Victory Objective Scenery Counters for Science Fiction Miniatures War Games

Small pieces of scenery or terrain often can be used as victory objective counters in many table top war games such as Warhammer 40k™. Here is a small sampling of such scenery bits that can be placed on the game table. All are designed to be portable for deployment in a wide range of field operations.

First is a portable field communications unit.

Here is a small air defense missile launcher.

These two scenery pieces represent force field generator nodes that can be set up on small sites to provide high tech defense for the immediate area.

Post Apocalypse Rusted Storage Tank War Game Terrain 25 - 28 mm

It has been a long time since the world changed. The desolate post apocalyptic landscape is filled with the decaying remnants of the earlier world.

This terrain piece represents a heavily rusted storage tank.

Could it possibly contain some of the rare gasoline or even life-giving water? Whatever the contents, it is sure to attract the attention of survivors scavenging possible resources.

The piece is designed for 25-28 mm scale and  stands about 5 inches (128 mm) tall. The base measures approximately 4-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches (110 x 110 mm).

It would look great in any industrial setting, military base or city ruins. This terrain piece would be at home in many science fiction, post apocalypse, and pulp war games including Warhammer 40K™ and Warmachine™.

Communications Tower Science FictionTerrain 15 to 30 mm Scale Scenery

In the future where the outposts of mankind will be flung across the distant stars, communications will be critical. Here is a small communications tower you might find in all sorts of game situations.

There is a receiver dish array as well as a broadcast antenna mounted on the top of the structure.

Although designed as a smaller com unit for 25 mm scale miniatures shown in the photos, this piece could also be used with 15 mm (or even smaller) figures as a large tower.

This type of scenery makes an excellent victory objective in science fiction war gaming.

Science Fiction Starship Machinery War Game Scenery Pieces 25 to 30 mm Scale

Not all future combat will take place in dingy industrial plants or debris-strewn battlefield ruins. Starship interiors offer another venue for close combat.

Here is an assortment of hi-tech machinery scenery pieces that are cleaner, better maintained equipment that you might find in a spaceship's engineering or science sections.

Such scenery pieces could also be used in other locals including star ports, research stations, and so on.

Remote Perimeter Defense Gun Turret Science Fiction Game Terrain

This science fiction scenery piece represents a remote perimeter gun turret.

Commonly erected as perimeter defense weapons around secure military sites, these are unmanned turrets and are controlled by a central fire command post.

These gun turrets can be fitted with a variety of weapons systems. This particular turret sports two heavy cannons for anti-vehicle and anti-personnel fire. It has a targeting sensor array mounted on top of the turret.

The turret actually swivels a full 360 degrees. The terrain piece stands about 3 inches (75 mm) tall and is designed for use with most 25 to 30 mm miniatures.

It works well on any futuristic battlefield, military installation, or secret research station.

Arcane Magical Summoning Stones War Game Terrain Scenery

Mysterious arcane symbols are carved into the face of these ancient, weathered stone monoliths. The stones can appear anywhere: from remote uncharted island coasts to dark dense jungles to arid desert wastelands to alien planet vistas.

But to what purpose? Perhaps they simply territorial boundary markers. Or maybe their purpose is much more sinister. Do they act as a magical nexus point for summoning dark creatures from beyond our universe? Possibly sacrificial stones for the worshipers of ancient eldar gods?

Terrain stones like these can be used in all manor of role-playing and table top miniature war games. They can find a place in games as divergent as Dungeons & Dragons™, Call of Cthulhu™, Warhammer 40K™, just to name a few.

These small scenery pieces can be used as objective markers for victory points or simply to enhance your game board terrain. Scaled for 20 to 30 mm miniature figures.

Mad Science Laboratory Equipment for Halloween

In the spirit of the Halloween season, here are a couple of 25 to 28 mm scale scenery pieces for equipment to put in any mad scientist's laboratory.

The first is a power generator with a primary coil and a double bank of levered controls.  The base is about 4 inches (102 mm) wide.

