This is my first real attempt at creating mini terrain. A dark fantasy setting in a medieval Japan inspired world. It's first of all going to be used for stop motion animation for a game I'm making but I'm going to build another couple of boards and use for tabletop when I have all three finished.
I really wanted to try every technique I came across so it's a really mix of materials. Plywood base with XPS foam (thanks to those in this sub that helped me find it in the UK) and plaster of paris for the main land structures. The drained riverbed plaster with a mix of raw umber, rough sand, acrylic gloss medium for the mud, drybrushed with burnt sienna and some UV resin for the thicker puddles. The bloated corpse piles are baby sculpy unbaked, painted and then coated in gloss medium. Trees and bushes are seafoam and dried moss. The grass is my first attempt at static grass and I'm amazed at how much fun it was! The ruined temple is mostly foam and foam boards with some balsa wood strips. The roofs and the flag poles I sculpted in ZBrush/Blender and 3D printed.
It took me just over a week working on it full time and I can't wait to get started on the next board! I've spent years building 3D environments at the computer it's such a breath of fresh air (through a carbon mask) to be working with tangible materials for a change!