I already saw some interest from some of the people I shared it with to grab a late pledge when it becomes available.
Necromunda Metro Morph - Modular Card Terrain
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@BabelSnake / @Sethmerlin666 - Do I need to do something to update my pledge to include shipping or is it not at that stage yet? I don't recall seeing an email about it. Cheers!
Not just yet.
Just finalising some aspects for shipping now and getting all details plugged into the soon to be released pledge manager. Once I open that up you'll be able to add further kits to your pledge and pay for shipping. Will announce the release of that in an update and periodically remind people to complete it, so all good.
Cheers!
I'm super late filling in the pledge manager for this - done now and added an elevation set. Looking forward to finally having a busy table! Eventually, when my unborn kids are old and i'm grey, half blind and deaf, i'll have finished some painted stuff to go with it too 
Hell yeah, I expect my stuff to arrive around September. That will force me to start a campaign with some friendsssss. Ended up going all in and got me 2 basics and one of each of the extra stuffs I believe. Insane I know.
Edit: just checked and it was 3 cores, 1 elevation, 1 cover, more stickers and more clips, I did go crazy on the stuff.
Edit: just checked and it was 3 cores, 1 elevation, 1 cover, more stickers and more clips, I did go crazy on the stuff.
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So my three core sets arrived in Feb - whooo!
Here followeth a review.
The three sets are packed in handy trays with card sleeves, these are compact and easy to store (each is shorter and under half the thickness of ye olde Necromunda game box). The terrain itself is sturdy punch card with the usual foibles of punch card - occasionally a piece (particularly on ladders) won't pop out cleanly and takes a flap of final product with it. Oh no! But they have you covered - in the sticker packs with each set are essentially repair patches for damaged or torn parts. I had to use two repair stickers on my three core sets from punching them out. Both on ladder rungs. Not exactly an issue.
One of the three core sets had its punch cards slightly warped in transit, but literally bending the pucnhed-out walls back into shape seems to have sorted that and they've stayed straight since.
The clips are sturdy and grip well, time will tell whether they start to wear away at the printed surfaces with a few cycles of use, but those repair stickers exist for just such a reason.
The stickers were a mild issue though - each core set comes with three sets of clips and sets of stickers to camouflage them. The first and third core sets I assembled did not contain enough sticker sheets to do all of the L-section clips (these use slightly longer stickers). The second core set had a sufreit of sticker sheets. I had already used some repair stickers to bodge the first set, but the extras in the second allowed me to make up the shortfall on the third. Bit of a QC issue there I think with the quanitites of stickers in the packs. If you got unlucky you'd need to use repair stickers to camo all of your clips, which will leave some black on show. Not a big deal, but a minor irritation.
Construction of the sets is fairly straight forward. Expect to be going back and swapping out clips if you're building "freestyle" as I was. With experience it will become quicker, but ready "within minutes" was perhaps a bit of marketing truth-flexing. The clips are the limiting factor in the assembly of the sets. If you're adding cover (I used the punched out door and window pieces as barricades - see below) or building reasonably tall you will run out T-section then L-section clips, but with some creative assembly you should be able to use almost every piece without sacrificng strength.
The completed buildings are pretty sturdy, I would have no qualms about using old school pewter miniatures on them, as ably demonstarted here by Moira standing in a position that would be madness on thinner old card or with weaker clips:
Here is one core set assembed in a freestyle manner without much in the way of planning. One three-storey, three two-storey and two one-storey buildings, each with open sides or backs to allow easy miniature access. They are all nice and sturdy, and all I had leftover afterwards was two X-Section clips and a couple of ladders - you can see the "building" of leftover walls and clips I made to use up the rest at the bottom left, and also the door/window sections used as barricades in various places. This took just over 25 minutes to set up, so my three sets would be about an hour and a quarter - though I expect this to speed up with practice.
This is what that looks like on a standard 4x4 mat. I bought three core sets and that might be a little sparse with them all set up and spread out, but with some more scatter and bits it should be fine.
Overall - no regrets, they look great, are sturdy and will be fun to fight over and through. The three sets I have will be at TribeMeet 2020 all set up on one table, so if you're lucky enough to have a ticket you can come and fight on it.
Here followeth a review.
The three sets are packed in handy trays with card sleeves, these are compact and easy to store (each is shorter and under half the thickness of ye olde Necromunda game box). The terrain itself is sturdy punch card with the usual foibles of punch card - occasionally a piece (particularly on ladders) won't pop out cleanly and takes a flap of final product with it. Oh no! But they have you covered - in the sticker packs with each set are essentially repair patches for damaged or torn parts. I had to use two repair stickers on my three core sets from punching them out. Both on ladder rungs. Not exactly an issue.
One of the three core sets had its punch cards slightly warped in transit, but literally bending the pucnhed-out walls back into shape seems to have sorted that and they've stayed straight since.
The clips are sturdy and grip well, time will tell whether they start to wear away at the printed surfaces with a few cycles of use, but those repair stickers exist for just such a reason.
The stickers were a mild issue though - each core set comes with three sets of clips and sets of stickers to camouflage them. The first and third core sets I assembled did not contain enough sticker sheets to do all of the L-section clips (these use slightly longer stickers). The second core set had a sufreit of sticker sheets. I had already used some repair stickers to bodge the first set, but the extras in the second allowed me to make up the shortfall on the third. Bit of a QC issue there I think with the quanitites of stickers in the packs. If you got unlucky you'd need to use repair stickers to camo all of your clips, which will leave some black on show. Not a big deal, but a minor irritation.
