Lately I’ve been craving a Skirmish level game. I looked at Infinity and Malifaux and neither one appealed to me. I stumbled upon MERCS right around the time their Kickstarter was ending and I ended up backing it because with all the stretch goals I was getting a shit ton of minis for free.
One thing led to another and this weekend I drew up some plans to make foam core buildings for MERCS. I figure these can be used in Warmachine just as easily (if not with as much density) so I’ll put them up on the site.
You can download a PDF templates for this building here: FCB1-Assembly
Putting your engineering education to good use! I’m jealous… my education in Physics is really pretty useless when it comes to wargaming!
Also, those houses look SWEET! I can’t wait to make a few of my own… I’m not sure how I’m going to paint them, but I suspect it’ll be good!
What do you use to cut your foamboard? i know this probably seems obvious, but when I tried with an xacto and a box cutter, both didn’t give me smooth cuts at all! :/
I use a box cutter and a metal ruler for all the straight edges.
There are some secrets I can share:
-Make sure the blade is really sharp. I change the blade before every new project.
-Use multiple passes to cut through the foam board.
-Press lightly and let the blade do the work.
-First cut should just cut through the top layer of paper on the foam board.
-Most of my cuts take 2 or 3 passes to cut all the way through it depends on how sharp your blade is.
-Again, press lightly and let the blade do the work.
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You’re very talented! I can’t wait to build these!
Thanks! Let us know how it goes.
Would love it if you checked out my YouTube video. Haven’t had time to build in a while, but your models have inspired me. Can’t wait to build them. Would you mind if I did a video on them? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXGCPP9s4aM
Please do! We will link to it on our site.
Here’s the first one– really fun to make!!!
http://youtu.be/eeRD8oRiqB8
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