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I am working putting together some buildings using some of the downloadable PDFs from Hawk.

For last week's game we needed some scenery in a hurry so I slapped together some 2" and 3" tall buildings from corrugated cardboard and glued the detailed rooftops on top.

I also mounted one of the actual building PDFs on a manila folder and will be assembling it later on.

You can see the downloads here http://www.hawkwargames.com/blogs/downloadable-buildings.

I will share some pics soon!

Nice one, looking forward to seeing pics.

I bought their £30 cityscape and it's awesome, though the buildings get a little warped with the constant folding and unfolding before/after each game. Also use the buildings for classic games of Epic 40K.

I built the first papercraft building today:



I printed the color template on copy paper, then glued it to a manila folder. I let it set under a stack of books to limit warping and bubbling.

Once it was dry I cut it out and assembled it. Very easy and pretty good looking. I have glued it to a heavier cardboard base that will get painted and flocked.

Looks smart

What Pete said

I usually print paper buildings on heavy white card stock. Most printers are able to print on card stock that is as heavy as or heavier than manila folders. Saves the hassle of gluing paper and warping.

Good looking building.

I've got the set from Hawk Games as well, or at least I did until my son purloined it! It works well with 15mm and 20mm figures!

I'm rather hoping that one day they'll do the same thing in 6mm!

If they are PDF's scale them.....

IanS

If I print the 10mm pdfs at 60% then that should give me 6mm. I keep meaning to buy some card, I just never get around to it!

I only had access to copy paper at the time, and this was a sort of test. I like it a lot and will be printing more on card stock at a commercial print shop soon. Flocking should be done later today so you can see the completed landscaping.

IIRC the reduction needs to be 36%. A 10x10mm square has an area of 100mm2. A 6x6mm square has an area of 36mm2. Copiers scale using area.

I am going to be heading off to get some cardstock versions printed shortly, and will experiment with scaling...

Here is the completed building with it's finished base:



The paved area on the left side is a "sidewalk cafe", I just might make some little tables with umbrellas...

Those are really nice. Anyone know of anyplace that does farm/small village type buildings to download like these city ones?

You can't download them, but you can order them as kits. I've heard good things but haven't yet given them the old college try.

http://paperterrain.com

Thanks for the link, some good stuff there and prices dont seem to over the top.

Thanks for sharing...they look good

Looks great. The detail seems that good I wonder if they would "blow up" to 20mm scale with scanner / copier?
CarlL who likes 20mm

They are pretty hi-res, I just opened the PDF file and blew it up to 800% and didn't get too much pixelization...

Also, Drive Thru RPG has some PDF buildings that you can download ($cheap) and scale and print

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/94468/Adobeville

(plus, if you type FREE in the search box there are a ton of 'sample' items you can get for $0)

If you are looking for farms ect try the GHQ website they have some really good downloads that are FREE. I realy like the Hawk stuff will have to download the freebies and have a play.
Werewolf.

Checked out the GHQ site, yes they have some really good farms/village like building, perfect!

I started this thread a while ago (goodness...3 years ago now!)

http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,810.0.html

Thanks VonTed, great resource!