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Some tips for hobbying while being cheap and neurodivergent:
If you, like me, pick up cool rocks and want to show them off and have cool terrain at the same time: glue them into cool piles on a piece of cardboard to make landmarks. People have been stacking large rocks in piles for millennia to mark trails and denote distances. And now everyone can see your cool rocks on the tabletop!
Do you ever worry about mixing up too much Green Stuff or Milliput? Have a leftover epoxy putty project. Don’t rush it, it’s just where you put all the leftover stuff. It doesn’t look like much now, but one day I’ll have a four armed, two headed Chaos Giant because I keep mixing up a little too much putty!
Do you ever want to do make statues for your terrain, but you don’t want to sacrifice a whole mini to make one? Glue extra horns and weapons onto Knights and Warriors style army men from the dollar stores! You’ll have some convincing statues after just a prime and a dry brush or two!
I’m calling it finished for now… Idol of Gork and Mork from the Storm of Chaos campaign, updated in 2025
Idol of Gork and Mork! Scratch built from foam board, garden rocks, those cheap bead necklace things that Jack Skelington dog tags from Spencer’s gifts come on, and Games Workshop skulls.
I originally made this for the Storm of Chaos campain for Warhammer Fantasy Battles sixth edition in the early 2000’s. I added the bad moon later and combined it with some stone pillars I made as my first attempt with using foam board insulation for builds.
I’m going to be doing some updates to it! Adding more Shields and Totems!
Some work in progress shots of my Mordheim board! It’s set in a nearby Orc Fort!
I made some huts and some towers from take out containers, popsicle sticks, paper towels, school glue, and leftover bits for my Mordheim board!
Here is a scratch built hunters hall I made. I used the old styrofoam inserts that used to come in Warhammer sets as the basis for the second floor. That’s a real mouse pelt that some taxidermists use to practice. The rest is dowels, popsicle sticks, foam board… that kind of stuff.