Styrofun – part 1

This time, simple props for tabletop gaming I did. Mostly made with styrofoam – and small rocks, sand, static grass, white glue… you get the picture 🙂

These are very good beginner projects. But even for old gamers like myself, they’re quite pleasing to build and easy to paint (painting is mostly dry brushing). You can make tons of them in a single weekend! And they look great on the gaming table!

Some pics of very simple ones:

Simple game prop. About 1 inch tall.

Simple game prop. About 2 inches tall.

Slightly more elaborate:

Even a bit more complex, but still quite quick to put together. The spear, shield and skull emblem at the top are from Games Workshop, the rest is scratch build.

Rock on Gurk!

Gurk the brave, just before being crushed to death by tons of rocks after removing the +4 Spear of Structural Support from its location…

That’s it for this short post. A part 2 will follow, with some more styro / props projects.

Hope it inspires you all. Now get your X-acto knifes and make some styrofoam squeak 🙂

Thank you. These are really fun to make and they are indeed quite effective on the gaming table. I’m planning to write a short tutorial on my approach to create such props. Meanwhile, I suggest you take a look at this Youtube video tutorial by IIXIXIXII: it is a very similar process. Stay tuned for my own tutorial …and more!