3D Printed AS Board

[jdk201]

Some of you might find this interesting.  I am 3D printing a AS board.  The pieces are modular so they can be rearranged for a unique map every time.  Here are the first few stages.  I have a hotz mat on order to be the playing field.  I'll be doing a bunch of other stuff too like turrets and buildings once the main board is finished.

[Bedwyr]

Well made! What resolution printer?

[jdk201]

Its an XYZ Di Vinci Pro 1.0.  I print at .3mm layer height.  For this i dont need it to be any better.  Everything is getting painted and\or texture.

[ActionButler]

That is genuinely fantastic.

Thanks for sharing!

[jdk201]

Thanks, I think so too.  The end product should be pretty cool.  I cant wait to give it a shot. 

[jdk201]

Took 5 weeks to get the hotz mat, but it finally came and tonight we played our first AS game ever.   We had a blast and cant wait to play again.  The board is about 70 complete.  I still have a lot i want to do. I built a custom game table a while back and so for the game board I used the hots matz as an insert that goes over the normal playing felt.





I 3D printed custom hex bases in different colors to help keep track of mechs.  It also has a slot for TMM number or merc logo. 




I also 3D printed large dice and a holder to keep track of initiative. 



I still need to do a ton of detail work, it took me hours and hours to print all the terrain and then paint it.  Next items up are movement and shot trackers, buildings, turrets and more terrain variants.

[Bedwyr]

That is professional. I can't give higher praise than that. This is closest to my terrain vision except that I'd been working with foam cutting.

[jdk201]

Same here, all previous boards were foam cut.   The absolute best features of this setup is its customizability.  We will never play on the same layout twice.  The only drawback is the board is slightly less "realistic" looking.  Being able to calculate exact movement and range too a ton of hassle out of the game. As soon as I stumbled onto 3D printers, i knew exactly what I would do with it!  And thanks for the compliment!

[ActionButler]

Those color-coded hex bases are genius.  What a great way to keep track of who controls which mech.

[jdk201]

Yeah it was the first thing I noticed in AS is that it was hard to keep track of who is who.  I posted them on thingiverse for anyone that wants the model.

[IronSphinx]

That looks incredible! O0 Wish I had one of those in my dining room to replace the dining room table that I never use.  ;)

[GarageBay9]

This looks ASTOUNDINGLY well done!  Cross post this to the terrain subforum!  O0

[Legion]

Those color-coded hex bases are genius.  What a great way to keep track of who controls which mech.

Love the gaming table, but the hex bases are the real work of art here, a fantastic idea that also looks elegantly done.

[croaker]

Would you maybe consider posting the hex bases on Shapeways? They'd probably be popular with the players here.

[jdk201]

My latest addition.

[Bedwyr]

Sexy. Almost like a decent replacement for Heroscape tiles.