Space Hulk 3D (Competition Version)

The first one I created over twenty years ago had a small gantry/corridor running around the edge of the board, one level up and it did indeed add quite literally a new dimension to the game.

This one I passed on to the games club when I left the scene for a few years.

The passing of an old friend drew me back in again when I went to a GW store to purchase a squad of Metal Grey Knights that I painted up in his memory.  It also put me back in touch with the members of my old gaming club and it wasn’t too long before I volunteered to run a Space Hulk again.

The next iteration was inspired by the first and a couple of boxes of used foamboard that work colleagues no longer needed.

It was light and strong and ended up being perfect for creating an easy to work with, portable and strong playing area in real 3D.

But how to hold the multiple floors up?

Simple; four pylons with slots for the floors – one in each corner.

First ones I made were too short and players kept knocking over minis when they were moving them on internal floors – so it was back to the drawing board.

It was only a matter of making them longer – using the length of the foamboard instead of the breadth.

Annnd I was able to use these as a mechanism to allow the players to move from floor to floor – well and me too  – the genestealer player.

Originally the supports were flat and I though simply slotting them into the tiers would be sufficient to support the ship.  I soon found out after a few ‘Hulk Quakes’ that they wouldn’t!!

The Fully 3D pylons with actual slots for the foamboard to go into were born and have been working nicely ever since.

As you can see there is space on the pylons grav chute to accomodate a number of minis – many a life and death struggle have taken place on here!

The Caution tape was just a fortunate addon that I thought would lend some more  atmosphere to the Hulk – after  my workplace began to institute Health and Safety procedures.

It hasn’t made the actual Space Hulk any healthier and certainly no safer for the many denizens of its’ corridors.