Is this the last set of terrain you will buy for your wargaming?

The Snot Goblin is back with a new Kickstarter for their versatile and hard-wearing modular terrain, Future Proof Modular Terrain. That sentence alone should cause you to want to and over your hard-earned cash for some of this durable, injection moulded, ABS plastic. Yet, in a move that would rival the best day-time TV salesman, there’s more. See further down …

The Kickstarter offers the terrain in a half- or full-table variant. A half-table will give you enough terrain for 6 pieces that match up pretty well with the Leviathan terrain layouts for Warhammer 40,000. A full-table doubles that bringing the terrain to match a large 2,000+ point battle.

This in itself isn’t a great selling point, I mean I could buy standard plastic kits from Warhammer or other suppliers, I could also gather together similar kits in MDF and be pretty happy with the result.

However, none of the competitors, and certainly not Games Workshop, offer the level of versatility and ease of use that the terrain from Snot Goblin offer.

Add in the price (quoted at half the cost from Warhammer Stores) and it’s a genuine bargain!

The video above shows a timelapse of me building one of the sample designs from the initial Snot Goblin campaign. This was skilfully painted by my good friend Mountain Man Games, check out his Instagram account for more of his work.

This terrain is so easy to build, the components are of such high quality that it would take a lot of force to damage or break it – I mean it’s possible, it is just plastic, but the quality of ABS used is up there with the best. This stuff is designed to last a lifetime.

I spent a pleasant evening building different designs, testing the quality and playing around with new and unique ways to put them together. It really felt like I was playing with Lego – from the way I could mix and match or follow a design and develop tournament ready terrain designs.

The terrain locks together with very sturdy and secure tabs. These are positioned to lock into the various base pieces. From corners, edges and full levels. The uprights come in two sizes to create both intact walls and broken 25% and 50% pieces.

The details on the pieces can be fully realised or work with a simple dry brush (as the ones pictured above). Alternatively, the level of detail on this terrain means you can spend time picking out each brick or plaster area, the sword and skull details add variety to keep each piece, although identical, unique.

I’d give this terrain a solid 10/10, pretty much a must have for any tabletop wargamer.

The new Kickstarter not only offers the core terrain sets but additional roof expansion and the ability to buy the terrain fully painted!

Roof Expansion

A new add-on has been included in this campaign. Roof Expansion. These new pieces free up core components and add another level to your terrain potential. This is a great value add-on providing even more options and extending the versatility of the core set, unlocking more designs for your games.

Painted Modular Terrain

In a first both the half- and full-table kits are available fully painted. Marketed as a way to free up time to paint your minis instead of your terrain, this is a theme I get along with. My large box of unpainted terrain can certainly attest to that theory.

The kits are available in a wide range of themes, even one designed by Miniac, check out the different styles below.

Dessert World Ruin

Provides a yellow, sandy feel perfect for that Arrakis style world

Shrine World Ruins

Fits well with an old world Roman or Greek style campaign or setting

Martian World Ruins

Maybe your games are set on the Red planet, or one similar…

Royal World Ruins

Old world charm, or an empire on the brink of destruction…

Lost World Ruins

A jungle theme that would suit both fantasy and science fiction

Foresaken World Ruins

Perfect for a dark campaign for vampires or other undead – maybe a Ravenloft D&D game…

The Future Proof Modular Terrain Kickstarter is live and already well funded at time of writing. Would you get a pre-painted kit or paint it up yourself?

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