[Terrain] Operation Kaldstrom

I'm a huge fan of the Infinity Scenery Packs, especially for MERCS, so when Operation Kaldstrom was announced I knew I had to add the set to my collection.

There are already a whole bunch of reviews online, so I thought I'd just showcase the set with my recently painted ISS and sefadu included for scale.

So many tokens!

Solid and study Measuring Gauges!

And it packs away very cleanly

Sync out.

Infinity Kurage Station and Warsenal Support Structures Part 3

Here are some photos of my completed Kurage Station battleground for MERCS, with some CCC and GCC spinkled on to taste.

The total cost of this terrain project was AUD$42:

• AUD$16 Infinity Kurage Station Scenery Pack
• AUD$15 Warsenal Infinity Scenery Support Structure Pack
• AUD$11 Gamemat Lamination

Now, you could just grab the Scenery Pack, assemble it and call it day - though you would have to deal with the limitations of the cardboard scenery.
This pimp'd version of the terrain set is significantly more durable, and won't get bumped around the table - well, as much as any other MDF terrain would anyway.

Photos of the rest of my USCR coming up this week - stay tuned!

Sync out.

Infinity Kurage Station and Warsenal Support Structures Part 2

Kurage Station Scenery Pack

After an hour of construction, my Infinity Scenery Pack for Kurage Station was complete, as were the Warsenal Support Structures!

I won't post all of my photos, but for anyone interested you can check out this BeastsOfWar Unboxing video, and for anyone looking for instructions on assembly can check out this BeastsOfWar Terrain Building video for the Neon Lotus Scenery Pack (which uses the same format for the cardboard pieces).

Assembled Building

Assembled Service Cube

Warsenal Support Structures

Building Supports

Three different MDF pieces to make 4 Building Supports

Assembled Building Support

Assembled Building Support (turned upside down)

Service Box Supports

Three different MDF pieces to make 6 Box Supports

Assembled Box Supports

Walkway Supports

Two acrylic pieces to support the walkways

Sliding an acrylic piece into the underside of the Walkway

Thoughts

I love the Kurage Station Scenery Pack! There is a great level of detail, the grey colour palette really appeals to me for use with MERCS, and for the price it's a bargain.

This set realises my preference for brightly coloured miniatures set against sombre tabletop terrain - moreso than the Mototronica and Navajo Outpost sets do, and the detailing on the pieces is just phenomenal.

And although it is very lightweight cardboard terrain (and easily knocked around the table), I believe that the aesthetic appeal and the low cost far outweigh the functional limitations of cardboard terrain.

The Warsenal Support Structures are great, and mitigate the drawbacks of the lightweight cardboard terrain very well.

They're easy to assemble, provide excellent structural support, and fit into their cardboard counterparts well.

The exception are the Box Supports which, once inserted to the cardboard boxes, do not allow the boxes to be assembled as intended - but I solved this problem by gluing the cardboard pieces together instead of using the cardboard insert slots.

PVA glue used to close the Service Boxes.
The Service boxes were then left overnight
under compression to seal the bond.

Full battleground pictures coming up soon - stay tuned!

Sync out.

Infinity Kurage Station and Warsenal Support Structures Part 1

Yes, I have enough terrain. And no, it's not enough terrain.
That being said, during my 18 month hiatus from MERCS and blogging here, I added the Neon Lotus and Kurage Station Infinity Scenery Packs to my collection (my experience with the Moto.tronic Scenery Pack can be found here, and Navajo Outpost can be found here).
I also picked up the Warsenal Infinity Scenery Pack Support Structures to add some weight and support to them.

Kurage Station

Neon Lotus

Since their release I've been a huge fan of these Infinity Scenery Packs, especially for MERCS, which only needs one of these sets for a full table of terrain - though I would recommend adding a few elements of half-cover 'scatter' terrain pieces too.

So, I'll be starting with Kurage Station and the Warsenal Support Structures for it, and already have the Game Mat laminated for some durability.

Sync out.

Terrain Playmats and Card Terrain

Checking the Megacon Games Download page, I found a new Terrain Playmat and Card Terrain PDF available for free download.

The Card Terrain was given in the factions decks for MERCS 1.0, and allowed you to quickly throw down some nice looking 2D terrain.
The PDF contains 15 pieces of card terrain, which represent various elements of scatter terrain you would find on the tabletop.

The Terrain Playmats look fantastic, and are designed to be printed out and used as a base for creating your MERCS game tables - and whether you use 2D or 3D terrain, they look fantastic.

Middle East Terrain

Snow Terrain

Rural Terrain

You can grab all of these PDF files on the Megacon Games Download page!

Sync out.

Sync's Terrain Collection

It's that time of year again, and my birthday is coming up - so to help my family decide on what birthday presents to get me, I decided to do an inventory of my MERCS hobby.

With one hundred MERCS models about to be added to my workbench, I don't need any more models to paint, so I thought I'd see if I needed to fill any holes in my terrain collection.

While reviewing my terrain collection, I thought I'd take some photos and throw them up on the blog too, but I should mention that these photos don't include the Sci-Fi Walls Set and District 5 Apartments that I painted up this weekend.

After reviewing my collection, I decided that I don't need any more terrain!

Scatter Terrain

Terrain pieces that only provide half cover.

Two sets of 4-piece resin crates and barrels from eBay

4-piece resin crates from eBay

10-piece resin Parking Pylon set from Secret Weapon Miniatures

5-piece resin Jersey Barrier set from Secret Weapon Miniatures

Four sets of 4-piece MDF Barrier set from Warsenal

3-piece resin/acrylic Alien Objectives set from MicroArts Studio

3-piece resin/acrylic Console Objectives set from MicroArts Studio

Medium Terrain

Terrain pieces that completely block line-of-sight between models

Four sets of 2-piece Sci-Fi Small Containers from Plastcraft Games
(propped up on 3 pieces of 3mm MDF for extra height)

Two sets of 2-piece Shipping Containers from CNC Miniature Scenery

3-piece Holo Ad set from MicroArts Studio

3-piece Sci-Fi Walls set from CNC Miniature Scenery

Buildings

2 sets of Portable Dice Towers from CNC Miniatures Scenery
(with Sci-Fi Widgets attached)

Three sets of 3-piece Q-Buildings sets from Bandua Wargames

2-piece Sci-Fi Bridges set from CNC Miniatures Scenery

Boards

Sync's MERCS Table v2

Navajo Outpost Scenery Pack from Corvus Belli

Mototronica Scenery Pack from Corvus Belli

MERCS v1 Vinyl Maps from Galeforce9 (OOP)

Crossfire Map printed on vinyl from the Michigan MERCS

Downtown Map printed on vinyl from the Michigan MERCS

Deadzone Terrain

Sync out.