*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
March 29, 2024, 07:27:54 AM

Login with username, password and session length

Donate

We Appreciate Your Support

Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 1686615
  • Total Topics: 118113
  • Online Today: 777
  • Online Ever: 2235
  • (October 29, 2023, 12:32:45 AM)
Users Online

Recent

Author Topic: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive  (Read 4017 times)

Offline robh

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3380
  • Spanish offworld colonies
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2020, 09:16:13 AM »
That set is coming together nicely. I think you need some wall decorations in the rooms, posters and such like.

Offline has.been

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 8235
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #16 on: June 07, 2020, 02:19:33 PM »
Having to do lots of 'clutter' is what puts ME off
detailing interiors.
I love what you are doing. Great imagination & work.

Offline Cacique Caribe

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1978
  • Gelatinous Legal Alien
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2020, 07:48:16 AM »
I’m really liking this project.  Can’t wait to see what you do next.

Offline CookAndrewB

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1734
    • 3d designs can be found at Thingiverse
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2020, 12:56:38 PM »
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? 

Offline Warren Abox

  • Scientist
  • Posts: 432
    • War In A Box - New Location!
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #19 on: June 08, 2020, 07:57:21 PM »
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.



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.


Offline CookAndrewB

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1734
    • 3d designs can be found at Thingiverse
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2020, 09:13:24 PM »
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?

Offline Warren Abox

  • Scientist
  • Posts: 432
    • War In A Box - New Location!
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2020, 07:47:42 AM »
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.

Offline CookAndrewB

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1734
    • 3d designs can be found at Thingiverse
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2020, 01:05:14 PM »
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.

Offline zrunelord

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1266
    • Picts from the Front
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2020, 03:06:05 PM »
Nice work.

Keep it up
Z
http://castrarunis.blogspot.com/

Imagine & you can.
Most see shapes you must see possibilities.
Z

Offline Cacique Caribe

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1978
  • Gelatinous Legal Alien
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2020, 08:54:44 PM »
Any new developments with the Tortuga project?  Any new accessory pieces?

Dan

Offline Oldben1

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1148
    • My Terrain Projects
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #25 on: October 13, 2020, 04:40:13 PM »
I just caught this thread!  Excellent inspiration.

Offline Cacique Caribe

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1978
  • Gelatinous Legal Alien

Offline Oldben1

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1148
    • My Terrain Projects
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #27 on: October 15, 2020, 02:57:43 AM »
Even better!  Thanks!

Offline Cacique Caribe

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1978
  • Gelatinous Legal Alien
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #28 on: October 19, 2020, 06:23:23 AM »

Offline Cacique Caribe

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1978
  • Gelatinous Legal Alien
Re: Tortugastra: A 15mm Wretched Hive
« Reply #29 on: May 24, 2023, 09:03:13 AM »
Update

He has migrated his website to here:

http://jonmollison.com/

Dan

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
2 Replies
1478 Views
Last post April 29, 2013, 10:26:29 PM
by Conquistador
12 Replies
5078 Views
Last post August 17, 2015, 10:55:05 PM
by No Such Agency
3 Replies
1196 Views
Last post July 06, 2016, 06:23:01 PM
by Sir_Theo
12 Replies
2009 Views
Last post October 01, 2017, 11:51:48 PM
by tsofian
59 Replies
9697 Views
Last post February 15, 2024, 03:29:38 AM
by LouieN