Gorgeous papercraft gaming miniatures sold on cardstock

Joel Smash(!) nerds out over Worldworks Games, a company that sells awesome papercraft miniatures for role-playing games printed on heavy cardstock:

This company sells very nice papercraft terrain pieces for miniature based RPGs and wargames in styles ranging from Outdoors to Deep space. I just started working the hellscape so that I'll have new terrain to hide behind when Warhammer 40,000 5th edition comes out this summer with it's new True Line of Site (for shooting) rule.

I have had a serious itch for some pen-and-paper gaming lately. Seeing stuff like this isn't making it any better. I wonder if my new roommates would let me take over the basement on Friday nights for some serious dungeon running?

Just to clarify: In the above picture the hero is a standard miniature while the backgrounds are cardstock, but if you look through the site you can also see more intricate models, including big wooden ships.

Catalog Page [WorldworksGames.com]

[#1 posted by michaelportent , June 23, 2008 2:20 PM]

These are epic rad. If you're gonna justify nerding out on tabletop, you might as well add an extra dimension of realism to it.

[#2 posted by the_boy , June 23, 2008 2:51 PM]

*drool*

[#3 posted by Downpressor , June 23, 2008 6:00 PM]

Maybe Steve Jackson Games was the first to do this kind of thing? I remember they did sheets of D&D style character paper minis back in the 80s.

[#4 posted by Mike , June 23, 2008 11:37 PM]

The products I've bought from Worldworks are pdf files not actual card stock. You have to print out the terrain on to your own card stock and assemble it yourself. But I print just what I need as many times as I need. If I loose or damage a piece, no problem, just reprint it.
I'm paying for the artwork, which is incredible, and their design work.