Land Saving Pillars

[matty420]

Here are some five, and ten high of our land saving pillars. When building high lvl maps they save large amounts of land, and are very sturdy.

[D-Dyzzle]

good ideas. im too much of a perfectionist to do that though

curse myself

[CornPuff]

I like the vines. Take some pics of them in a map! I'd like to see them in action.

[jcb231]

I'd bet those could be useful as hidden support structures for large mountains. You could do the whole outside in tiles, but then use some of these to support the inside, allowing yourself the luxury of a huge mountain with far less tiles than if you made it solid.

[HokshilaTo]

I like them, what are they made out of?

[geddy lifeson]

Very interesting but more info would be appreciated. What are they made of, you make them, buy them...etc

[srmalloy]

Originally Posted by geddy lifeson

Very interesting but more info would be appreciated. What are they made of, you make them, buy them...etc

All of which would be good to have for those of us interested in making our own; I haven't been able to find hexagonal wooden rod stock, or hexagonal plastic tube stock, in that size, on the Net. I wonder, though, if it would be cost effective to have a company do a run of hexagonal plastic tube extrusion -- looks as if 1.5" face-to-face diameter is about right to fit just inside an upper tile -- cut to lengths that would make 5- and 10-height posts. There would be a setup cost, then a per-length charge, so a large run would be cheaper overall... Hmm.

[minotaur35]

they are made of wood then flecked with texture paint. I ripped the wood from 2x4 and cut to length. We will be building a map today as soon as matty420 wakes his drunk-ass up. will post pics of pillars on our new table.

[K/H_Addict]

how much time did it take to do a single set of 1 5 high and 1 10 high? is it worth the time consumed?

[minotaur35]

well worth it, it gives us something to do on sat before game time. once the table saw is set its easy going. painting is the most time consuming part. now with our new table we will need pillars and more pillars.

[jdtenor]

great pillar, can't wait for building instructions

[HokshilaTo]

I wonder how they would look painted blue and use for a waterfall.