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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: anevilgiraffe on August 27, 2025, 08:24:06 PM
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I’ve a vague memory of someone who sells 28mm tower blocks in laser cut foam core or something similar. They did ruined and intact versions.
Anyone got any clue if this is real or if I made it up?
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I’ve a vague memory of someone who sells 28mm tower blocks in laser cut foam core or something similar. They did ruined and intact versions.
Going back twenty years ago there was one in the US that did a variety of tower blocks out of white foam. They had huge footprints (smallest was 12 inch square) and most were two to three stories. I think they closed shop around 2005-2008.
I have not seen any other manufactures do the same since then.
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hmmm I'm sure it was recently... vaguely remember the ones you mean, but I'm sure there's another out there.
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ttcombat used to do some (up to 9 storey), tallest I can see now is 4 storey.
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hmmm I'm sure it was recently... vaguely remember the ones you mean, but I'm sure there's another out there.
I'm sure there was as well, but the best I can find is this thread from 2023 - https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=139823.0
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good thread, not what I was looking for, but some nice stuff...
Those look like licensed kits from a Polish manufacturer, who does a much more extensive range of MDF buildings:
https://lasercutbuildings.eu
You'll find some useful models there.
that in particular had some nice options, particularly...
https://lasercutbuildings.eu/640,en_-span-1-56-28mm-span-apartment-building-with-balconies-additional-floors-lbh0354.html
but beyond my budget...
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You can go the DIY route and build modular pseudo-medieval castles using PDF castle designs. Album of my paper creations (https://photos.app.goo.gl/WkPHnZMoGowBNBUi9). I printed mine on regular paper, using my color laser printer; I glued the paper with a Glue Stick to 3mm-thick chipboard; the chipboard was assembled using Hot Glue (PVA Glue is too slow, too tedious...) and wooden square and round dowels to reinforce and prevent warping. Some of my wall sections and Towers are 15+ years old, and they look the same as when they were built.
The really large gatehouse (https://photos.app.goo.gl/nvxS1Uh1LQvsvwHk9) (on the left side, laying down) was made by adapting FDG castle printouts to a large, almost octagon-shaped, oatmeal box. I had to piece sheets together, but it turned out to be good enough to game with. :D
I further adapted the FDG square tower sheets by wrapping them around cardboard tubes, to make round towers (https://photos.app.goo.gl/bFW2Q8zPQdhW5yW67). The merlons were made by gluing the merlon printouts to both sides of toilet paper tubes, cut to shape, and then glued to the tops of the tower tubes. The steel doors are from a Dungeon 2D PDF, which featured the door designs to be made as stand-up's. I printed these, gluing them to the tower bases, to create a seamless, heavy iron door. When based, they make a marvelous Wizard's Tower (https://photos.app.goo.gl/P8d27W6H65qbaenB8) for adventurers to explore.
I've used them many times in my RPG and my fantasy mass battles games. Another album (https://photos.app.goo.gl/6T36vW4VtDKtKLpt6): the first photos are from games, but below that are the same photos as in the previous album. I even made chipboard Siege Towers (https://photos.app.goo.gl/uy7JYWR8zsrXeFaE6) (there are some images of the first one, made of 110# cardstock, and how warped it became before I pitched it...).
The most amazing thing about the chipboard constructs? No painting! I do use a black brush-tipped acrylic paint pen to edge the chipboard and the paper, to erase the white edges. This is quick, efficient, and easy.
Many people apply the PDF printouts to foamcore sheets, cutting/assembling them that way. This is a very good way to make stronger, heftier models, as well. It requires slight alterations from my methodology, but it works quite well also.
Any of the amazing 28mm fantasy building PDF's can be adapted to my methods. I build mine from Fat Dragon Games, TSR (were free on the Internet, decades ago), and even Mage Knight stuff (were free on the Internet, decades ago, as well). You can find such PDF buildings on DriveThruRPG.com (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?keyword=buildings%20paper%20models) (my search yielded 463 products, spread across 16 pages, to review! :o). My personal favorites are David Graffam models, and Fat Dragon Games sets (my castle is from FDG).
Not what you are looking for, but it does give you a truckload of options to at least consider... Cheers!