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The Tabletop Apocalypse Comes to Smoking, Ruinous Life

No longer will your menacing miniature armies fight over cardboard boxes and upside-down cups - a series of 3D prepainted terrain sets by Gail Force Nine will make those Mech-on-Mech battles even more vivid than your imagination. Most of the sets come apart to reveal a blasted, ruined version of the same backdrop, which is perfect since that terrain was only there so it could be hammered by long range missiles anyway.

Speaking as someone who has personally fought a Mechwarrior battle over a reactor whose cooling tower looked suspiciously like an empty bottle of Coke, the Reactor set (pictured) is the ideal target for your assault lance to obliterate. The City Block and Manufacturing Facility sets will also see heavy combat, while the Wilderness set adds a touch of color. Each piece is cast in resin and fully painted and comes with a unique Battlemech. If cotton ball smoke bombs aren't cutting it anymore, Gail Force Nine also has laser-cut plastic smoke and fire markers. They have licensed products for a few other sci-fi miniatures games as well, including AT-43 and Warmachine. Image by: Gail Force Nine.

8:00 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Ed Grabianowski
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DocGratis at 08:09 AM on 05/08/08
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Man you have to:
A) own every mech you would ever want

B) spend vast sums of money on this

Before the seems like a great purchase...

Come on over guys I want to try out the new Battlemech stuff I got...
Ruined Reactor #4...

ohhhhh
El_Guapo at 08:32 AM on 05/08/08
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It's fairly easy to make terrain as well. I know the Warhammer/Warhammer 40k hobby has a ton of do-it-yourself tutorials, and of course, sell their own terrain.

Having made a bit myself, it's pretty easy. Just a bit of sand, some PVA glue, and plenty of primer and paint.
gfburke at 08:39 AM on 05/08/08
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Bah! The real good scenery for tabletop games is the styrofoam packing bits from large electronics! Paint it up and texture it and it makes awesome sci fi buildings. You can also make good fantasy buildings with foam core and balsa wood timbering. Buying figures is expensive enough, make your own scenery!
gfburke at 08:42 AM on 05/08/08
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and besides that scenery there looks like an upturned dixie cup anyways.
Seth L at 09:02 AM on 05/08/08
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These have been out for a little while : )

GF9 does amazing custom tables. They did a Stark Industries setup for Heroclix that was fantastic.
JonathanBreese at 09:22 AM on 05/08/08
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Yeah, basic terrain is really easy to do. The thing I consider is how much time it takes to make and paint. I could spend time doing other things, like painting my miniatures.

If I am going to buy pre-made terrain, then it better be painted. I am not going to pay $20.00 for a piece of terrain which is unpainted.
MadJackDeacon at 10:49 AM on 05/08/08
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I'm a huge Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000 player and GALE Force Nine's stuff (not only terrain, but markers, templates, etc) are all high quality.

They also support all sorts of different game systems (Warmachine, Babylon 5 Space Battles, Starship Troopers, and the list goes on.

Check 'em out at www.GF9.com