Terrains
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The Wall
Dropship
Jumpship
Mike's Mountain
Stanfill Hill
GraphX II
Desert
The Towers
Chiron Beta Prime
Black Asteroid
Round Asteroid
Figure Eight
Volcano
Dual Level
Caves
AWOL
 

 

The Black Asteroid

battletech asteroid
This was my very first magnetized 3D terrain. The shape could have described many common objects but I always thought of it as an asteroid. Each hex had a metal washed glued to it and each Plastech 'mech had a VERY strong magnet epoxied to its base. The whole thing pivoted on a central axis and we never had a mech come loose.

The supports look a trifle odd but they were designed to be sturdy and pack flat. I'm proud to say they never failed me.

I built it specifically for a gaming convention and, as luck would have it, while in transit a cold front blasted through the area and the cold was so intense it popped the magnets I'd epoxied right off the base of the mechs. I made a memorable, frantic, and frigid dash to local merchants in search of some replacement epoxy. Luck was with me and the game started just a few minutes late. (I also learned to texture surfaces before epoxying them.)

Sad to say, I trashed this terrain sometime around 2010. Feel free to make your own, though.