Building a Traditional zone Mortalis Terrain Set

[Lord Blackwood]

Hello  friends  

I have a bit of an odd question I  guess.  I am looking at building a Zone Mortalis set of terrain for my friends and I  to make use of but its going to be a slow process of accruing the kits needed to get us to where we need to be , not to mention the tiles that are currently out of stock. 

So I  guess its 2 Questions  

1. Is there a 4x4 mat that you would recommend for a zone mortalis project ?

2. How many of These GW  Column  and Wall  kits do you think it will take to properly populate a 4x4 board 

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Zone-Mortalis-Columns-And-Walls-2020

[.Torch.]

Gamematt.eu have some good 4x4 matts that would be perfect for Zone Mortalis. Give them a look, they have plenty of themes that will work with 40k, 30k and Necromunda.

[Firedrake Cordova]

2. How many of These GW  Column  and Wall  kits do you think it will take to properly populate a 4x4 board 

 

The mat in Dark Uprising is 2' x 2', and comes with the equivalent of 2 of those wall sets (plus the one with the lift).  Dunno if that's any help?

[Bung]

You could go cheaper if you take some MDF stuff like this

https://ttcombat.com/collections/industrial-hive/products/iron-labyrinth-bundle

 

Just add some GW stuff for customization.

[Overwhelming Odds]

I recommend that once you get the terrain, take photos like I did in this tutorial and then you can "see and visualize" exactly what it will look like and be to scale so you can see for yourself exactly how it will look. You will be able to test different configurations and densities.  You can see how height will impact the density of the terrain as you lose pieces going vertical.  I seriously can't recommend this enough.  Take the time and get exactly what you want and need.  I did this with my two sets of Killzone terrain.  Could not be happier.  I have a 1000 configurations I can use, from 8 half buildings to a 7 floor tall imperial tower.  Use that modular construction for maximum effect!

 

I can provide photos upon request.  

 

Here is the tutorial I was referencing: https://overwhelmingodds40k.com/importing-your-terrain-in-my-powerpoint-file/

 

V/r,

 

Dan

[MegaVolt87]

I have been thinking- 2 of the wall packs per 12 inch section of the tiles- 4x4= 48 inches, 16 tiles, 4 sets (?) (1 set of ZM tiles is 4 12 inch tiles). so like 32 boxes of the wall packs to do more tighter ZM board. Did I get the Imperial System right?

[Black Knight]

What about the original cardboard tiles? I have no idea if they fit the new system, has anyone tried them? I do see them regularly on ebay.

Edited January 27, 2020 by Black_Knight

[Noserenda]

What about the original cardboard tiles? I have no idea if they fit the new system, has anyone tried them? I do see them regularly on ebay.

They dont quite fit apparently :( Still, saved me a lot of money! 

[Firedrake Cordova]

What about the original cardboard tiles? I have no idea if they fit the new system, has anyone tried them? I do see them regularly on ebay.

As Noserenda says, they don't quite fit - the plastic tiles are 12", and the card ones are a little smaller.  The plastic walls are a little bigger in section, so the will "overflow" over the walls marked on the card tiles.  Over short runs, it's not much, but with a wall that's a full tile wide, the difference in size is enough to prevent a door being placed in the gap between two marked walls.

[Black Knight]

Thanks for the verification. It's a shame as I really do love the boards, the prints on them really do add some story to the board. 

[Firedrake Cordova]

It's a shame as I really do love the boards, the prints on them really do add some story to the board. 

Yeah, it's a shame.  The wall ends are something like 1-2mm too big in each axis.  Doesn't sound like much, but adds up when there's 6 in a line.  Shame it wasn't fully planned-through for them all to be compatible. :(

[Lord Blackwood]

it sounds like round about 4 sets is the most reasonable starting point for a 4x4 board , thank you for the assistance. 

[Mendi Warrior]

I saw the discussion on the plastic tiles vs cardboard tiles discrepancies. Just throwing an idea: what about combining them by cutting and rearranging the cardboard ones so as to get to the exact same measurements as the plastic ones? No idea of how much work would be involved but using foamboard and/or plasticard can probably help. E.g. for a door, cut in the middle along the axis perpendicular to the wall, insert foamboard/plasticard so as to get to the right width for the door. Repeat as many times as needed.

 

While surfing I came across the instagram posts of broncofish, there is some cool stuff he did combining ZM with other kits like the Noctilith Crown and AoS Skull Altar.

https://www.instagram.com/broncofish/