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5 New GST Hand-painted Terrain Blocks
Roll20 ruined my game. Don’t get me wrong. I am much happier playing face-to-face again. I get to see my friends, share snacks, drink, and celebrate a 20 roll as it happens right in front of my eyes.
Yet I love the hand-painted battle maps. They are so much better than anything I can do. But, unfortunately, my battle maps look even worse than I remember. So I asked the Glue Stick Terrain designers to help me out.
They delivered five hand-painted terrain blocks, just like you see on Virtual Table Tops.
GST Terrain Blocks, The Printable Modular Hand-Painted Terrain
Each Terrain Block is a separate PDF printable kit. I used my inkjet printer and full-page stickers to build my own printed tiles. But you could have them laser printed at a copy shop on photo-grade paper. Then glue them to the backer board.
I like the printable kits because they work well with the other Glue Stick Terrain low-profile pieces. In addition, it is nice to see hand-painted battle maps added to 2.5D dungeon terrain. Finally, you get the eye appeal of the Virtual Table Top combined with modular terrain tiles.
The terrain blocks are 6″x6″, which means they fit nicely on both US Letter and A4 pages. Plus, they are seamless tiles, so you can put several of them together to make bigger maps.
Terrain Blocks Store And Travel Easily
The designers even thought about storage and game style.
You can back each terrain block with 50pt chipboard or 4-ply matboard. There are gridless and 1-inch gridded versions of each block in every printable kit.
When I made my own tiles, I followed the WotC tile designs. I put the gridless image on one face and the 1-inch gridded on the opposite. So I can play either style. They fit neatly into my 3-ring binder for easy storage.
Like all other Glue Stick Terrain, Terrain Blocks are available as a free download in the store.
6×6 Cobblestone Terrain Block
The 6×6 Cobblestone Terrain Block is a seamless pattern that creates cobblestone terrain.
The terrain looks like new well-taken care of streets or plazas.
6×6 Mossy Stone Block Terrain Block
The 6×6 Mossy Stone Block Terrain Block looks like a pavement made from bricks or block cut from stone.
The moss growing on the blocks tells us it has been in place for a long time and is rarely traveled.
6×6 Rough Stone Block Terrain Block
The 6×6 Rough Stone Block Terrain Block is new and lightly-traveled pavement.
It has no signs of wear or overgrowth from neglect. Also, it is made from rough-cut bricks or blocks of stone.
6×6 Spring Meadow Terrain Block
The Glue Stick Terrain 6×6 Spring Meadow Terrain Block takes terrain blocks in a new direction.
This organic and natural seamless pattern reveals a spring-green meadow with flowers scattered through it.
6×6 Summer Meadow Terrain Block
The 6×6 Summer Meadow Terrain Block displays a meadow during the summer when the grass color has changed. It also shows mixed summer flowers.
Final Thoughts
You can use a 5×4 terrain block arrangement to create an entire 30″x24″ map. I find it fits nicely on a tabletop. Moreover, it is slightly larger than most Virtual Tabletop maps.
I have also used a single block to stage a brief conflict as part of a long traverse to the next significant encounter.
I understand that there are more terrain blocks in the works. Plus, the designers are thinking about creating entire hand-painted battle maps as a single kit.