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UNCLE MIKE'S SHOP

Presents:   Waterdeep - The city

Welcome to my journey.  The intention is to create a 1" = 50' scale replica of the fantasy city of Waterdeep.

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Terrain

Starting to convert elevations into terrain.

Integration...

Integrating the printed parts with the foam and chipboard terrain. Went really good at Stormhaven Island, not so great at the east...

Casualties...

I was not paying attention this morning and did not properly get the steel sheet bed down on the printer, it was propped up on the metal...

SeaWalls

SeaWalls being printed today. Have 3 finished, working on number 4 of 6 outer walls. Each one is different so I am having to come up...

Inner Fort..

By the architecture, it appears that Inner fort was developed and added to over time. The large upper platform allows for massive siege...

Tradeoffs...

When you are crafting a tabletop or RPG project there are always tradeoffs. You have time, money, playability, realism, etc... It...

Southgate

Southgate appears to be the single largest enclosed building on the map. It is 135mm across the rear face which translates into 270'...

Mirt's Mansion

Building #1 on the big map. Mirt the moneylender is a abnormally long lived primary character in some the Forgotten Realm books. I...

Finalizing Elevation...

Ok, so things are coming together. I think that the elevation map is completed with the exception of Mount Waterdeep which I still have...

Back to Elevations...

While the chain towers print I am working on the elevations of the board. The blocks represent the level of the ground. The tall dowel...

Chain Towers

I am printing and installing the chain towers this morning. These iconic towers are some of the biggest in the city rising over 100'...

Copywrite Disclaimer

Wizards of the Coast, Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, Forgotten Realms, and their logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the...

Building Statistics...

Total buildings built to date - 224 Total wall sections built to date - 71 KG of PLA used 8/2/2019 - 1 KG roll of Grey PLA finished...

The sea stacks

I am thinking of going with round river rocks for the sea stacks. Found a nice bag of large ones. How am I going to get the smooth...

One little farking tower.....

It was a day long fight over sizing issues and overhangs that were too large and all the fact that I have almost zero knowledge of...

More elevation work...

If I wanted easy I could have done Greyhawk... *sigh* (all dimensions are relative to sea level and scale height/distance on the map) For...

New Posters

Got new posters to go up on the wall. Not sure how to organize them all so I will just do it as I go. Here is an older version of the...

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