JUDGE DREDD tabletop build - Hab units for a Mega City Block (or Stargrave and any other Sci-FI)

[@youshang9519]

I appreciate people walking past a stack of plastic drawers and immediately think about how to turn them into wargaming scenery. Just fantastic.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

LOL - It's a curse really. I have spent pretty much my entire adult life looking at things in shops thinking how I could turn them into wargames scenery

[@MattNandhraCalow]

​@@magratheabuilderofworlds7141 same here. Annoys the hell out of my wife 😂

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

🤣@@MattNandhraCalow

[@UnkleKlumsy1353]

I will always accept new Judge Dredd content in my life. What I love about this is that it can always be used in other similar games. I'll say I wanna like the Stallone film more than I do, and it has redeeming qualities... but I did not like Stallone as Dredd and the movie itself was a mess. Dredd with Karl Urban was such a banger. This vid alone makes wanna go re-watch it

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Thanks for watching. Yes it's a flexible model. And the Urban film is definitely better

[@jefferydraper4019]

My thing was we really should have never seen Dredds face in 1995s JD. At least until he was stripped of his title in the courtroom. Diane Lane and Armand Assante both did Judge Hershey and EX-Judge Rico very well. Assante uses one of my favorite quotes. "The innocent exist only until they inevitably become perpetrators." What a great line.

[@cynicalmamc]

I got very similar grey drawer units from Morrison's for my paints and random small tools and I used the feet, (which looked exactly the same) as engines on a spaceship :-) Excellent ingenuity as always Tim you have captured the essence of Dredd's world very well. The possibilities are endless for different shops, maybe a 'tween block plaza, a play area or a park but set up in the air between the stacks! I totally agree about the films, the Stallone one got the look of Mega City 1 bang on but Karl Urban got Dredd right.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Cheers - Yes I am looking forward to the fleibility and possibilities with these stacks. Watch this space

[@wayneclayton5426]

There are some toy trucks in Pound Stretchers which are idea for Dredd vehicles. (Warlord themselves used them) Very cheap. And come in a few different versions. Dump truck, ambulance, Fire truck etc.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

NIce - just need to find a pound stretcher near me:0)

[@davidweale9621]

My Father would always say "Three points for a straight line." when we were working on any project. Enjoyed the video.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Glad you're watching - the old chaps were rarely wrong

[@Brutal1966]

I've been a life long fan of judge dred, I remember the first time I picked up a copy 2000AD in 1979 if I remember correctly, I still read as much as I can and collect anything and everything to do with judge dredd, zstr9ntium dog and rogue trooper. I'm glad I found you.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Yay! Keep watching there is more to come:0)

[@WarChimp]

Absolutely love this. My intro to JD and 2000AD was around the same time. I used to love the JD role-playing game as well as Block War and the Rogue Trooper games. The idea of using those drawers for buildings is fantastic and could work for mamy settings. As I watched and you talked about walkways, I thought you could possibly make detachable sections that fit into the sides. You could even utilise the small gap as a locking mechanism by having card/plasticard edges that slot in to them. Can't wait to see how this fills a table.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Great minds think alike. That is exactly what I have done:0)

[@WarChimp]

Can't wait to see the next video 😊.

[@MrCrystalwarrior1]

LOVE this tutorial :-) Both Dredd films have their good and bad points, and are just escapist entertainment in the end, so I watch both of them just for the sheer joy of seeing them. Your turning stackable storage boxes into scenery is a true joy to behold, and something similar to what I did years ago for a Necromunda table commission, using cat food boxes and other bits I had to hand. I miss the WargamesFoundry metal 2000ad minis, too, and also have my reservations about Mantic Games' terrain and figures, as they are too soft and bendy for my liking. Scotia Grendel products do some nice hard resin scenery for Aliens style games as well as generic sci-fi/fantasy, so check them out and see if anything catches your eye :-) I would LOVE to see a Shuggy Hall, with the wonderful Max Normal taking on a few players, as he is one Judge Dredd character who really needs adding to the game. LOVE seeing the Chopper graffiti too, and hope to see the completed table when it's done, as you've given me so much inspiration for building a table all of my own now, and I don't really indulge in the gaming hobby, but I do paint gamers' figures for them, and build the occasional piece of scenery or complete table for them. Hope the new workshop is finished soon, so you can really get back into making more videos and showing your work :-D

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Thanks for watching. I really like the Foundry miniatures but finding ones I don't have is getting expensive. New workshop is coming on now. Won't be long.

