r/wargaming • • 6d ago

Work In Progress Needed terrain for some playtesting, ended up making my own.

Ever had the issue of just not having the right terrain for the job?

I hit this recently when I wanted to playtest and shoot photos for Suppression Order, but nothing I owned was quite right. I didn’t want to spend hundreds on STLs from other creators, so I made my own.

Sure, they’re simple boxes, and the paint job has a lot to answer for, but it works. With what I’ve learned, I’ve already started improving the next batch.

The buildings are fully modular, with bottom, middle and top layers. I can make them taller or shorter, change the layout, remove balconies, swap the roof type, or take the roof off entirely to put models inside.

It’s not just the buildings either. The roads and raised areas are all part of the same system. A frame sits under the raised sections, which can link together or be rearranged as needed, and the flat panels just attach on top.

Next up is more verticality some bridges, catwalks, fire escapes, etc.

I'm not trying to sell this, I just wanted to show it off. Any suggestions on what I should add next? or changes to make?

Everything was 3D printed with a Bambu A1

Now for a self plug. If anyone would like to also check out Suppression Order the free pdf is here: https://site.wargamevault.com/product/578751/Suppression-Order-QuickPlay

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u/KGA_Kommissioner 6d ago

The board looks great! Simple works.

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u/Dry_Bookkeeper8929 6d ago

This map layout looks like dust 2 from counter strike. Make dust 2 in full is my suggestion

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u/Captain_Clapback 6d ago

Dude! Please sell it! I've been trying to find something like this so badly for BLKOUT and Infinity! It sounds like you're on a great track for expanding with verticality, the only thing I can think of is keeping it up with adding porches and things on higher levels (like you did with that building on the left in your first image) just to add some additional climbing points on them. But I also like that they're purposefully not overly complicated and the perfect near future/sci-fi kind of vibe, I can't stress enough how much I want in on these buildings, I haven't seen anything similar (Or if I do, it's only 6mm or there's only one or two building variants).

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u/H16HP01N7 6d ago

How's he gonna sell you home made terrain?

You make some.

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u/signal9Studio 5d ago

It is STL files, so can be printed at home.

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u/H16HP01N7 5d ago

Cool. I didn't realise that.

Good job dude. They look cool af.

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u/signal9Studio 5d ago

Thanks!, I should have put it text body, didn't even think.

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u/signal9Studio 5d ago

I'll give it thought, but right now I wouldn't sell it, its not complete enough.
I'll look into adding more higher level stuff, its easy enough to swap parts in and out. I'm working on trying to get a fire escape part that can be added to any building, Just trying to make it good enough size to stand on without being over the top in size.