"Space is a 'mesh'" Topic
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TheBeast  | 16 Aug 2014 7:38 p.m. PST |
Saw in another thread talk about using layers of plexiglas or similar to make a 3D battle board. Weight was already mentioned as a limiting factor. A dull bell rang from my hoary past… Not the same thing, but LONG ago, I tried to work out a grid using string or fishing line to create a checkerboard on a wooden frame. Then, stacking the frames, I'd have virtual 'cubes' I could hang space ships in. If I used florescent fish line, I could use blacklight to have the web of space glow. *shrug* Hey, I was a hippie. I even envisioned using a parts 'grabber' to lower the ship to the right level, and four prongs on the ship to grab the sides at the top of the cube. Later, I looked at chicken wire for layered hexes, but the hexes in wire aren't regular. Anybody try anything like this crazy idea? Doug |
| Daricles | 16 Aug 2014 9:03 p.m. PST |
At some point you have to give in to computer simulation if you want to accurately model the complex intricacies of three dimensional combat. Simplicity is a virtue in tabletop gaming. |
| TheBeast | 17 Aug 2014 5:04 a.m. PST |
Well, my idea WAS before hi-def, and 3D was weird color overlays. It could have been pretty. ;->= This would be awkward, but you could stop and have a holographic moment. Doug |
| TheBeast | 18 Aug 2014 6:19 a.m. PST |
At some point you have to give in… Now just a darn minute! I did try to let this slide, but it's still eating at me. Just what kind of obsessive/compulsive geeks do you think we AREN'T? We play with toy soldiers, and argue about the shades of the lapels?!?!? Sheldon Cooper? Wannabee! ;->= Hanging like Xmas ornaments makes sense, but I thought I'd use four hooks for the four sides of the 'cube', lowered spun 45 degrees to slide by the corners, and spun back to catch. You'd see the ship suspended in the center of each cube. Never got it done before, probably not now, but may possibly get a couple of frames down as proof of concept. What to use as frames: strong, thin, light, places to loop fish line… Doug |
| Daricles | 18 Aug 2014 7:55 p.m. PST |
I bet if you embedded a magnet in the center of the miniatures and then precisely arranged magnets around your frame you could get the minis to just hover over the table top. You might have to fiddle with the magnet arrangements a bit until you get it right. of course, you'd have to adjust the magnets each time you moved a ship. Yes, I'm kidding. ;) |
| TheBeast | 18 Aug 2014 9:29 p.m. PST |
Too bad; I was imagining using electro-magnets on the base, varying intensity to raise and lower… Oh, right, kidding… ;->= Doug |
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