Feral's 3D Lustria Dungeon [WIP]

[Mr Feral]

I've started something of a pet project of mine; a rotting and decaying Lustrian dungeon set for Quest!

Each tile will basically be made of two layers of foamboard sandwiched between mounting card (bottom) and cork tiles (the top). Obviously there will be still much work in cutting up pieces until they look vaguely like what I envisioned still to come!

Have a couple of pictures showing the start that I've made; a Dungeon Room and a Corridor. These are both ably modelled by some WIP Zombie Pirates drafted from my workdesk!

I chose to make smaller tiles, ones without borders. I've also shrunk the individual tiles to an inch squared each so, I can make more out of the materials I have. They take up less space too!

You can find more pictures, thoughts and mumblings on my blog post here!

I would love to read your thoughts, suggestions and questions! I'll post some of my ideas next time I have something new to show.

[Necanthrope]

Looking good so far. But, why bother with the foamboard? Cork with some stiff mounting card should be hard wearing enough for years of use.

[Mr Feral]

Ah, I probably should of mentioned why!

The foamboard is to build up some height so I can cut back into it, to create such effects as:

• the ground having fallen away
• chasms and pits with rickety wooden planks covering them (such as the Firechasm)
• Well of Doom er......dirt well
• Lowering the floor for the Fighting Pit

etc..

Hope that answers your question!

[One Man Assault]

Nice idea with using the foamboard for height. Looks like you are using 5mm foamboard, you know you can get 10mm foamboard? Should save you time and 10mm foamboard is usually slightly less than double paid for 5mm foamboard, so a slight saving of money.

[Mr Feral]

Good advice that, but the 5mm stuff I found was the only one there and on offer too.

[Purplebeard]

Another dungeon - everybody seems to be making them these days!

I bet nobody else is making a Lustria dungeon though. I'm looking forward to more.

[greenstuff_gav]

aye you going to be scoring the lines / squares or just painting them on?

in My Project i used a flat head screwdriver on similar cork tiles (Homebase? pack of 9?) fora great broken slab effect

[Mr Feral]

Cheers Purplebeard, I hope you'll like the end results. I've got the general vibe nailed in my mind, and if it comes out anything like I imagine (which it should do) it'll be awesome.

greenstuff_gav, these will get extensively cut up and broken to get the right effect. I just have to cut out all the bits for the other rooms first before I make a proper start on making these ones look interesting. You've have to take my word for it for now but when I update next you'll see what I mean.

[Nachie]

I can't wait to see how these are going to turn out! For those of us without the time to make and space to store 3D dungeons though, the tile set "Dire Tombs" from D&D works exceptionally well for adventures set in Araby or the temples of Lustria and/or Southlands. Unfortunately it's now OOP, so the price may not be much of an advantage over making your own sets

[Daemonslave]

Can't wait to see this log progress, you've made a promising start.

Nice to see some Warplock minis as well - you making up special rules for them or just using them as normal zombies/ogres?

[Mr Feral]

Nachie, I had a look at that set. I thought they were a nice colour, that sandstone effect is something I want to look into for the Lizardmen themed room(s) I have in mind.

Daemonslave, I did draft some rules for them based off the 6th Edition Fantasy list. They are lurking in the WHQ forum somewhere. I will be returning to them sometime to add some more ideas in (Deck Gunners!). I also plan on showcasing all my Lustria themed models such as the Zombie Pirates in this thread as well as they are completed.

[Mr Feral]

I've made progress!



