Terranovan Buildings

Paper Scenery for Heavy Gear

By Paul Lesack

These buildings will beautify your battlefield with a minimum of fuss. The sheets include full color hangars, barracks, repair huts, storage depots and a watchtower. There's even a Weird But Tasty(TM) outlet for the camp's PX! They're easy to put together, if you follow some simple steps (see below).

  • You may notice that the sheets are 8" x 10". This is so they'll print properly on even old color inkjet printers. For best results, make sure "Fit to Page" is off when you print.

  • If you don't want the little question mark icon and copyright icons to print, uncheck the "Annotations" box. They don't cover the models, so this step is optional.

  • Most of these buildings are simply bevelled boxes. Simply glue all the tabs to their corresponding sides, and you're done.

  • Scoring the edges may result in crisper edges, but more unsightly white lines. You'll reduce the strength of the model, too. With care, you can produce a crisp fold without scoring, and your models will look better for it.

  • The tower is slightly more complex. The top part of the tower folds in on itself, so that the interior is detailed as well. The floor portion sits directly underneath.
      1. Cut out the tower.
      2. Fold the top part and glue it before cutting out the centre. This will ensure that the inside and outside are well aligned.
      3. Glue the floor of the tower to one side.
      4. Wrap the rest of the tower around the floor piece.
      5. The roof is designed to be removable so that infantry can hide in the tower. Folding the edges of the roof forms a lip which keeps in in place.

  • These models look great when printed out onto cardstock. However, if you're looking to make a Stalingrad-style cityscape, it will take lots of time and lots of ink to print out enough. The easy solution is to print out one copy on high quality paper. Color photocopy as many as you need. Remember that most photocopiers use 11" x 17" paper, so you can copy two sheets for the price of one. Use 3M spray glue (Photomount or Super77) to stick the paper onto cardstock, and assemble as normal.

  • As a bonus, the copied buildings are water resistant, unlike most color printer inks.

  • If you're bothered by white edges, you can touch them up with paint. If you have lots of buildings, this can be fairly time-consuming. A quicker solution is to color the edges with pastels.

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