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that is sexy looking and you know it... damn you...i imagie this as the texture for the sewers now...argh... i get a creativity boner from that...to tell you the truth... only one thing that can get close to the coolness of rivets... and thats brickwork...
so if you could get that big rolls of cardboard carpets are transported rolled around then i think you have the means to get this thing...rolling!^^

Oh wow, he has started!

The idea of multi-layer terrain is corroding my brain for eternity, it seems, and now I see I'm not the only one... Good
The brick wall is perfect! Could you please explain what is a "1/4" foamcore" for I'm not well aquainted with constraction matts even in my native language =\

shasolenzabi wrote:Oh wow, he has started!

Well, this is just an excersise at this point. I am not quite convinced yet. need more research.

storag wrote:The brick wall is perfect! Could you please explain what is a "1/4" foamcore" for I'm not well aquainted with constraction matts even in my native language =\

Ahh, foamcore is hard to explain, it is foam sandwiched between two layers of card.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foamcore

Used as a backing material in picture framing.

I think also some wire conduits and electrical boxes with seals on them to show when the Adeptus Mechanicus last worked on/repaired things.

Oh, I like that curved sewer wall bit. That takes great advantage of the material!

Here is a sort of mock-up. What do you think?

Nice job! Haven't seen a lot of Necromunda players around here...

Very nice. Thought I would say make it a bit deeper. Maybe 1.5, maybe 2 inches? It looks very cool, though.

This is 1.5 inches.

Nice initial piece!

hm... maybe 2 then. I'm just thinking of figures passing each other as well as extra room for details and barrels and whatever. Having the passage way only deep enough for one figure just doesn't seem like enough to me. Will there bee a layer of water... I mean sewage "in-front" of this piece?

OMGshness!1 NYC subway system!! please tell me you are gonna pit some graffiti on that thing?

oo nice use of underground sewers, only problem is since it is necromunda i feel like there would be little settlements and buildings down there, which could give you some more possibilities

Very well done nice piece of terrain

That's what I'm talking about, Rogue Wolves. Although, there could be thinner and wider sections of this sewer. It could bottleneck in sections like this first piece, where one tough model could hold up an entire unit of storm troopers, because they are forced to engage him 1 by 1. That whole Spartan thing.

I suppose, what I'm trying to say is that there is a dangerous amount of possibilities for this sewer of yours. I love it!

The Good Green wrote: Will there bee a layer of water... I mean sewage "in-front" of this piece?

Yes, please!

bebopdrums2424 wrote: please tell me you are gonna pit some graffiti on that thing?

Yes, please!

Rogue Wolves wrote: there would be little settlements and buildings down there

Yes, please!

The Good Green wrote:there could be thinner and wider sections of this sewer. It could bottleneck in sections like this first piece, where one tough model could hold up an entire unit of storm troopers, because they are forced to engage him 1 by 1.

Yes, please!

Adding all of those things shouldn't be too hard. Right, DST?

mate that again is so wicked looking! the style is off the scale! but i too have to add that a wider ground is needed here... at least two minis have to be able to stand next to each other ...other than that you are always trying to out do yoursellf...man what power does drive you??? a posessed builder it seems...

Thanks guys! All the enthusiasm is surprising! I'll have to agree, this looks more like a subway or underground train access walkway. But the narrowness of the path can't be all that bad right? Think of it in game terms.

Of course, we all know that one shot from that guy's melta would of course cause a complete cave-in, melting the flesh off of anyone not killed by the cave-in, but ignore that.

as would certainly he do... so long as he would survive the cave in^^

Even our old Valhallan pal Jurgen, Commissar Cain's adjunct, woul opt to leave his faithful melta behind before venturing down here.


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As far as widening the walkway goes. Well, this is a cross-section of 1/2 of a full tunnel. The full tunnel would be twice as wide, but then if it were twice as wide it would no longer be a cross-section, but a full tunnel.


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Oh Feth!
Why did I have to go and find these?




