I printed Dutchmogul's 15mm sci-fi hab block, but made a stupid mistake. I rescaled it to about 60%, thinking that it was 28mm! The resulting building is slightly too small for 15mm figures, and has some areas where the walls were too thin and have failed. Despite that, I didn't want to just dispose of it, so I turned it into a ruined building instead.
I used this as an opportunity to try a few new things. The base is 3mm Foamex PVC board, with expansion joins scored into the "concrete" yard area. The edges of the base were bevelled and sanded. Around the edges, I painted with burnt umber, then PVA glued tilegrout/sieved sharp sand, then some static grass and a few small foam bushes. The fencing is 3D printed posts which come in 2 halves. You clip them together around whatever mesh you've using. They're really neat, and come with a cranked top that you can drill and put extra wire strands through if desired. I think if printed larger they’d have a couple of holes, but by reducing to 15mm the holes are too small to print cleanly.
I added a small wall from a partial print (half-height to use up last bit of filament on the spool).
The doorway is too small for a normal human-sized 15mm figure, though a small alien would fit, such as Kaamados Dominion Squamata from Ral Partha Europe (former Critical Mass Games) or Neeks from Loud Ninja Games/Alternative Armies.
The stairs go no-where. You can see where the print failed slightly around the windows because the walls ended up too thin.
A few supports from other prints were repurposed to make a nice entrance arch. Waste not, want not!
A partial fence surrounds the building, much damaged and missing. Grass grows along the bases of the walls, this place has obviously been empty for some time.
Overall, a fun little project. At some point, I will try printing the hab unit again - but at the correct scale!
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