Miniature wargame terrain brings your games to life. A few well crafted scenery pieces can turn a plain old tablecloth into an immersive, blood soaked battlefield. It can transform the experience of standing round a table full of static models, to peering into a living, breathing world.
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There are many different ways to get miniature wargame terrain. Some hobbyists love to make it themselves, and can sculpt the most beautiful buildings and scenery out of items that others might seen as junk.
Making your own miniature wargame terrain can be enormously satisfying. But as I’ve talked about before, there are many different layers to our hobby. Whilst some love to craft, paint, and create, others are simply desperate to get their figures on the table and take on their next opponent.
You only have so much time to dedicate to your hobby, so use it wisely. If it’s the gaming that’s your main passion, why pour time and effort into things like building scenery? If you don’t enjoy it, you’re unlikely to create terrain pieces you’re truly happy with. Why not let the experts make this stuff for you, and spend more of your time doing what you enjoy best?
With that said, if you do opt to buy in your miniature wargame terrain, where are some places you can start looking?
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There are loads of different (and fantastic) options out there these days, so I aim to build this list out on an ongoing basis. If you’re a miniature wargame terrain manufacturer or distributor then please get in touch if you’d like me to have a look at anything.
In the meantime, based on my own experiences so far, here are my favourite places to buy miniature wargame terrain.
Amazon Miniature Wargame Terrain
You can buy almost anything on Amazon these days – and that includes top notch miniature wargame terrain. You’ll find anything from war-torn rubble and dungeon tiles, to creepy mausoleum and cemetery layouts, and miniature villages. Necromunda and Kill Team players will love this industrial multi-level platform, and ruined building.
Etsy Miniature Wargame Terrain
Etsy is by far the most diverse and varied miniature wargame terrain marketplace I’ve come across. No matter what games you play, you’ll find building and scenery pieces that take your tabletop to the next level. I thought this platform was worthy of an article in its own right, so I decided to put together a roundup of my favourite Etsy wargaming terrain pieces for D&D, 40k, and Warhammer.
GameMat.eu
GameMat are my absolute favourite to-date. I’ve picked up their Medieval Houses Set and Medieval Castle Set, along with some scatter terrain and a double sided rubber gaming mat from them. Their site is a treasure trove of miniature wargame terrain. I could spend my life savings here, if I had any.
Their resin terrain is all pre-painted too, so they’re table-ready right out of the box!
Mantic
Mantic are a company I soon discovered following my return to the hobby. Their gaming rules and general ethos quickly won me over, and Kings of War is one of my favourite games of all time.
Mantic are a multi-talented company who create their own range of terrain too. You’ll find stuff for all genres right there, but they particularly seem to excel on the “dungeon bash” front!
Games Workshop
The big dog themselves have always dabbled in terrain, though are obviously a lot more famous for their games and miniatures.
There’s some incredible miniature wargame terrain for sale on their site these days. Their stuff ranges from fantasy to the futuristic, and many pieces will work well in either setting.
I particularly love the look of the environment sets for Warcry.
Another great thing about the GW range too, is that they’re always so easy to assemble!
Goblin Gaming
Goblin Gaming are actually a distributor, rather than a creator. They’ve got an incredible amount of miniature wargame terrain stocked, from historical and fantasy, to modern and sci-fi. They also stock some lovely gaming mats to lay it all out on.
You’ll find Games Workshop, Mantic, and GameMat stuff over there. In fact, that’s how I initially discovered the medieval/fantasy terrain by GameMat in the first place.
Warbases
On a shoestring budget? Look no further than Warbases.
They make MDF terrain for 10mm up to 28mm scale. You’ll find stuff for virtually any setting, from dungeons and sci-fi tunnels, to Napoleonic and Wild West.
MDF terrain does take a bit more work to get it table-ready. But the cost is super low, so you can buy much more of it. You can pick up some great looking pieces from Warbases for less than £10!
If you’re going down this route, I’d advise starting with similar, smaller pieces, before jumping in to building houses and strongholds.
Best Places To Buy Miniature Wargame Terrain
I realise I’ll barely be scratching the surface just yet. Go easy on me, I’ve only just got back into the hobby 🙂
These are the folks who’ve jumped out to me so far, but I want to build this roundup out over time to make it comprehensive. As I mentioned before, if you’re a miniature wargame terrain manufacturer or distributor then please get in touch if you’d like me to have a look at anything.
And if you’re a mere hobbyist like me who’s looking to create an immersive tabletop battlefield, I hope this has been useful and given you more than a few options. Just don’t go and blow your rent money on miniature wargame terrain. A fortified city of small plastic houses are no use to you if you get chucked out your actual house 😉
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