Terraforming Mars: Colony Markers and Storage

This is an upgrade for the Colonies Expansion of the board game Terraforming Mars. Special Colony tokens with the Colony symbol were created, along with a storage tray to hold the tokens. The tray fits nicely into the Terraforming Mars Big Box, as shown in the pictures. Colony status markers were created from a remix of gCreate's spiral vase rocket. The Colony tile faceplates shared by sidoh10 were also remixed. The top was thickened to provide better token stability, and the bottom was thinned so that the cardboard colony tile sits flush.

Folks report some variation in the alignment of the artwork on the cardboard Colony tiles.  I suggest you do one testprint of the Colony tile faceplate to make sure it actually aligns with your Colony tiles.

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Creality

Printer: 

Ender 5

Rafts:

No

Supports: 

No

Resolution:

0.4 mm; 0.2 mm

Infill: 

25%

Filament: eSun; Amolen; PLA; PLA+ Various

Notes:

The Colony tokens and status markers were printed at 0.2 mm resolution. A filament swap was done on the Colony tokens to make the tops standout from the bases.

The Colony token case and Colony tile faceplates were printed at 0.4 mm resolution.

How I Designed This

Colony Tokens: An image was taken of the Colony logo from a Terraforming Mars card and turned into a black and white image using Gimp. This image was then converted to a .SVG file using Inkscape and imported into Fusion 360 where the token itself was designed. The final token was then exported as a .STL file using MeshMixer.

Colony Status Marker: gCreate's spiral vase rocket was remixed using MeshMixer, with a square base added.

Colony Tile Faceplate: sidoh10's faceplate was remixed using MeshMixer.

Category: Games