15mm-Scale Warp Core

My boys and I have been re-watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, and while it's my least favorite of the ST serieseses, it did inspire me to add a new piece to my 15mm space corridor offerings:  the warp core.  This is a one-piece print that includes consoles for those engineering staff to be huddled over when they explode or to be hitting the "EJECT CORE" button.

Available here:  http://shpws.me/OJPk

New 15mm Space Corridor System

http://shpws.me/MFRM

Introducing the National Cheese Emporium's 15mm Sci-Fi Corridor System!  This set provides the tiles and walls necessary to recreate any scenario from any edition of Space Hulk.  In addition, the 20mm base footprint of all the pieces mean that the walls could be used in conjunction with Litko Aerosystem's laser-cut 15mm corridor system, which I personally own a pile of and can heartily recommend!  You would just need to trim the small tab off the foot of the wall pieces.

This set consists of 2 basic floor tiles, 2 basic walls, 1 interior corner, 1 exterior corner, 4 different styles of doors, 1 staircase, 1 ladder, 1 base tile (mounts either the staircase or ladder pieces), 1 iris portal tile, 1 descending staircase tile, 1 chute tile, 1 breached floor tile, and 2 different "Xeno entry point" tiles.

Obviously, there are not enough pieces here to create anything.  But here's the deal:  a customer purchasing this set has my express permission to make their own molds and cast copies of these pieces to their heart's delight.  They may make as many copies as they like for personal use or even for their gaming club;  all I ask is that they not reproduce them for sale without consulting me first!

I made as much effort as possible to make these moldable using a single-sided mold, much like Hirst Arts molds, but they have detail on the back in case the customer wants to make a two-part mold.  There are as few undercuts as possible, as well.  The trickiest piece will be the interior corner, because I couldn't find a way to make it without there being an angled undercut or making it three pieces.

On the doors, the concept is that the customer would cast the style he or she wants twice, then glue two of them back to back to make them 1) double-sided and 2) make them more stable.  On that point, though, the way the doors sit on the angled walls, they actually can't tip over.

As always, I've limited my markup on each set sold to just $1, so the price you see is entirely dependent on Shapeways' material pricing.  If I could make them cheaper, I would!

Thanks!
jav98

15mm Mad Scientist's Lab, updated

So, after much delay and gnashing of teeth (actually, changing jobs and apartments), I've been able to make some forward progress on a few of the dormant projects that have been deserving of love.

First up on that list is the 15mm Mad Scientist's Lab, which got its start a year or two ago after I had enjoyed a repeat viewing of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.  I did my best to come up with some very steampunky names, but it gets hard to use the Æ thing over and over again.  And sometimes, a tilt-adjustable restraint table is just a tilt-adjustable restraint table.

http://shpws.me/MDBi

I'm a little concerned about how many times Shapeways will reject these before I can get them printed.  The techs at SW have been rather arbitrary and capricious in their rejections as of late.

3mm Modern/Sci-fi Buildings

I've been plugging away at these for a while now.  I keep meaning to print them and send them off to the caster I've been working with on the 3mm sci-fi stuff, but it's going to run me a good $200 or more to do so, so it will have to wait until I have some surplus cash.

15mm WIP: Mad Scientist's Lab

Just a little something I have been poking away at intermittently.  I had forgotten all about it until a post on TMP reminded me of the thing.  Not sure it will ever see the light of day, but we'll see.  These might be of use to gamers playing Victorian sci-fi or pulp-adventure games.

3mm Terrain: Pod Housing

I was listening to an NPR story (this happens quite often) about the oil boom in the Dakotas and the challenges it presents to the local communities in terms of infrastructure.  That led me design self-contained prefab "pod" housing that would essentially be plug-and-play housing units for the oil workers.  Here, in 3mm scale, are some of the results.

The piece on the right would be the individual living quarters.  The middle piece is the "hub", which provides a communal living space with toilet, shower, and food-prep facilities.  The left piece is a hallway designed to connect multiple hub-and-spoke complexes.  The hallway pieces could also be equipped with lounge comforts (TVs, video games, pool tables, a bar, etc.).

Here is some basic conceptual layouts of the living unit and a typical hub unit (walls have been removed for illustrative purposes):

Here are some examples of layouts of multiple units:

Here are some other pod-housing units I experimented with:

Maybe I can get a government grant to make these a reality someday!