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EDIT - KICKSTARTER HAS ENDED @ $311k - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1084069684/tablescapes-by-secret-weapon-miniatures?ref=live

Just saw this over on Secret Weapon's Facebook site. Shut up and take my money, and all that. I'm going to be broke before the end of this year....



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There ya go
   
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Phanobi






Canada,Prince Edward Island

Well hello there. Very interesting!

   
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Longtime Dakkanaut





New Zealand

Plastic, and not resin? Very very interesting - makes them easy for customers to customise by gluing on more bits.

I'm guessing from the size of the few recognisable shapes that these are maybe 30cm square, which will also make them easier to lug around than GW's giant resin tiles.
   
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...Not really. at 1' square you're going to need such a fethton of them whichever pack/bag/other thing you carry them around in is going to be as cumbersome as the RoB bag IMO.
   
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This is the worst possible thing. I'm already broke guys! lol

9k  
   
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Union, Kentucky United States

I asked Mr. Justin directly and he says they are 1ft by 1ft and they will have terrain specifically for them as well as bases so now you can actually have your bases match the board and terrain! This is the first of it's kind to this level in our hobby and cheers to SWM for doing it.

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Sacramento, CA

Fantastic, 1x1 tiles will be great for bringing to cons for demoing on.

Hopefully there will be enough variety to have them work for any game system.

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Nr London

Any idea on a time scale on this one? I was going to purchase GW's Realm of battle in three weeks time with the next pay packet....I may just hold off doing that now.
   
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Chicago, Illinois

1x1 tiles are also perfect for easily assembling display boards, or for excellent pre-made diorama bases.

EDIT: also, wow, I didn't know that Dakka had a popup to ask you why you don't have at least one capital letter in your post.

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 Bolognesus wrote:

There ya go


Thanks!
   
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Canada,Prince Edward Island

I have a feeling that these will be directly competing with Games and Gears next battle board kickstarter. Chances are I will go with SWM though, G&G's attitude on their last attempt was incredibly annoying...

On topic, I hope we see some cleaner, more urban bases and maybe some space cruiser ones as well!

   
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Nr London

Don't forget us fantasy players as well!
   
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Hmm, really interested. I was planning on a modular board already, but, for the right price, I'll be sold on these.


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The rest of the molded stuff is crap, although, you might be able to get away with less detail on a tabletop board of terrain.

SW has nice washes and powders, everthing else is poor detail in my experience
   
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I wonder if these will be as thick as the Realm of Battle tiles, because if so, an interesting and hopefully cheaper expansion!



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 BrookM wrote:
I wonder if these will be as thick as the Realm of Battle tiles, because if so, an interesting and hopefully cheaper expansion!


Was thinking the same thing. It'd be a very smart move if these were compatible with RoB.
   
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I would love plain plastic tiles with no adornments etc. That way I can use them for Roman era and wild west etc without it looking weird.

Light weight easy to carry makes me happy.

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 fullheadofhair wrote:
I would love plain plastic tiles with no adornments etc. That way I can use them for Roman era and wild west etc without it looking weird.

Light weight easy to carry makes me happy.


Agreed

Not sure how I'll like seeing Junk Pile #5 every day

 
   
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Yeah, I'll buy it if it doesn't have the Ork-themed scrap and junk on it.

If I want that crap on the board, that's what terrain is for, not the board itself.

Plain old boring practical flat texture for the board is the way to go, with lots of variants... fine grit mud, wavy sand dunes, cracked ice sheets or city roads for the board itself, nothing that sticks up all over the place or marks the board as sci-fi or fantasy or historical.

The only type of terrain that really works built-in is subtractive stuff like rivers, chasms or lava flows since it looks so much better if you can get it to be below the playing surface. Hills can work okay too as a separate tile.

The games and gears one might not have looked as good, but it was at least practical and generic.

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BrookM wrote:I wonder if these will be as thick as the Realm of Battle tiles, because if so, an interesting and hopefully cheaper expansion!


Hope so also. Though hope all the tiles aren't just "modern/future" wreckage like in the picture. Hope there are a couple basic hilly/rocky tiles. Also curious as to how they are underneath. The GW ones have in some parts support grids to help prevent warping.

decker_cky wrote:
Was thinking the same thing. It'd be a very smart move if these were compatible with RoB.


Maybe not. Given how out of shape GW has gotten with shoulder pads, it may not be a battle Secret Weapon wants to fight. Even if they are in the legal clear, it is still can ruin with legal fees if it ends up in court.

   
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Everett, WA

 Bolognesus wrote:

There ya go
Secret Weapon Miniatures wrote:We're still ramping things up on this end, but you can ponder these three words:

Injection molded plastic.

Stay tuned....

 
   
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 Clang wrote:
GW's giant resin tiles.
Realm of Battle is plastic, not resin.



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I think he was referring Zone Mortalis and the FW ones.


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there is a "to" missing in there, somewhere, I bet.

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And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!

 
   
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If they can get it so the seams between the parts are nearly invisible, it'd be nice. It's not that pre-measuring is a problem, but aesthetically, it'd be nice if the board was as seamless as possible.

I guess the 1'x1' squares would also be nice as a display board.
   
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Nice to see more options from more sources, seems like gamers choices are expanding every day.

This isn't for me though, at least not with the texture shown. Something like a streetscape or a ship interior that's more of a pain to scratch build would get my attention.
   
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I'm cautiously optimistic.

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I could definitely go for a generic spaceship decking sort of tile. Use it for necromunda o space hulk. Also wouldn't mind ones set with. Grassy field and dugouts for bloodbowl.

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They look nice. Something that would be sutible for fantsety/steam punk games like WHFB/Wharmahords would be nice instead of just sci-fi.

 Absolutionis wrote:
If they can get it so the seams between the parts are nearly invisible, it'd be nice. It's not that pre-measuring is a problem, but aesthetically, it'd be nice if the board was as seamless as possible.

I guess the 1'x1' squares would also be nice as a display board.


I don't think a seamless look would be possible, considering even the GW relm of battle boards have a visible seam in their officle promotional images. The only way to get a seamless look I think would be to mount the board sections into a permanent configuration and then fill any seams and gaps yourself. That would give you the look your talking about.

Personaly anything that could offer a more affordable alternative to GW's board is good in my books.

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