seem to be starting posts here a lot like this! Anyhoo like after our first child I’ve spent a couple of years mostly out of the hobby, and this time there was a Pandemic … Continue reading →

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[elg] is dead… long live elg?

Posted on 06/10/2019 by Nick

I had the depressing experience of presiding over the death of my 13 year old gaming club last tuesday :( The club had been loosing money every week for the last year (something which we the commitee should have combatted, … Continue reading →

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Refurbishing Terrain – complete

Posted on 04/09/2019 by Nick

*phew* so six months later than I’d planned but here are these two finished terrain sets. Unfortunately I’ve had some mental health issues caused by my work :( which have kept me away and meant that I’ve missed some planned … Continue reading →

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Refurbishing Terrain – part 3

Posted on 07/02/2019 by Nick

Woo for it being tetris-ed into the boxes but *pfft* there is alot of bloody terrain in these two sets. It’s been taking me an entire evening to do what I see as a small step which has been taxing … Continue reading →

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Refurbishing Terrain – part 2

Posted on 12/01/2019 by Nick

A thing worth noting about Laser Cutters (or 3D printers for that matter) is that they are a tool, not unlike my old fretsaw or a craft knife. They make the creation of more things possible but they don’t actually … Continue reading →

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Chinese 40W Laser Cutter

Posted on 19/12/2018 by Nick

Yay! So my new toy of a Chinese 40W laser arrived a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been trying it out doing some Christmas labels. For anyone considering buying one of these I recommend doing lots of online research … Continue reading →

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