It is NYC's abandoned City Hall Subway Terminal. Built in 1904 and abandoned in 1945.


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Perhaps this perspective will help us think about this.


I am relying on my readers to help me out here.
This is an exciting thought process IMO.

Coincidence here, I have been dreaming of an industrial/urban table with a upper and lower level for a while. I'm really liking the concepts so far, and I can't wait to see how this is going to work out. I would love to see a "full arch" tunnel to complete the look of a subway. I'd love to see a train that could go around below the table (another thing I am thinking of building into my table). That would just be awesome! For inspiration, go to YouTube and search "imperial armored train".
Just some food for distraction. Hehehehehe

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Looking epic as always , what I think you should do, is make hand rails and lamps, as well as motivational posters would look cool. You could also do little extras like rats underneath themain tunnel. Keep up the good work!

at dstein... your research did nothing to ease your situation i am afraid... lol talk about cutting your own flesh...this will sting for a long time in your mind now^^ those nice tunnels...all in tiles...how could one refuse to this beauty^^

as for your thoughts... allow me to put this crude sketch (pun intended) into your thread...


see the red rectangle... this section i would not build... the rest is in my view needed for the sake of understanding what is this section to be... hope i could help ye...

Whys he got so many nipples?

I agree though, the depth of the walkway needs to be increased, both to add to the sense of the "tunnel, and to increase the potential for game play. It probably needs to be about 2 inches deep so 2 25mm bases can pass each other, or one 40mm one can traverse it.

I'd also love to see a "sump" type of terrain piece, like ground zero almost, just a giant hole in the ground that the pipes feed into that could be shot down into from the higher building and towers you've done. I would make for a great ambush scenario too.

Those are rivets, not nipples. Vik was raised suckling on rivets.
Why does that Van Saar NOT have a beard Vik? lol

Question, WHY do models need to pass each other in a cramped sewer?

LOL at the rivet/nipples! I agree with sheep about a giant hole in the ground, that would look amazing especially with your level of talent!

dsteingass wrote:
Question, WHY do models need to pass each other in a cramped sewer?

They don't Necromunda has a complex enough set of rules to allow & compensate for terrain like this.

I would recommend extending the bottom by about a 1/4 inch, but I would do it by adding a piece to the bottom of the existing mock up. Basically building up an area for critters to crawl out of and for liquid to be flowing during normal times.



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Important question, where do you get cobblestone foamcore from?

theunicorn wrote:Important question, where do you get cobblestone foamcore from?

HAHA Don't I wish! It's just regular foamcore, one side peeled. I used a straightedge and a sharp ball point pen to carve right into the exposed foam. Then I went over it again with the scratch awl to deepen the grooves for bending. I showed the pic earlier in the thread, testerday, saturday.


OK, we need to remember SCALE here. What I have done, is more like a narrow, 1-man tunnel like this


But this is the Underhive of just one hive of an entire hive world!
so dream big, but remember, it all has to be playable in a 3" space from top to bottom, ok.

Now, take this real-world concept

and add rivets!







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Unexpected Supply Crate!



A couple more packages of these plywood chunks, some of Skalk Bloodaxe-recommended Drywall Tape, Necromunda (Copenhagen) Blue paint, and check out the wire, my GF eyeballed these for me, 18GA coated wire and 20GA galvanized wire! She's a keeper
That's a lifetime supply right there.




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Here is a sketch for a large sluice or overflow tunnel area to open it up a bit.

Ok, this section doesn't NEED to be wider, but I think it is called for in another section perhaps. Also, I don't think it HAS to be playable to be rock hard awesome sauce. Like those huge pipes. I don't think those would be playable but they would add so much to the scene, to have the backdrop go a further inch or two under the tab;e and just be dark, dank and disused electric and water works. But again, that doesn't have to be the whole hing. It could be fun to do in one or two sections but maybe too over the top to do more than that.

It is just one hive, among many. It is sure to have many tunnels in it's depths, of which this is but one.

Those are some amazing reference pics by the way.