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Awesome I've been doing a 2d space hulk using the same COD tiles myself

looks good, i think i prefer the lower walls; also i thought this was going to be some sort of bruce bannard in a space suit

Keep up the god work, it looks very promising.

I prefer the taller walls personally. This might inspire me to try Space Hulk.

I like the taller walls too, although from a usability standpoint, they might be more fiddly.

Looks great though, I'd love to see them painted.

thats awsome looks tons better then new GW one

I think the shorter walls look fine, and they seem like they'd be more usable as well.

Excellent project - good luck with it!

This is such a great idea. But if your concerned about cost, then don't use resin. Your using one part molds for these, just use plaster instead. Plaster can easily hold this level of detail, is resilient enough for what your doing, and far, far cheaper. I've never played Space Hulk, but if your not moving the tiles around very much using a hard shore strength plaster should work just fine. I use it for fine art casting all the time. It would also allow you to realistically weather the tiles. A bit of paint and you'd hardly no the difference.

Hmmm... I might have to try this myself.

Great idea man,

I hope it comes to fruition.

Wonko

Really liking the look of this, keep it up!

That is looking pretty good so far.
I think the shorter walls might be the way to go just to give the impression of walls without blocking the isometric views of the models. I think the taller walls are going to be a bit too high to really appreciate much other than a top down view like you said.
For the floors, have you considered making the resin detailed part very thin and gluing it to a plasticard section? You could get a For Sale sign on the cheap, cut square sections from it, and then make your floor tiles only as thick as the detail requires. After gluring that to the plasticard it ought to be just as strong, but a lot cheaper.

I might agree that plaster would be the way to go, though I don't have a lot of experience with it. The floor tiles might well be made from plaster though to save cash since they really don't need to support any weight or flex at all.

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the problem with selling these are the obvious recreation of GW material in your molds. while I am all for it and have made molds of my COD tiles and wall sections. I would not recommend trying to sell them. now if you were to make your own tiles and mold and sell those you would have a lot less legal troubles

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What about a pourable Urethane plastic? I think that stuff normally goes for about $80 a gallon, but it seams that you could get a ton of pieces from that kind of volume.

Do you plan on keeping the floor tiles double sided? if you just used a single side you could reduce the volume even more and make them a bit thinner.

I like the shorter walls since you can see the action from more angles. Also there doesn't have to be a ton of details on the floor pieces. Using a hatch every 6-8 spaces I think would be adequate and just use the regular tile design for rest.

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I dream about one day doing this. There's a guy on miniwargaming.com making this out of plaster. 3D SPACE HULK boards are soooooo cool!!!

I'll be watching your progress with great interest, & living vicariously through you.

It's looking great so far.

Just a quick thought. Could you not stick together the three wall sections that you have, and then cast them as one compete unit? That way it would cut down the casting time immensely, not to mention the set up time when you want to play!

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WOW !!!!

This is a FANTASTIC project and I really like what you've done using the Cities of Death panels. I'll admit, I prefer the taller walls with the added banding detail. After all, if you're going to go through the trouble of building a 3-D board, go all the way. Besides, aren't unclear views and uncertainty of the Genestealers wherabouts part of the "Space Hulk Experience" ?

Stellar work whatever direction you take this !! And your material/cost analysis is really helpful to other fanatics considering doing something similar (like me).

Pretty sweet. I like the lower walls tho. That way you have a better view of where things are and what's going on.

This is really cool, and you will have lots of work painting the stuff

I personaly like the tall walls, if your going too do this do it right.

Yes yes yes yes yes

and yes.

but I'd only do the one vertical side for better access/viewing.

Good stuff, Paulson!
I'm really enjoying seeing all the different approaches people have to making a 3D Space Hulk.

From a gameplay point of view, I´d advise to keep all the walls the same height. If only to prevent arguments because the marine player couldn´t see that one critical genestealer hiding behind a higher wall section...
With your corridors made from Cities of Death parts, have you considered how large the Space Hulk maps will be? If I recall correctly the CoD tiles are 50mm. The Hulk I'm building (on and off) has 40mm squares (with some extra width for the 'Stealers' wavy arms) and I can just squeeze the Suicide mission on a 4x6 foot table. Some of the larger missions I will need to push 2 tables together. It'd be a shame if you went through all the effort of making this only to discover that won't fit a single table in the house...


I like where that Broodlord is going!
Is the head from a Carnifex?


Greetings, Modhail

paulson games wrote:I'd also make alternate design pieces available, infested sections, pipe sections, damaged sections, etc, that way you could make a more advanced board by using more moulds but if you're looking for a budget 3-D board it would be possible using just the base mould set.

I think alt designs are key, really... because you don't want to anger the IP lawyers
Looks great.
The lower walls might be the way to go, would cut down costs, etc... especially if you can rig up an upper section as well, if you wanted to drop a roof onto a section for dramatic photography, etc.

It's a guant head!
This log looks great and a can't wait to it get some paint. The models are excellent to with the small, but significant, conversions on the Termies and Broodlord.

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I think this is awesome. Even though the new SH Box turned out to be way cool, I think your work is right up there as well. It gives the whole thing a different feel to it for sure. Looking forward to more!

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