 Parzival  | 24 Nov 2010 11:40 a.m. PST |
I was searching on the Michael's craft store site for something else, and this popped up: link Naturally, I thought— "Hey, that could be a cool SF/Fantasy terrain bit." So I thought I'd mention it here, in case anybody found it an inspiring idea. I'm thinking tiered landing pad, transport levels, even Duck Dodger's elevator platforms  . I suppose if you look around you can find similar items from various baking or craft sources. Anybody ever used anything like this? |
| Tom Reed | 24 Nov 2010 11:46 a.m. PST |
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 Flashman14 | 24 Nov 2010 12:24 p.m. PST |
Ya ..landing pad is what I was thinking … |
| Top Gun Ace | 24 Nov 2010 12:39 p.m. PST |
Wow!!!! I want one, or more. How much do they cost? |
| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 24 Nov 2010 12:54 p.m. PST |
Reminds me of a three tier chess game in a John carter of Mars book with real people as the figures/fighters. |
| darthfozzywig | 24 Nov 2010 1:02 p.m. PST |
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| Cpt Arexu | 24 Nov 2010 2:07 p.m. PST |
My wedding cake was done like this. Wish i'd gotten to eat some of it… we got dragged away for pictures, and never got to eat. |
| Farstar | 24 Nov 2010 2:15 p.m. PST |
Reminds me of a three tier chess game in a John carter of Mars book with real people as the figures/fighters.
Barsoomian Chess is Jetan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetan
If Burroughs mentioned multi-board Jetan, he didn't go into details. That said, the ulsio changed its number of limbs at least once, so Burroughs may well have tossed off more than one game as "Martian Chess". Three-board Chess, or Tri-D Chess, is from Star Trek and a few other places. |
| boy wundyr x | 24 Nov 2010 3:40 p.m. PST |
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| Covert Walrus | 24 Nov 2010 4:04 p.m. PST |
Yeah, my first thought was "Oh, a really fancy Federation 3d Chess board!" |
| Eli Arndt | 24 Nov 2010 4:05 p.m. PST |
I immidiately thought Wookie or Ewok village as well. Though it would also work nicely for a pulp scifi landing pad or Hi-tech alien terrain. Price on that thing? Couldn't find it on the site. -Eli |
| AWuuuu | 24 Nov 2010 4:17 p.m. PST |
It scream Eldar city to me !
Just add some domes ! |
| Eli Arndt | 24 Nov 2010 4:24 p.m. PST |
I have some of those two piece cheap champagne "glasses" theat hace a sort of spiral ribbing o nthem that would look cool on top of these. A few plastic easter egg halves to some accenting, a couple of doors and poof! Could make for good Star Wars terrain in a non-wookiee context. -Eli |
| Steve Hazuka | 24 Nov 2010 5:14 p.m. PST |
Does look like it belongs on a 1950's Sci-Fi book cover. |
| Pictors Studio | 24 Nov 2010 6:24 p.m. PST |
I thought exactly the same thing as AWuuu, I'll probably buy a few for that very purpose. |
| 28mmMan | 24 Nov 2010 6:41 p.m. PST |
Great great great! I get weekly offers including a regular bump towards cake making supplies, usually 40-50% off. A great find. We should have a terrain contest using one of these as a central build item. I would be in for sure. |
| Top Gun Ace | 24 Nov 2010 6:51 p.m. PST |
If you can find matching, clear domes for them, they would make great 6mm skyscrapers too. |
| Top Gun Ace | 24 Nov 2010 8:43 p.m. PST |
$60 USD at my local store, but a bit less if you have a coupon. Sadly, they 40% off ones are MIA, and appear to have been replaced with 30% off ones. I'm holding out for a 50% off one….. |
| tnjrp | 25 Nov 2010 2:56 a.m. PST |
They look to be somewhere between $40 USD and $60 USD or so online. Some other cake stand bitz (pillars, most obviously) might be usefull as well. |
| Parzival | 25 Nov 2010 10:59 a.m. PST |
Wow, that's pricier than I would have thought, looking at the elements. I guess the sturdiness to hold up a cake bears a price tag.  |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 26 Nov 2010 9:36 a.m. PST |
Hab domes! Very retro. Very, very cool. Thanks for sharing. |
