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Terranovan Commercial Buildings
Paper Scenery for Heavy Gear
By Paul Lesack
These buildings will beautify your battlefield with a minimum of fuss. They're ideal for urban battles, or if you just want a restaurant or grocery store for your Heavy Gear world. You can combine them with models from the Urban Series to make a variety of building types. They're easy to put together, if you follow some simple steps.
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 boxes. Simply glue all the tabs to their corresponding sides, and you're done. It's easier than wrapping a present.
The coloured rectangles are awnings; fold them in half and glue them edge on where you think there should be shade or rain protection.
The smallest rectangles are signs, in case you want to add some, or feel like replacing the ones on the sides of the buildings.
The billboards simply fold in half, and are glued edge on to the model. If you would rather have a removable billboard, cut a thin (0.75 cm or slightly thicker) section of the corrugated style awing. Fold it into a T-shape (mountain fold in half, glue top part, then valley fold out some wings), and sandwich it between the halves of the billboards. Now you have a little stand, and the billboard can go anywhere you like.
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.
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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