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Post by migibb on Jul 7, 2014 6:56:12 GMT -9
This could be of interest to some of the folks on here..... Not a fan of 2.5/3D paper minis myself. One flat, all flat is my motto!! lonetreegames.com/2014/07/352/Seemingly he reckons it could be "a game changer for Tabletop RPGs", but I fear he may be disappointed. But then again, I'm a cynic!!!
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Post by Vermin King on Jul 7, 2014 7:27:27 GMT -9
It's like he's taken cowboy's and eddnic's ideas and printing them on polyester sheet. Interesting concept. I wonder where you can find this cardstock substitute material, how well it holds ink, etc.
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Post by wyvern on Jul 7, 2014 10:00:01 GMT -9
I wonder where you can find this cardstock substitute material, how well it holds ink, etc. Google "laser printable polyester sheets" and see what comes up. Only printable with a laser, so not much use to those of us without access to such technology, but could be worth a try if you have. Prices are a little fearsome in what I've seen so far though, as the packs seem to be uniformly large (1000 sheets +). Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough though. The minis are an interesting idea. I could see them working for dungeon-crawling board games as fold-flat figures, say. Not sold by the white (cut) edges personally, but I suspect they'd be difficult to overcome. And painting or otherwise colouring the edges rather defeats the selling point of these figurines.
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Post by squirmydad on Jul 7, 2014 12:10:23 GMT -9
Kinda cool, I was thinking of doing something like this with the Chimera Hybrid figure line. Set up costs are a bit steep though.
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Post by emergencyoverride on Jul 7, 2014 12:59:22 GMT -9
They do look really neat, but I'm not sold on the white edges either. When I see pictures with figures and terrain that aren't edged, I feel like it really takes away from the whole atmosphere that is trying to be created. It tends to jarringly (Word?!?) pull me back to this world instead of allowing me to enjoy my game time in that one.
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Post by wildagreenbough on Jul 7, 2014 23:27:14 GMT -9
To my eyes the white edges overpower the minis and make it harder to see the actual artwork.
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Post by mahotsukai on Jul 8, 2014 0:45:07 GMT -9
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Post by wyvern on Jul 8, 2014 1:57:40 GMT -9
It doesn't take too much to edge plastic miniatures. Usually not, though if you're more used to dealing with card or paper, not all edging pens or paints will cope equally well with plastic. However, the selling point of these minis was supposed to be you just fold them up and play - no cutting, no gluing, no fuss, no mess. I find edging's the second most time-consuming aspect of paper mini building after the cutting (I only cut by hand).
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