| colgar6 | 01 Feb 2013 1:51 p.m. PST |
I've a mind to do some not-Indiana Jones or not-The Mummy gaming with 28mm figures, but am currently lacking any suitable terrain. What are the options for tomb interiors, corridors and chambers? I already know about the Hirst Arts stuff. While the results look very impressive, it feels like it requires quite a large investment of money and time. Also I imagine that the finished models are quite heavy? It seems to me that this area is ripe for paper or card modelling (probably using 5mm foamcore to make it stable). Does anyone know of a publisher of tomb interior models? Again, I'm already aware of WorldWorks "Lair of the Dragon God" kit, but that's not really got the Ancient Egyptian tomb feel to it. Any ideas? Hugh |
| Sysiphus | 01 Feb 2013 2:20 p.m. PST |
Have you tried a google image search for Egyptian tomb wall images ? You could scale the images to fit you 5mm foam walls. |
| haywire | 01 Feb 2013 2:35 p.m. PST |
You can get away with using foam walls mixed in with the Hirst Arts stuff. Or that Castle Walls? stuff for the major brickwork. |
chuck05  | 01 Feb 2013 3:04 p.m. PST |
I made this last year:
Here is the original post:
TMP link More pictures here:
link
I made the whole thing for under $100 USD and only took a few nights work. All ten tiles fit in two plastic totes so it also travels well.
Chuck |
| darthfozzywig | 01 Feb 2013 3:43 p.m. PST |
Nice work, Chuck.
colgar – and once you build the walls, be sure to check out Reaper Minis. They have a LOT of cool Eqyptian statues and such for decoration.
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| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 01 Feb 2013 10:45 p.m. PST |
Fat Dragon does a small cardstock egyptian interior. Finger & Toe does a whole line of cardstock Egyptian stuff. |
| bsrlee | 02 Feb 2013 12:32 a.m. PST |
Internet image search if your friend. Otherwise, a trip to the library with a portable scanner (book shops get twitchy if you start scanning their stock) & hit the History and Art sections, also old National Geographics. For miniature terrain you really want line drawings that you can re-size then color in, which means you can use the same elements in several places if you just change the colors. |
| WarrenAbox | 02 Feb 2013 3:04 a.m. PST |
When I did an Egyptian style dungeon, I built it using foam and cardboard. To really give it the Egyptian look, I just found a heiroglyphic font and printed up a few lines of text at 4pt size, cut out each strip and glued it to the piece. Here's a link to some columns made using this technique:
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| Mr Pumblechook | 02 Feb 2013 3:56 a.m. PST |
One thing to remember is that they plastered and painted their interiors. You wouldn't have seen stone blocks, particularly if it's a tomb cut into living rock. I was looking for a site called, IIRC, the Khemri Project which had some nice textures. |
| Cacique Caribe | 02 Feb 2013 12:03 p.m. PST |
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| colgar6 | 03 Feb 2013 3:15 a.m. PST |
Wow, thanks guys! Lots of ideas to investigate here… |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Feb 2013 6:08 p.m. PST |
Colgar6, Please come back and show us what you decided to do! Thanks, Dan |
| Phil DAmato | 04 Feb 2013 9:55 a.m. PST |
I just recently ran a game in which I made the interiors of tombs by using molds from Hirst Arts. They were alot easier to make then I thought they would be. They have some Egyptian themed molds and the tombs can be very visually appealing. TMP link Phil |
| Phil DAmato | 04 Feb 2013 9:56 a.m. PST |
I just reread the opening post. As Rosanna Dana always said, "Nevermine" Phil |
| Tango01 | 17 Oct 2020 9:01 p.m. PST |
Those looks good!…
Amicalement
Armand |
