Realm ForgeFoam

Carving Stone

XPS that reads as masonry from three feet

The Dwarven Forge look is not sculpture. It is grout lines, a crumpled-foil texture, a black seal, a brown wash, and two drybrushes. Do those five things cleanly and the table will forgive square walls.

Stone recipe

Cut 1×1 floors from ½ in XPS. Cut walls 1 in wide, 1½ in tall, ¼ in thick from 1 in stock ripped on the hot wire or a knife against a steel fence.
Score stone blocks with a dull pencil or ballpoint. Do not measure every block. Variation hides the grid.
Bevel the top edges of walls with one knife pass. Drag a ball of foil across faces for tooth.
Seal with black acrylic mixed 1:1 with PVA. Work it into grout. Smooth drips before they skin.
Wash burnt umber + water into recesses. Dry fully.
Drybrush dark gray, then a lighter gray on planes, then a kiss of ivory on corners. Stop. The third drybrush is greed.

Weight walls. A penny, a washer, or a worm-sinker pressed into the base changes how the piece sits. Unweighted foam walks when a sleeve hits it. Glue floors to 1×1 cardstock if you want them to last; leave a few unglued so you can drop a pit or a water recess.

Sites and structures

Production sites are 2×2. Keep them visually distinct: timber mill for Provisions, quarry for Materials, cloth and brass for Luxuries. Structures — Bastion, Hall, Beacon, Yard — get a banner pin in House color. Integrity is a token on the mat, not a breakaway foam wall. When a site is destroyed, swap in rubble; when rebuilt, it returns inactive until activated again. Your terrain must support that swap in two seconds.