[40k:RT] Battle at the Farm: Bultha's Rise

[Zhu Bajie]

Bultha's Rise is a hill on Rynns World, featuring in the scenario "Battle at the Farm" in the original Rogue Trader book.

Based on the contour-lines in the schematic (bottom left), the hill has 4 contour levels. I scanned in the schematic, scaled up so the building so it's internal walls fit a 25mm grid (which it does very nicely, btw), then traced off and slightly simplified the contours.



This was then printed out on A3 paper and used as a template to cut the hill out of 5mm foam board. The edges are not perfect, but that shouldn't matter too much at this stage.

 

[Asslessman]

Looks goods, I wish all the best if you decide to sand all that foam to make it a proper hill but otherwise the plan seems perfect. Maybe during the making you will have an idea regarding how to make the orks succeed

 

[Scalene]

If it's foam board then I don't think it would be possible to sand it. I've been quite successful at chamfering the edges of foam board with a fresh scalpel blade. Perhaps you are going for the stepped look of the original anyway.

 

[Jeff McC]

Stepped is probably more practical for game play.

 

[Suber]

Hooray! This endeavour takes 'Battle at the Farm' to a new level! Looking forward to see what you achieve here

 

[Asslessman]

If it's foam board then I don't think it would be possible to sand it. I've been quite successful at chamfering the edges of foam board with a fresh scalpel blade. Perhaps you are going for the stepped look of the original anyway.

My bad, I mistook foamboard for polystyrene sheets, sanding and filing are out of the way
Since you already kept very sharp angles, you might just keep edges as they are or maybe just a simple elegant chamfering. I guess the finish all depends on if you're playing the game with fully painted models or cardboard markers

 

[Zhu Bajie]

Cheers guys!

If I were to round it off, then it would be a case of in-filling the gaps, so the contours still mapped to the diagram as closely as possible

My intention is to keep the edges stepped and sharp, along with the angular representation of the contour, which should help with the gamey aspects . Might house-rule soft cover for 1 level difference over the rise, hard cover for 2, blocked for 3+ maybe automatic LOS based on 1+ level. The layers will also be kept separate so parts can be reconfigured for other locations.

Anyone know how foamboard takes spray-glue - does it eat the foam?

 

[Jeff McC]

Spray glue will attack the foam. Ordinary wood or white glue will give a strong bond between the layers and is pretty quick to apply.

 

[Scalene]

Perhaps the stepped hill is produced by their farming techniques.

On a slight tangent, has anyone ever tried to track down the exact red and green aquarium plant in the photos. I've often looked hopefully in pet shops, but without success. I suspect they just aren't available now.

 

[Zhu Bajie]

Re: [40k:RT] Battle at the Farm: Jadeberry Orchard

Wireframe graffiti neon paint pen orchard is pretty much done.

Looks a bit more green in 'real life'. Also not sure if the line-weight over dominates the counters, but the Molotow 1mm nibs are a royal pain in the arse to keep flowing.

 

[Zhu Bajie]

The terraforming continues, top two contours of Bultha's Rise are complete, lower two to go:

 

[Asslessman]

Looks great, can't wait to see the battle report.

Did you finally add something on the sides of the foamboard to prevent it from being eaten by the sprays ? It looks like it but I just can't figure out what.

 

[Zhu Bajie]

I'm using a 25% water to 75% PVA glue mix to stick neon and black paper. to the foam-board core. The edge is quite fiddly, but it needs to be a 'box' type construction. Might do a step-by-step on the next contour.