Modular Terrain Board

Kai, Orion, Max, and Charlie

Modular Terrain Board

Kai, Orion, Max, and Charlie

envision

collaboration

material exploration

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physical fabrication

Our project is a modular terrain board made of inexpensive or wildly accessible materials. Our goal with this project was to send out an instructional slide show for other hobbyists or club members to be able to make it themselves. Terrain boards can be used in many games, such as Warhammer or DND. Buying a terrain board costs a lot of money, and so do a lot of conventional materials, so we made our board cheap and modular so that with one board, you can assemble many different boards or landscapes to play on. The actual modules are made of installation foam, which is one of the cheapest foams and the nicest to work with, and so are the rocks and hills. We then painted them and put colored sawdust on them for grass. And the dirt is made of dirt. The one thing I would have changed if I did this project again is to be more carful while measuring things out

In this session, I did a lot of material exploration. I found out how to make grass with sawdust and used foam for the first time, and I also did a lot of physical fabrication because I had to build the actual board, build a lot of modules, and make the hill thing, which was a challenge. I also did a lot of work on collaboration, keeping everyone on track and ensuring we all had something to do. Throughout this project, we also had to do a lot of planning and brainstorming because we had to come up with a lot of modules.