Ok, folks. Here's a look at what I've been up to for the last...well, quite a while. Aside from the modules, the reviews, the promotions, and so forth, I've been working on the first of what we're calling the "Mega-Kitbash"...a kitbash so extensive it's a set in and of its own right (including full instructions).

So I present to you the first previews of Crystal Caves, a massive collection of crystaline goodness derived from CaveWorks. More preview pics will follow, so keep an eye on this thread...but for now, here's a first peek at what is to come:


The assortment of colors supported in the set.


















Crystal Caves erupting out of the ground in a Streets and Bits of Mayhem build.


Transitions from CaveWorks to Crystal Caves


Not all crystal mines are on Earth. Crystal Caves paired with Mars Station.


There's even room for crystals on the high seas...

Ooooooooooh Shiney

Lets see, Fire and Ice!

Now I can try to make frozen caverns and/or a volcano (or better yet a frozen inactive volcano for the heroes to explore...then I blow it up!)

Richard

Any hope that some of the Blue Ice Caves might be included in this set?

White is not quite me cuppa, but a pale blue...


The Auld Grump

Grump...
While I MAY be blind there are two shades of blue in the top picture, one pale blue with white and the other a deeper blue with white. What where you meaning?

Oh wow! A kitbash with previews.

I want to see more...

Looks pretty good overall, I think this will prove to be a useful kitbash for many. Took me awhile to figure out where the gargoyle like creature came from for this kitbash, amusingly he's one of the smallest mini's from "Something Below" on the same page as the Skeletal snake.


I think he was refering to the actual ground tiles, the question is probably more along the lines of "does this set come in the variety of tile colors shown in the original crystals picture, or are the ground tiles limited to white and black", at least I suspect his question is more along those lines.

Rest assured, Bob went crazy.

Every single piece comes in every single color.

Any chance it come in more than just 1" scale? Or a gridless option?

Ah, yes, sorry.

Every single piece, in every single color, in every scale.

Well, 1", 1.5", and gridless, anyway.

This set is huge!

It's a kitbash with previews, because the Megabashes are whole sets in a lot of ways...size, scale, instructions, thread discussing them with lots of photos.

Like Aubrey said...everything in this set comes in 9 different colorations, so if you see it in one color, there's one of that in every other color in the first picture.

Likewise, the set has full Gridless/1"/1.5" support, right down to the full-length crystalline walls coming in 7" and 7.5" long variations.

Invisible LinX is also supported, with both a 7" and a 7.5" template.

More photos to come soon, showing more of the pieces.

OMG, just when I thought it was afe to bring my wallet out of hiding again, more goodies!!!!!

Will there be crystaline creatures?

CCotD'

Greedy Guts... OK OK I was just joking...
I do like the look of this set it kind of reminds me of the SST Chronicles Zephyr campaign...

bow chaka bow bow. ooo sexay

YAY ice cave

I definitely like the look of this one, excellent work

You mean, besides the "demonlings" and "crystal elementals" already pictured above?

Yes...but I won't be saying what they are. More pics soon...I'll let them speak for themselves.

That's what those are?

They appear very dark in the picture, I would have thought that they would be more matched to the colors of the crystals, hence better camo. I thought the ones pictured were demons.

Can't wait to see the other creatures. Will there be one to build? Like the Golem from Missing Persons?

CCotD'

It's good to have differing opinons I think, so I'll add mine, briefly. From what we've seen so far, this really isn't my cup of tea. I look forward to seeing more photos and perhaps one of those will change my mind, but from what I can see so far, I won't pick this one up. I hope it sells well though, as the idea of Mega-Kitbashesis a good one, and is being discussed elsewhere on this forum in terms of a collaborative mall...

Arabin

I think it looks sweet, but it's really hard to see anything in the B&W pictures. I understand the idea, but I think you should give some color pictures and just make sure it's obvious in the text that everything comes in every color scheme...

Sacretis

Yes, you are correct. The walls and the floors, not the crystals - in all honesty I doubt that I will ever print the crystals. (If I need crystals I will grow my own. And eat them afterwards. ) (Hmmm, there is no reason that I could not grow them over a plastic skeleton mini, actually....)

Aleph has answered my question quite nicely. Thank you, this is going on my wish list.

The Auld Grump

Great work as usual Bob. I'll be picking this up.

Usual questions, when and how much ?

Frank

The when is soon.

The how much is under discussion.

Let's see...a general overview of what's in the set:

Crystals (if you recall the ones from CaveWorks, there's both of those sizes, one smaller, and one bigger).

Walls (both full-crystal, and part-cave, part-crystal). The full crystal walls come in 7" and 7.5" variations for ease of use by both 1" and 1.5" scale builders.

Floors

Crystal "bits" that can be added to existing crystal structures in a variety of places and ways, from a base for the standard x-fold crystals to extra spikes that can go a variety of places, to 3D crystaline forms (a hex column and an obelisk shape)...even a crystal fill-in for the minecart from CaveWorks.

Risers

A narrow and a wide Bridge

"Entrances" that can stand alone, or be placed between walls.

Standee demonlings, crystal elementals, and "bugs" in medium and large sizes.

and more...

The set FULLY supports the G/1/1.5 scale standards, and every crystal comes in every one of the 9 colors shown in the first preview picture.


Finally, the instructions will include all of the basic, standard instructions for how to build everything as-presented, but also goes over a set of advanced instructions for how to take what you have and elevate it to the next level. Together, they comprise a vast kitbasher's guide to using the elements in the set.

All told, the set is well over 300 pages of crystal elements, and will (by filesize) be the largest set WWG has put out at over 100 MB...so plan for a long download.

Like the look of this set. Definately going to be picking this up when it's ready. Tho at 100 meg I'll have to wait until I get to the office to download it. My 56k just won't cut it.

Mr Blackhammer

To WWG crew,

You might want to look at selling the file as a whole but splitting the download into four parts. This might attract a bigger customer pool.


Just an idea.



Lord Abaddon of Wormwood

When I read Crystal Caves, I was harkened back to the video game of the same name and the D&D module that took you into a amethyst cave.

Looks fairly interesting. I may have to get it just to have those crystals for a space adventure I'm going to run two weeks from now.

Wow BOB!

Very cool man!

A sort of expansion for CaveWorks...

~Floyd

Thank You Thank You Thank You

Hmmm, will all the walls be crystalline (or part crystalline), or will there also be 'ice' or 'snow' caves? Someday, most likely in a couple of months, the PCs will be traveling into the frozen north of Khador....

The Auld Grump, where they will be forced to eat Robin's minstrels.

*EDIT* Doing a mega kitbash of the snow caves might be worthwhile in either event.