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Title: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Michi on February 07, 2023, 08:23:40 AM
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I have finished a huge task that I was over since last summer when I met another LAF member who sold me a huge lot of lasercut plywood kits from Fantasy Arc, released in a 2014 kickstarter. I picked them up on a motorway services layby near Oxford.  :D Now I know what SERENDIPITY means...
I had already obtained the first few in a second hand starter set as well in 2016, but those weren't by far what would be needed to replace the cardboard floor tiles from the AvP boardgame by Prodos. The new deal allowed me to receive almost all the rest to match the layouts for the 10 missions in the rulebook. A few sections had to be built from scratch and leftovers from rooms that weren't necessary for the game (and one cross section is still missing, which was regretfully noticed when the pictures were taken). You may see the mission layouts according to the rulebook (complete with starting zone markers, objetive markers and alien spawning markers) on my blog, but here is some making of:

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Fantasy Arc did not provide air ducts, which are an important part of the game. As I didn't want to spoil a three-dimensional terrain with markers for air ducts, I built a few from cut down and converted Necromunda floor tiles by Games Workshop.

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Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Daeothar on February 07, 2023, 08:49:51 AM
Man, that's a lot of corridor!  8)

Must have cost a fortune in PVA alone lol

Will you be doing some hive-tiles as well? With loads of resin goo covering the walls, the occasional colonist in a cocoon, etc?

Playing on those will be awesome I reckon, especially since they've been painted to such a nice standard :)
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: DivisMal on February 07, 2023, 08:59:51 AM
Oh shiny! The view on the picture of the hallway is ace.  :o I can hear my motion detector register a signal!

Even though I have quite a huge AvP collection (bought when Prodos tossed the game off for fractions of its original cost), I never played it. How do the air vents work? Just as terrain for aliens?
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Silent Invader on February 07, 2023, 09:02:30 AM
That is a great collection - “Every pay check….” brill
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: levied troop on February 07, 2023, 09:06:35 AM
“The perfect scenery. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility”
That is really excellent, am drooling with jealousy.
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Michi on February 07, 2023, 09:11:18 AM
Thank you all!  :)

Quote from: DivisMal on February 07, 2023, 08:59:51 AM
How do the air vents work? Just as terrain for aliens?

Air vents may be passed by miniatures on 30mm bases only (thus no Predators, because all are on 40mm, except their hounds). Face Huggers are the only creatures to end their move in an air vent though!

I like the game very much and played it quite often. Co-operative gameplay (solo rules against the swarm AI) is also great. We already had four USCM players hardly stemming the tide of xenomorphs which randomly spawn from hull breeches each turn...  :o
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: DivisMal on February 07, 2023, 09:13:05 AM
Quote from: Michi on February 07, 2023, 09:11:18 AM
Thank you all!  :)

Air vents may be passed by miniatures on 30mm bases only (thus no Predators, because all are on 40mm, except their hounds). Face Huggers are the only creatures to end their move in an air vent though!

I like the game very much and played it quite often. Co-operative gameplay (solo rules against the swarm AI) is also great. We already had four USCM players hardly stemming the tide of xenomorphs which randomly spawn from hull breeches each turn...  :o

Solo rules? That is a strong selling point for me. Might have to dust off those old boxes!
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: blacksoilbill on February 07, 2023, 12:21:46 PM
That's a seriously impressive project!
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: eMills on February 07, 2023, 01:54:44 PM
Wow!  Seriously impressive.  Looks like it would be immense fun to game on.
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Sunjester on February 07, 2023, 03:46:40 PM
Wow!!! That is a real labour of love. It would be fantastic to play on a set-up like that.
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on February 07, 2023, 04:06:54 PM
Absolutely brilliant! Loving it! 👏🏻
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: zrunelord on February 07, 2023, 07:56:46 PM
As others have said, it is a great set.
If i may a suggestion. Do not put goo on them as you might
Change your mind later on & it would be a pain to remove.

Put your fav mix of goo ( solvent + transparent poly sprue/ Gw necron sprue + flo paint or white glue + flo paint or clear resin + flo paint ) on removable slide on pieces of card/balsa/
Ply wood/mdf.

Thanks for sharing
Would love to build something like that for 15/18mm
Z
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Elk101 on February 07, 2023, 08:35:09 PM
Wow, that really was a lot of work, but definitely worth it!
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: AKULA on February 07, 2023, 09:21:38 PM
A real labour of love, but well worth the effort  8)
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Michi on February 08, 2023, 08:18:04 AM
Quote from: zrunelord on February 07, 2023, 07:56:46 PM
Do not put goo on them as you might
Change your mind later on & it would be a pain to remove.

