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Wargame Forge 3D Prints: Sci-Fi Building 21 Building Fusion Generator/Ruined Fusion Generator – SF021 & SFR021

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Wargame Forge 3D Prints: Sci-Fi Building 21 Building Fusion Generator/Ruined Fusion Generator - SF021 & SFR021

Another long-arse post name today as I share a pair of prints from Wargame Forge over on MyMiniFactory. Now, chances of my showing more stuff from Wargame Forge in the next week is pretty high, but right now I don’t have anything else from there that’s fully finished (I think) or photographed (I know) – so we’re going with what we got for this run of posts!

These generators, like SO many other pieces of wargaming terrain are clearly inspired by the Echo Base Shield Generators from The Empire Strikes Back. From the days when Star Wars was still actually, y’know. Good.

Wargame Forge 3D Prints: Sci-Fi Building 21 Building Fusion Generator/Ruined Fusion Generator - SF021 & SFR021

I did my usual, printing out a couple of each. After all, I paid for the bloody STL files and so I like to get more use out of (at least) most of them than a single print. I did mirror the damaged verison to give a little variation, as usual.

Wargame Forge 3D Prints: Sci-Fi Building 21 Building Fusion Generator/Ruined Fusion Generator - SF021 & SFR021

Something I do like about these is that they’re pretty scale-agnostic. Now obviously being STL files, they can be embiggened as much as you like (or can fit on a build plate) – but even printed at Battletech Gothic scale, they still work ok with a variety of other models, scales and genres, as you can see in these photos.

Wargame Forge 3D Prints: Sci-Fi Building 21 Building Fusion Generator/Ruined Fusion Generator - SF021 & SFR021

These were also finished off on the Oil Wash Weekend, but in this case I think they would have worked out just as well with regular acrylic washes – but that’s the point of experimenting – and what better place to experiment than with low-stakes terrain pieces – and even moreso when you can just print ’em. As per usual for this time of year, these terrain prints work for Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery ’25.

Shiaic3D 6mm Game Box Storage Terrain – Example Building

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Shiaic3D 6mm Game Box Storage Terrain - Example Building

Back to 3D printed terrain for the next few posts – this print is of a free sample (where I predictably started my 6-8mm journey) from a maker called Shiaic3D. This one is their free sample/Example Building from their Game Box Storage Terrain line. I believe the concept of the non-sample pieces is that they’re mostly box shaped hollow pieces with slots so you can “slot in” your based Battletech models. Even this non-hollow model is pretty easy to store as it’s basically just a detailed cube.

Shiaic3D 6mm Game Box Storage Terrain - Example Building

These were some of the first terrain pieces I printed at this scale, way back at the start of the year. I got started on painting them a few months ago, but got hung up on the best way to bring out the details of the subtle ins and outs of the building(s) – the raised portions and the ring of indented squares just below the roof which I elected to paint as an architectural feature rather than even more windows!

Shiaic3D 6mm Game Box Storage Terrain - Example Building

I finally achieved success with the Oil Wash Weekend at the start of July, where Marouda and I spent a couple of days making a mess on the War Room table using oil paints and leaving them and then coming back later for a big wipe session. These may not have come out “perfectly” but they ended up a lot better than they were before, and I think they work for weathered and somewhat gritty buildings in what’s going to be an endless series of warzones.

Shiaic3D 6mm Game Box Storage Terrain - Example Building

The windows on these give me the “feeling” of some kind of clinical series of research labs. Just a bit vaguely dystopian/cyberpunk-ish feel I get. As with pretty much everything I’ve been posting lately, these terrain prints work for Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery ’25.