Stage 1: Cut a piece of hardboard to the desired size of the encampment and sand down any rough edges. Hot glue an equal sized piece of blue foam to the top of the hardboard and sand it down so that it meets the edge of the hardboard evenly. Cut a tent frame from the balsa wood (cut a 3" piece for the crossbeam and two 1.5" pieces for the supports). Cut holes for the tent frames in the foam and fix them in place with a dab of hot glue.

Step 2: Cut the tent canvas into 3" x 4" rectangles and soak them in wood glue. This step will make the canvas rigid and more able to hold its shape. Before the tents dry, drape them over the frames and insert toothpicks to pin them to the foam. When dry, cut off the tops of the toothpicks. Leave enough length to hold the canvas in place and to suggest tent stakes. Cover the entire surface of the base, not the tents, with wood glue and sprinkle basing sand over the entire area.

Step 3: After the glue has dried paint the entire piece, tents and all, Chaos Black. Do not use spray paint to do this as it will melt the foam. Paint the ground Scorched Brown and then highlight by lightly drybrushing with Bestial Brown, then Snakebite Leather and finally Bleached Bone. Basecoat the tents with Bubonic Brown and paint their supports and crossbeams Bestial Brown.

Step 4: Finish painting the tents by highlighting the canvas with Bleached Bone and the tent frames with Vermin Brown. Apply thinned down wood glue to the areas where you want to put grass. Use flock or static grass and sprinkle it onto the glue. Once it dries, your camp is ready for the gaming table!