I designed papercraft hex hills for BattleTech and you can download and build them right now

[@Johurph86]

Just this week I saw some battletech pictures posted on Facebook from a game club in Israel and they were using your terrain!

[@bratovitpierwszy2617]

Thanks for this! I'm going to glue a coin inside on the bottom to make it more stable and less slipping

[@oleksaderzybis9052]

That's great! I was going to make mine hills using foam, but this one way is awesome for newcomers to make their maps 3D in no time!

[@pointmanfrosty7206]

i did just that many years ago. another idea Use the paper and put foam inside

[@almostgoodvariant]

Turns out there was a glitch in the system which is why the release wasn’t approved on Wargame Vault. The issue has now been resolved by their friendly staff and the hills are live on the site! www.wargamevault.com/product/437294/Papercraft-3D-Hex-Hills I’m deleting the Dropbox folder as it was just a temporary workaround. The files are free on Wargame Vault. Leave a comment or review there if you feel like it, and thanks for the response and ideas thus far!

[@clamrollvideos]

I love the thought of these, and I'm likely to get a bunch printed up on some card stock from my local printshop. Yeah it'll double the price of em, but I think it'll be worth it for the newbie intro games I'll inevitably run. A few quick thoughts. First off was gluing a nickel or penny on the bottom of em to give a little weight. I love your idea of photocopying the map to use as a template, but I have a better one for you. Either trace that shape after you cut it out and use that for the bottom or simply make 2 copies. Then use the copy (or second copy) to put on top of the finished product. That way you have the hex number, and artwork from the map visible on the tops of your terrain that you've custom made for the map. A few graphic design considerations if you want to improve future releases: You worry about wasting space on paper. This is fair, especially for people printing at the office or using a service like I intend to. But at some point the extra terrain hexes could also be considered a waste of ink for those who print it at home. Maybe include versions with and without. For the concerns about different size of papers, I don't know what software you're using but generate files to fit a 210mm x 279.4mm canvas (or 8.27 inches x 11 inches if your software handles fractions of inches better than fractions of millimeters). This is the smallest dimension from both A4 and Letter. When set to print at 100% the image should fit perfectly on either sheet of paper with only the smallest of white margins on your end. Great work here, these are very clever. I look forward to conscripting some friends after I make a staples run so we can craft a couple dozen of each of these heights

[@almostgoodvariant]

Thank you very much for your insightful comment! Lots of stuff I never considered there. When I get around to updating them with new textures, I’ll certainly mention your suggestions. I’m no graphic designer - these were simply bodged together on Canva. It’s why I’m hesitant to release the templates themselves for people to mod… Many would be horrified to see how they actually work, lol

[@Creepycactus121]

A blank template would be amazing, we could all add our own textures!

[@almostgoodvariant]

This is a great idea. I’ll give it some thought at some point - it’s not quite as simple as just putting the templates out there due to how I made them and because of the measurements having to work when printed out.

[@superkickass]

i said the same thing! he made them!

[@MechanicalFrog]

Very creative! Awesome work.

[@superkickass]

check out the new version! not only did he put in blank ones (my suggestion :P) that you can draw on to save ink but he has a REALLY nice forest version!

[@Tinytraveler]

Holy heck these turned out lovely! Fantastic work

[@bigeye6606]

Fantastic! green hills would be great next. thank you for giving them for free!

[@almostgoodvariant]

That’s the next texture I have planned. I tried making green hills earlier but just grass or something didn’t look right vertically. Probably will try like a dark/grey rock on the sides and a grassy top.

[@adamthompson626]

thick paper, this is a better option than 3d printing for me.

[@ManuelPombeiro]

You may improve your template idea by doing a second copy of the template, cut each hex separately and glue them on top of the respective hex/hill. That way you have on top of each hill exactly the terrain that is on the map.

[@sackofpeas2470]

Brilliant! Thank you so much for the work you put into these.

[@Lexvius]

I thank you deeply. This is great.

[@almostgoodvariant]

The hills are now available on Wargame Vault: www.wargamevault.com/product/437294/Papercraft-3D-Hex-Hills

[@Hero_4_Hire1]

Those came out really nice!

[@aquarius5719]

Printable cut outs at Punto Nadie includes buildings, terrain, tokens for elementals in their different states like swarm attack or on the ground

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Nicely done! Three-dee terrain always helps with wargaming disputes about line-of-sight :D

[@almostgoodvariant]

Also, it makes it difficult to forget which level your mech is on! Certainly something I’ve done on hexmaps.

[@kendraroxanawaide6107]

Nice! Thank you! Happy New Year

[@samlam4598]

I admit it: this is pretty cool! Good job, sir!

[@harvestblades]

Those are excellent! I look forward to printing these out. With a large family (read expensive) a big draw for me getting into BT with my kids is the cost of entry. While tgere is some fantastic 3d terrain availed I can't justify dropping $200US on plastic terrain. This will be perfect for my family to play on, & I am really thankful the algorithm fed me this.

[@superkickass]

check out the new version he just made! the forest hills are GREAT! also if you're really on a budget he made blank ones that will really save you on your ink... just buy some pencil crayons and draw on it. or if you got paint left over from painting all your mini's. im sure once dried will get it a little bit extra stability! might wanna paint them after tho. honestly tho its paper so feel free to use your little brothers finger paints.

