Welcome to the "Roll Inn"!
The most comfortable beds this side of the City of the Damned(Mordheim ).


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The party suite upstairs is currently in need of repairs as a meteor hit the city a couple blocks from here and the resulting earthquake destroyed the top floor (at least that's what the owner keeps telling everyone).


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Tower Details:

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The beds are so comfortable, they had to post a 24/7 guard at the back door to keep thieves from stealing their mattresses!

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I also wanted this building to be as playable as possible, so I made spots on the roof where snipers could easily stand.


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There are at least 7 spots to safely place normal-sized models on the roof (which is just perfect for a hermit who is looking for a good place to raise a pack of rats)

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Or have a Raging Battle (just don't tell the owner).

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You might ask: How do they get up there? Well, the designers of this beautiful inn unwittingly created a perfect ladder up the side of the building, and with the gaping hole in the roof, it's very easy to climb on up.

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Here are some shots of how the Ramp Structure is set up on the inside of the dice tower:

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(Here's a WIP shot so you can see the ramp system I created

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When I sat down to sketch out how I wanted my dice tower to look, I decided that I wanted it to look exactly like a normal Mordheim Building and not like a "normal" rectangular dice tower. I also wanted to get as many ramps inside of it as possible.

I am very satisfied with how the Roll Inn came out. It works perfectly as a dice tower as I never have dice get stuck inside (even with the single door exit). I also have made this building as playable as possible so it doesn't have to be solely a Line-Of-Sight blocker. The colors came out Mordheim/crazy enough.

I used random scraps and things I had laying around the house for this project:

Packing Styrofoam
Popsicle Sticks
Thin card from random packaging
Card Stock Paper
Weird plastic grates
The Back of a Broken Picture Frame
Spackle
Beach Sand

You can see a video of the Dice Tower in Action HERE.

C&C always Welcome!

-Ashton Sanders

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-Ashton Sanders
-Mordheim Blog

I was thinking,

"Why does he call it a Dice Tower?"

and then I seen the video and I though "Ohhhhh."



Great job! It's nicely detailed and very original and creative!

Thats an excellent piece, I really like it...

Well modeled into the proper feel of the minis.

I love the workings of the dice chute, very inventive.

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If you're blue and you don't know
where to go to why don't you go
where fashion sits...
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

And that is why Kharn was cut from the original cast of Puttin' on the Ritz.

Eldar - 8000-ish
Space Marine - 1500+

Thanks guys. I'm glad the dice tower part of it was hard to see =)

I just have to make sure this peice of terrain is always placed near a table edge so it can get some use. (and of course not have any mini's go into the drop zone )

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-Ashton Sanders
-Mordheim Blog

I want one for my rats.

Well, guess I´ll have to make on when I´m done with the contest terrain.

great job!!! keep up the great work.

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Chaos Marines Mark of Khorne 2,000pts

In Progress Space Marines. Order on Mini Wargaming Sale
Assault On Black Reach
Space Marine Tactical Squad
Space Marine Predator Tank
Space Marine Drop Pod x2
Space Marine Assault Squad x2
Space Marine Codex.

Thanks guys.

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-Ashton Sanders
-Mordheim Blog