As mentioned, one of my next big projects is a Golarian world map, designed and printed in Hexton Hills 3d terrain tiles. First stage is a proof of concept Settlers of Catan board, before I dive into the much larger project of a full regional or world map.
One of the excuses I have had for a long time preventing me from starting the effort has been a lack of border tiles – something to even out the hex board format and provide a straight edge. This is necessary to actually frame out the tiles, and hold them consistently, and has been something promised for some time by the kickstarter. However, I realized that such a frame is really rather trivial to create, so I just whipped one up myself. Probably not perfect, but certainly good for my needs, and allows me to quickly create the border for the project.
Assuming I dont end up changing the design mid-stream (or they release an “official” one), I will likely post it on Thingiverse for others to use as well.
Pictures is the start of the southwest corner of the map, utilizing the border and the first few of many ocean tiles – something I know I will need a lot of, and are generic enough to mass produce.
Painting will likely happen in stages, once the Catan project is completed.
