another road cry for help

[ApokalypseTest]

I use Heroscape for terrain and I would like to have an equally useful and modular road system.

Felt comes to mind, however cutting it in tiny enough pieces to have it in a hex by hex modularity may not exactly look great - ideally the solution would be as modular as Heroscape, but I am somewhat lost as for how to do it.

I was thing about putting water tiles to a new use, but that would be really costly in order to get enough hexes.

[Propnut]

I use a set of hex shaped roads and rivers that allows me to make elevation changes, turns etc and still maintain the hex map look. They sit on the table and are 3 hexes, 6 hexs, 12 hexes, 24 hexes and 36 hexes. You can see them on one of the pictures of my DIY gaming table.

I realize that not many people have access to a CNC but the same thing can be done by hand, just takes a bit longer. You can use an easy to cut material such as artist cardboard found at large hobby/craft stores. It even comes in black.

[john blackwell]

I have not done any roads yet, but am considering using strip styrene.  You can cut them to any length and simply adhere a piece under it to fit between the hexes.  As long as the sides are close, you can create intersections anywhere you like.

I figure I can do some in black (asphalt) and even some in gravel.

I plan to post when I get around to it, but this project is in the distant future.  Please, if anyone has other ideas, share.  I have an idea but am open to any workable solution.

Happy hunting,
JB

[ApokalypseTest]

Thx for the ideas so far,

I have been thinking about the polystyrene strips, but I am not sure how to make them stay in place. If I use the system you use for your Terrain hexes, John, I will limit each piece of road to a specific angle - would be doable but expensive.

I also thought about using water tiles as road tiles - issue here is: I would need a lot and that might quickly deplete the water hexes I have available.

[Skyhigh]

I use black foamie sheets (Link)

I spray paint a hex pattern onto them (Link), usually in white, then cut them out with a scissors.  Another option is to just cut them to a width matching your heroscape stuff.

Cheap, quick, looks pretty nice.

[ApokalypseTest]

Hm, I could make a cutting tool exactly the shape of a heroscape hex, that might work

[Ronin Actual]

There are asphalt heroscape hexes in the Marvel Set.  The only problem is building it into the terrain can be a pain and setting it on top is a bit cheesy.  I think I may use the shadow hexes from the Underdark set.

[ApokalypseTest]

The problem with both is:

They are rather rare and hence expensive - been thinking about it. You only have very few asphalt hexes per starter and the situation with shadow pools from the D&D set is even worse. You can buy them on ebay, but the cost becomes rather prohibitive.