The second could be a condensor unit. It stands about 3 inches (75 mm) tall.

These terrain pieces can add a bit of color to science fiction, horror or pulp role-playing games like Call of Cthulhu™ or miniatures war games including HorrorClix™.

Alien Plants Flora for 25mm Science Fiction Miniatures Games

Encountering the unexpected is one aspect of miniature war games and role-playing games that adds to the fun. Small terrain pieces can fill the need.

Here is a selection of odd alien flora to add to the sense of the unknown in your games. These plants can be "seeded" in amongst your normal 25mm terrain to give the game table some new color.

As such they can be used as victory objective markers or perhaps as a surprise encounter.  Maybe some are even intelligent and can provide strange new interactions with your players!

Plants can be used in many game genres.  They need not be limited to science fiction games where characters are exploring a newly-discovered world. In horror and pulp games, they can be an invading alien species (as in The Day of the Triffids). And in fantasy games, these plants can be the result of dark magic encroaching into the characters' world.

Whatever the mythos, strange new flora can add to the fun.

Halloween Graveyard Headstones Victory Objective Markers

In consideration that the Halloween season is just around the corner, here are a few small 25 mm scale terrain pieces.

These gravestones can add a atmosphere of autumnal creepiness in any horror or fantasy scenario. They can also be used as victory objective counters in table top skirmish battles.

Small Scenery Pieces for 15 mm Scale Science Fiction War Games

Every war game battle can benefit from throwing in some smaller pieces of scenery and terrain.  Here is a sample of some scenery for 15 mm scale gaming.

First a small power generator.

A horizontal storage tank.

A vertical storage tank.

Finally, a piece of industrial equipment, possibly an incinerator.

Small scenery pieces like these can be used as victory objectives or simply cover for your troops.  They can easily blend in with a variety of game scenarios including science fiction, pulp, super hero, and horror genres.

Gun Tower Observation Platform Science Fiction Terrain 25 mm

This scenery piece represents an armored gun tower.  It provides an elevated observation or firing platform for defensive troops.

Access to the tower is by an armored hatch located at the bottom of the central support column.  Part way up the column are two gun slits for additional firing positions.  A circular hatch provides access to the upper gun platform.

This type of defensive structure can be found around established military installations, as well as starports, scientific research facilities, and so on.

Designed for 25 to 28 mm figures for science fiction miniature war games and role-playing games.  The tower stands about 4 inches (100 mm) tall.  The upper platform is about 4-3/4 inches (120 mm) in diameter.

15mm Industrial Storage Tank Farm Terrain Set

For a bit of change, here is a set of scenery pieces for the smaller 15mm scale.

These three pieces represent fairly common storage tanks found in industrial production plants, but can be used as fuel depots on military installations.

Each tank has a ladder leading to the top level.  Also, each tank is numbered which can be helpful in game play.

The tanks can be used as victory objectives -- send in your troops to set explosive charges to destroy the enemy's fuel reserves.  They are pretty versatile and can be used in a variety of miniature war game scenarios.

The 15mm figures are Rebel Miniatures on washer bases.

Mad Science Transporter Dimensional Gate 25-28 mm Science Fiction Scenery

Switches are thrown; equipment is activated.  Ethereal sparks leap about the circular portal!  A loud humming sound quickly rises in pitch, passing into the supersonic ranges above normal human capacity.  The air inside the gateway seems to split apart, revealing strange new colors as the test subject steps into the mechanism.

So, what have the mad scientists in our research and development section come up with this time?  It could be a simple matter transporter.  Or perhaps an inter-dimensional portal opening into new weird space.

This apparatus could be found in any experimental laboratory.  Or perhaps it's a bit of alien technology being reversed engineered.

This scenery piece is scaled for 25 to 28 mm miniature figures.  It can be used in most science fiction war games such as Warhammer 40K™.  Or it could be a part of a crazed scientist's efforts to open a bridge for the Lesser Gods in Call of Cthulhu™ or other horror role-playing games.