The Shrunken City of Summergrove

[Chris Palmer]

   A few years ago I had picked up this aquarium decoration for gaming use, and not knowing what exactly to do with it I had stuck it in a cabinet and almost forgot about it.  Then, while reading the Frostgrave rulebook, and about the various oddities that can be found in the city; I got the idea to make a terrain piece for my Frostgrave games that was a magically shrunken domed city that floated about the Frostgrave ruins.

   I separated the top piece from its original pedestal, and mounted it on a flight-stand peg and a conventional large round plastic figure base. I extended the castle grounds in the back with some Milliput so the dome, which came from a bubblegum-machine prize container, would fit. 

 

 

 

I'm really pleased with how this turned out.  I think I will use it as a floating piece of terrain that moves randomly across the tabletop, or perhaps as a scenario objective.

 

For the complete write-up on the conversion, please see my blog:

http://onemoregamingproject.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-shruken-city-of-summergrove.html

[BLZeebub]

You should think about investing in some opposed magnets to make it actually float.  It might take some considerable fiddlin' but i bet it could be done (even if you still had to have a tether of some sort).

[malefactus]

That is a FANTASTICALLY IMAGINATIVE IDEA & VERY WELL DONE! AND I have a ton of those plastic egg thingies...thanks for the inspiration!

[Magnus Mercury]

That's an awesome idea (and execution) for some very flavorful terrain!  You could even have a "campaign within a campaign" where your characters get shrunk down and sent into the city for whatever reason(s)!  

[epimys]

Clever!

 

I have a bagful of those little capsules I've been looking for a use for…  hmmm.

[spencerjohn]

so cooooooooool!!!!!!!

[Chris Palmer]

You should think about investing in some opposed magnets to make it actually float.  It might take some considerable fiddlin' but i bet it could be done (even if you still had to have a tether of some sort).

 

 

A very cool idea, but I think it's beyond my patience level. :) I also don't know how well it would work order the rigors of tabletop use. An idea like that might be better served for a display piece.

 

 

 

That's an awesome idea (and execution) for some very flavorful terrain!  You could even have a "campaign within a campaign" where your characters get shrunk down and sent into the city for whatever reason(s)!  

Ooooh, I like that idea!

[joshuaslater]

A+.

[Dr.Bedlam]

Splendid idea, but using opposed magnets to make things float is a hell of a trick if you're not containing the whole thing in a cylinder.

Wonderful execution, though.

[Froggy the Great]

This is a nifty project.

[Glitterwolf]

Excellent

[vegascat]

This is really a wonderful idea and well executed!  I'm going to have to save this to my idea folder.

[Darkmeer]

Great concept and great execution!  I can see this working as a place on a map as well (large regional hex map, maybe using heroscape tiles). 

[Chaoswolf]

That's a really cool idea!!

[djizomdjinn]

I don't believe that you can achieve stable levitation with just permanent magnets... one of them has to be spinning to provide a gyroscopic effect.

 

But it is doable.