| stroezie | 20 Mar 2014 3:11 p.m. PST |
Finally got around to finishing my basic magnetised village set.
The buildings are foamcore and have been undercoated with Creal Magnetic paint. all the greeblies are mounted on magnetised rubber paper. So far I've made adobe , scifi and medievel styles.
Next will be some signs for an inn/bar , shops… to give the village a bit more carracter.
One Nekkid Village
Adobe style
Scifi
Medievel
And nekkid again with all the greeblies nicely packed away.
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| Cacique Caribe | 20 Mar 2014 3:21 p.m. PST |
Awesome! When space is scarce, versatility is the key. How did you make the SciFi ones??? Dab |
| Chalfant | 20 Mar 2014 3:54 p.m. PST |
Ha! Now that is an innovative idea. Chalfant |
nnascati  | 20 Mar 2014 3:56 p.m. PST |
That is fascinating. How did you come up with the idea? |
| WarrenAbox | 20 Mar 2014 3:57 p.m. PST |
Genius! Consider that idea yoinked! |
| markmors | 20 Mar 2014 3:58 p.m. PST |
Very neat idea and well executed. |
| bogdanwaz | 20 Mar 2014 4:02 p.m. PST |
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| Stealth1000 | 20 Mar 2014 4:16 p.m. PST |
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| darthfozzywig | 20 Mar 2014 4:21 p.m. PST |
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| Gathrawn50 | 20 Mar 2014 4:37 p.m. PST |
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| grommet37 | 20 Mar 2014 4:45 p.m. PST |
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| Rhoderic III and counting | 20 Mar 2014 5:00 p.m. PST |
This is one of the most inspired things I've seen in the hobby lately. Definitely thinking of stealing this idea. Nice use of colours as well, especially on the adobe-style fittings. |
| Cherno | 20 Mar 2014 5:59 p.m. PST |
Nice idea. I experimented with neodynium mangets and ferro-paint (paint with tiny iron fillings), but it warped the foamcore and the magnets fell off all the time. I guess it helps if the element is very lightweight and there is a lot of area to hold on to. |
| tmy 1939 | 20 Mar 2014 7:17 p.m. PST |
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| vegabond | 20 Mar 2014 7:52 p.m. PST |
Cool idea.
Greeblies, I hate that word. |
| AVAMANGO | 20 Mar 2014 10:49 p.m. PST |
Great idea well done, noticing the double sloped roofs from the Medieval set up i can picture a oriental style village also with double sloped tiled roofs and slatted windows, maybe a communal well and surrounding wall with fancy entrance, just a thought for your next set up. |
| stroezie | 21 Mar 2014 1:52 a.m. PST |
@Cacique Caribe The windows are cardstock I just used 2 different sizes of scrapbook hole punches to make a ring and glued that to the magnet which I also cut out with the same hole punch.
The doorframes are dashboardlight covers for trains(got them at work)and the doors are card cut with papercraft siscors. Some people have asked how well the magnets stick to the buildings. Here's a pic to give you an idea
The mini is a Terror mite from Rebel minis, it is a pony sized bug in 15mm.
Now if you shake it it does fall of but during normal play it works just fine. @Avamango
Sigh… add's that idea to the to do pile ;-) |
| Capt John Miller | 21 Mar 2014 3:35 a.m. PST |
Ditto what those guys said. |
combatpainter  | 21 Mar 2014 4:16 a.m. PST |
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| Etranger | 21 Mar 2014 5:41 a.m. PST |
Great idea & beautifully executed. |
| Rothgar | 21 Mar 2014 7:31 a.m. PST |
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 Legion 4 | 21 Mar 2014 8:42 a.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 21 Mar 2014 10:06 a.m. PST |
OK, I'm definitely going to have to do that myself. Got lots of different eras of gaming, and they ALL need terrain! |
| Feet up now | 21 Mar 2014 3:31 p.m. PST |
Bravo ,most excellent idea and application.
Will we see this on kickstarter? |
| Ivan DBA | 21 Mar 2014 6:00 p.m. PST |
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| sleb22 | 21 Mar 2014 6:06 p.m. PST |
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| Recovered 1AO | 23 Mar 2014 5:06 p.m. PST |
Is the Terror mite "bottom" something like Renaissance Ink's Paper Steel [20697] or Magnetic Sheet With Sticky Back [20597]? Or something more like Litko's 8.5x11 inch Flexible Magnetic Sheet or 8.5x11 inch Flexible Steel Sheet? Or are they Litko's precut magnetic/steel base add-ons (.025 Flex Steel/.020 Flex Magnet/.030 Heavy Duty Flex Magnet) in nature? |
| Duck Crusader | 23 Mar 2014 7:48 p.m. PST |
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| stroezie | 23 Mar 2014 11:40 p.m. PST |
@ Recovered 1AO I honestly don't know, but probably yes.
I cut them out myself with a papercraft punch from leftovers my wife brings home from work(usually have 4 to 5 square meters of the stuff lying around the house)
It looks exactly the same as the stuff that Battlefront sells if that's any help. |
 Rebel Minis  | 24 Mar 2014 8:32 a.m. PST |
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