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SilverMK2 wrote:Regards the slanted road end pieces suggested by Apologist - perhaps adding some kind of "fan" design pivoted inside a road section so that you can slide a section out so you can make corners of any size? Not sure how easy such a thing would be to make and there would obviously be a height difference between the leaf section and the normal main road height.

Not sure if I have explained what I meant very well

Well I understood what you meant, so it must have been ok.

To be honest, I think simple is better; just some small end pieces at different angles would be all you'd need for the roads and canals. One thing I was thinking of though. Would it be possible to integrate small notches in the edges of the road/base/canal sections to glue magnets into, so the road doesn't start wandering off across the table during an energetic game?

H.B.M.C. wrote: aren't full of skulls.

Heresey!

In all seriousness, though, I do agree. Gothic is fine but it's a bit OTT sometimes. Ruins is something I've been working on but it's surprisingly difficult. Especially when the bar has already been set so high.


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endtransmission wrote:Would it be possible to integrate small notches in the edges of the road/base/canal sections to glue magnets into, so the road doesn't start wandering off across the table during an energetic game?

Magnetic scenery is something I've thought about for quite a while now. Especially since I have a Realm of Battle for my travel table and it's terrible for scenery moving around. The problem is that you end up locked into this grid with no flexibility at all.

Personally, I buy very thin (1 or 2mm) sheets of adhesive backed rubber off ebay and cut little squares out of it to stick to stuff. Solves the problem nicely.

Adaptors to make a double-width road would be cool.

I'm waiting for the FoW-scaled set, then I'll see if I can order some.

Since all the pictures are mostly top down it's hard to tell. Are the building plates slightly raised compared to the roads so that you can get a nice little curb aesthetic? Or are they all flush?

They're flush. Since the kerbstone is part of the road it made more sense that way. Also, it means less wobbly models.

You can see it a bit better in this pic.

H.B.M.C. wrote:I wish they're release that, because the world needs more solid complete buildings that aren't full of skulls.

I'm not sure how easy it is to get Pegasus hobbies stuff in Oz but they have some very nice Gothic buildings with nary a skull on them:



Jack

Here's something you could try your hand at, CNC workshop over in Australia make these very cool paint/tool racks. I asked wayland to look at stocking them and they tried but couldn't get them for whatever reason so if you can do it for a decent price then I think you'd be able to corner the market, lol.
http://www.miniaturescenery.com/CategoryPage.asp?CODE=CAT_ACCP

Love the city block stuff!

Any chance of a 6" wide road segment with 1" sidewalks though? (total approximate 20.5cm square) Then you could have 9 sections of road and building for a 2' square.

Jackmojo wrote:I'm not sure how easy it is to get Pegasus hobbies stuff in Oz but they have some very nice Gothic buildings with nary a skull on them:

It's expensive to get Pegasus Hobbies buildings in Oz. I know because I have a stack of them, mostly from the Warstore. US$80 shipping. Not cool.

Gargskull wrote:Here's something you could try your hand at, CNC workshop over in Australia make these very cool paint/tool racks. I asked wayland to look at stocking them and they tried but couldn't get them for whatever reason so if you can do it for a decent price then I think you'd be able to corner the market, lol.
http://www.miniaturescenery.com/CategoryPage.asp?CODE=CAT_ACCP

Yeah, those are pretty awesome.

Gargskull wrote:Here's something you could try your hand at, CNC workshop over in Australia make these very cool paint/tool racks. I asked wayland to look at stocking them and they tried but couldn't get them for whatever reason so if you can do it for a decent price then I think you'd be able to corner the market, lol.
http://www.miniaturescenery.com/CategoryPage.asp?CODE=CAT_ACCP

Try TerraScenics.

They don't actually seem to have the main rack on their site, but they have the other stuff.

http://www.terrascenic-online.co.uk/acatalog/Paint_Rack_and_Tools_Rack.html

And it seems they are the UK distributor for them so if you want Wayland to get them may be worth nudging them that way.

Jackmojo wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:I wish they're release that, because the world needs more solid complete buildings that aren't full of skulls.

