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nonPareil Institute 3D Prints: Battletech Hab-Block

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nonPareil Institute 3D Prints: Battletech Hab-Block

Another 3d print today – and something from a slightly different genre. We have several of a print known as “Hab-Block” from a free set of STLs – the BattleTech Building Collection 01 by someone/a group called nonPareil Institute.

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I’ve printed (and then painted) two each of the ones with hex bases and also no bases. I don’t feel like these are particularly “Hab-Block” like in their aesthetic, but I’m sure they’ll be totally fine on a tabletop.

nonPareil Institute 3D Prints: Battletech Hab-Block

Speaking of “on a tabletop” – as it happens, they look pretty reasonable as “large scatter” –  essentially LOS-blockers for infantry-sized models as well as very throwable pieces of tech if you’re a Marvel Crisis Protocol figure. They kind of look like semi-futuristic servers or something like that in this scale.

 

nonPareil Institute 3D Prints: Battletech Hab-Block

They also look entirely appropriate with more “Epic” scaled models. Which is a good thing! Even if they do seem a little small. Or odd in some ways (no doors!)

Mantic Terrain Crate (Mars Attacks!): Barricades Part 1

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Mantic Terrain Crate (Mars Attacks!): Barricades

More Mantic Terrain Crate stuff originally sourced from Mars Attacks again today – These were painted before the picket fences shown in yesterday’s post – these being painted in January and February – as with those fences, these are now available from Mantic’s various “Cityscape” sets from their modern/post-apocalyptic range.

Mantic Terrain Crate (Mars Attacks!): Barricades Zombicide

I started cleaning these up in late 2024 with the idea to get them painted over the Christmas break into 2025, which is exactly what happened. As we’ve moved further into our campaign playing through all of of Zombicide 1st edition, including all expansions, all addons and all DLC, we got to the point of barricades a little while ago, but I only have the pair that came with one of the Kickstarters.

Mantic Terrain Crate (Mars Attacks!): Barricades

So since I had these, it was time to get some of them done. They’ve come up decently well in the end. I varied the colours of the various elements so they hopefully don’t immediately read as a pile of duplicated pieces. I do have a bunch more of these, but before I go near those, I’ve got a few other sculpts to paint and then mix in! In the meantime, these 14 pieces also qualify for Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 24-25.