[LI] Legions Imperialis-model and terrain options

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**leopard**

he's sacred the paint and arms of the poor battle puppy!

**leopard**

very nice, have a desert theme here or would be getting them

**leopard**

Malika2 wrote:
leopard wrote:
very nice, have a desert theme here or would be getting them

Did you check the bases from Troublemaker Games’ Kickstarter? Some of them might fit your needs: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/troublemakergames/smallscale-plastic-terrain-kits-iv-stl-packs

yes I saw that, currently making my own bases (basically plain discs and discs with recessed holes, not that hard to do), may start adding bits and bobs. to them

the building stuff looks interesting, however I already have bought a range of building stuff, likely will be getting more though to add some flair to it all

**leopard**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Anyone tried this, and might perhaps have a handy dandy side-by-side comparison to GW’s terrain?

https://www.hobbyworkshop.co.uk/dystopian-industrial-set-epic-scale.html

not tried it but thats one of the two, and soon to be only, place I game at

**leopard**

whats sort of needed here is something the model railway lot used to have.

ever seen "Linka"? think wall panels, floors, roofing etc, modular panels, combine as you want - came as rubber moulds you made plaster panels with

Hirst Arts do similar for 28mm with individual blocks, you can cast them in resin

its faster than 3d printing, a lot faster, with two part resin can cycle a mould in 20 - 30 minutes.

needs masters in a suitable scale

**leopard**

lord_blackfang wrote:
Certainly, plaster casting is a technology, I suppose. Not one I would pursue in 2024, mind...

does make for very cheap terrain though, and its remarkably easy to make rubble.

can use the same moulds with cast resin though which is a lot more robust, and removes the "what the hell do I do with this lot to dry them out?" problem plaster has

**leopard**

tneva82 wrote:
My issue with linka is moulds not that cheap and to build anything interesting requires a lot of those. Gets kind of expensive to build 1 board terrain. Feels better for gaming club.

Also don't think they have smaller scale ones

Edit: whoops it was hirstarts i was thinking.

for sure with the Hirst Arts stuff, I've got a few, not enough to build a full dungeon though, just used for some warhammer terrain back when that was a thing, obviously no where near the right scale here.

that said making moulds with RTV silicone isn't that hard, just messy. good for wall panels, bad for buildings as who wants a load of identical buildings?

**leopard**

tneva82 wrote:
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Wonder if the moulds would work with resin, if that’s the plaster ones mentioned earlier

Hirstarts says yes BUT it would wear down molds over time(where plaster doesn't).

they do, they work fine, you spray with the release agent first.

also note you can take good quality plaster masters and create you own, larger, moulds to work with whatever pour size you like, and then care less about damage - e.g. a mould of just the basic bricks and a couple of half bricks, or moulds of complete wall panels - instructions are on the Hirst Arts site

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Albertorius wrote:
Most if not all of my Battletech stuff seems pretty compatible with this, as well as the DZC buildings and mats.

The Cendre STLs (Raiders, Revolt, etc.) are basically made for the scale already, so it works pretty well too.

This was a 120 x 180 board I prepared with mostly printed stuff:

Spoiler:

There's an old WFB hill I flocked not too long ago, some Battlefield in a Box badlands rock formations and woods, some plain old trees on MDF bases, felt templates to delimit woods, one Troublemaker Games building, Hextech hexless roads, printed Alpha Strike storage buildings, Cendre industrial buildings, some printed big rock formations, and Grimdark Terrain resin ruins.

This specific board was for an Alpha Strike game, but I expect it will work with not many issues for Epic:

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have been using stuff created here for Battletech just fine, and also woods, fields etc created to use with a range of 15mm games, again works fine. the Gale Force 9 rivers are good too

**leopard**

very nice, and a nice call back to the 1st edition metals too

**leopard**

thats actually quite clever

**leopard**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Looks like the Civitas Ruins are coming back in stock.

Element have a bunch, as does my local plastic crack slinger. Got two to be picked up later in the week.

Next month I’ll likely pick up a big set of the buildings from somewhere.

may actually get a set of these, I've got a load of printed stuff now, and stuff from other similar scale games but a few actual bits as well may be nice

**leopard**

have some 28mm scale Jersey barriers from IIRC Thingiverse that scale down nicely.

Also currently doing some terrain for Battletech, while they are a bit stepped the HEXTECH hills, sculpted ones especially are pretty good and in a usable scale. useful when you don't want every bit of terrain to be a ruin

**leopard**

its a pity a building goes to ground level when wreaked, can see why but its a shame, stuff like those hab blocks would be perfect for "remove the top floor and replace with a ruined one with smoke and flames"

and I like them, can I ask the dimensions of the footprint (thinking what printer they will fit onto the Mars or the Ender)

**leopard**

for reference having gotten these buildings they look very nice, I've got some larger stuff aimed at Titanicus, these are perfect to infill sections of just normal housing

they also look better proportioned than some of the huge ones