Shaper & Maker

Shaper, maker, modeller, gamer - that's who I am. This website shows you mainly photos of my gaming terrains and handicraft, as well as some tutorials, printable paper terrains, gm tools and various other materials. I hope you enjoy your visit!

Modelling, roleplaying games, miniatures and everything!

Latest articles:

  • View to Montmartre cemetery

    Cemeteries in tabletop games – thoughts, inspiration, links

    Cemetery, Graveyard, Necropolis, City of the Dead. Pretty much every fantasy city, town and village has such, and they have a great promise of adventure: Necromancers looking for bodies, haunts with unfinished business, buried treasures and even a whole unholy domain, especially at night time – as Necropolis and it's Dark Reliquary in Ptolus.

Earlier articles

Autumn woods rpg tiles Showing Seasons in tabletop maps
Swamp terrain taped to base Tip: How to hold together small terrain components
Red light coloring Star Wars rpg scene Using Lights and Sound in tabletop games, Part I
Do you take care of your health? Tabletop gaming and your health
Website facelift!
Mossy Dungeons & Crypts of Heroic Maps The Best-looking Maps & Tiles for Roleplaying you can have!
Vanhemmat arvokkaammat figut Myyn/Vaihdan D&D/Pathfinder miniatyyrejä
A large tree and forest base terrain Game terrain project: Large trees and swamp-like forest
Original site at www.vip.fi/~hopeakuu History of my website

Site content overview:

Models for gaming

Gaming terrain and prop tutorials/WIPs:

Want to learn build your own terrains?

Gaming terrain galleries and dioramas

Need ideas and inspiration for your terrain projects?
Steampunk diorama Winter gaming terrain Ancient cemetery Fantasy or medieval cityscape with port

Papercraft for gamers

Print, cut & glue is the easy and affordable way of getting great gaming terrains.
Chemical container train car paper model Printable basic walls Hidden in this miniatures article is a small paper hawk Babylon 5 inspired space station paper model

Axis & Allies miniatures terrain and modelling

Small scale World War II -themed terrains, built on 3,5" hexes
Basic Axis and Allies miniatures terrains, including cool bridge over race in a chasm A burning World War 2 european town Pacific terrains Printable Objective marker flags

Miniatures and scratchbuilt space ships

Prepainted miniatures

Find right miniature for your games, whether it's Babylon 5, Sword & Sorcery, cyberpunk or something else
Prepainted miniatures for Cyberpunk or Modern - several cheap but great options Prepainted miniatures for Sword and Sorcery -games Prepainted Narn miniatures - with only minor modifications An impaled man and mean-looking warrior - using promo miniatures

Star Wars and Babylon 5 -scratchbuilding etc

Most popular content of the site. Go see them yourself!
Scratchbuilt & resin cast Trade Federation AAT Tank Scratchbuilt Minbari Sharlin warships Scratchbuilt Eclipse class star destroyer and other Star Wars starships Scratchbuilt Star Wars ground combat miniatures

Roleplaying

Savage Worlds

My RPG of choice. Fast, Furious and Fun, very GM friendly while still having solid rules with strong tactical aspect
From denial to Savage Worlds (Via 4E)
Conflict -encouraging hindrances
Fast, Furious, Fun rules for cyberpunk
What makes Savage Worlds cool?

Gamemastery articles

How to handle hindrances etc etc etc!
Make your players love their character's flaws
Base of operations - an essential element in RPG's

Beasts & Barbarians, Sword & Sorcery

My current favourite setting - very Conan-like, with both clicheish and unique elements.
Review of Beasts & Barbarians for Savage Worlds Quick start guide for Beasts & Barbarians
Savage Worlds Sword & Sorcery settings overview

Arts and Crafts

Art and Crafts

Drawings, paintings and Wooden jewelry
Various scifi-themed drawings and paintings Mahogany Fairy necklace An abstact composition and other paintings Mahogany Celtic knot necklace

Architectural / decorational models

Various modelling projects, some of which are quite large
Model of my childhood farm in Asikkala Beach scene of 20's Model of Institute of Orivesi (Oriveden opisto) Wedding cake decoration: Pulut (Pigeons)
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Earlier articles

Autumn woods rpg tiles Showing Seasons in tabletop maps
Swamp terrain taped to base Tip: How to hold together small terrain components
Red light coloring Star Wars rpg scene Using Lights and Sound in tabletop games, Part I
Do you take care of your health? Tabletop gaming and your health
Website facelift!
Mossy Dungeons & Crypts of Heroic Maps The Best-looking Maps & Tiles for Roleplaying you can have!
Vanhemmat arvokkaammat figut Myyn/Vaihdan D&D/Pathfinder miniatyyrejä
A large tree and forest base terrain Game terrain project: Large trees and swamp-like forest
Original site at www.vip.fi/~hopeakuu History of my website

Older articles recently updated

Showing Seasons in tabletop maps
Set your battleground on fire - applications of the modelling technique
Tip: How to hold together small terrain components
The Best-looking Maps & Tiles for Roleplaying you can have!
Using Lights and Sound in tabletop games, Part I