Salute 2024 dungeon/arena
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About the Project
I had a crazy idea once about a modular set of terrain tiles that could be used to crate tunnels, buildings etc. I taught myself how to sculpt 3d files on Microsoft builder using YouTube and printing them on my little 3D printer. I then decided to put it through the ultimate test by using it to create a full 2X2 foot table for the upcoming Salute 2024 where my club "Ashford Gaming Club" will be running a demo table. No pressure then.
Related Genre: Science Fiction
Related Contest: Dungeonalia 2023
This Project is Active
The big day arrives continued
The dungeon is setup and reedy for the doors to open and let in the public.
By the end of the day the club won "Best Sci-fi, Fantasy, Alternative history Table in show". This was mainly down to Ben Hart and his amazing Epic table so he got to keep the trophy.
Yes we realy did win an aword on our first time running a table at a show. The problem is how do we follow this up next year. early suggestions are for the catacombs under red wall Abbey.We received lots of requests for the rules that Ben had drawn up for Adeptus Titanicus and the STL files for the Dungeon terrain. We are working on refining these with lessons learnt at Salute and will be putting them out there as soon as possible for free. When we know how this will be done I will announce it hear as well as on the “Ashford Gaming Club” Facebook page so watch this space.
Scatter terrain!!
After a trawl through my STL files I found this barrel, 9 fitted on my printer build plate so that's what I printed then painted them red.
I was so impressed with the stencil I got free at a past Salute I went back to the web site for "Steel Harpy Gaming" and found these bio hazard stencils.
I quickly found the best way to use them was not to have much paint on the brush as you run the risk of paint getting under the stencil.
The scatter terrain is now done. I made them red so I could add rules for exploding terrain if I want.Teams 5 to 8 done
Been sitting on these STL files from the "raygun raptor" range for some time so decided to include a team.
Couldn't have a Space hulk style Dungeon without some bugs curtesy of "One Page Rules"
Another staple of modern or sci-fi Dungeons is Zombies so let me present Patient zero and her horde.
As you probably worked out from the presence of a "Cylon" team I am a fan of Battlestar Galactica including the original. As a result the original Adama and his crew had to make an appearance.4 of the teams of adventurers are painted
A total of 8 teams of adventurers are planed for the big day and the first 4 are done. Each team has been put together using the rules for Space weirdos and all come to 75 points.
The first team "The Law" was finished before the main Dungeon was finished as it was fitted in around the main build
"The Cylons" were purchased at last Salute so had to make a return for this year.
"The War Carrot" team were just to adorable not to include.
As the howl terrain system was inspired by a Dalek drop ship from the Silvester McCoy era I had to have a "Dalek" teamDungeon is painted
Mass dry brushing is the order of the day
Making use of a free stencil I got from a past Salut visit
The generator lights work
The overall effectLessons learned
At the beginning of this project I said that this would be the test for this terrain system which has now been nicknamed 40K Lego in the club and it certainly has been. I have learned a number of things that I will use to improve the parts and I will soon be redesigning a MKII set. The first change will be to change the thickness of the base parts from 6mm to 7mm, this may not seem much but it will improve a number of things. Increasing robustness of parts, increasing surface area for gluing and allowing for a larger magnet hole (not that I have used magnets in this project but I want that option for the future). This also means that the corner spacers used in the columns will be 7mm thick and so 3 of them will make a column 21mm wide without the need for a second part of a different width which is what I have been doing. The second improvement will be to design several parts which are multiples of a smaller part. For example flor plates that are already 2×2 plates and 3×3 plates in one print. This will make it much easier to build larger sections. when this is all done I plan to make this available to the members of my club and see where it goes from there.
Final assembly
The final asembly comes together. All that remains is to paint it all and add the scatter and teams to fight in the dungeon. unfortunatly there is no more time before the close of the dungeonalia compatition but it will all be done by Salute 2024 there it will be one of the partisipation games run by the “Ashford Gaming Club”. I will still be posting to show the finished dungeon and the models that will populate it and we look forward to seeing you all at salute.
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