I'm not sure how easy it is to get Pegasus hobbies stuff in Oz but they have some very nice Gothic buildings with nary a skull on them:



Jack

Its a pity pegasus didn't think to make plugs for the location slots

They did.

Each set comes with tons of them to slot into the locations you're not using. If you're sticking the building together, you'd use them to plug the gaps. If you're like me, and takes each Pegasus Building apart after each time you use it, then you don't.

loki old fart wrote:Its a pity pegasus didn't think to make plugs for the location slots

Er... they *did*. They've got plain ones and ones with torches and lanterns, eagles, knights and gargoyles.

I can vouch for the new flying stands - fantastic. At last my old school fire prisms don't tilt over at an angle. Great stuff.

EYIG

Thanks for the comment EYIG - those metal 'prisms love these stands!

What do folks think of this pack?

Looks pretty cool to me - main street 40K

I knew you'd like it...

these are great I can finally have regular base plates on my buildings, keep up the good work and they would work for any sci-fi setting from 40k to Judge Dredd, the level of detail is good I don't think even the Imperium would have gothic roads and you need to be able to stand figures and vehicles on them after alll.

I like the double-width road.
How much would that pack cost?

Need to work it out properly but in the region of £100

Curis asked in another thread wrote:How wide are they? [the canals] I want to know if they're the a good size for Epic.

The canals are 10cm wide overall with 6cm of "water" visible. TBH, they're much too big for epic with each paving stone being bigger than a rhino. However, there are plans for offering the roads in 1/2 (FoW) and 1/4 (epic) sized versions - the canals may well be offered in 1/4 size as well.

Once I get my Man Cave in order, I think I'll be needing to order a few things from you.

One question, though. have you though about doing bike bases with the counters on them? Would be marvelous for things like Nob Bikers.

Eric

p.S. Didn't read every comment on all 7 pages. Forgive me if it's already been suggested.

Biker Bases are on the list of things to do.

24/09/10 - 15mm / 1:144 Road System is available.


At 5cm wide these roads scale to 18ft / 23 ft at 15mm / 1:144 respectively so they're pretty typical of European road sizes.
Ideal for sci-fi or military roads.

Very cool.. Have to order a set of the 1/144 stuff when I have fun money again.

The smaller roads are looking awesome, and I'm looking forward to the canals being miniaturised, too.

One thing does occur to me: I assume these smaller roads (the 15mm and potential forthcoming 6mm set) aren't compatible with the building baseplates. Would it not make sense for them to have more sweeping corners so that they are?

I'd like to buy a set of the 15mm or 6mm roads with the large baseplates - they look about the right size for suitably grandiose Epic ruins. What are the chances of that? Alternatively, smaller scale baseplates that are still 15cm/6in or so in dimensions would be perfect - particularly at the great prices you've got going

I tried that but it ended up making the junctions huge. There are going to be baseplates to match the 15mm roads and the epic roads will be altered to use the same baseplates.

BTW, anyone in Europe that thought the postage seemed a bit steep - the website was offering the "rest of world" rate - this is now fixed.

I've just started painting up my Eldar so I hope to be in a position to order some flying stands from you soon

At least, once I can hide the order from the wife - just spent all my hobby money on a new compressor for my airbrush (shhh!)

Also, are the 15mm roads pavement sized for the 40K sized minatures? Might be fun to covert some into walkways and so on for urban/necromunda boards...

Scott-S6 wrote:I tried that but it ended up making the junctions huge. There are going to be baseplates to match the 15mm roads and the epic roads will be altered to use the same baseplates.

Ah, fair enough. Cool beans that there'll be some dedicated baseplates for 15mm. Any timeline on those? I'm all prepped to place an order

As a note, there's a discussion here, on your stuff. Thought you might like a heads-up.

Hi

Your stuff looks great, I’m thinking of ordering some bits to try out however I’m not sold on the bright green colour of the canals. Different colours were mentioned further up but I don’t think it reached a conclusion.

I’m trying to decide what other colours will look best, smoke possibly but the smoke used on your templates looks a little dark. Is it possible to do canals using the same material as the flying bases and how do you reckon this will come out?

Cheers