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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Warren Abox on May 28, 2020, 10:01:41 PM
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Been slapping together a new table for interior fights between my 15mm dudes.
Here's the floorplan, with some areas left unpainted, and the scatter terrain dry-placed prior to painting.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cXN2wG_tHcM/XtAjiQpGKlI/AAAAAAAAGqQ/8AJcSTNf6t8zl5UHzdoqp0cw3zlJ4fmfgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/three.jpg)
A close-up of the starport lounge and a rec area in a balcony.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OxlHlgxTcGE/XtAjiXf679I/AAAAAAAAGqU/N1K6ZmJ_5CUe48RkZYfEIDbUfb48_c2ngCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/one.jpg)
Expect more updates in the coming weeks. This will mostly likely see use with either the first edition of "Five Parsecs from Home" or "Void Pirates". Those little light-trader crew games cry out for a space station for scenarios rather than the same woods my fantasy boys fight over, and pretty soon they'll have it.
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Looks like a fun battleground. Void Pirates is a great set of rules for that kind of skirmish.
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Awesome! Can’t wait to see many more pictures of the project.
Dan
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Nice work can't wait to see more!
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Wow, that looks amazing!
Great work on these, I am really impressed!
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Awwwww yeah! That whole setup is my jam. Great work. Love the little furniture details, and I'm going to have to try my hand at some of those!
Can you get some closer pictures of your other scatter bits? Planters, piled of boxes, etc? For that matter, closer pictures of each section would be appreciated in general!
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Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I'll get more pics up once I get some paint on the scatter terrain.
For now, I can show you the cargo area scatter that has been permanently affixed. The boxes and drums are mostly just bits of balsa or dowel cut and capped with cereal box cardboard. I salvaged them from a big spaceship that didn't quite work as gaming terrain. Here's a shot of the old home:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K4GdYiTar3w/UOiC4z9ndrI/AAAAAAAAB7A/vMFju4uPoF8/s1600/GEDC2889.JPG)
I have a tutorial for the planter boxes up on the YouTubes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmk4XJ9Hn_U
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Fantastic!
Subscribed and looking forward to more ;)
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Thanks, and looking forward to more pictures.
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Painting up the furniture now in one big block. Once I get them all installed, will post more pics. Here are a couple of close-ups of the landing/parking area.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uRE1_pykfJg/XtWlXrDEpjI/AAAAAAAAGrY/odcfqf2RX1og82XXZyuH1QHlMZ6ORyqSACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200530_215704600.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9tU7GelCtpY/XtWlXh5Rg6I/AAAAAAAAGrc/__7Ey8iLweMdM0vFdcoGi7M72zUYlpRVgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200530_215728079.jpg)
The planter box with the weird alien cactus is the only thing not glued into place. The big green machine in the smaller room is just bits of action figure (1/6 scale) guns and cannons glued into place. The gray control boxes are wire Utilitech multi-wire connectors. Cut off the raised ID marks molded into the plastic, and glue them holes down, and they make great vending machines/control panels at 15mm scale. The trash cans are crimp sleeves. (https://www.lowes.com/pd/Utilitech-Push-In-10-Pack-Multi-colored-Push-In-Wire-Connectors/999953378)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S6K009xJsiU/VoNPWgRRKJI/AAAAAAAAEUs/Rvy_35UqG6Q/s1600/DSC06984%2B%2528750x286%2529.jpg)
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Wow, that is really cool. Love it!
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More great stuff! Those vending machines are terrific. That is a great re-purposing! How tall are they?
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I don't have specific measurements, but that figure is a Ground Zero Games figure in 15mm. It's a bit stunty, so probably close to 15mm even.
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Wow that all looks so cool, are you looking forward to a wasteland game of fallout as well?
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Say, this could work for that. You'd have to use 15mm proxies like the Federal troopers from Khurasan.
More furnishings in place:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcZFEXO-tWs/XtmPl4OkfiI/AAAAAAAAGsc/YbH5PNmE4aARGQTokYE3e8EwjQGGWtsWACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200603_221044999.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uoZ7fPpYqn4/XtmPmoauerI/AAAAAAAAGso/4qviXhanisg37F7pyNiDZYo_nBUBxaIVQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200603_221135156.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SP8DVs3Bzr8/XtmPnAiQWKI/AAAAAAAAGss/xD4inFuJl0ARSPgY2kPOxO_tmuhu58DxwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200603_221147505.jpg)
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That set is coming together nicely. I think you need some wall decorations in the rooms, posters and such like.
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Having to do lots of 'clutter' is what puts ME off
detailing interiors.
I love what you are doing. Great imagination & work.
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I’m really liking this project. Can’t wait to see what you do next.
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I love how organic all of this looks, like it grew and was built upon over time.
Do you have plans to expand upon this original build further? Do the pieces allow you to rearrange or do they only go together in one manner?
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I love how organic all of this looks, like it grew and was built upon over time.
Do you have plans to expand upon this original build further? Do the pieces allow you to rearrange or do they only go together in one manner?
No plans right now, but it shouldn't be hard to do. I'm thinking about building up a moonscape so that the adventure can bleed outside of the terrain, but that needs some thought. One of the great things about this setup is how portable it is. You can fit all four pieces into a small carrying case (pic related). A third container would let me either add two more tiles or a drop cloth and exterior scatter terrain. Not sure if the handle can take that much weight, though. So that's an option for later. Of course, I could always just drop the whole thing on a ground cloth and do that without dedicated terrain, too. That's always an option.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xjn-Mj6byqU/Xt6XFp0JiTI/AAAAAAAAGtw/1jSCcx0E1-Iin4hv8Y9B4LzG-aW0c3UsgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/case.png)
You can rearrange them a little bit. The entry plaza and the parking bay can be swapped out for a second set-up, but that's it. It does change some of the tile connectivity, too. Until I play, I won't know for sure how big of a difference that switch makes.
I tried a lot of different geometries to give more options, but all of the ways to combine tiles meant too great a sacrifice in the... I don't know the word - the kayfabe? Believability? To make everything link together without a bunch of deadends or doors to nowhere, you need so many extra doors that it stops looking like an organic building and more like a paintball field, if that makes sense.
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I agree. It is hard work to come up with a mix between flexibility and something that looks credible.
Great job. Did you build based on the idea of your storage space, or did you find the boxes by luck?
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They were built to fit the box, which took some shopping to find one that would work. I would have liked to have slightly taller walls on the second floor, but the tiles wouldn't fit if they were any taller. I compromised a bit with the observation deck of the parking bay. The angled windows are fixed to the floor with the command seats. The whole thing lifts out to sit on the main floor during storage.
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That multi-part storage idea is a good one. Something I frequently use myself! Scatter terrain gets built with the idea that it needs to fit inside something else for storage purposes.
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Nice work.
Keep it up
Z
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Any new developments with the Tortuga project? Any new accessory pieces?
Dan
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I just caught this thread! Excellent inspiration.
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Ben
Check out his videos on that station:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRVQVhVEZCc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9eeNbxjnC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoBfJCJeXKc
Dan
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Even better! Thanks!
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Ben
More here:
https://warinabox.blogspot.com/2020/06/space-station-gallery.html
Dan
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Update
He has migrated his website to here:
http://jonmollison.com/
Dan