"How sci-fi is your sci-fi terrain?" Topic

On a scale from 1 (same as my other terrain) to 10 (exotic worlds).

Are artificial structures included in terrain?

yes

3

Is this a solid 10
imgur.com/51pocbe

Robert

5.
Partially due to table gravity.
Scenery needs to sit on the table, as floating scenery is not easy to achieve.
Also , players need to be able to reach all parts of the table without clashing with models.
Hence most sci fi scenery is placed on the table.

martin

There's a range from 1 to 10. On average I would say 7.5.

Asteroids in space are just rocks.

This could be done today with current tech, but it looks sci-fi.

Cryo and biotanks are things we can't do, but don't necessarily look sci-fi.

Martian Trees made out of Giraffes.

Magnetic terrain and bases, so figures get a 3d battlefield outside the space station.

High end sci-fi look.

You can check my projects here:
inlgames.com/free-arch.htm
Click the "All Off" button, then the "sci-fi" button and scroll down to terrain at the bottom.

8 for buildings and scatter pieces. I have not yet done any flora or geological pieces

Most of my terrain looks terrestrial but I do toss in some weird plants to make it more SF.

I would say 6

A friend had some great scenery for John Carter and retro rocket games. Sadly I have no pictures. I'd say an 8.

Really depends. Sand is sand, hills are hills and the last thing I need is vegetation which only works with one set of troops. But the structures, from the work in progress which will become Rixx the Hutt's Place to a live Jetan Arena are as distinct as I can make them.

Overall I would say probably 6 – a lot of the buildings would work for historical gaming – but for the jewel in the crown 10, because I have a large piece of terrain with a crashed space ship in it

3…prefer near future sci-fi. Except spaceships….but little terrain there.

7–8, pretty darn sci-fi, but there's always room to be even more sci-fi!

OK, then, I guess on average my science fiction buildings are about a 7. I mostly use boxes like restaurant carry-out boxes and boxes in which food is sold for buildings, and add greeblies etc.

Most of my natural terrain could work on Earth, however, because I think that most ground conflict will occur on planets where people can live fairly easily. ("It's a class M planet, Captain, with atmosphere, terrain, and climate similar to Southern California of 300 years ago.")

5-6. Rocks and hills are pretty much universal. I do have some sci-fi buildings and I made a bunch od "trees" out of pinecones that look alien.

2.

I've got a piece or two that's specifically sf, but basically I use my normal terrestrial terrain when I do something sf.