Construction of the sets is fairly straight forward. Expect to be going back and swapping out clips if you're building "freestyle" as I was. With experience it will become quicker, but ready "within minutes" was perhaps a bit of marketing truth-flexing. The clips are the limiting factor in the assembly of the sets. If you're adding cover (I used the punched out door and window pieces as barricades - see below) or building reasonably tall you will run out T-section then L-section clips, but with some creative assembly you should be able to use almost every piece without sacrificng strength.
The completed buildings are pretty sturdy, I would have no qualms about using old school pewter miniatures on them, as ably demonstarted here by Moira standing in a position that would be madness on thinner old card or with weaker clips:
Here is one core set assembed in a freestyle manner without much in the way of planning. One three-storey, three two-storey and two one-storey buildings, each with open sides or backs to allow easy miniature access. They are all nice and sturdy, and all I had leftover afterwards was two X-Section clips and a couple of ladders - you can see the "building" of leftover walls and clips I made to use up the rest at the bottom left, and also the door/window sections used as barricades in various places. This took just over 25 minutes to set up, so my three sets would be about an hour and a quarter - though I expect this to speed up with practice.
This is what that looks like on a standard 4x4 mat. I bought three core sets and that might be a little sparse with them all set up and spread out, but with some more scatter and bits it should be fine.
Overall - no regrets, they look great, are sturdy and will be fun to fight over and through. The three sets I have will be at TribeMeet 2020 all set up on one table, so if you're lucky enough to have a ticket you can come and fight on it.
I can totally imagine your power station sat amongst these!
Great review!
captains mini challenge: try to make one, at least 3 story, mega structure using the entirety of one set!
Great review!
captains mini challenge: try to make one, at least 3 story, mega structure using the entirety of one set!
Question for thoroughness [though this DOES look good]: (a) how does height compare with N95 bulkheads? (b) how does thickness compare with N95 card? That is to say, are they coincidentally luckily compatible? Or more likely, not at all?
While I admit that my plan is for sheet styrene and sticker paper along with 3D printing more bulkheads, knowing compatibility and options is useful for folks in general.
It looks as though each set decently fills 1'x1', with no real qualms there. Looks good!
While I admit that my plan is for sheet styrene and sticker paper along with 3D printing more bulkheads, knowing compatibility and options is useful for folks in general.
It looks as though each set decently fills 1'x1', with no real qualms there. Looks good!
The card is MUCH thicker than N95. ~4 times thicker.
A standard wall section is about 2mm taller and wider than a bulkhead of old, depending on if you count the slotted bit on the very top of the bulkhead. Not far off.
Stylistically the're pretty close - it's darker than N95 card but I think jumbled together you'd get away with it. There are a suitable number of hazard stripes, they're just not as bright.
Good review man! Mine arrived and it's being cracked open this weekend. Pictures to follow.
Nice one.
I have mine all punched and stickered.
Haven't properly set up yet... maybe this weekend.
I have 2x core sets, 1x cover and 1x elevation.
The stairs in the elevation set are great..
I have mine all punched and stickered.
Haven't properly set up yet... maybe this weekend.
I have 2x core sets, 1x cover and 1x elevation.
The stairs in the elevation set are great..
I concur, it's great value for the money and three core sets makes a great foundation for a good 4'x4' board. The elevation and cover add ons fills out some lack of cover and enables you to spread out the building whilst at the same time connecting them with walkways. You'll probably would want some containers or some other solid pieces to break up the ground floor of the board.
Would I prefer a board made up of the new beautiful GW terrain - yes. But it's way out of my price range as well as taking up too much space. Another perk of this set is also that it's very movable, so it's fairly easy to switch venue or to lend it to friends in your gaming group that lacks terrain (making it much easier to keep a campaign running).
Would I prefer a board made up of the new beautiful GW terrain - yes. But it's way out of my price range as well as taking up too much space. Another perk of this set is also that it's very movable, so it's fairly easy to switch venue or to lend it to friends in your gaming group that lacks terrain (making it much easier to keep a campaign running).
Wow! Thanks for such an in depth look at the Core Sets. Was cool to hear your perspective on it and glad overall you are liking them.
Appreciate the issues and feedback you raised too.
I tossed up whether to mention this in the instructions or some other format, that you'll always get a much cleaner separation from the punchboard, especially as these are pretty thick, if you pop it from the flat side as opposed to the indented one. Based off what you've said though, will be letting more people know so they don't have to use their stickers on it.
This was a little problematic for me also. It came about because of the stretch goals that were added where we ended up with more card pieces which needed then more clips but then there weren't quiet enough stickers to cover all the new materials. (One of the next Stretches to reach if we could). Moving forward though it gives me a better idea of how to plan those goals to ensure kits will still work as a totally complete package.
The info that you had different amounts of stickers in your kits was puzzling though, hopefully just a minor one off, but will ask around for sure to see that it isn't a wide spread issue. Thanks for the heads up!
Really like what you did with the door and window off cuts too. This is one idea which had not as yet occurred to me but which makes perfect sense. They should make a really good backdrop for the poster and sign stickers too. Consider the idea stolen!
Local orders in my city yes. Others for the Oceania region I packaged and sent off through couriers.
So far so good! Quality stuff, Babel! More pics and impressions to follow.
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