Modular Sci-Fi Space Ship layout.

The floors of the rooms and hallways are regular Hirst Arts tiles.  The walls though are hybrid wood and plaster.  I used 1/2 inch square wooden doles with the indurstrial edge on top.  The 1/2 inch dole is just enough height to give the impression of a complete wall but is still low enough so as to not block the sight of the players.

The floors immediately below hybrid walls are also wood.  It's a 1/4 inch piece of wood trimming that I've cut to 1.5 inches wide to match the tiles.

In June 2010 this started out as the stock plans for the Space Hulk game board set.  After many casts and even gluing some of the rooms to the blue foam it occured to me that I don't have enough room to store the ship.

The next phase involved snapping apart and sanding away the glue with its blue foam bits.  The new redesign first took into account storing the finished product.  I thought a modular desing would mean less shelf space and I wanted it all to fit inside set of plastic shelves.

These are photos of the trays. I didn’t take a picture of the shelves that the trays go in.

I've transported the whole set only once (at the time of writing this) and after that have put in sub dividers in the trays so that the pieces don't slide around as much.  I was fearful of chiping.

Here's the process how I made most of it.

You can see the Hirst tile next to the wooden pieces.  Using wood really saved on time and plaster costs.  It's lighter too.

This photo shows the floor painted with Gunbolt Metalic paint and the 1/2 wall in dark green.

The Industrial Edge mold #325 is eventually glued on top.  While it's still separate it gets detailed and dry brushed.

The next thing I do is sand the overhanging edge.  I have a workbench sander and that's an easy task.  I cut the walls and floors longer on purpose just so I could match them up and sand them smooth.

Some problems that I'm still working out are:

I didn't make any T pieces.  I had 4 way intersections and straight pieces but no T's.

Also my Doors are based on being 2 tiles long.  I didn't think of a "standard" room size until later and now that I've picked 3 x 3 room as the norm my doorways are off center.

Here's a photo:

Look at the door at the top left.

My door's have a second problem of there being a gap between the wall and one edge of the door frame.

Other Notes:

There are added bits to the wall sections just to make them interesting.  I copied this idea from the discussion board.  It's a great way to prestock an area with generic bits.

I've also learned that if I'm making a single tile piece its simplier to use an actual Hirst tile instead of cutting one from wood.