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Dronze wrote:[The difference is the fact that this is a "hobby". I have no issue with actual papercraft models, but I, personally, draw the lines at making this game, or any miniatures game, really, look like one collected it off of the back of a cereal box. I don't even care if it's painted, as even grey plastic has a feel like there's something going on. a big piece of the whole experience, for me, at least, is playing a game with quality terrain that has some heft to it, if only visually.


I would take issue with the narrow definition of Hobby. The fact that this is a "hobby" is not an argument for one point of view. Some folks involvement in wargaming is indeed centered around gaming with miniatures, some however are primarily interested in the "gaming" aspect, and a great many folks paint so much and game so little that calling them "wargamers" may be a misrepresentation.

This thread shows the diversity of ways that folks approach their "hobby". I would call my self a miniaiture wargamer and it's rare that I put an unfinished figure or terrain piece on the table. That said I'd much rather play against colorful well-cutout paper miniatures than an army of grey plastic, and far prefer good cardboard scenery to poorly done 3D scenery.

As you say, that's where you "draw the line", but whether Wargamer, Miniature Wargamer, Miniatures wargamer, papercraft gamer, wargames miniatures painter, etc, etc. there are a great diversity of ways people experience and define their hobby.

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This thread is a bit old, but I thought I would add my two cents.



I only use paper terrain for the moment with an odd bit of scratch built terrain. Several reasons are I don't have the time to build or paint, materials, storage for the materials, etc.

I've been using the same bits of terrain for over five years and I live in Oxford, England. It is rarely dry here and I've only had problem with one piece of terrain in all those years. I love that I can build static terrain or modular, and if you learn GIMP you can kitbash your own pieces to meet your needs.




I mainly use World Works Games and Ebbles Miniatures but I have used others such as the great pillboxes from Paper MakeIt!





Plus if your terrain does get damaged it is easy to print new ones and turn the damaged terrain into ruins.

Currently I'm working on building a Bastion for Planet strike games.



So if your even slightly interested I would suggest you give paper terrain a try, it is fast and affordable which gives you a bit more cash to spend on the models!

   
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Cadichan Support wrote:How does this work? I assume you print on card and then fold to shape am I right?


Cardstock. then you cut it out, score it, and white glue it together. ( I tried with paste, and ended up eating half of the can. )

You mix a little water with the white glue and spread it around with a wet paintbrush.


Hmmm...

Where should I start?

First I want to say to the OP, Kudos for this outright ingenius thread.

Tightening out belts and all that, what is not a better place to put this...

My first place to direct you to is- http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?free=1&filters=0_0_0_0

This is a first place to go to for up and comers and some great deals from the areas of cardstock scenery. I direct your attention to the FREE area, and Daves area where he is selling his quality carstock scenery for a great price.

They have map options, cardstock platform battlemats, cardstock and paper craft parts and sections that can be put together for interiors, space ships, buildings, and ruins. All I can say on this is go there and prowl around. set up anaccount and go to work.

My second place to direct you is to an old favorite- http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fpm/archive

Yes, wizards of the coast. The best part about it? FREE. put it together and wetglue it to some posterboard? and it is very good. I took the tower sections, themselves, and amin the middle of putting them together, pasted to the styrofoam base, and have the wall sections ready to put up and reinforce with balsawood. Excellent scenery for around $3.00.
.75 for the glue. FOUND the piece of styrofoam, and 2.00 or so for the balsawood.

Third place to direct you to is GW themselves. They have a book out, that you may have missed. "How to make Wargaming terraign" I hate them, but the book is by far one of the best collective interest readings on the subject. They have everything from lists of tools, to technique, to extensivly different types of stuff to build on a budget.

I donated a bunch of cardstock scenery to my local Gamestore, and they almost freaked. The looks it got, and the pleasure it gave just to give them something for all of the times that I have had here was truly worth it.

Finally I direct your attention to a couple of others. ( I've been doing this homework for you, so I may have quite a bit for you... )

1. http://toposolitario.es/principal/index.html From yesterdays Infinity conversation.

2. http://web.mac.com/michaelhaggard/ALBIONRISING/Game_Minis.html- Warmahordes, and some 40K stuff.

3. http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Miniatures/Terrain/Manufacturers/- Open directory of a large list of scenery. YMMV, but I've had some great luck with them.

4. http://www.ecardmodels.com/- paper models. Good stuff to work with gaming.

5. http://onemonk.com/- paper figures and ...things.

6. http://www.rafm.com/- check out the download section. Pluse, as an added bonus- Cthuhlu miniatures.

7. http://www.megaminis.com/- check out the free game.


I could keep going, based on one of my FAVORITES rows FULL of companies that have "Free Cardstock Miniatures Games Scenery" as the search phrase.

As a side look, two sites I direct you to-

Miniature Wargaming, http://www.miniaturewargaming.com/

and

http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/

great sites for the industry inclined.

I have more, but I don't want to be a information pig. I just throw these out here for snacks. If you have specifics for any genre of gaming, feel free to contact me.

As a side note? don't get wrapped around the axle on "Official." That is a word people hide behind to be unimaginative.

We can build everything from game tables to miniatures. It doesn't have to always cost you 500.00 to be a good thing.

Balsa wood and scraps from your shoe box of stuff go long ways if you take your time, use the right tools for the right job, and always cut away from yourself.

I have tanks, Ork vehicles by the metric ass-ton, and table scapes for games as varied as modern to desert, to defense fortifications, to city scapes, to industrial batttleground.

cardstock, balsawood, plastic sprue meat, buttons, etc.etc.etc.

Part of the charm of gaming is the scenery. You don't have to buy 1000.00 sets to keep up with the joneses.

http://gorkamorka.co.uk/

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/

http://www.ironhands.com/necro.htm

http://www.netterrain.de/main/links.htm

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Imperial wrote:I love paper terrain it amazes me how awesome a piece of terrain is then you find out it's just paper!

I mostly made mine from Worldworks, Gamesworkshop and sometimes if I'm lucky to find them I get a couple of old old Warzone paper buildings like the cathedral and the imperial bridgehead


I've got copies of the old Warzone Bauhaus bunker on my HD.
As well as a scanned copy of the card bunker from a 2nd ed period of White Dwarf (back when they gave you stuff in the magazine apart from ad copy).

It's quite refreshing seeing what is out there that can be made from papercraft (which is not merely paper, but paper (various grades) and card (up to 300GSM)).

I've seen a lifesize Robocop Auto-9 made out of papercraft, as well as Hellboy's "Samaritan" and they did not look like paper.

There is well made papercraft stuff and crap stuff - just as there are well made plastic kits and bits of plastic put together with too much glue by well meaning but utterly clueless individuals.

I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.

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I don't even KNOW anymore.

Not papercraft, but Matakishi has all sorts of awesome how-tos on making terrain. I'm currently working on my own inner-city for zombie apoc and Necromunda fun (out of foamboard - sadly, the cork that he uses is not readily available in the U.S.).
   
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I love how a well made set of card terrain looks - I tried it myself once, but even following the world works instructions carefully (even using the gluesticks they recommended) I had problems with getting them together nicely and had warping. Also cutting was a bit of a chore.

   
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Ok here's the best source for the random downloads and stuff http://www.rpgnow.com/
For the free stuff these are great
http://www.toposolitario.es/workshop/index.html
http://www.papiermodelle.de/
For 40k vehicles in particular this is the best
http://paperhammer40k.com/

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