[@TheNerubin]

Cool idea. While i am currently thinking about 3d printing Hills like that, the ones i have so far still take quite a while to print and then they still need painting. Maybe i will create a set of your hills with weights at the bottom to stabilize them and some styrophome block inside to give it some strength. Maybe an idea for the future: woods also have hight, normaly level 2 i think and smoke columns and fires also could benefit from a 3d representation. These all would be more difficult as they only offer partial cover and so they would be best if they dont cover the entire volume.

[@bobdobbs7828]

The only strength your hills need is the will of the emperor, heretic. Oh, sorry, wrong universe.

[@cthulu8mytoast]

This is a really great idea. Especially when LOS might be a bit fuzzy.

[@antoniomendoza2682]

They are lovely and easy to build, good work. Definitely I would not use the same texture on vertical walls in order to avoid "color noise". I would use a darker ground texture and so it will be easier to see the top and more appealing

[@almostgoodvariant]

I did actually originally have different ground textures but got frustrated as I couldn’t make them look like they fit the wall textures using my limited editing skills. Then I just went with the same texture everywhere, kinda forgetting why I wanted a separate ground texture in the first place. In any case, you have a great point there and I will definitely give this some more thought in future updates! Thanks!

[@almostgoodvariant]

Hey there, the 2.0 update now includes a different texture for the tops of the hills. Thanks for the comment!

[@antoniomendoza2682]

@@almostgoodvariant cool!! thanks! I will use it! I did a super modular system as well, not as cool as yours but very easy to storage. I will try to to show it to you somehow

[@crazytiger800]

These hex hills look really cool! but I can't find the link that you've posted for some reason in the description.

[@almostgoodvariant]

Oh crap, the files have been in the process of being approved by Wargame Vault for a WEEK now. I uploaded this video and set it on a timer, thinking a week would be enough, and forgot to extend the time when it still wasn’t approved. Aargh!

[@phlogistanjones2722]

Super amazing and THANKS!

[@almostgoodvariant]

EDIT: The issue has been resolved and the hills are live on Wargame Vault! www.wargamevault.com/product/437294/Papercraft-3D-Hex-Hills

[@superkickass]

could you upload a copy thats Just the outlines. (save on ink for my printer & its only black and white.) i can always draw on it by hand if i want to...

[@almostgoodvariant]

@@superkickass great idea! I intend to work on them this week and the next and release a version 2.0 next week. I’ll definitely include just the outlines too.

[@superkickass]

@@almostgoodvariant i made one with ms paint. came out pretty good!

[@almostgoodvariant]

@@superkickass hey there, the blank hex hills are now part of the set and available on Wargame Vault! Thanks for the suggestion :)

[@superkickass]

@@almostgoodvariant WOW! that forest terrain one is SICK looking! Well now i might just have to waste the ink :P But yeah the blank ones are great! you can draw/paint on them if you really want. someone wants to have it match their terrain, in our hobby? they'll take the time. Also i found using the single tile as a template to cut out a cardboard hex to glue to the bottom before closing the top really made it durable. for how little they weight the extra bottom weight helps its stability as well as make the bottom perfectly flat. i was thinking of using insulating foam in a can to fill it up before closing it. i'll show you the results when i try it.

[@neogokiMK00]

thank you so much, these are amazing!

[@Spartaner251]

you could have used the photocopy to make a cutout from some normal paper or cardboard and then put the hexhills on and then cut up the photocopy and glue the photocopied hexes on top ;-)

[@ruthiekest3218]

Nice,i am on a budget for minis coming out.

[@AleksanderNevskij47]

Good Work!

[@Johurph86]

I really like these. The printed map template is a terrific idea. Are the files live on Wargame Vault yet? I looked for them and couldn't find them.

[@almostgoodvariant]

Oh crap, the files have been in the process of being approved by Wargame Vault for a WEEK now. I uploaded this video and set it on a timer, thinking a week would be enough, and forgot to extend the time when it still wasn’t approved. Aargh!

[@starsiegeplayer]

Nice idea.

[@kimcorwin1705]

Are heroscape tiles too big?

[@almostgoodvariant]

I believe so, yes.

[@tolemykus4805]

Nice! :)

[@RealMechDruid]

US format version seems good. Built them and seem accurate.

[@almostgoodvariant]

Great, thank you very much! I just don’t have US letter size paper here. Luckily the program I made these with has inch measurements.

[@99zxk]

How about trees?

[@HotelCharliHill]

hate to nitpick but the heights per level would have been better at 0.75". Nevertheless, very cool thinking!

[@almostgoodvariant]

I based the height on the official CBT miniature and Alpha Strike hex-converted rules where 1 level is 1 inch.

[@HotelCharliHill]

@@almostgoodvariant oh ok. i basewd mine of measurements where a 2.25" catalyst Atlas is 18-20m tall. makes it so some mechs would have LOS

[@randyd9090]

we need paper trees to

[@almostgoodvariant]

@@randyd9090 it’s something I’ve been thinking about!

[@Riley-uy5pe]

with some modge podge reinforcement these could probably even be painted up cheap with craft paints

[@Filthyanimal9]

These are great, thx for sharing