I have this book. It has been a staple of the scenery building culture for a long time. There are a lot of great tips and techniques in here. Highly recommended.

Product Description:
The Scenery Manual is the complete Woodland Scenics guide to creating life-like terrain, landscaping and scenic details for your model railroad, military diorama or architectural model. For the beginner or for the advanced hobbyist this book describes the products, the tools, and the foolproof methods used in creating natural settings in scale. No detail has been overlooked. Contains all the proven advise and inside tips for achieving craftsman quality results the very first time. But most important The Scenery Manual offers the confidence necessary to begin any miniature modeling project and finish it with pride.

I also have this book. It also has some great instructions on how to build scenery. In particular there are some good instructions on how to build waterways. This book was written for railroaders but it is perfect for scenery building for any kind of diorama.

Product Description:
Learn how to give model railroad scenery character and life!
Create a more realistic scene behind and around your model railroad! This book shows you how, from ground cover and rockwork, to trees, water, and more. Learn the finishing touches that give a railroad character.

--Features a comprehensive approach to scenery, including instructions for integrating a backdrop with layout scenery

--Includes photos of models and prototype scenes for inspiration

--Perfect for the beginning/intermediate modeler preparing to build a layout

Here is a nice beginners pack of miniatures.

In addition, one of the nine miniatures are much larger than any miniatures released to date and are representative of classic, larger-than-life D&D icons such as giants and dragons.

Huge Pack components:

- Nine randomized, pre-painted plastic miniatures, including one huge miniature.
- Statistics cards for each miniature.

More great miniatures.

The Starter Set provides all the starting materials a player needs to become familiar with Dungeon & Dragons miniatures. This Starter Set replaces the version released in 2003. It contains 8 new terrain tiles, and as the rules have been revamped to better facilitate multi-player games, it also contains an updated rulebook. Like the figures in the corresponding Aberrations Booster Pack, the figures in the Starter Set will be chosen directly from key D&D titles, including Complete Divine, Monster Manual III, Serpent Kingdoms, the new Eberron Campaign Setting, and the first Eberron adventure, Shadows of the Last War. The Starter Set components include: 12 randomized, pre-painted, plastic miniatures with statistics cards, Rare, common, and uncommon miniatures, A complete basic rulebook, updated for 2004, A 20-sided die, A checklist for the Aberrations set, Battle grid mapsheet and new terrain tiles and Damage counters.

Terrain Modelling (Modelling Masterclass)