I've neglected this thread somewhat! Recently I've caught the epic bug again and I decided to make some scenery.
I used styrofoam for the first time, I've never been able to find an online supplier until now. Great stuff, I hacked it up with a bread knife and used a glue gun to assemble it on the fly, and then used filler and debris to blend the ruin parts in - I really enjoy this sort of thing, much more than 'measuring' or 'planning'. I really wanted some height to my ruins as I think they can look a bit boring otherwise, and I love the idea of towering gothic castles with titans stomping through the valleys below.
The mdf ruins are from
http://www.eleventreedesigns.co.uk who made some 6mm versions of his buildings at my request, you can find some on eBay now.



And here is how it looks after some primer and a dusting of grey paint:




It looks pretty cool like this, almost like black and white Stalingrad photography I thought, so I made a gallery on my site, you can see it here:
http://www.exprofundis.com/ruins-forge-world-aria/Warning, most of the stuff on my blog is not 6mm big - I don't want to put you guys off!