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Post by puddingwrestler on May 26, 2012 18:25:58 GMT -5
Hello chaps! Been a while since I've been here, but the games club I run with my students is back to playing GruntZ, and I am back to making GruntZ Terrain!
The current project is a modular terrain set with eight tiles, each being 12inches square. Since we are playing very small games with no vehicles, a two foot square table actually works well for us and we can fit in a good bloody death match over lunch time. The boards are made from half inch MDF, all that remains of my original games table (it was just a sheet of MDF on trestles - Dad cut it into squares for me when I moved out of home). So far four are completed. The four boring ones. Three of them have roads and one has a bit of concrete jiggery-pockery on it, but they are otherwise dirt. The other four are the all concrete interesting ones. They are designed to look like space port apron.
Also working on some more buildings to go with the boards - found some nice plastic cups with a good alien look which I will be using to make some alien buildings. Also got some really cheap and nasty toy cars which I have been merrily SF-ing up, and building some space craft to be landed on the landing pads.
The boards will be featured as a project on my blog. I'll get some pics of the other stuff online sometime soon, but I am not at home right now.
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Post by comstar on May 26, 2012 19:29:41 GMT -5
Nice to see you back Can't wait to see blog update with pictures
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Post by puddingwrestler on May 27, 2012 4:33:15 GMT -5
BTTF II style cars: And The Merry Sturgeon, an alien shuttle built from a waterpistol. The idea is that the ship will appear to hover, in reality it'll be held up by fuel lines and other cables attached to the two dooverlackeys next to teh ship. One of which will be on the other side.
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Post by barry70 on May 31, 2012 7:58:21 GMT -5
I have the same water pistol......in fact several types,with the intention of building spaceships I think your idea is great, look forward to seing what you make of yours Barry
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Post by puddingwrestler on Jun 1, 2012 2:05:15 GMT -5
While you await the coming of more 15mm terrain, why not go and vote on the current reader's choice poll? A link begads!
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Post by puddingwrestler on Jun 3, 2012 6:23:15 GMT -5
I reckon I can get the boards completed and the full how-to ishoo posted to TFH tommorow night.
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Post by puddingwrestler on Jun 5, 2012 6:26:39 GMT -5
At last Radium Falls is complete! Well, the tiles are anyway. More scatter terrain to come. TFH Ishoo Fifty-Nin
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Post by comstar on Jun 5, 2012 9:09:14 GMT -5
Nice work there the kids are going to love playing on that
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Post by stroezie on Jun 5, 2012 14:16:36 GMT -5
As a regular follower of your blog I'm delighted you are doing some gruntz terrain. You've already inspired me to go and make some concrete tiles to go with my natural ones, looking forewards to seeing what you come up with next. Am I correct in assuming the dead end diner in the poll is one off the buildings for this project? That's what I voted for anyway.
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Post by puddingwrestler on Jun 5, 2012 21:44:51 GMT -5
Actually it's more necromunda terrain. Nothing in the poll had anything to do with these.
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