tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post9140871953814461606..comments2024-02-12T05:24:22.186-08:00Comments on Always Board Never Boring: Shadow War: Armageddon - Scoping Out the LandscapeCarbon Copyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13155710832017131015noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-82739507947089337192018-07-23T12:09:50.281-07:002018-07-23T12:09:50.281-07:00With the imminent release of Kill Team, I've b...With the imminent release of Kill Team, I've been looking at my unassembled gantries from SW:A and doing some research. This blog post is just what I was looking for! Now that it's a year later, are you still satisfied with the configuration you decided on? Have you gotten good variety out of the sections you decided to glue together? Thank you for this post! It's very helpful.Talariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15904202012153034357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-24839565475369279402017-05-03T01:50:58.646-07:002017-05-03T01:50:58.646-07:00The floor plates just sit on top of the walkways, ...The floor plates just sit on top of the walkways, so as-is they don't provide any structural support. However, if you glue them in place they do provide extra strength for the point where two walkways meet. That's how I used them.<br /><br />The raised bolts on the platforms will stop the dome sliding around a bit, but not to the point where it won't fall off if you give it a push. You can see a picture in my article of the dome sitting on top of a platform: That isn't glued in place, it's just sitting within the ring of bolts.<br /><br />Overall, the sets are clearly designed to be glued, but as long as you're careful during games, I think you can get away with leaving stuff in large separate sections like I did.Carbon Copyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155710832017131015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-56453685157753039172017-05-02T17:34:37.748-07:002017-05-02T17:34:37.748-07:00Have you found the floor plates (that slot into th...Have you found the floor plates (that slot into the metal grilles on top of the walkways) provide any structural support? The WD suggests sandwiching joins between one of the small clips and a top plate, and I'm hoping that will do some of the work that would otherwise be done with multiple clips.<br /><br />Likewise, they suggest the raised bolts on the hex platform (the two-piece assembly usually used to top the furnace piece) are well suited to keeping the dome in place, as well as other terrain sets like Promethium Relay Pipes or the Haemotrope Reactors- have you been able to try this?<br /><br />I've just cracked open my set today and I'm trying to do something similar, keeping as many of the large pieces independent as I can, but assembling relatively small and reconfigurable walkways. My goal for the Furnace part is to have it be suitable for all three of the obvious terrain pieces (dome, promethium pipe, Haemotrope Reactor) since the dimensions are just right for them to connect up to one of the platform barriers with a central fan, but I hope I won't have to blu-tack them in place every game...Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18194711605811325421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-80446018772477254352017-04-21T14:30:04.863-07:002017-04-21T14:30:04.863-07:00It would actually be really cool. There are no rul...It would actually be really cool. There are no rules in Shadow War that say you have to have a "solid" floor, so a base level made up of Overkill's gantries would be really interesting. However, it would most likely give a firm advantage to teams that rely on ranged weapons, as you would find it more difficult to get units into melee because of all the gaps.<br /><br />Worth noting: Shadow War already has rules for jumping across gaps that would work for jumping between the gantries with a minor modification for what happens if you fail.Carbon Copyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155710832017131015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-11340002478658844522017-04-21T13:30:19.273-07:002017-04-21T13:30:19.273-07:00I was thinking about combining boards with terrain...I was thinking about combining boards with terrain to make feeling of deep 2d/3d board.But is it playable if there is no full ground in this game? Here (Poland) i can buy overkill without minis for 25 PLN (5£). I have 4 already. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-80201977185392726872017-04-21T09:38:16.970-07:002017-04-21T09:38:16.970-07:00Interesting question. Do you mean, could you recre...Interesting question. Do you mean, could you recreate board layouts from Deathwatch Overkill using these pieces? Or do you mean, could you use the terrain alongside the boards from Overkill to create a Shadow War battleground?<br /><br />I think you could certainly make approximations of the Overkill boards with the Shadow War terrain, but it would cost you a small (actually quite large) fortune, and you wouldn't have all the zones marked out.<br /><br />If you wanted to use Overkill boards in Shadow War, you could probably arrange the boards as the "ground floor" of a battlefield, and then use the Shadow War terrain to create height above it; but you don't get nearly enough Overkill boards to fill the 4x4 area Shadow War requires.Carbon Copyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155710832017131015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-65487561543654955592017-04-21T09:27:56.586-07:002017-04-21T09:27:56.586-07:00Do you think that this terrain will fit with overk...Do you think that this terrain will fit with overkill board?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-77941591386091564212017-04-19T04:11:17.040-07:002017-04-19T04:11:17.040-07:00Unfortunately, all my Necromunda stuff, including ...Unfortunately, all my Necromunda stuff, including my beloved Goliath gang, is long gone. <br /><br />(By the way, sorry for the delay moderating your comment. I've only recently started moderating everything, and I'd rather not; but I had to start because someone has decided to spam my blog repeatedly.)Carbon Copyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155710832017131015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-41910089847751617992017-04-17T16:01:29.562-07:002017-04-17T16:01:29.562-07:00I'll agree on both points. Luckily I've g...I'll agree on both points. Luckily I've got a pretty big box of card and bulkhead terrain from my Necromunda days to supplement it. Daniel F Laphamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163045775170960595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-31459810885543155632017-04-17T15:49:04.108-07:002017-04-17T15:49:04.108-07:00Yeah, they're very good for helping things hol...Yeah, they're very good for helping things hold together (especially the big crab skull) and they never fall out. However, as I was a bit worried about the fragility for some of them, most of mine are glued in place. <br /><br />I do love all those twiddles and bits; but sometimes I look at them and think, "Could have got an extra walkway on the sprue if it wasn't for those."Carbon Copyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155710832017131015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-58413076206214513422017-04-17T15:30:26.137-07:002017-04-17T15:30:26.137-07:00Good stuff. I wish there were more of the hanging...Good stuff. I wish there were more of the hanging cables and chains included. I'm finding that they seem to hold the walkways and platforms a bit more securely than the intended clips which will randomly fall out.Daniel F Laphamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163045775170960595noreply@blogger.com