@hopper1999 I’ve access to both resin and PLA printers, and while resin has a couple of extra steps compared to PLA, I wouldn’t consider it painful. I’ve come to appreciate resin’s ability to show detail even in very small scale. For me its worth the extra steps to clean and cure, for those results. What’s great is there are so many free units available, with some simple editing/converting you can quickly build cool armies.
As for casting, while I haven’t casted any A&A parts yet (still building my unit library), I have casted a lot of 3.75 action figure parts. I’ve gotten best results using a syringe and pressure pot. (I converted a old paint pressure tank). You inject your mold, and then put it under pressure, I’d do around 30psi, to help the resin into the thinner parts of the mold and prevent bubbles. It also helps, when making your mold to put it under pressure as well. I’ve found it helps prevents bubbles in the silicone and between the silicone and the part being cast.
I plan on using casting to duplicate units I already have, that I can’t find stl files for.
AA50 3-D Terrain Gaming Table (COMPLETED July 20, 2010)
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WOW! I will be there TOMORROW!
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:-o Holy crap! That is wicked! Great Job!
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WOW Just WOW,
this table is crying out for some painted minatures and it could win awards!
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Holy Sh!* (censored by a man in a black suit.) Anyways what does it say under Mongolia?
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@Dylan:
Holy Sh!* (censored by a man in a black suit.) Anyways what does it say under Mongolia?
Impassible
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WOW Just WOW,
this table is crying out for some painted minatures and it could win awards!
Those are coming next. ;)
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That i one beautiful labor of love! sure wish i lived close enough to come play on it.
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Yes thats very nice artwork. You should post that at harrisgamedesign. Larry might get some ideas from it.
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You just need to get allworkandnoclay’s painted Minitures
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no kidding. WOW! ……lets all take a moment to apreacheat what he has done for the AaA comunity
what the hell are you talking about
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We have been playing on this board for about 2 months now… AWESOME!!!
Rorschach: Allies
Jeremy: Axis
Turn 15 and still no clear winner or advantage! (we play one hour a week)
The board is even more impressive in person… where you can see the 3D terrain.
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Nice job. It seems from the pictures you have a sheet of glass over the board to keep the units from tipping, rigth?
You could have painted at the borders, IPC values, territory names etc. on the glass. That way you could easily use the 3D map for different games by changing the glass overlay :)
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You could have painted at the borders, IPC values, territory names etc. on the glass. That way you could easily use the 3D map for different games by changing the glass overlay :)
I think that having different sheets of painted glass for different games would be an expensive proposition. I don’t know how much Rorschach’s setup cost him, but the acrylic sheet which covers my own AA50 table set me back over a hundred bucks.
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@CWO:
You could have painted at the borders, IPC values, territory names etc. on the glass. That way you could easily use the 3D map for different games by changing the glass overlay :)
I think that having different sheets of painted glass for different games would be an expensive proposition. I don’t know how much Rorschach’s setup cost him, but the acrylic sheet which covers my own AA50 table set me back over a hundred bucks.
Yeah, I originally was going to etch all the borders onto the acrylic, but when you’re looking at $50 (give or take) per sheet for this size it would be far too expensive. But, to be honest, the sheet is so close to the table anyway there is absolutely no mistaking the territories, so it’s all good.
And this way, if we want to play a different game, we just pop in a flat MDF panel underneath instead of the AA50 board and you’re good to go!
The entire table (not counting countless hours of time) cost me about $150 … still no legs on it though.
And, Jeremy and I finally finished our game. 17 rounds, 9 weeks (about an hour and a quarter, hour and a half a week) … Allied Victory when the Brits waltzed into a sparsely defended Berlin.
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