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Another small update :)
I textured some props and modified the Diner, it now has the White Dragon neon sign above it from Blade Runner. I also coloured the bases of my Standees blue for cops and red for suspects. This should help quickly identifying figures on crowded tables.
Another advertising billboard, the image comes from the cover of Cyberpunk 2020's chromebook one. The telephone booths are from WWG.
My textured terminal, I'm pretty happy how the computer looks ;)
A small kiosk, from WWG's Mayhem Services set.
The White Dragon Diner, the structure is pillshaped and has a small roof of corrugated sheet metal and a big neon sign on top. Inside, I glued a "noirified" photo of a bar to the backwall and put a Standee of a chinese chef in there, it amlost looks like in one of those fold-up books, or a theatre stage with 2d props.
Now for something different, I mentioned that I use neodynium magnets to hold props in place, here's how it works.
I drill holes to the underside of the tiles in all places where I want "anchor points". I insert the round magnets (they can be removed) into the holes.
Most props have either magnets inside or small pieces of metal on their undersides. The streetlights and terminals can be disassembled into three parts. A magnet can be inserted that will slide through the pillar. When everything is assembled again, the magnet can't fall out.
The prop just snaps to the anchor point and will stay upright in place even when bumped against.
As you can see, magnets are very useful for basically everything that should be removeable after or even during play. So far I have only seen it used with lager model's weapons (Warjacks in particular), but the possibilities are endless and the magnets are cheap enough that they can be used en masse… Depending on size, or course ;)
Here's another, older project that I used a lot of magnets in (it's now in possession of Vampifan).
Oldschool Mayhem City: Fun with magnets! link
I hope you enjoy reading this and maybe I can inspire some fellow hobbyists to try something like this too. I'd certainly liked to be surprised by what others will do with thosestrange little metallic things!
F*cking magnets, how do they work?!?
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says these figures are a painter's dream!
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