I dipped into 15mm scale for some Bolt Action recently, and I'm really charmed by how individually based figures look in this scale. It's also a great scale for having tanks look impactful on the board without being obscenely large.
So I'm striving to put together a set of modular 15mm terrain that I can use for Sci-Fi themed games. I'd like to try out 5 Parsecs from Home,Stargrave, maybe 5150 Star Army but naturally this is also a good fit for The Doomed (though not sure I fancy kitbashing at 15mm scale).
I already have some woods, rough ground, hills, ruined brick buildings, wreckage heaps, and hedges from my Bolt Action modelling, so here I wanted to make something that I could cram into a small box and use to create a wide range of sci-fi battlefields.
It was Jenga time.
I picked up a regular sized tower and a small tower. For now I've just been working with the small blocks. At 15mm scale they're like a chest-high wall, or waist-high block if laid flat. I figured if I painted them up in a variety of colours they could be used for interior features or battlefield scatter, with the larger blocks providing the significant structural features. I've also got a stack of thin wooden coasters that I'll paint up as modular floor tiles.
First step was to rip into them with a pair of sprue cutters and stab some bullet holes.
Then sand them down a bit so that I don't give myself splinters. A 15mm guy for scale.
I had a pile of wooden offcuts from various other projects, so I guess these work as greeblies and some larger pieces.
My hope is that I can fit all of the small and large blocks into one of these thin boxes, with the tiles going in the second box.
Go and read the Full Post to see how they finished up.
Elsewhere
The Doomed Facebook Group has been blowing up with people sharing their kitbashes ahead of the upcoming release!
Bugbear Slug has written a fantastic character creation system to make Warhammer 40k characters for Into the Odd and related systems.
Between Two Cairnskindly hosted me for a review of The Bureau for Liminal Horror.
Coming Soon
Over on Patreon I’ve managed to fit a post in amidst GenCon preparation.
I'm away at GenCon this week, and expect to be shell-shocked next week, so expect things to be a little different during this disruption.
If you see me at GenCon, do grab me and say hi.
Now as such, this week is just a little Mythic Bastionland preview of a yet-unseen Myth entry.
THE COVEN In verdy whisper, on thundry roar In starry flare, thrice-membered lore
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