Hex Terrain that actually looks good

[Wargamer Dave]

I just backed this on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1378063512/tabletop-hex-terrain-toolkit/- it's quite clever. The guy created laser-cut jigs to allow you to make all kinds of combinations of hexes. I'm thinking it could even be used as a clever way to plan out more permanent boards and see how they work before committing to a design!

[supervike]

That is very clever, and does look great.

Kickstarter is perfect for these types of products.  I love seeing small manufacturers do so well.

[dijit]

That really is quite clever! Pity the kickstarters over now though.

[Fitz]

The thing that put me off it is that although it does look good, the storage/filing implications are horrendous. There would be literally thousands of potential edge-to-edge combinations to have to take into account.

That could be ameliorated somewhat if you used them to build larger modules, but in that case its only advantage over regular terrain construction methods would be if you actually need or want a visible hex grid showing.

[Wargamer Dave]

I was actually thinking that these may be a good building block for building "static" terrain boards and/or modular ones. Maybe this route would be too much work, but...

If you cut the various hexes, position them into place - do some extra contouring etc. and then use Captain Blood's GOOP™ on them to hide all the lines you would end up with a nice rolling effect with the added benefit that you would know (because he already worked it out in prototyping) that figures won't fall over.

Again, it may be WAY too much work compared to just cutting down a full 2' x 4' piece of foam - but then again it may be worth it? I'll have to see come the spring when they show up.