The Ruin

Artwork by Martin McCoy.  This article originally appeared in 28 Vol. 6, and was edited courtesy of Adam Wier In the spring of 2023, Martin McCoy approached me about running a narrative INQ28 event with him. He was eager to put together something of his own and after having conducted my own Mordheim event the previous year, Martin wanted to lean a bit on my experience putting together narrative events. Needless to say, I was overjoyed and excited to help! Hondious, a feudal world on the far-flung edge of the galaxy so bereft of resources that even the greedy Imperium would not bother bringing it back within its fold, was Martin’s brainchild. Coming to the table with the setting, we then started brainstorming the current state of the setting. Naturally it had to be in some form of collapse. Combining some of his favorite themes, Martin formulated the “Red Joy,” partly inspired by the Dancing Plague: a mania that swept through Germany in the 1500’s.  He really wanted to create a...

  H ello! Long time, no see. I hope this to be a multi-series post giving an insight into my terrain-making process as well as some small tutorials. (Apologies in advance for the poor quality of photos) In January, I decided to try my hand at creating a terrain board for the Wier brother's amazing Vastarian Setting . Having gone back and forth with them with some ideas, I knew that I wanted the board to have a few standard practices I use into most of my pieces at this point in my terrain making experience: The board would be 1m x 1m It would utilize my 'common building' materials philosophy, i.e., 80-90% made with material found in nature or a hardware store Try at least one new technique Overall, I knew that I wanted the board to represent the entrance to a larger cathedral or place of worship while including brittle trees, a road and possibly smaller shrines of lesser cults on the planet. With that in mind, I wanted to actually sketch out what I wanted the board to look...