Space Ship Terrain

I'm not dead, I'm just working a lot!  Even so I am making progress on my North African Gladiator Arena and this Space Ship project.  I just can't stand it anymore!  We have a kagillion sci-fi minis and not much in the way of terrain.  The ship decks I built are cool for certain situations but are simply not roomy enough for some real action.  So while we are making preparations to do something a bit more elaborate I decided to go with paper models again in the interim.  Of course I looked very closely at the World Works First Light stuff, but it is quite a bit of work to get it together.  I finally decided to go with the Fat Dragon Star Tiles set which is a Space Hulk like 2D floor plan with 3D doors and consoles etc..  The final deciding factor was the playability, and of course the photographic ease of the layout for batreps.  I did a few tiles for test pieces and it didn't take long at all to put together. So far I like it and will continue building on this.

So far I did just 6 test tiles and a few prop pieces.

The doors and consoles are a piece of cake.  The chairs are a pain in the arse.

I love the poses of the Star Wars minis.  They have so many versatile poses to choose from.

These hexagonal pieces are not hard to build and great terrain for some cover and taking floor space.

These Fat Dragon tiles all mount to an 8"x8" square and they quickly and easily line up in any configuration.  I used a table saw to shear my foam-core for very fast and consistent tiles.  If you try this, make sure you use a very fine tooth blade!  I just hit the edges with a foam sanding pad after cutting.  You could cut a hundred of these bad boys in about 5 minutes this way.