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Just recently I picked up a some sets of Cardstock Terrain from World Works Games (And I have to tell you that it is the most impressive stuff I have worked with. I think alot of us think of Cardstock terrain as being cheap or unrealistic looking compared to resin. But I challenge anyone to pick up World Works Ultimate Castle Kit (or even download one of their FREE SAMPLES) and not be impressed by the texturing and realistic look WW has managed to put out. The Ultimate Castle gives you loads of layout options and lots of excessories that the sky's the limit.
Another added bonus is, by picking up other sets like Village Works or Arena Works you can swap pieces from different sets to create even more uniquie looking terrain pieces. I own a lot of Resin Terrain, but with the quality of work World Works is putting out and not to mention you can pick up a WHOLE SET of terrain for what you would pay for a couple of resin pieces, I really can't see myself buying alot of resin terrain pieces this year. So if you thought Cardstock Terrain looked crappy, it's time you looked again, because it's improved by leaps and bounds. Also the World Work Forums are an excellent resource for building tips and tricks. Cheers Junk Runner 01 Jan 2005 12:47 p.m. PST. I haven't found ink usage to be a much of an issue either.
I use an old HP 2000C that has separate color cartridges. I have heard that some printers (Like Lexmark) are ink pigs though.
I used to think Resin was the best when it came to terrain, but now with the impressive stuff WorldWorks is bringing out, it's kind of hard to justify spending all that money. Durability hasn't been an issue either. One of the reasons I started to use Cardstock Terrain was I play at my FLGS and lugging around my terrain box for each game night was really doing damage to my resin pieces. Now I can leave my Cardstock Terrain at the store and not worry about it getting stolen - and it has held up very very well. Again you can re-enforce pieces with strips of Foamcore etc. That gives it added durability. Overall I'm more than impressed with how Cardstock Terrain looks on my gaming table and the flexablity it give for creating lots of different designs, without having to go the true scratch built route WorldWorks Link Cheers Junk Runner 01 Jan 2005 2:48 p.m. PST.
With ink refill kits (they're not that difficult to use.), my Lexmark cartridges can be refilled for $5 (B&W), and $8 (Color). Cost of ink is not that big of an issue any longer. I've built several pieces, from several sets (both World Works Games, and Microtactics), and they really look superb, at a very small cost compared to the resin equivalents.
I've built both color, and B&W versions, which gives even greater flexibility, yielding two 'castles', from one PDF set (CastleWorks Classic - no longer available). Add in color floor boards, and color doors, and you really do end up with two versions for one price. Download some samples, print off a few, build them, and see for yourself. Try a $10 set, if you like the free samples, to 'test the waters'. 01 Jan 2005 7:59 p.m. PST. Ink: lasermonks.org (?) I think, is an online shop to purchase inkrefills cheaply.
I get all of my ink from them now, I use an Epson bubblejet printer and I've never had ink runnning, flaking, chipping, or bleeding problems. Hitting the sheets with a clear matte spray when they come out of the printer is a good idea to seal the colors and add more strength to the cardstock. Tonight I'm printing out another Gobsmasha model for my son as his previous one ended up underneath a pile of shoes. It was printed on 110lb paperstock and even though it had been crushed the hull integrity was still pretty good and it still retained a lot of it's shape. Now it makes a good wrecked version for no extra charge. Also, check out for good sf scenery with his 'Derelict' line - you buy the core set ($15) and then you get access to a pile of freebies called Ambient Elements.
Eric 02 Jan 2005 3:53 a.m. PST. Paper armies are great for those of use who want to try something out or who have limited funds/space. For example I'll soon be writing a review for a ruleset for which I don't have enough figures.
I could buy more and paint them and then use them in the review. Instead I'll print three paper armoies and use them Also a useful idea if you just want to try an idea out before you buy.
As to paper terrain. Paper buildings are wonderful. Cheap, light, if you can't store them then you can dispose of them and print them again. When alls said and done figures are just counters, more artistic maybe than old fashioned board wargame counters maybe but just counters, whether metal, plastic or paper 02 Jan 2005 4:08 a.m. PST. I've been doing some building construction/detailing by printing out textures on the color laser at work and attaching it to foam core.
