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Cathedrals of Steel

Foldable 3D Printable Terrain for Tabletop Wargames. ink. 3D Printable Box. Fold it. Store it. Deploy it.

Tabletop terrain should be exciting on the table – not a storage nightmare off the table.

As a passionate tabletop player, I love dramatic, story-driven battlefields.
But every new terrain piece meant more storage problems, more bulky boxes, more clutter.

And most foldable systems?
Practical – yes.
But visually flat and uninspiring.

So I asked myself:

Why can’t terrain be both practical and epic?

Cathedrals of Steel was created to solve two major problems:

• Bulky terrain that takes up too much space
• Boring terrain that looks flat and uninspiring

This project introduces a foldable terrain system that stores flat, sets up fast, and still delivers a dramatic, immersive battlefield experience.

What’s Included in the Core Set

With the core set of this campaign, you will receive:

8 highly detailed, modular terrain buildings:

• 4× foldable multi-story buildings
(First-floor modules + second-floor modules)
• 4× foldable two-story buildings

In addition, the set includes:

• Containers (4 fit inside the storage box)
• Small stone wall obstacles
• A fully printable modular storage crate

All terrain pieces fold flat and fit neatly inside the crate – making transport and storage simple and efficient.

This is a digital STL campaign. No physical items will be produced or shipped.
All files will be delivered digitally via MyMiniFactory’s Pledge Manager.
Further information about delivery and distribution is provided at the end of this page.

Potential Stretch Goals

If we reach the following funding milestones, additional designs will be unlocked:

€5,000 — Military Bunker ✅ UNLOCKED
€7,500 — Basilica ✅ UNLOCKED
€10,000 — Small Scatter Ruins ✅ UNLOCKED
€12,500 Closed Door & Window options for ground level sections ✅ UNLOCKED
€15,000 Terrain Footprint / Ground Bases ✅ UNLOCKED

More details can be found in the Stretch Goals section below.

Reward Options

Personal Use

For private use only.
You may print the terrain for yourself, but commercial use is not permitted.

Merchant License

Includes a lifetime commercial license to sell physical 3D prints of all STL files included in this Kickstarter campaign — including all unlocked stretch goals and possible additional terrain that has developed over time for the Cathedrals of Steel terrain set.
(Reselling or distributing the digital files is strictly prohibited. More details can be found at the end of this Kickstarter page.)

THE FUTURE

This is not meant to be a one-off release. My goal is to grow this into a series – new themes, new battlefields.

Ork strongholds.
Xenos ruins.
Fantasy settings.
Whatever you want to see on your table!

I want to build this together with the community – a Discord server is coming soon!

THE DESIGN

MEASUREMENTS

The core set terrain dimensions were designed with the WTC terrain guidelines as a reference.
Cathedrals of Steel is not affiliated with or officially endorsed by WTC.

Each three-story building consists of two modular sections: a first floor and a second floor, allowing for easy assembly and flexible gameplay.
When fully assembled, the building measures :

length: 9″ (22,86 cm) width: 5″ (12,7 cm) height: 9.5″ (24,13 cm) .

Each Two-story building measures:

Length: 9″ in(22,86 cm) Width: 5″ in(12,7 cm) Height: 5″ in(12,7 cm).

Container measures:

Length: 5″ in(12,7 cm) Width: 2.5″ in(6,35 cm) Height: 2.5″ in(6,35 cm).

Depending on the number of stretch goals unlocked, the size of the storage box may be adjusted to accommodate additional terrain pieces.

Storage Box outside measures:

Length: 20″ in(50,8 cm) Width: 13.75″ in(35 cm) Height: 8″ in(20 cm).

3D PRINTING DETAILS

This project is specifically designed for FDM printing.

All test prints were completed without support structures on a Bambu Lab A1 and P1S.
Every part fits within a 200 × 200 mm build volume, making it compatible with most standard desktop FDM printers.

Material: PLA
Settings used: Layer height 0.12 mm / Infill 15% / 3 wall lines

These settings provided a good balance between detail, stability, and print time.

The complete core set required approximately 2.5–3 kg of filament, depending on infill and print preferences. I’m pretty sure the 3D printing veterans out there will squeeze even more efficiency out of their printers.

Material: PLA for the main box / PETG for the connectors
Settings used: Layer height 0.28 mm

The modular design allows the box to be printed on standard 200 × 200 mm printers and assembled afterwards without complicated post-processing.

The bottom and the lid each consist of 6 separate panels.

For assembly, the following connectors are used:

14 internal connectors / 4 side connectors / 8 front/back connectors

I used super glue to secure the connectors for extra strength.
They might hold without glue as well, but I haven’t tested that yet.

Additionally, 2 latches are included to securely close the box.

STRETCH GOALS

Die Kampagne ist erfolgreich finanziert und läuft noch 5 Tage.

Quelle: Cathedrals of Steel