Put your fav mix of goo ( solvent + transparent poly sprue/ Gw necron sprue + flo paint or white glue + flo paint or clear resin + flo paint ) on removable slide on pieces of card/balsa/
Ply wood/mdf.

This is a really good idea, although probably a bit fiddly to place (and nigh invisible) if it's a wall panel. It would work as a floor panel overlay of course. I think markers will do as well.

Quote from: Daeothar on February 07, 2023, 08:49:51 AM
Will you be doing some hive-tiles as well? With loads of resin goo covering the walls, the occasional colonist in a cocoon, etc?
Actually it was hard enough to buy and build all those pieces, I won't do doubles as infested versions to replace any. I will rather mark them INFESTED with the goo-bases by Fenris Games that I used for my models. Left Predator on 40mm standard base, right one on an infested base:

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Close-up on 40mm Predalien base:
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I still have some without models on them...  :D
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Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: has.been on February 08, 2023, 09:36:18 AM
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I built a few from cut down and converted Necromunda floor tiles

A FEW !!!!!! 
I am very envious. :-*
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Freddy on February 08, 2023, 09:03:39 PM
Now thats what I call dungeon!
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: hubbabubba on February 09, 2023, 09:13:01 AM
Quote from: Michi on February 07, 2023, 08:23:40 AM
I built a few from cut down and converted Necromunda floor tiles by Games Workshop.



A few he says. lol

Excellent Michi, I need a link to your blog please.
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Michi on February 09, 2023, 11:45:23 AM
Thank you, I'm glad you like it.  :) Looking forward to do something different now...

Quote from: hubbabubba on February 09, 2023, 09:13:01 AM
I need a link to your blog please.

There you are: https://tableterror.blogspot.com/
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: King Arthur on February 10, 2023, 09:59:54 AM
Quote from: Michi on February 07, 2023, 08:23:40 AM

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"7,6...."

"Can't be, that's inside the room!"

"It's reading right man, look!"

Such a great photo Michi, I hope your 'Hudson' lives to fight another day though.....
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Ragnar on February 14, 2023, 08:53:38 PM
This is great stuff Michi.  I have always wanted to do Hadley's Hope type corridors and you have finished them perfectly!
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Michi on November 20, 2024, 07:34:20 PM
I had built all sections for the ten scenario layouts from the AvP game, but one. Until now that was.
This image shows the layout for Mission 6 missing one crossing section:

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Now here it is, built from scratch:

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Games Workshop makes plastic floor tiles for Necromunda which I used to turn into airducts (previously shown in this thread). Now Boneshop offers similarly designed lasercut MDF kits to build matching floor tiles with variable surfaces. I bought a set of those and converted it into a square room with a floor gratings of Fenris lasercut "Sulaco" floor cut into shape. The walls were painted with the same Revell no. 55 whitish green that was used for the scratchbuilt plastic airducts, although the weathering was much more intense this time to display a really worn machinery section. Entrances are magnetized and cut to size to match the Bug hunt corridors sections.

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A lot of wear and waethering will almost mistake the MDF for plastic...  :D

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Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: has.been on November 20, 2024, 07:39:14 PM
Looks great...well in a grungy yucky way.  :D
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Freddy on November 20, 2024, 08:38:51 PM
This looks really great!
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Pattus Magnus on November 20, 2024, 09:00:03 PM
Damn though, that looks almost like a movie set! Great work! I’m more that a little envious of anyone who gets to play using those tiles and your figures.
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: hubbabubba on November 20, 2024, 09:51:10 PM
Tell me your address, I'm coming to play :-*
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: OSHIROmodels on November 20, 2024, 10:14:01 PM
Nice to see this complete  8)
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Ragnar on November 20, 2024, 10:52:45 PM
Wow, Hadley's Hope looks superb.  Excellent painting.
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: HESH on November 20, 2024, 11:05:11 PM
Superb!

A fantastic project .
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: tomrommel1 on November 21, 2024, 06:33:32 AM
What a project  :-*
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Sgt_T on November 21, 2024, 10:04:38 AM
Quote from: Ragnar on November 20, 2024, 10:52:45 PM
Wow, Hadley's Hope looks superb.  Excellent painting.

Indeed!!

T
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: snitcythedog on November 21, 2024, 01:33:45 PM
Really, really nice work!!
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on November 22, 2024, 08:22:04 AM
That is awesome.
Title: Re: Building better worlds: Hadley's Hope - made of wood
Post by: The_Beast on November 22, 2024, 06:23:04 PM
Missed this earlier, to my chagrin!

Incredibly immersive so players can really feel it.

I wasn't aware of cooperative play. Reminds me of the simple participation games I ran using ICE's boardgame.

My simple grey painted window screen floors and butane lighter 'sculpted' Styrofoam walls would have to crawl into the sewer for shame after one look here!

Doug