Graveyard MILS standard

Much like our 2025 Q3 build challenge, we improved the standard.

Had a chat with RenLUG (Florida) and ColonialLUG and I think Charm City (Baltimore) is interested in the graveyard standard:

how’s this as a boiled down instruction?
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Modular Graveyard Standard – Draft

The goal is simple: LUGs build the cemetery; members build graves that drop into it.

For LUGs
-Build the cemetery around a 16×16 stud grid.
-Use the module arrangements shown in the picture. The different layouts are important because they allow neighboring 6×10 openings to join together into larger grave plots while everything remains compatible.
-Modules can be mixed, rotated and rearranged. They can be individual 16×16 sections or combined on 32×32, 48×48, or larger layouts.
-Build to MILS height: baseplate + brick + plate.
-Tile the bottom of grave openings so inserts are easy to remove.
-Keep some blank 6×10 fillers for grass, flowers, benches, open graves, etc.

For Builders
-6×10 studs is the standard base unit.
-Build a single 6×10 grave, or combine adjacent 6×10 units when the cemetery layout allows it for larger family plots, monuments, mausoleums, etc.
-The pictured module arrangements show the larger footprints that can be accommodated.
-Don’t include paths—the cemetery provides them.
-Keep ground-level elements within your selected footprint.

The key standard is always 6×10. The different 16×16 arrangements are what allow those units to connect into larger plot sizes while keeping the entire cemetery modular. See the chart below to see the arrangements of the 16×16 base graveYARD unit, that can be built up on 16x, 32x, or 48x baseplates.