Data Sphere

Hi there!!

I built this table up in a couple of years, and may still add bitz and pieces. One thing I'll do eventually is try to repair it: lots of damaged ledges and corners which need attention before it's too late.

So...final table is this:



another, much sparser, layout:



This is all made from printed cardstock (everything) and foamcore (roofs and bases) plus some wood sprayed red/orange for the table itself.

Looking good chap, I'm using the same stuff for my club board.

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Like the different sized crates as well. I've started sandwiching cereal box card between the two layers to make it all a little more solid.

It'll take a while, but i've used that one update that had the zillion photos from all angles to convince people that paper terrain is worth a look, so i'd love to have that one over here too

I used some of the David Graffam stuff (http://www.davesgames.net/) to fill out a table, but I'm moving toward using more and more scratch built stuff. The textures and designs are great, though, and your table looks like it would be a lot of fun to play on.

Here's a picture of a couple of his designs... the tower is a direct print of one of his pdf's and the sort of bunker is something I made from one of his paper designs, but from foam core and other materials.

Everything is playable, roofs come off, chairs and some tables can be moved...here is the proof: some close ups and internal shots of it all with some minies for reference.

big building interior:









big building top part:





greenhouses:











bar/pub:



chemical area:





lab inside the mountain:



random close ups:

thanks ladz!

@lupus: cool! keep it up!

@ jherazob : I'm migrating here most of the stuff. Probably some of the older wip/unfinished pics won't make it though.

@mbdeyes: I recognise both the tower and the building! I have them too! The problem with the tower is that it's interior is closed...argh! The bunker though I've had it printed but not yet built, since it could/should/will be the start of another terrain set, more bushy/foresty than this one.
I kept using paper terrain for this board for consistency: scratch building is cool but it looks IMHO way out of place on a paper terrain table.

Looking real good.

are the smaller crates just the larger ones but printed smaller??

Lupus wrote:are the smaller crates just the larger ones but printed smaller??

yes, precisely!

Thats a pretty clever idea. I'm afraid I will have to steal it

Have my "counts as a Like"

det wrote:...
I kept using paper terrain for this board for consistency: scratch building is cool but it looks IMHO way out of place on a paper terrain table.

Agreed. I'm trying to be more crafty so I'm phasing out the paper stuff. I still rely on some of the designs and I still use it to fill out a secondary table if we have more players, though.

lupus: glad to give ideas!

jherazob:

mbdeyes: I understand, still you can have some good inspiration from paper terrain stuff...keep it up!! My problem is the painting: painting minies is already a big feat for me, I simply couldn't think of painting terrain, that's why I opted for printed terrain. I do like it in the end.

Looking at all those interior shots of the paper terrain, I was getting a huge olde-schoole XCom vibe...