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The Epic Thread of 6mm Terrain Construction

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:04 pm 
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This is amazing

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 Post subject: Re: The Epic Thread of 6mm Terrain Construction
PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:17 pm 
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jimmyzimms wrote:
This is amazing


Cheers.

It's taken time, and a bit of cash (although nothing too outrageous, other than paying to have my Neo Tyrannis buildings come pre-painted), but it really is remarkably straightforward. Painting the resin buildings was probably the hardest part.


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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 3:24 am 
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I can't win. I ordered some 30mm thick polystyrene for hill building a while ago on eBay, and was sent 50mm instead.

I finally got around to placing a new order elsewhere, this time for 25mm, and was sent 75mm.


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PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2020 12:29 pm 
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Finally back to work. The balance of my Neo Tyrannis buildings arrived yesterday. As frustrating as the process became, they were worth the wait.

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I had forgotten that my planned double block for the Koenig Tower had space at the ends I was going to need to do something with. I decided to put in some large water features. I had lots of clear blue window plastic left over, which made it pretty easy. Show here with some other blocks to really give a sense of the size.

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PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2020 12:37 pm 
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I've had the next section mapped out for years, but it's nice to discover that everything actually fits when you lay out the actual parts. Unfortunately, I found I've misplaced one of the MDF block sections, but that will be easy enough to replace.

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PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2020 2:31 am 
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This is the cityscape I had planned when I first backed Neo Tyrannis. I subsequently decided I was expanding it (there's one wide row still to be added).

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PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2020 7:29 am 
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Progress. Nearly sixteen square feet of city. Need to finish off the Lang Residential block, and my Polyversal Kickstarter spaceport will fit into one of the gaps once it arrives.

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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2020 2:24 pm 
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Looking great - the kind of table I'd love to play on!


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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2020 3:19 pm 
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Yup. A table suitably epic

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PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2020 4:17 am 
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So many minis in transit or pending orders, but nothing here for me to paint, so I'm planning to do some of my rural buildings this weekend.


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PostPosted: Sun May 31, 2020 2:40 pm 
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I did indeed get around to starting work on my village buildings (all resin, from Gamecraft). They have been lying around for quite a while, and I haven't been at all motivated to do anything with them. However, they were required to fill up some space on my table recently, and they did a pretty good job, albeit looking a bit stark in their white, unpainted state.

They are beginning to look much better. I'm very happy with the bluestone effect on the barn, although I now wish I'd done the roof in a stronger contrasting style. The facades on the Tudor style buildings are an absolute pain to paint, and my work is quite ugly up close, but decent enough from a distance.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:29 pm 
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It seems I haven't posted anything showing the city fully set up.

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Having played a couple games with the city setup, and moving to Epic, we went to a less dense setup, which also made me feel like my efforts making the the mat weren't wasted.

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Needed to get a bit more terrain made to fill it up, and had some ruined buildings left over that became this. I'm planning to build up the rubble a bit at some point.

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I also had some packing foam my new gaming chair, which I was talked into keeping for terrain construction. Turned out be absolutely brilliant to work with, very light but dense; extremely easy to carve up and a great natural texture.

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