If you can get access to a color laser it gives far superior results to any inkjet. The toner is fused onto the paper so the only way it's coming off is if the paper fiber is removed too. I can't afford resin terrain so I've been doing foamcore bases and am using the laser printed details to add stuff like marble checkerboard floors, wood paneling, pictures on the walls, and it looks incredible. 02 Jan 2005 10:17 a.m. PST. JunkRunner - thanks for making me stay up late. Ended up buying the Castle furniture set and putting together a bunch of tables and chairs. I agree paper is not resin.
No doubt in my mind resin is better. However cardstock construction is an art to itself.
I have seen pictures of whole towns that would have been unable in resin. If fact I ran across a western town several years ago that got me started using paper. Two computers later and I no longer have the website. It was not the WhiteWash site or Vulture Gulch. It was named after a fictitious town in Colorado I believe.
Anyone remember the site? As Goldwyrm and William mentioned, great templates to use to build actual buildings out of other material. 02 Jan 2005 11:16 a.m. PST.
AJBartman - Your welcome - I guess;) Join the club, I also spent some late nights this week constructing WW Ultimate Castle. Last Year I would have agreed that Resin / or Plastic was the Bomb, when it came to terrain. But now that I have been putting together WorldWorks products, there is no way I would spend the money on Resin Terrain (or at least not that much). I look at how much flexablity I have with the WorldWorks Castle for design and layout - and putting it up against my Mighty Fortress from GW, there just isn't any contest. The WorldWorks one looks 10X better and cost a whole lot less. I know Cardstock Terrain will always be a hard sell for Miniature Gamers (it took me a long time to become a true believer in it), but for me - the ability to printout multiples of what I need, for whatever designed scenario I'm planning and still have my gaming table look impressive, far outstrips any benifits I can see with Resin Terrain.
Cheers Junk Runner 02 Jan 2005 2:02 p.m. PST. Thanks to everybody who mentioned my stuff.
The personal reasons I like paper/card models are practical ones.I don't have to paint them, I just have to build them.I don't need to buy 10 to field 10. I can buy one and print 10.Paper models don't catastrophically break if someone knocks them off the table. I can drop a paper tank and a plastic tank from arm's height and the paper one will survive. Even in the unlikely event that the paper model sustains damage, the replacement cost is trivial.I can take paper vehicles and mecha to a con and not worry overmuch about damage or theft.I don't have to be a skilled painter to make paper models look good. With evolving concepts like UCM, I can change the color scheme and it'll look just as good as the original.Paper's an inexpensive way to give new things a try.
Suppose Joey wants to fight his next battle of WHFB with a large castle as the centerpiece? If he spends some pizza money on Castleworks Ultimate from WorldWorks, he's good to go. Doing the same thing in resin is cost prohibitive for one-off things, while paper gives me the freedom to try new things without a staggering cash outlay.Last of all, I think I can pretty much guarantee that no resin, metal, or plastic manufacturer can compete with the nearly instantaneous delivery times and $0 shipping of digital paper model vendors.Mel 02 Jan 2005 2:15 p.m. PST. Thanks for the suggestions. I'm actually running the latest version of Mac OS X 10.3 on an iBook.
The problem occurs when I try to print a pdf either from the pdf viewer bundled with the computer, or from Adobe Acrobat. A buddy of mine recommended trying to find the latest and greatest printer drivers for my printer. I will try that this evening. Yeah, the color management is set to automatic (OS X has many of the same type of utilities as Windows). I can get b&w to come out as b&w if I chose a 'grayscale' filter before printing. Doesn't help me with color printouts, though.
Thanks, Markus 07 Jan 2005 5:04 a.m. PST.
They are PDF downloads, you get the complete set on PDF and then you can print as many as you like. I am pretty much building an entire city for my Rezolution game from this stuff, and I have created some Dark Age scenery from it as well: Which is based on the following concept art: And this is the top of the tower, I haven't figured out how high I want the base to be yet: based on the following: I built the little ladders out of coffee stirrers and cocktail sticks, they added the apprpriate level of 'this building was abandoned and later re-used' feeling to the pieces.