[@foxbat51]

The Stallone Dredd movie is actually quite good. The set design and world building is amazing for a start.

[@judgechan9036]

Indeed! There's a behind the scenes video on youtube showing all the "terrain" made for it

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Yeah, because of Stallone's involvement they had a much bigger budget- Shame they didn't spend much of it on script and story:0) BUt you're right from a world building POV it's great

[@tamsinp7711]

For the raised plaza, you could use one of the frame pieces to provide the columns, perhaps with a shop underneath. Last year I spent a month or so learning how to use Tinkercad to design the balcony sections from the atrium of Peach Trees for 3D printing. I got them pretty close, but ran out of steam when it came to designing the shops and apartments to go behind (mostly due to trying to work out the best way to cope with the the recessed entrances).

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

PLaza is definitelly going to be raised on other drawer frames.

[@adamfox1669]

I can’t even look at ‘real life’ buildings and structures without thinking how I could defend them… great video great ideas

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Thank you - Yes I find myself immersed in gaming worlds and am often looking at places wondering what they would look like onm a tabletop

[@TaliesinSeventyone]

Love this idea, definitely om the look out for some of these units. From the Dredd strips, I'd expect the hab units to be accessed through a nondescript door off a soulless interior corridor rather than an external balcony. 1> inset the balconies, low wall where the current wall is and then the main wall an inch or so back. 2> make access doors to the units at the side 3>take a stack of units, connect solidly together and then build walkways, lifts, stairs etc to connect the levels together around the inside edges. (think the core of the building in Dredd) and place between the hab/shop stacks Should give you a more transportable/storable solution. For the shop windows, 2 possible solutions for the bank logo (or similar) tape the logo onto the back of the window and use that to paint it on the other side or for more complex designs or stained glass, get some printable Overhead Projector sheet.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Yeah, I tned to think that the hab units in blocks should be soulless

[@MattNandhraCalow]

It would be great to make some of the top sections of the room with door/windows on the ends. They should be pretty interchangeable from unit to unit, so that could give a good amount of variety easily. Potentially could give you a way to move between the blocks at higher levels besides the front walkways. Might also be cool to have a bottom section with a stairwell inside ( maybe only part of that lower section) to allow models to climb up. Could have a hole in the next floor, though that might expose the white plastic, or just imagine there is a way through into the apartment above

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Oh mate i Have plans:0) The cool thing abiout this is how flexible it is for use in games. As you suggest I don't need to make them all the same, just swap bits around as I need them in scenarios. I have already experimented with making walkways that will go in between to stretch them out and have more playable space down the side. Remember I see these as interior partsof a MC1 block, they aren't blocks in their own right. There have been some fantastic suggestions from viewers, it really sems to have clicked in the imagination.

[@juriaan13]

7 whimsicals into the new year is a great start!! Here in the us walmart is the place for cheap chinese plastic drawer sets

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Doing two weeks in Orlando in October this year. I hope to go and browse a Walmart:0)

[@jefferydraper4019]

Both films are great. Judge Dredd captured the comic version. Dredd captured the more realistic version. I will continue to enjoy both.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Best way!

[@AnubisCEF]

Bought all the Warlord minis sometime in 2023, hid them in the depths of my closet, and just now got into them. I was thinking about building a modular hab building, and wasn't sure how to approach it. Then I found your video. Perfect timing. I will be duplicating this when I find something similar to work with over here in the States. Also thinking of making a wasteland scene, but I think I will start with the modular hab.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Glad you found me. Keep watching. I have another Dredd build on the way.

[@secondeditionwargaming]

Absolutely awesome! Can't wait to see more. 👍

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Thanks for watching. More to come:0)

[@jamesfirth-haydon7381]

Tim, Tim, Tim, I applaud your genius. Such a simple way to take those boxes and turn them into Hab Blocks etc. Really looking forward to what you’re doing next. Once again, Bravo!!

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Thanks James. Yes sometimes the simple ideas work best. I am really enjoying this set of models. Watch this space.

