The mod I bashed together from Mayhem Armory walls would work perfectly for this. If you glue 4 together into a 3-story rectangular building, you can just fold the thing flat into a 10x14 rectangle. May want to have a square insert to put inside the building when you unfold it.

Other than that... there were some discussions of a DM's screen consisting of a castle wall with towers on the side. Theoretically, you could build the whole thing like an inside-out pop-up book so you get real 3D towers and everything. Never actually *implemented* this, beyond some sketches on graph paper, but I still think this'd be really cool...

Robby: Could you elaborate on sandwichfolding and the basic accordion fold for the building construction? I'm having trouble visualizing exactly what you mean.

Conail... is your BBB kitbash official? How would I go about getting it? (I also need to get MA, too...) I could also get MA and bash my own... I also hadn't thought of having a 'complete' model which can be collapsed like a popup... that could be a good method to use too.

I'm thinking of getting CWC/DW for some ideas on simpler construction methods. Is there anything I should look for in these sets that might prove helpful?

Thanks,

At the begining of this last summer I built a rather large building (18" across x 21.5" High @ the highest) , bashed from another companys poroduct (MA hadn't been released yet) I knew I'd have storage issues so I needed to make this one lay flat.. so I built it in pieces, and with removable foamcore roof tiles. Later after SOM was relased I quickly scooped that up only to find that the scale was way off... I was running a 1.5" game, and the streets just wouldn't cut it (even the no grid version) so I 'Bashed that as well. Here is the result... a HUGE building that folds down very compact.

OK Got it -

Thanks for the ideas and examples everyone. I'm getting some great ideas on how *not* to reinvent the wheel.

*Very* nice, wildcat! You seem to have solved the storage problem that the 'other company's' buildings have. Using foamcore for roofing looks like it worked pretty well for you, and I may go that route instead of having cardstock roofs.

Nice 'larger' style streets too!

Archon: Good idea with the russian doll system, but I'm saddled with a 2.25 inch square system, where every building is 2.25x2.25, 2.25x4.50, 4.50x4.50, 6.75x6.75, etc. I'll probably go with the folding system since I can't 'russian doll' it.

Grump: I managed to dig up those buildings on RPG Now, and I think I'll check them out for curiosity's sake. I'll run a litle head to head with VW and CWC... Thanks for the heads up. That rubber band idea might be a keeper, as well... I'll try it out

As an aside: it seems like when comparing WWG buildings to other offerings, WW shines over the competition in both build quality AND artwork. Can't beat a product which is priced better and wins in quality overall.

I have many of the other Buildings from the 'Other company" as well... and I've used the stacking way to store them for a while... I also 'Bashed' them to a 1.5" scale... I'm telling you that it was no picnic increasing those models.. And even the street tiles were tough... I couldn't just increase the whole thing by 1.5... the sidewalks were already the right size... just had to incease the streets... then the intersections <groan>...

I dont want to imply that your stupid, but you know that SOM does have a 1.5 inch grid option, right?

I'm just guessing that it just wasnt the same size tile as the ones you were using before, but I just want to clarify...

Thanx for not implying anything... I'll post the pics of the mods so you can better see what I did... and Yes the 1.5 grid just wasn't going to work.

Here we go... SOM 1.5

Looks great!

Sacretis, who feels like emulating TAG, and should be doing his Chinese homework right now...