August 3, 2011 by darrell
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Darrel has found a rather charming little Chateau in France. He'd move in, but unfortunately its made of paper and I think Darrel's not the right scale as this is made to fit 20mm models... but try telling Darrell that...
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It looks pretty cool but IT’S A TRAP!
Paper craft at least for me always ends up dying on me plus unless your flaming (Flames of war-ing what did you think I ment?) there is not much it fits, I mean if it was larger I think it could fit Warmachine but thats about it…
Still looks nice.
There is a number of WW2 games written for 1/72 scale. An example would be http://warhammer-historical.com/acatalog/Kampfgruppe_Normandy.html
Two tricks for the paper buildings;
– Go over the white edges with a black permanent marker
– If you mount the building on a base and clutter the surroundings with rocks, woodpiles and greenery the “flatness” of the model blends in somewhat with it all.
I remember when Mordheim had some paper terrain and it was flimsy as hell – but this stuff looks great 🙂
Yep, Mordheim and the Necromunda starter paper terrain, with the brick edges or bulkheads of plastic to (theoretically) clip the paper together. Something always seems to get bent in just the right place to make the thing fall over or not fit.
With full-on paper terrain its important to base it right and store it properly, but not everywhere has the space to do that, you could re-enforce the buildings with thicker card, foamcore or balsa wood, but that takes a lot more effort.
Would be great to find some lighthouses maybe from them – if they do them. Could use them for Uncharted Seas then.
Have you checked the Roman Seas?
Thanks for the tip – checking it out now 🙂
I am forced to wonder if this wouldn’t make regular 40k marines truescale?
I think paper terrain is a great idea for the gamer who doesn’t want to shell out a lot of money for plastic models supplied by gaming companies. Plus, the idea that paper is easy to modify and expand on (plus with a little imagination can be reinforced with card to create texture), it just makes sense to use alternate terrain models
So the big question is; purchased card models or printed out models?
Printed can be replicated or replaced once the original is damaged.
Purchased is likely to be of better quality and you get to keep your printer ink for another day.
What say you?
Well while home printers are certainly much better these days, generally speaking you still won’t be able to match the lustre and depth of colour achievable from professional printing. But if “good enough” is all you’re after then there is no reason not to home-print card/paper terrain.