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Modular Necromunda Board

by Todd Peters

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<td width="50%" valign="top">Todd has created a very versatile

modular Necromunda table, ingeniously incorporating a wide

variety of found items</td>

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This set is made up of four 2'x2' (600mm x 600mm)

sections mounted on plywood. The boards are reinforced with

1"x2" (25mm x 50mm) wood beams around the outside.

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one of the boards I reinforced the top edges so as to have a

recessed area in the center. Thought it would fit well with the

jumbled Underhive architecture.</td>

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I used every bit of manufactured-looking bits that were not

(hopefully) easily identifiable as what they were.

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<td width="50%"> Interestingly, I

ended up using one of those plastic electric boxes that Nick Jakos uses for some of the buildings on his board I saw them on TerraGenesis.

Great minds think alike, eh?</td>

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<td width="50%">I used some sections of 2.5" (25mm) PVC pipe which are large enough

for 1/36th scale models to fit through and I'm pretty happy with the

results.</td>

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The largest tower on the board is a DVD tower (centre distance in

the picture below).

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<td width="50%">I removed 4 out

of 5 slots to create a 7 storey frame (good idea - these things are

often very cheap - Gary). Ladders, stairs, and pipes

allow minis to traverse up and down. </td>

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I also used a number of old

Matchbox and Hotwheels kits for some of the buildings and bits. Even

new, those things are still usually under $15.

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<td width="50%">The ground on parts of most of the boards is made up of a patchwork

of chopped up keyboards, stereo housings, CD burner cases, toolbox

lids, and laptop pieces to fit with the feel of being inside a

monstrous man-made structure. </td>

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The other parts of the ground is covered

with sand drybrushed grey and white for that drifted ash look.

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<td width="50%">A sludge lake dominates one of the boards. It's made with Woodland Scenics Realistic Water mixed with red and

yellow paint only lightly mixed to retain swirls of color. The lake

has three crossing points, which is also how many access points most

buildings and roofs have. I like the boards to be playable.</td>

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<p align="center">Click on the pictures below for a larger version.

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<td width="50%" align="right"><a href="http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/tgpix/infopages/14/261h.jpg">TPnecromunda1_s.jpg (31487 bytes)</a></td>

<td width="50%"><a href="http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/tgpix/infopages/14/261j.jpg">TPnecromunda2_s.jpg (30529 bytes)</a></td>

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<td width="50%" align="right"><a href="http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/tgpix/infopages/14/261l.jpg">TPnecromunda_1344.JPG (25914 bytes)</a></td>

<td width="50%"><a href="http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/tgpix/infopages/14/261n.jpg">TPnecromunda_1376.jpg (30736 bytes)</a></td>

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Updated: November 2003