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Post by gilius on Mar 3, 2011 4:57:40 GMT -9
Here are the first results of the "second generation" of models I've been building. After learning with mistakes and finding out what I like and what I don't, I started printing these from the post-apocalyptic sets from OneMonk. The process: I open the minis in GIMP, select the ones I want to print, adjust the value curve a little up (so that colors are a little lighter, otherwise they end too dark since I'll print them at a reduced size), then scale down to 66%. Now this isn't exactly 15mm scale but the minis fit well on 20mm bases and you still can see most of their details. Then I paste them on Inkscape, building a full sheet of minis to print in one go. The bases are 2mm black EVA with a circle of stone texture (with a 0.8mm thick black border) pasted on top. I came back to EVA bases after I saw Hackbart's pictures of the BOPE models. I currently glue a strip with the circles (printed on 80gsm paper) on the EVA, then cut them with scissors. Cutting like this is still an error-prone process that I'm trying to improve but at least using paper instead of cardstock makes it a little easier. The models are my first prints of Dave Graffam's ruins printed at 4 pages per page. It's not the same scale as the models but the size looks right. I agree with the notion of having buildings smaller than they should in miniature games, to avoid taking too much space on the battlefield.
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Post by Parduz on Mar 3, 2011 5:34:53 GMT -9
Thanks for sharing the building process. I think that the difference in scale between the minis and the house is a bit too much, but i also agree that what it is important is blocking paths, line of sight and providing "tactic". What it is a EVA?
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 3, 2011 5:35:08 GMT -9
I believe you are going to have a lot of fun with that.
You should post your blog address in your signature. I'm sure that several of us would like to follow it
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Post by gilius on Mar 3, 2011 5:56:22 GMT -9
Parduz: EVA is some kind of rubber-like foam which, for some reason, I can easily find here in Brazil in stationery shops. From a quick search, it seems to also be used as padding in some sports equipment. I've seen some impressive models built from thicker blocks of EVA, like this bolter: bioweapons.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/warhammer-40k-bolter/Vermin King: thanks for the suggestion! Done that.
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Post by gilius on Mar 26, 2011 11:23:24 GMT -9
Here are the sci-fi minis I built in half size to play games like FUBAR, Forge of War, USE ME and possibly, josedominguez's new game. As you can see in the picture, there is a mix of One Monk, Slick's Miniatures, Dave Graffam and Finger and Toe models. Most of them were printed in 2 pages per page, except for the multi-gun, which I mean to use as an objective in games (a huge artillery cannon to be captured.) The soldiers were manually scaled to 50% in Gimp to make sure of the final size. Building the NCC Power Armor in reduced scale required using tweezers but the end result was great.
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Post by Parduz on Mar 26, 2011 11:35:41 GMT -9
Wow! Great.
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Post by Mike H "Chugosh" on Mar 26, 2011 23:27:36 GMT -9
Awesome! I think the foam you are talking of may be the same as what is sold here as Foamies. Thin sheet high density closed cell foam, very flexible. Made for use in kids crafts and such.
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Post by Dave on Apr 15, 2011 15:11:29 GMT -9
Hey, cool!
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Post by josedominguez on Apr 15, 2011 23:32:42 GMT -9
SHould be perfect for our game Minis are moved on 'stands' similarly to Epic 40k or HOTT, but are individualy based.... this means that it doesn't matter how they are individualy based, you just group them up according to the army cards on the 'stands' provided with the game.
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