15mm Generic Sci Fi - finished stackable dungeon tiles (22 Jun)

[Cacique Caribe]

Doodler

Who makes that figure with the rifle?  Thanks.

Dan

[capthugeca]

Doodler
Who makes that figure with the rifle?  Thanks.
Dan

It's a GZG Ravager:-
https://shop.groundzerogames.co.uk/15mm-stargrunt/infantry/human-characters-and-misc-aliens/sg15-x07.html

[Ockman]

Lovely thread, a great read!

[Idle Doodler]

Cheers, Ockman! I found your thread truly inspirational

It's a GZG Ravager:-
https://shop.groundzerogames.co.uk/15mm-stargrunt/infantry/human-characters-and-misc-aliens/sg15-x07.html

That's the one. Contemplating a beanie or something for his doppleganger in the set.

[Idle Doodler]

I like my terrain to be quick, cheap and easy. Apart from finding it hard to saw at right angles, these were a doddle to throw together. The main body comes from cable trunking, which cost less than £5 for two meters. Some cable ties over nylon mesh for the floor, and cable tie holders threaded with electrical cable for the walls.

They took one evening's worth of hobbying to construct, and several weeks of procrastinating to paint. Expendable pieces of terrain which should be able to take a bit of knocking about.

[zrunelord]

Nice, simple & functional.... good job
 

and several weeks of procrastinating to paint

The bane of all gamers   

Z

[CookAndrewB]

Those do look great. Nice work. You need a sawing jig. Pretty cheap and easy to obtain. That, plus a razor saw, would make short work of some 90-degree corners and maybe even some 4-way junctions.

[Idle Doodler]

Ugh, I guess I could actually get the right tools for the job... 

[Ockman]

Those corridors are really nice!

[Idle Doodler]

Thanks, Ockman! Alas, I've gone off on a tangent while making the rooms and am now on a bit more of a coaster rollercoaster. Here's the first prototype:





Putting War Monkey's panel guide into practice!

Not sure what to do about the floor. Almost tempted to leave it plain, both through a wariness of making the whole piece a bit too busy and a lifelong laziness. There's also the issue of the coasters not all being quite the precise size that they are advertised as being (get what you pay for when you skimp of cost, I suppose) so the tiles are likely not going to completely line up. So too patterned a floor will look off when lined up with each other, not to mention the few millimetres' gap between them if two patterned walls are pushed against each other.

The pencilled grid was just there for purposes of placing the jenga blocks.

[zrunelord]

Nice work , looking good
Why not print the floors, easier, faster & saves you time on painting.
I would also consider moving the walls 1 square to the inside on some of them, otherwise you will have 2 walls butted against each other. Just waste space.

Z

[Idle Doodler]

I hadn't considered printing. Do you have any thoughts on how to avoid there being too much of a contrast between printed quality and painted terrain? I've not seen them side by side before.

With a view to modularity, I'm not too worried about two walls being lined up alongside each other. It allows the flexibility of turning a corridor into a small nook or room. It's why I overcame that lifelong laziness to panel up the exterior wall surfaces!

I'm essentially aiming for a homemade 15mm version of ttcombat's dungeon tiles:



Lots of different configurations, and I've found them to be very handy for storing away efficiently. That's the primary reason for going for jenga blocks for the walls - they're literally made for stacking.

[zrunelord]

Now that is a nice setup.
Printing & painting are difficult or would take a lot of time/blending to compare as they are different media ( though you might get away with it by choosing RAL code colours when you make up the picture & then choose the corresponding colour when painting ... as I said it will take time) It is possible though.

On the other hand you can stick printed paper to the walls also...

Look here. You might something to inspire you or which you can use. I tried to find the ones that should help but there is so much more.....

these are printed. Look up Bugbait & Tommygun, both have great inspirational stuff.




https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2017/04/hand-made-gaming-boards.html
https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2017/11/15mm-to-28mm-necromunda-game-board.html
https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2019/12/single-hex-terrain-6-to-25mm.html
https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2018/04/15mm-to-28mm-necromunda-game-board-part.html
https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2018/03/15mm-to-28mm-necromunda-game-board-part_18.html
https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2018/03/15mm-to-28mm-necromunda-game-board-part.html
https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2015/08/space-hulk-terrain.html

Enjoy

[War Monkey]

That is a great looking tile Doodler. Those panels on the walls look great too!

[has.been]

Admittedly only for a few small ruined corridor sections,
crashed ship scenery, but I used the insides of envelopes.
There are some nice patterns available. As I didn't need
a lot I just used letters/envelopes that came in the post,
but if you wanted to do whole corridor sections, then
simply buy a pack or two of new envelopes. Just make sure
you like the inside pattern.
I pasted mine onto thick card &/or foam board. Thin washes
of paint/ink followed by some 'gubbins' (pipework etc).
It looked passible & was very cheap.