The first thing I needed to make sure of was that the various “furniture scatter” would fit into the ruined building when I had detailed them with rubble.

The resin furniture was expensive enough that I wanted to make sure it was multi-purpose so I didn’t want to glue it in place in the ruins. I determined that the largest base that I would need to accommodate them was 60mmX40mm.

Using the 60mmX40mm base as a template I then marked out on the ruined floor where they would fit. I now know that when I am detailing the rubble to make sure that these areas are reasonable flat. In other words just detailed with course sand or what I have outlined below.

The first layer of rubble is the “bag of bricks scatter” available from Knights of Dice.

In order to add interest to the outside walls I glued some of the same bricks in a random pattern.

The same effect can be achieved by gluing on card board squares as I have done on one of the inside walls. I have also tiled the floor where the furniture scatter will go. I could equally have scored the mdf to look like floor boards or downloaded a rug or carpet picture, cut it to suit the 60mmX40mm gap and stuck it on. I will use both these methods in other buildings.

Kitty litter was added to look like rock rubble.

A quick double check with the templates to make sure the floor was covered and there was enough room for the template to fit.

Next I painted the floor and part of the walls with wood glue and sprinkled sand while still wet. Exactly the same technique as when figure basing. Basically the floor is now “decorated”.

At this stage I glued the furniture onto the base in preparation for painting them.

Next the whole lot is spray canned black.

Once the black has dried lightly spray with grey matt primer.

The tiles, rocks and bricks are painted and the tiles washed with a light brown.

I then applied a light white dry brush over the whole building. If you are careful you can get the same effect by using a matt white spray can from about 3 feet away.

The spray applies a light mist spray over the building. Warning – practice first on something that doesn’t matter. The technique is a lot quicker but I still like using a “tank” brush.

I download a picture of some wallpaper, printed it and then cut roughly to size and glued it on the wall. I then applied fine sand around the edges. Don’t worry if it is not applied smoothly as it is a ruined building a few tears improve it.

The furniture was roughly painted. Don’t fuss it is going to be dirtied up anyway.

The sand around the “wallpaper” was then painted with grey and mud puddle brown. I tore some of the wall paper for effect.

The building is now finished. Here it is in place on the games table. Note that even without the furniture added the building looks complete. The furniture was then washed with light brown wash and dry brushed white.

The finished couch and refrigerator in place in the ruin..

Remember when you are adding rubble that it for gaming on and figures need to be able to stand. Here Zach is taking a shot at an approaching zombie.

This time with the couch in place.

The before and after. In my view buying basic mdf buildings is the way to go because they need so much work especially the interior so why waste money on something more elaborate.

The exterior before and after.

I thoroughly recommend the Knights of Dice “Tabila Rasa” range. They do sell additional add-ons like door and window frames, but I don’t think they are worth the expense. Remember they are just a prop for the figures!