The Game Master set and booster from The Army Painter are perfect for making some amazing terrain for your RPGs. Check out the details!
The Army Painter is always coming out with some of the coolest hobby products on the market! This time around they are focusing on all the Dungeon/Game Masters out there! This new set comes with everything you need to make amazing terrain and really bring your games to life! The booster gives you that little extra if you just don’t need everything in the big set. While the foam cutter is pretty self-explanatory for what it does.
The bigger set comes with all the supplies you could need, including paint, water-based spray, brushes, hobby tools, foam, grass tufts, and so much more! So if you just need to boost your collection or start an entirely new one, this set has you covered! The preorder is on now, and the big set will be released in late February while the other two will be released in March. Since we’ve already looked at the full set, we’ll start with the booster and move to the big boy set.
GameMaster: XPS Foam Scenery Booster Pack: $19.99
Even in the smaller set you still get a bunch of cool stuff! Let’s look at everything you get in the smaller set:
- 7x XPS Foam boards (40cm x 30cm x 1cm)
- 1x Sandpaper (28cm x 11cm)
- Including GameMaster Guidebook – How to Build: Dungeons and Caverns
Hot Wire Foam Cutter: $19.99
Sometimes you just need a foam cutter, well, usually when you’re cutting foam…
Here are the specs on this one:
- Hold activation button to quickly heat wire to 300°
- Move slow for precise cuts – and protect the wire
- Max cut size: 4 cm × 12 cm / 1.5 by 4.7
Game Master Set: $99.99
The set comes with so much stuff! Just like with any Army Painter release, you can expect it to be affordable and high-quality. This isn’t just for D&D either, it is made specifically for any skirmish-style game out there. If you look at the list of contents below, you see just how much stuff you get. And of course, they wouldn’t leave you hanging without a great painting guide as well. One of the best parts about this set, is you get everything you need in one buy to make great terrain.
Let’s look at everything you get:
- XPS Foam Board, A4, 6 pcs
- XPS Foam Board, A3, 2pcs
- Hot Wire Foam Cutter
- XPS Sculpting Foam Glue
- Dungeon Tufts, 77pc
- Scenery Texture
- 18ml Cavern Effects Paint
- 18ml Cavern Highlights Paint
- 50ml Cavern Base Paint
- 18ml Dungeon Effects Paint
- 18ml Dungeon Highlights Paint
- 50ml Dungeon Base Paint
- 18ml Grotto Slime Paint
- 18ml Subterrain Wash
- 400ml Subterrain Scenery Spray Primer, water-based, non-toxic
- 18ml Brink Black Paint
- Mixing Palette
- Scenery Knife
- Large Drybrush
- Medium Drybrush
- Wash Brush
- Sand Paper
To say that’s is a ton of stuff may be an understatement! This is just one of their many great products, go check out their other stuff here!
The Paints and Supplies:
You get a whole host of paints perfect for painting terrain, non-toxic spray (so you don’t mess up the foam), tons of scenery sand, and a giant set of tufts. Just this part of the kit alone is worth it! Basically everything a Dungeon/Game Master could want.
Hobby Tools and Supplies:
With the foam and supplies, it makes cutting out and styling all kinds of terrain super easy! Just use the steps they give you and you can have a great-looking board in minutes. Nothing wrong with that!
For the price, this is going to be a hard box to beat! You could easily spend way more than that just grabbing this stuff at the art store!