Scifi Terrain Suggestions wanted

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Nice looking stuff sadly shipping from AU is making things very expensive :S

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My first go-to for MDF scenery would be Sarissa Precision or TT Combat, both are already mentioned. But you don’t need to go with MDF scenery, scratch building clean looking sci-fi buildings isn’t all that difficult. You can use plasticard or expanded PVC foamboard to make the walls of the structures and then use Mantic’s terrain crates or Crooked Dice make some nice gribbly bits to stick to them on for added detail. You can easily use straws as pipes or any other tube or rod you can easily get a hold of could work as well. It all really depends on what you want to make. You can look at sci-fi TV shows, movies, video games and the like for inspiration. While MDF scenery is easier to do, scratch-build scenery will always look unique and can fit in with the rest of the table.

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  A good way to make barbed wire is plasterers joint tape if yourlooking for ideas espesially WWI tables where they had miles an miles on both sides at the defensive lines folks. Could be used for security fences as well i think.

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Acid House Terrain

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Nice looking stuff sadly shipping from AU is making things very expensive :S

Thank you! I’ve dropped shipping prices upon review – does it look better now? The upcoming 6-15mm line will be a bit lighter so more affordable shipping wise!

We are running a giveaway too, ends soon though. There is always free shipping available too – if you combine with a friend it will be affordable!

https://brutalcities.com/pages/brutal-cities-giveaway

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I’d go with Battle Systems, because the MAJOR draw is….you don’t have to paint it.

 

Sure there’s lots of MDF, Resin, 3D printed avenues you could go down. But trying to fill a 6X4 table is going to mean a LOT of painting (which for me probably means it would end up on the “pile of shame”, and never actually done). I’ve bought a load and you can set up fairly quickly if you bother to glue the scatter terrain pieces and some of the sub-assembles (like vents etc).

 

I’ve just got too much in the way of minis to paint, that with a certain amount of forethought that as much as some of the other options would be ideal…it just wouldn’t get done.

 

Battle Systems also do a post-apoc set that could be used with games like Fallout, or even Marvel Crisis. They do a Galactic set that’s ideal for Star Wars. The only drawback I’ve found is that it doesn’t work too well if you try and do more than two floor contructions, and they don’t do a roof with the sci-fi sets (although with the use of an A4 Scanner and a printer you can make your own with a sheet of artist card). The Fantasy Range is good with lots of free standing buildings.

 

On longevity, if you glue everything except the basic wall sections (which you then clip together), then it’s going to probably outlast most gamers (if used at home). If it’s likely to see weekly use (such as down at a club), then perhaps that could be a concern. But if you should see anything start to fray, then applying a quick coat of superglue (using the bottles with the brush applicator), then it sets like hard plastic (and it will never fray again).

 

Perhaps the only time consuming process is if you choose to “pen” the cut cardboard edges (you can buy sets of felt tips in a gazilion shades). I even managed to  find a set that you just shades of grey and light browns (about 30 in a pack) on Amazon that proved ideal for doing the penning. Takes a bit of time, but nowhere near what it would to do even a basic paintjob on MDF/Resin.

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