Cardboard Folding

[WaffleM]

This is almost a papercraft item. I just got a cool product for work called Bloxes <-- Link. Maybe I've been spending too much time packing, but I think they're a really cool use of cardboard...

[Dagger]

Very cool... kinda like LEGOs but with papercuts...(Grin)

They're screaming for some texturizing though... a nice stone texture would be cool. I'd make a mini castle. They need some curved pieces though... for round towers and arches...

[curufea]

The same could be done with this pattern on a smaller scale with thin cardboard or paper as well.

Interesting - I've been wondering about a portable gaming table for wargames (specifically Battleground: Fantasy Warfare). Possibly not the box pattern though - just one of the sides would be enough, with terrain texture on the reverse. Dovetail joints for the win!

Modular terrain would be the next step - these dovetails underneath, and hills, roads, rivers on the reverse.

Only problem I can see is mechanic to texture ratio - at least half of the paper (or cardboard) will need to be dedicated to making the connectors, leaving less than half for the purpose it is meant for.

Or you could have the textures separately glued (or attached) to to the mechanic afterwars, perhaps.

Also - every alternate tile would be upside down with no texture showing.

[curufea]

Here's a quick mockup. Blue is valley fold, red is mountain.

[curufea]

Here's a new version that's one sided with no gluing required. The grey square is where you put your texture. Naturally all the folds are mountain folds, and you need to do some inserting.



Just tested, folds alright - you may want to turn the slots into triangular wedges though to make it easier. You do have to do the top/bottom dovetails first.

Also, I should have realised this earlier, but every second module you make needs to be reversed, as they connect to each other upside down. So for the underneath modules, use valley folds instead of mountain folds.

[curufea]

Just built two of each and put them together - unfortunately it doesn't hold well.

Possibly the best solution is to create an underlay that is more than just 4 dovetail joints.