C3G Terrain Makers

[ibechief]

Originally Posted by cwidje

It is showing up as a broken PNG on mine...

Shows up fine for me. I think that Yoda is right about designing a front side and rear wall, allowing for the side to just be printed twice. As for multiple doors I think we need to establish a mechanic before we really worry about entrances and exits. Buildings should create more than just a path to the back side. They should also function as a method of cornering units.

[japes]

Originally Posted by Yodaking

I can see it and other then the same orange blocks appearing in the bottom corner of every window the art work looks fantastic. In terms of mechanics though, it looks like you only have 1 front and 2 side walls. I'd consider shortening the middle one to match the width of the front piece, then replace one set of windows with a 'backdoor' so that it could work as the rear wall. The bottom wall could then just be put on a separate file and printed twice for use as the two side walls.

With the thought of going with 3 sided building I went wih a front and two sides. I have another side wall with a sliding steel shutter both open and closed. I usually have the back of the building towards the edge that is why I left off the back.

[japes]

Originally Posted by ibechief

Shows up fine for me. I think that Yoda is right about designing a front side and rear wall, allowing for the side to just be printed twice. As for multiple doors I think we need to establish a mechanic before we really worry about entrances and exits. Buildings should create more than just a path to the back side. They should also function as a method of cornering units.

That's an excellent idea to give the option of 3 or 4 sided buildings. As I have it the side with high windows I will use as an alley side and the larger windows will be a side street side.

I also sometimes cut the windows out and cover with clear film. I have also experimented with opening doors counting one movement point for openining a door.

I will work on the back wall

[japes]

For flexibility I have added two more...The second sheet has two backs (one with a standard door and one with a roll up loading dock door) and a side with a door and sliding shutter (I could see the shutter closed acting like a fortress door)

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzY...3NfeG9lblJfMW8

The third sheet has two more fronts and a solid wall side.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzY...XYyTVNQcWl4dnM

Mix and match as you please.


The first person to put one of these together let me know how the scale turns out. Using 8 tiles equals 3" I put tick marks at all the corners but unless someone sends me a handful of tiles I have no way of verifying this is right.

Once I get confirmation I will begin some Upper story sections that can be stacked above these for multiple story buildings.

[IAmBatman]

Very cool!

Now who'll be the first person to put these up with some styrofoam and take pictures that show their scale?

[japes]

Originally Posted by cwidje

It is showing up as a broken PNG on mine...

I signed up on Photobucket as someone suggested earlier and I am uploading them now. I will change the links and hopefully that will fix it for everyone.

Spoiler Alert!

[ibechief]

Shame the doorways are to small to actually move figures through them. Would be fun to just push them through to keep the immersion in the game going.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by ibechief

Shame the doorways are to small to actually move figures through them. Would be fun to just push them through to keep the immersion in the game going.

Can we fix this for Medium 5 figs? That'd be a great selling point for A3n .... Or would that kill the scale?

[ibechief]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Can we fix this for Medium 5 figs? That'd be a great selling point for A3n .... Or would that kill the scale?

The simplest fix is to use double doors. They are found almost everywhere in public buildings and would provide theme and practical use.

[japes]

as far as Height I made them to be almost as high as 6 tiles. What is a safe width to shoot for for 5 high figures?

[ibechief]

I know that personally I'd be happy even if I had to lay them down or angle the normal height humanoids to get them through the doors, the real issue I think is width.

All the same most of my humanoid figures are 2" tall and 1 1/2" wide for the large single bases.

[japes]

I'm guessing the limiting factor would be the base. How wide is the bases that are used predominately?