Re: Modular 3D Dungeon Building on a Bards

Posted by MortiS-the-Lost on Oct 23, 2014; 12:35pm
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My suggestions of where to go from here  It's time to get converting, scratch building and expanding on your  Dungeon Works sets! I'm going to ramble on a little here but hopefully you'll find at least some of these ideas useful …

There's a company called Wills that you may already be aware of - their product ranges include some rather nice chunky panels of textured plastic that look like this:



the pieces measure about 3” by 5” and should not be confused with plasticard. They come in packs of 4 pieces if I recall correctly and there are plenty of different textures available, some will match your idea of what a dungeon wall should look like better than others - I'd suggest the texture shown above, but choose one you like - it's your dungeon after all

To get hold of some you only need to goto your local train-set store most of them will carry at least some Wills products and may even order some in for you - if not gaugemaster.com sell them online. (BTW If you don't already own one get yourself a razor-saw while you are at the model train store as you'll be needing one to cut the Wills panels)

Measure your Dungeon Works walls carefully and then mark the Will panels (on the smooth back of course) and cut them to size. Glue the 2 pieces back to back (with maybe a bit of plasticard in between to add thickness if needed) add a small base to the bottom (perhaps using the left overs) and you've made your own version of a Dungeon Works wall piece - Undercoat black, dry-brush on some greys and add magnetic strip to the bottom to finish it off.
As I mentioned just now the Will panels are about 5” x 3” so you should be able to get 1 wall out of each panel meaning you'll get 4 walls out of a packet which is not too bad economy when it comes to dungeon pieces - but you may want to look into casting your pieces in resin  

A quick tip: although it seems like a good idea at first don't bother making double-length (4”) wall pieces the will cause more layout problems than they will solve

of course if you are making more wall you will need more floor too - there are a few companies out there that make magnetic battle-mats, but I haven’t looked into it myself.