Thank you Mel , as a returning modeler of 15 years absence," things " have changed somewhat.. my last big piece, was a 42 ft 1 35 scale replica of Suzuka f1 track in Japan, 3 lane M D F . It was all chicken wire and papier mache ' a multitude of christmas lights and several hundred trees.. it worked very well and gave years of entertainment to many ... in looking for new inspiration , i came across your wonderful font of all things terrain, i wanted to say thank you very much indeed. having had several smallish strokes in recent years, i thought my" creative" days had become just a memory.. But due to your good self and a couple of you tubers, and a" mountain of foamboard ". a cherished skill has been rekindled... Thank you once again.. Scott Somerset

Tightly balled-up bits of aluminum foil (or "aluminium" foil, for my Brit friends) also make great texture presses for stone walls. Great channel, btw. Subbed.

Fantastic video! Informative techniques! Helped me a great deal! Thanks for all your hard work!

Well done Mel for sharing that great technique.

Fantastic!! Keep these awesome videos coming! You have a wonderful talent.

A pleasure to watch your work... very instructive

thanks for simplifying the process sir!!!

Cracking tutorial. I've been thinking of trying something like this for use with by big box of Dust Tactics stuff.

A great set of skills passed down in this tutorial Mel. You could use that wall section in a later tutorial for marking latex and silicone molds.

Great one Mel!

game changing vid ur a legend fella :)

I just made a tunnel porthole and used your technique. However, I used a thinned spackling paste and a sponge to put texture on the blocks of the porthole.

thank you. I have been watching every video, just thought I'd ask as a quicker way to put something down to start with. I am looking to start my own landscape board

great vid and tutorial, nice tips and tricks, thx :)

Great tutorial Mel

Very useful and inspiring, thanks! :D

Looks great mate, been looking forward to this one. Be ideal for Normandy terrain for Bolt Action :)

Thank you so much!

Just thought i would add to this a little. When i was at uni studying model making you can actually take casts of this foam. Have to coat it in paint to seal it off first but once you have done than you make a few of these really quickly made out of resin and what ever not..... Obversely only if you have a few to make. You cam make them all look different with shrubs and grass and what not.

Yet another great video, very useful, just one question why dont to use the rock on the wall first before your inscribe the brick effect with the pencil so you dont have to re go over it with the pen?

Thanks for another great video Mel. What if you did the texturing with the rock before you penciled the stone pattern? Would that save your the time of going back over with the pen?

Thank you, this helped loads, but I don't know how to do home-made hills

Hi Mel Is there any reason why you couldn't texture your wall before you scribe in the stonework on the wall. love your hints and tips.

No need to do the pencil lines if you're going to finish off with the pen after texturing. Looks the same but takes 1/2 the time. Great vid. thanks for sharing :-)

Oh so loveley :)

Very good techniques involved. But a bit out of scale for 6mm terrain I think. Do you have any ideas for walls at this scale?

I have these on my to do list after I finish my next minefield for Bolt Action and some hedgerows. I may move them up since they look quick and easy.

It's important to note that the foam in the UK is quite a bit different than the foam in the US. It won't hold nearly as well as what Mel's doing here.

Hi Mel ! I try to make a wall with eps polystyrene, but it's difficult to engrave with a pen without loosing balls ... It's possible to use EPS or only using XPS for building walls ?

could you do sand bags the same was as these walls??

Great video, Thanks a bunch. I was just wondering where you get your polysterene from?

Hey Mel, love your videos, so helpful and well done. Quick question, do you make the exact same pattern on the other side of the wall or do you make a different one?

yeah thanks.

Wouldn't the bottom row of rocks need to be beveled as well? Or would one assume they are not laying on the ground but a bit suck into the ground? Also, the Pen vs. Pencil. Speaking of pens, one assume a ball point or medium point would be best for the inscribing? Figure a fine point tip pen would tear or not give the desired effect.

Do you seal your polystyrene with anything?

Wouldn't it be better to do the textures before marking times?

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Great job, once again. :) However, just curious, as I've seen this technique used by many, but have you ever thought of using a soldering iron for the engraving? I've not done that, and am curious if it might work. ? My thought would be if you used it quickly for the jointing, so as to not cause melting splotches, and as some irons are almost wedge like, you might be able to cut down on the need to go back and spruce up the lines with the pen after the pencil. HHhmm.... Just a thought. Something I might give a go. If it doesn't work, then I guess I'll have a blaster ruined wall piece to play with. :) Later my friend! This is Sammy - Out. :)

I like Disney Characters from Frozen so my idea is to create a frozen terrain table for those types of characters.🏰🤺👩‍🦳👩‍⚕️

Where do you get the 'styrene from?

Is all this foam expensive? Im in usa

now I find that I say "crack on" while I am working.

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Pardon, but...what's "whatchacallit pencil"?

lol lol ... nobody wants to be who gives the next like to 665 ... lol....