While shopping for terrain to use for Star War Legion, I came across the Imperial Terrain website. They offer all kinds of Star Wars friendly terrain. This is sold as STL files, for those of you that have 3D printers.
Fortunately, they also offer some of their range through another supplier through Etsy. You simply click on the link on the page and it takes you to the Etsy page for Panhandle 3D. They will print the files using PLA and sent them to you.
Well, when I did my earlier search, I liked the look of a number of pieces. However, I was a bit nervous on the quality, so I bought some of the cheaper ruin sections. I painted them up and posted them last year. There was one piece that I did not order. It was the large temple ruin. I wanted to see what the smaller pieces looked like in PLA, before spending the big bucks on that piece.
I was generally happy with the first shipment, so I decided to go ahead and get the larger piece for my collection. This was helped along by my first game set up. I felt that I did not have enough cover, so ended up using other pieces to fill the table. It was clear that would not do!
The model comes in multiple sections and is very large. The base has four corner sections and eight strains sections, with a center block. The tower is two pieces. I supposed you could glue these all together, but keeping them separate helps with storage and gives you the opportunity to use the sections a more geomorphic manner. You could theoretically use the temple as two buildings. You can even build the platform as other sections on the edge of your game table for a different effect. I opted to keep them separate, for these reasons.
All the items are done in PLA, so they do have the string print lines that are common with this material. I tend not to like this, as I feel it often ruins a model. However, for stone based models, it is not bad and I feel adds to the “ruined and worn” look. That is definitely true with these models.
I did want to tone down the ridges a bit, so I sued a heavy filler primer to base coat the models. This tones down the PLA lines enough for these. I then hit the model with a heavy wash and three levels of dry brushing. I finished with some flocking and a few tufts to give that overgrown effect. It also helps hide any undesirable PLA lines you do not like.
With that, I have enough ruins to fill out my table. The piece is huge and really help give a more epic look to the terrain. I cannot wait to use it in my next game! It might even make an appearance on a Pulp Fiction game table…
If you are looking for some terrain to support your Star Wars itch, check out Imperial Terrain. I think you will be impressed.
- Manteuffel