All the foamboard and cork needed for your basic Dungeon set has been cut out. This lot will make:

• 6 Dungeon Rooms
• 6 Objective Rooms
• 6 Corridors
• 2 T-Junctions
• 1 Corner
• 1 Stairway

I've also got enough materials to do some extra board sections, mostly taken from the "Rumble In The Jungle" article in Deathblow I:

Rockface
Objective Room (8x4)
Mining facility
Chains and pickaxes scattered around
Couple of mining carts as removable scenery
Warpstone chunks

El Dorado
Objective Room (8x4)
Mystical water-filled pit in centre 2x2 of room
Golden statues and debris scattered around and in pool

Lava Vent
Dungeon Room (5x4)
Lava-filled pit in centre 3x2 of room

Magma Stream
Corridor (6x2)
Molten stream runs through centre 2x2 of room

The Long Corridor
Corridor (10x1)

I also had a suggestion (thanks Lost Hobbit!) for:

Sacrificial Pit
Objective Room (8x4)
Lizardmen-theme
Sotek statue(s)
Circular pit
Raised section at back of room
Ledge overlooking pit

Finally, I had a cool idea for using up the rest of the materials I have. Making a mini-set of crazy Tzeentchian board sections!

I figured they'd go something along these lines:

• Floating and chained tiles - broken up and precarious, at varied heights
• Swirling paintjob - blues, purples, pinks and white
• Underlit - bright green
• Random mutations, faces and growths blending in to the tiles

That's all for now. I'd love to hear people's ideas and suggestions! Hopefully the next picture update will be more interesting.

[Mr Feral]

Swiftly moving on...

First Corridor has been made:



After the cork has been hacked up and made to look broken and haphazard. Then I added some Green Stuff vines dotted around:



Even got a piece of Dragonforge chain in there as well:





So, what do people think?

Personally, I'm very pleased with it!

[Daemonslave]

So, what do people think?

Personally, I'm very pleased with it!

Quite right, so you should be.

The cork looks really effective as battered up old rock - wish I'd used that idea rather than scraping my own out of plaster! Plus I like the vines idea - I may have to pinch it as my own dungeons are a bit monotone at the moment and needs little splashes of colour here and there (I've added puddles and the like) but vines would look nice.

I can't wait to see more of what you come up with so I can be inspired by (ie pinch) the ideas.

A question though, will the height of each piece be enough to make things like the Fighting Pit? - It won't be much of a drop. What I have done is have some pieces at a set height and then have stairs that will lead to that exact set height so you can have big drops into the fire chasm or to the bottom of the fighting pit for example

[Mr Feral]

Glad you like it!

My Fighting Pit won't have the big drop, but I'll line the walls with loads of brutal looking spikes and gruesome fetishes. I guess I'll have to make some form of gate or something else to block the Warriors in after they have entered the actual pit area.

The other thing I could do is incorporated some stairs into the 2x2 section where the Warriors enter, then have a sharp drop.

This I'll have to think about!

[-BoBo-]

Love it! The vines and details makes all the difference!
/BoBo

[beef5570]

Another way to do the vines and save money on green stuff is to use garden string or twine soaked in PVA glue.
Nice job btw
Rob

[Solun Decius]

This is an excellent terrain/game-board project. I'm all for the extra foam thickness to be able to really use the third dimension. The only downside is the extra storage space it needs.
Broken floor tiles in the last update look ace!

[Mr Feral]

-BoBo-, thanks! I'm quite pleased with the vines as well.

beef5077, good tip! However, I will stick to GS so it matches the basework I am doing for the accompanying models.

Solun Decius, I think after quite a lot of though that I'll stick to the same height. I'm going to work around the "taller" rooms with some redesigning and of course some optical painting effects. That's not to say I may not try something with more height at a future date, it's just I'd rather keep it simpler for my first "main"dungeon set, then I still have the materials left to try something a bit whackier *cough* Tzeentchian board sections *cough*!


Made progress, stuck down the tiles for the first Dungeon Room and T-Junction:



The size comparison picture I should of taken when I started this project.



(note the Flamer of Tzeentch for scale reference - him and his bizarre buddies will be painted up after I have done the Zombie Pirates!)



A VERY early start to the Fountain of Youth, which will be reimagined as a Lizardmen-themed piece. I must dig through my bitz boxes and see what useful totems and the like I can find. I also will get the joy of trying out some water effects, of which I ordered earlier on today.

I'm glad people are liking what they see, that pleases me greatly.

[Nachie]

MOAR!

I throw another vote in for a sacrifical pit to Sotek tile, and also I think it would be awesome to have a Skink spawning pool!