[@MattNandhraCalow]

Woop! Proper Cack build! Even if some of it is btand new cack 😆

[@MattNandhraCalow]

I think the drawer stacks would also work really well for raised roadway sections if turned upside down... I might have to try that in the future

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

@@MattNandhraCalow One of my good friends has also suggested using shelf stacks to support roadways, I am going to definitely look into thaty

[@BaldeagleCGT]

Might be able to use magnets or magnetic strip for the balconies

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

That's a good idea. Might give that a go.

[@TheOokmeister]

Brilliant repurposing of a pretty cheap product, they look very effective indeed. Well done sir, well done.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Cheers Simon. Set off nicely by some by some pretty cool painted miniatures

[@foxbat51]

I was hoping that Warlord Games would do Nemesis the Warlock, but its ABC Warriors this year. Maybe next year....

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

I would like them to continue to expand the Dredd range. Haven't looked at ABC Warriors yet

[@joelfaulder8985]

I've often thought about using items like these, but wasn't quite sure how to approach it. This video has given me some new ideas on where and how to start. 👍

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Glad I have been some help:0)

[@wayneclayton5426]

I think maybe you could have made the flats set back 2 inches within the box. So to create a walkway/balcony. So you don't have to add one sticking out the front of each floor.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

That is an EXCELLENT idea and I am totally going to experiment with that. It will also mean pillars can be hidden behind

[@iamgrays]

I really like this idea. Fantastic.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Cheers Paul. Yeah it is hopefully going to see a quick way of building a lot of terrain

[@spacedock873]

Hi Tim. Really innovative use of the drawers. When I saw them in the background at the start of the video I thought you had been getting stuff to organise your cack! It's just as well that you wanted to leave them white as I don't think that this type of plastic takes paint well. you would probably have had to use a really aggressive lacquer primer which would risk melting them. My kickstarter terrain from Acid House Terrain should be shipped in the next few weeks so I will have everything needed to play Dredd as well as B&B. The only hitch is that my wife is going into hospital for a brain operation in just over a week so all our efforts are geared towards that and I haven't been able to find time to have a game. Hopefully I will have chance to play at least one game by the time Salute comes round this year! 😯 I actually like both Dredd movies. The Stallone one is very tongue in cheek and, as you say, the ambience is very over the top and closer to the original comic version, with the massive guns and massive shoulder armour. The Karl Urban version is grittier and to my mind is set in an earlier time - not long after the wars and before Mega City One had grown. It is not the world of the comics, more a prequel, but they had to use Dredd. I got 2000AD from the very first issue and at one point had a couple of hundred continuous issues. I ended up giving them away to the son of my parents' friends. Goodness knows what they would have been worth today! 🥺

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Hi - I hope all goes well with your wife - family first:0) Early 2000ADs worth lots

[@tonyhind6992]

Love it. I bought some stuff like that for doing 15mm Sci-Fi. This has inspired me to get on this it.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Happy to oblige

[@KenOfthewest]

Love it, really useful, reminds me of the old school style for original Rogue Trader days,. Basically make terrain, don't buy it! Love your work mate!

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Cheers Ken- None of the commercial stuff does it for me for Dredd

[@sleepwhenimlead]

The thought occurred that you could do laser cut inserts for the walls. That would make them removable and you could store them in the draws along with the other scenery

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Nice idea, although I would need to get a laser etcher:0)

[@wanchaicowboy]

First time viewer as I mainly do Historical's but do have a Dr Who/Future Wars collection. I really enjoyed both Dredd movies. I have similar type storage shelves and it strikes me that you could just dress up the drawers themselves and they would serve as both terrain and figure storage units. Like you say just have a couple of them with interior details.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

I definitely will be keeping some vehicles and other bits inside some of these, makes a lot of sense:0)

[@thecaptain4399]

Great build! Your use of plastic drawers as a creative solution to expansive city buildings is really well done. Maybe velcro strips would hold the walkways on? The stuff that's made today is pretty strong and comes in white so it would match the plastic. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Velcro is a pretty cool idea. Migth have to try that. Cheers

[@iamgrays]

Harlow gets a shout-out!

[@ryanhussey7903]

Could always add in a game mechanic with certain units have explosives and can go through any of the side walls onto the side alleys or out the back etc. maybe even through a floor and drop down a level.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Noice. Thanks for watching

[@johnthomson1149]

happy new year young sir. Loved the video now you have me looking so see where i can source some sov-block judges on ebay. One idea for you is that you could place elevator doors with small walkway in front between two blocks so that characters can go up levels.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Mongoose Sov Judges are still around - kinda pricey mind you.

