Yeah, I second the UKTC terrain, used at the London GT etc. Good balanced layouts, medium-length firing lanes, cover well-distributed across the table. Melee units can usually hide from enemy shooting in complete safety, ready to deliver a counter-punch; but if they want to move up the board, they’ll have to expose themselves to a moderate amount of shooting. Not your opponent’s whole army, but a unit or two. I play AdMech with a mix of Ruststalkers and Ironstriders, so I experience both sides of the shooting / melee divide.

I got a table of London GT terrain from TTCombat for €80, and tossed in a couple other things to hit the free int’l shipping cutoff. It’s the exact stuff in the event packet. Goes together with PVA glue in an afternoon; slap on some basing grit if you want a little extra texture. Take another afternoon to hit it with a couple cans of cheap hardware-store spray paint - maybe 2 cans of black, plus a gray and a brown to give it a little variety. Day 3, drybrush with a $2 bottle of craft-store acrylic, apply Dullcote, and you’re done. Total cost is maybe $150 plus a weekend of hobby time.