Getting started on Terrain

After reading Generation Kill and starting to re-watch the miniseries I've finally gotten the motivation to really get started on some terrain for Ambush Alley.
My state tax refund arrived yesterday which made it hard to choose between placing another QRF order to complete the Stryker Rifle Platoon and the USMC Division Recon Platoon or Buying most of the terrain I need for now from JR or Gamecraft. Fortunately for my miniature collection the QRF order won out and I sat down today to make a start on the pile of balsa wood I bought at a nearby art store. Here is my first attempt, it's approximately 4"x3"x2" and I think it might be a bit too tall.

Also makes me wish that Shawn over at AAG was still making those Ambush Alley terrain sets.

That was fast!

Noble Knight has proven themselves to be fast and efficient. The Sci-Fi Supply (now, unfortunately out of business) buildings and Wild Walls kits were in exactly the condition NK had described and an order placed Sunday afternoon arrived late this morning (a touch under three days which compares favorably to Amazon.UK and the Royal Mail).

The trick now will be to figure out how to deal with the very limited availability of the kits (Fortress Walls, Fortified Towers, control tower) relative to what I will likely need. Unlike a normal resin, pewter or even plastic kit traditional resin casting isn't exactly viable for the unassembled kit (as it is formed styrene sheet) and I'm not sure how well the assembled kit would hold it's shape under normal casting methods. Very tricky.