WIP: Corvus Games Terrain

I posted earlier this month about the terrain that we received from Corvus Games Terrain.  As mentioned in that post, I tried out the doors first.  I am a big fan of the doors for use in the board game but, as depicted in that post and again below, they are just a touch too tight for free movement through the opening.



Now Corvus does have doors that could be used in Space Hulk but the scale is a bit too big for use on the current edition Space Hulk board.  I think they are intended to be used with a 3D Space Hulk set that is also coming out from them.  The 3D set is at a scale that will allow terminators on 40mm bases to be used (image taken from their website below).  This will allow players of both Warhammer 40k and Space Hulk to use the same models in either game without having to switch out bases.  I did talk to Steve O'Boyle over at Corvus Games Terrain and suggested some dimensions that I think would work for use on the 4th edition board.  So there may be another version coming out (and I will update this when I find out).

Image from Corvus Games Terrain

On to building what came in the box

I started putting together the floors and walls to make a building.  I had primed some individual sections yesterday but today thought to go ahead and build one piece to prime and paint as a set.  Below are images of the process to build the terrain piece.

Floor pieces with connect inserted on one side.

Continuing the floor build out.

The wall sections

Connecting the wall sections around the floor.

At first, I thought there was no way for the base of the walls to connect to the floors but, after a back and forth with Corvus Games Terrain (Steve), it turns out you need to clip some portions of the wall base to make this work.  The bits are a product of the printing process so these can be removed. 

One downside I found was disconnecting the pieces is a bit tricky (a little bit of arm strength was needed to disconnect them).  And to remove the actual connector, I needed to use a needle nose pliers to do so.  Not a big deal on unpainted pieces but might cause an issue to a painted piece (i.e. damaging the paint job).

Overall, the system is pretty cool and, because of the modular design, there are a lot of different set ups you can create with it.  The pieces have a nice heft to them and, even without any base connections, the structure is very solid once built. The details on the sections are very good too.  This system will add a lot to the look and feel of the game!

I'm going to paint this version up and place it on a 40k tabletop for a future post.