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Re: McMeeple's Custom Building Terrain - Pizza Joint
Added the pizza shop in its finished form:
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EDIT: That is really nice looking. Turtle Power!
Great idea for the stairs! That is a really cool concept. Nice tips from Grish. He is dead on about making sure the doors are properly placed. For determining height on my maps I have a ruler with the levels marked. It is a simple mater to set it next to a figure and figure out what level they are on. In the case of the ramps I think I would just mark the height on the ramp. Grish is right about it starting to alter the rules and I suspect for that reason it will likely not be approved for C3G use but that does not mean we cannot build them for ourselves. Pulling Grish back in is the best. A cloud can change its semblance, yet retain its will With the intimacy of destruction, One knows what it is to be alive The empty sky holds no reflection, for sorrow - Eslo Rudkey |
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Major problem though, it messes with movement. ideally it would be 1 hexes up per one hex over. But for me a 6 level ramp (1-story) would take 6 hexes. That seems kind of long, though realistic. I suppose a loading dock would only be half a story or something. so maybe it would work ok. It just depends on the pitch you go for It seems you want something somewhat subtle. Might have to toy with this. |
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Holy Smokes Batman! So much engineering that goes into making these buildings. Recently I've been getting into the Batman Miniature Game (If you haven't heard of it please go take a look. Some of the boards built for it look fantastic.) and when I build terrain pieces or buildings for it I've been trying my best to make sure they still fit and work within the Heroscape rules. Such as for story levels I've been sticking to the 2.25" height and generally multiples of 3.5" for width. Grish's buildings use a 7x7.25" base I believe but I've fudged mine a bit and gone with a 7x7 to make things a bit easier and more modular. That way I can keep the roofs detachable so I can rotate it. It also cuts down on number of files to design when making things modular and open for different buildings using the same textures.
Im trying to figure out a way to create stairs that can turn at an angle for my Arkham City GCPD building. In one direction I can use half hexes with each step going up the same height as a ladder would but when it turns 90 degrees it doesn't work anymore. Anybody have any suggestions? |
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EDIT: I have pondered rotatable roofs as well. And I like the idea of buildings that can rotate. but that does mess with the hex layout. |
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Rotatable roofs is one of the things I have been working on as well. My goal is to make each wall interchangable so if I want a building at the corner with glass on two sides or a building with no windows on three sides but a storefront on one side or I want a large roll up door in the alley I can build it with minimal pieces that store flat. Still a concept that needs more work but I have ran a few prototypes that are pretty cool. It also allows me to make a generic building that can have the front panel exchanged to change the building from a bank to a restaurant to a nightclub to whatever.
Would I want it to be everything I love...sure...but that's just not realistic so I'm going to focus on finding things that will make me unhappy and work on fixing those. |
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I have pondered having some sort of magnetic front to my buildings. And using printable magnet sheets to create the front...so I can overlay stuff on them. But in the end, for me anyway, it doesn't matter too much about the building. its mostly an obstacle to climb on, hide behind, land on and so on. Its really mostly thematic. I hear you on the store flat. |
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Would I want it to be everything I love...sure...but that's just not realistic so I'm going to focus on finding things that will make me unhappy and work on fixing those. |
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Tools/supplies needed: - table saw - miter saw (optional, but really helpful) - pin nailer - wood glue - 1/4" MDF Once you get cranking you can produce them quickly. I made 4 1 story buildings in about 1.5 hours (sans artwork). I just ripped out a bunch of 2" high strips and cut to length. I think it took longer because my kids kept distracting me |
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I would love to see a pic of those stairs, they have troubled me as well. What would be cool would be a castle wall pillar that has the 'ridges' for ladders on all six sides. Then you could just place single hexes wrapping around it, a circular staircase. That may be something that could be done with a 3D printer. A cloud can change its semblance, yet retain its will With the intimacy of destruction, One knows what it is to be alive The empty sky holds no reflection, for sorrow - Eslo Rudkey |
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This is what I'm going for
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and this is where I'm at. Ive cut the holes that allow the passages through the upper floors aswell
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I know it doesn't look like much yet. Nothings glued as I'm still working out the dimensions and placement. So far it lays out fairly well with the hex grid. I threw Ra's in there for scale. Itll be pretty big once its done. Definitely the center piece of a map. |
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I have a few pieces that look just like that. I really needed to just put stuff together and 'see it' and then modify from there.
I am still not sure if I follow what you want to do with the stairs. Do you have a pic of those? Check out this link Porkins found for fences. A cloud can change its semblance, yet retain its will With the intimacy of destruction, One knows what it is to be alive The empty sky holds no reflection, for sorrow - Eslo Rudkey |
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