Those who follow my blog, may have noticed some not too cryptic comments about being involved with a SECRET project. Now it can be revealed! The folks at Lv-427 Designs have now released the Prison Ship Corridor Line of terrain tiles. They had reached out to me to see if I would be interested in being one of their test printers.
How could I refuse?
So I have been busy with my FDM printer, getting the test prints done for each of these tiles & now my test images are appearing on their site! I'm Published! How cool is that!
Not without issues on my end, it has provided me a bit more opportunity to learn how to fix some issues, with a little help from the Lv-427 community. But as I continue to discover with 3d printing...there is always so much more that you need to learn.
Here is a quick display of the tiles printed thus far. Sorry for the dark colours as I've been priming stuff, as we begin to move into Fall weather. I am currently working on a session with a couple of friends to learn about airbrushing (& most important - making sure I know how to clean them when done!) So I hope to use these tiles for my training. As well I am going for a darker palette for the prison, as there seems something slightly odd with well lit, bright, prisons. They really shouldn't be some place you want to return too!
I've only printed out the 1 cell tile thus far, so have a few more of those to make & then will be using these 'ship' tiles for a prison base where a scenario can be built to rescue one of the captives in Stargrave.
You are certainly welcome to view my test print images on the Lv-427 site, but I've added a couple below.
So I hope you like what your seeing! I know the folks at Lv-427 have been busy with their projects & are coming out with even more 'themed' sets...but for those, the cat is back in the bag. I can see these being fantastic for many systems, Stargrave being the main one for me.
Now we just need to get past this pandemic to allow us to get back together & get our Stargrave campaign started, but with the latest, that won't be any time soon. Thanks as always for visiting.
These have a lovely Star Wars vibe. I wonder how the walls work in practice (are they more fiddly than, say, a floor-tiles only set up on a black cloth)?
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob! They are indeed themed on the Prison Ship from The Mandelorian. I printed these at the standard scale for 28mm. If I was going to use them for Star Wars Legion for example, I could scale them up to 115% to accomodate that miniauture scale. I really only want to have the 1 scale so that they can all be interchangeable on my games tables. Once I get them all painted, we can certainly give them a workout. For the cells for example I can see placing ocvers over the cells, so that until the door is opened you don't necessarily know who or what is inside!
DeleteThese look wonderful and your pieces look clean and crisp; because of the suares (with the 'x' on) I immediately thought of Space hulk,rather than Stargrave, but obviously they can all be used for ane futirstic genre or even near future !
ReplyDeleteI do wonder though how they stay together so neatly ? Are there features for locking the pieces in place for example.
Thanks Joe, the folks at Lv-427 orignally started with corridors that were meant for either Aliens or I believe Space Hulk. They are now delving into other themes. As for your query on locking them. There are clips from the earlier series which can be printed & used. Also I expect there are lots of people who drill & mount magnets. I will likely just use the blue sticky tack to adhere them together for the scnario they are being used for & then separate them after use for storage.
DeleteHi Terry, really fantastic stuff! The finish on your prints are really good! I can see that I am going to have to get advice from you on mine :) I haven't jumped into Stargrave myself but am keen to give it a try as Frostgrave was a firm favorite.
ReplyDeletehey Andrew, long time no chat, I hardly doubt I can give you pointers, I still get my share of 'what the hell!*#" moments & into the trash it goes!
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