[@ivantsang2156]

Keep up the good work

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Thank you. Keep watching:0)

[@garyguy4826]

Thanks for the First Dredd Build Video Tim. I am looking forward to following your Progress. Myself and some chums might be Gaming Dredd at SELWG this Year 😊

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Hi Gary. Happy Nw Year. Glad you're still watching. Go get yourself some of these from Homebase quick!

[@garyguy4826]

I need to sort-out my Cars MOT first, but will have a look at these Storage Boxes if I have Cash left 😊

[@jamescurtis2112]

Love this build, really creative 👏. Maybe the corners could have lift shafts & the gaps between habs stairs.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Certainly the way I am going. Lifts and stair cases. Although making staircases is always a bummer

[@jamescurtis2112]

@@magratheabuilderofworlds7141 you could add a doorway "Stairs" not actually need to build the stairs. Minis move up to a door 🚪 can go up or down a level on next turn.

[@dreddpirateb]

Really appreciate your view on the issue of the post-apoc terrain. I've always wanted to the see the gardens, curves and domes of the early Blocks as terrain. Have you considered lifting the pieces up by hidden means and having some dark stuff below to represent the height a lot of the city is. It'd also give space for skysurfers and batgliders! Go Chop!

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Thanks, I really like the comic aestghetic of MC1 I hope I can capture some of that and the scale

[@dreddpirateb]

@@magratheabuilderofworlds7141 I'll new watching! Hell, I may finally have a go :)

[@oneofmanyAndyRobertsons]

Amazing timing on the vid, man, I just got the I Am the Law set for Xmas and am *hugely* excited to set up a table for it. Thanks for the inspiration as always, sir! 👌🔥

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Most welcome - I am really pleased with it and will make quick yet cool looking scenery

[@monsvillerailways5736]

We must be about the same age as the mid 80's were when I first got involved with Judge Dredd comics too. One suggestion would be to add windows or battle damage to some of other wall too. They look a bit plain. Otherwise it's looking great so far. 👍 I've gone down the road of model railways, but one of my layouts is very medieval. Happy Modelling. Mon

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Keep watching, more to come, including (probably) a railway, well a station anyway

[@monsvillerailways5736]

@@magratheabuilderofworlds7141 Steam Punk Short video published yesterday👍

[@clancysmith4540]

Great build. Love it. But man oh man, when you said “Dredd 2012” I was like no f’ing way it’s been over a decade since that movie came out. But yep. It has. Yikes.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Yes 12 years ago already. Time flies

[@thetraitorguardsmen.5321]

Block war !

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Drokk Yeah!

[@LuckGod84]

Very cool and can easy be used for many game systems! I would have been tempted to use magnets for a walkway system perhaps? But they would need to be quite strong and I'm not sure how much space in the framework structure you would have to mount them Pug Uglies? Been watching gangs of new york?

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Yes, I never seem to think of magnets until after the fact. Of course I have been watching GONY

[@iamgrays]

@Magrathea Builder Of Worlds sounds like we need a game of Judge Dredd RPG!!!! I still have original game and the new one. Let me know if you fancy it and it would be good to catch-up.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Totally

[@dirtybirdsf]

Fantastic build! I've always thought they'd make cool hab-blocks - and you are so right 40 bucks for 4 of them is nothing compared to how much GW plastic is. Have you thought about cutting a hole in the ceilings so you don't have to take the walls out to get inside the units? maybe with an insert so you can still play them as one level sci-fi buildings with rooftops. More 2000AD videos is more good - especially since it lines up so well with other game settings like necromunda.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Putting holes in the roof part means that they would have more light in which would also help

[@squallgoku777]

I just bought into the Judge Dredd Miniatures Game by Warlord and found this video to be awesome, quick question though - how will you have models move from one level to another?

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

There are more builds to come with lifts and escalators and possibly stairwells. Watch this space.

[@looselycollected7505]

Didn't Ral Partha have some Dredd minis back in the early 80's? 84/85?

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Yes I believe they did

[@shadowqueen1701]

DIY Destroy It Yourself.

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

LOL

[@roblock8470]

Paint the white .......................

[@magratheabuilderofworlds7141]

Yep