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Imperial Creative Engineering => Dioramas => Topic started by: DocOutlands on September 16, 2010, 06:25:51 PM

Title: sci-fi walls kit - Doc goes FLATS!
Post by: DocOutlands on September 16, 2010, 06:25:51 PM

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=84080&affiliate_id=29387

Sure, they are designed to be built up for 25-30mm minis, but I do think there's plenty of application for larger-scale use as well!  I bought a set and will be printing them off and working with them once I wrap this job up.  Keep your sensors running...

(heck, if I can ever get the printer at the office to work, I'll run a couple of sheets off for a quickie set-up here, just as a proof-of-concept piece and shoot pics)

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit
Post by: DocOutlands on September 17, 2010, 06:01:01 AM

Got the office printer and my laptop talking to each other and printed out a floor section, a wall section, and two door-arches.  I'll be working on them to get them up for display soon.

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit
Post by: Luke Sprywalker on September 17, 2010, 07:04:25 AM

That ship also looks cool Doc. I could see leaving the fron neck and nose section off to be used as a power generator or something.

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit
Post by: DocOutlands on September 17, 2010, 07:13:37 PM

Well, I wasn't expecting to get the laptop and printer to talk to each other today, so I hit the field woefully unprepared to build paper models.  That's ok, Family Dollar was glad to help out...

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit
Post by: DocOutlands on September 17, 2010, 07:15:45 PM

Here's a shot of the initial print-out of a door from the kit, designed to be folded up into a self-supporting arch, with my modified version glued and taped onto a piece of a manila folder.

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit
Post by: DocOutlands on September 17, 2010, 07:26:49 PM

So here's some shots containing an 8"x8" floor with an access panel, the modified door, and a 4" wall section.  The wall, like the door piece, is designed to fold into a self-supporting structure.  I left it flat in this test.

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit
Post by: Tamer on September 17, 2010, 07:30:08 PM

Pretty daggone slick Doc!

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit
Post by: DocOutlands on September 17, 2010, 07:49:57 PM

Forgot to add - the originals are in COLOR, but our office printer is b&w only.  If you want color from it, get crayons.  I think the pattern is a bit busy at our scale, but that can be worked with. 

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit - Doc goes FLATS!
Post by: gwest on September 18, 2010, 07:05:09 AM

Will you be selling these yourself?

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit - Doc goes FLATS!
Post by: Luke Sprywalker on September 18, 2010, 07:26:50 AM

Looking good Doc!

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit - Doc goes FLATS!
Post by: DocOutlands on September 18, 2010, 09:43:16 AM

I'd have to look into the legality of selling them - FDG might allow me to license them, esp. if I'd be selling them mounted.  I do think I know someone local who'll be interested in getting me to do some up for her boys, tho.  Now if I made some wall and door sections and TRADED them, that's another story!

Title: Re: sci-fi walls kit - Doc goes FLATS!
Post by: hemble on September 24, 2010, 03:24:08 PM

Looks great Doc, and I think trade would be the way to go.

Ron