"Looking for Cardboard flats" Topic
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| Last Hussar | 11 Nov 2019 5:06 p.m. PST |
Back in the 80s I had card standup flats- where would I get them now? Want something to supplement the NPC hordes – PCs in metal, but lots of goblins etc needed. Thanks (If you can think of a cheap way to do NPCs please say – not set in stone on card standups) |
robert piepenbrink  | 11 Nov 2019 5:26 p.m. PST |
Have you checked Wargames Vault and Junior General? Junior General certainly has a Fantasy and an SF line. Wargames Vault is a little slower to navigate, but they're the first place I look for building PDFs, so I bet they have figures. Might in either case have to print them out and then glue them to cardstock. Oh. And Office Depot sells cheap transparent plastic holders to make paper stand upright. Probably they're meant for names at a table, but they work for paper trucks, so presumably they'd work for paper people. |
| charles popp | 11 Nov 2019 6:30 p.m. PST |
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| manyslayer | 11 Nov 2019 6:42 p.m. PST |
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| sillypoint | 11 Nov 2019 9:19 p.m. PST |
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| Last Hussar | 13 Nov 2019 11:18 a.m. PST |
Ooops – Should have said pre-printed, and with minimal cutting. Minimal cutting is the most important but here. |
| sunjester | 15 Nov 2019 2:28 a.m. PST |
You should have asked!
For cheap hordes of dross look at the 1/72 plastics, some of then are quite nice.
My big trolls are a mix of Dark Alliance 1/72 and 1/32 Russian plastics.
I've recently picked up a pack of Caesar goblins to use as imps.
If I was starting my (large) LOTR collection now, I'd be tempted to go 1/72 plastics instead of 28mm metal. |
| sunjester | 15 Nov 2019 2:33 a.m. PST |
Just search ebay for "1/72 fantasy" |
| Andy ONeill | 15 Nov 2019 10:52 a.m. PST |
Can't you still buy steve jackson games cardboard heroes?
Other than that.
1/72 plastics would involve no cutting whatsoever.
If you're ok with abstract then you can buy sets of plastic pawns. As jn chess pawns. They're available in a variety of colours, including green. |
| Last Hussar | 16 Nov 2019 3:26 a.m. PST |
I've gone off the 1/72 plastics – too much painting and money! Mostly painting. And Ive decided Pre-printed is most important. Especially as I don't have a printer at the moment… The SJ CH are what I want. I can get one in the UK or £267.00 GBP… maybe not. … you can buy sets of plastic pawns. As in chess pawns. They're available in a variety of colours, including green. Try that on a Napoleonics boards. |
| Andy ONeill | 20 Nov 2019 12:14 p.m. PST |
Don't you know anyone has a colour printer? |
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