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Yep, with a different print on it. Looks nothing like a portal.

I have to admit, shipping (to the US in my case) is the one reason I haven't ordered, but I accept that acrylic roads aren't amazingly cheap. :( On the plus side, when i do finally break down and order, it'll probably be two or three sets.

As I've mentioned before, it's a real shame we have no equivalent to the USPS's flat-rate packets - that would be really handy. International post is fairly expensive here. Courier shipping is better value but that starts at £22 for the US.

And the stuff is heavy. I regularly send out 3-4 kilo parcels. Sent one yesterday that was 8 kilos.

I have just received my first order of S6 products and have to say I am well pleased.

I can vouch for the fact that the shipping was charged at below cost - £4.50 postage leaving 20p for packing suggests a loss to me. So well done to Scott on this one I guess? Next day delivery from Wales to Essex as well!

All I can add to US shoppers is that it is equally as bad for us in the reverse situation ($90 for the RT RPG collectors ed - F***!), but the product is well worth it if you take the plunge.

My only grumble was that it was loose in the box (I bought 7 differant 6mm packs) and not realising this spilled half of it on the floor on opening. My fault, I thought it was a book I has ordered!

On seeing the buildings (I like!) it has whetted my interest in seeing even more tiles/options. Anything else in the pipeline on this line Scott?

I spent quite a bit of time balancing the postage - it's right on the mark for the vast majority of orders. Currently I've spent 9% more on shipping and packaging than I've charged in postage. That's pretty much spot on.

Glad you're happy with your stuff notprop - No immediate plans for more 6mm building tiles but I have some ideas for other 6mm buildings. There's more 25/28mm stuff to come first though.

Have you ever considered movement trays?

I was thinking about a movement tray for plastic figures, cut so the base slots over a raised square, rather then figures fitting inside a frame. That way the movement tray is the same size as the unit, rather then larger...

Would work even better for mantic figures, a round cut out for the figures, then you can use them for both Kings of War or Warhammer

I was playing arround with using a flat plastic and miliput, but just too much work, but a lazer cut square inset the right size can be glued to a base, or just a flat sheet engraved to fit would also work a treat...

Thoughts?

It's possible. It would be fairly time consuming to etch that grid out, much cheaper to offer squares the right size. Biggest downside I can see is that you couldn't mix in a few models with slotta bases. I have a couple of other ideas for movement trays also.

Some of you may have noticed that we didn't have a release last week - I was up in Scotland helping my best friend get married. If all goes to plan we'll have two releases this week.

25/10/10 - Extra Large Building baseplates
This week's releases is a 2 or 3 part building baseplate to accomodate buildings up to 20x44cm. The plates can also be used singly if your urban area is butted up against a table edge or terrain feature.



We also have a new city pack. It'd make a good starter pack combined with some extra roads or it's a great add-on set, giving you room for a big centerpiece building. You can see on the layout how big the XL plate is compared to the other plates.

Scott-S6 wrote:As I've mentioned before, it's a real shame we have no equivalent to the USPS's flat-rate packets - that would be really handy. International post is fairly expensive here. Courier shipping is better value but that starts at £22 for the US.

And the stuff is heavy. I regularly send out 3-4 kilo parcels. Sent one yesterday that was 8 kilos.

If you buddied up with someone at an APO (military post office) in the UK could they flat rate it to the US for you?

That's been my plan for ordering from you, i.e. get one of my military buddies to get stuff while in the UK and post it home.

Jack

It's certainly possible, for individuals it's a great option.

If I got someone to post all my US stuff cheap for me in return for some sort of remuneration, that's likely to be frowned upon (using .mil services for commercial purposes) - I wouldn't ask someone to do that. (plus all but one of my military buddies is ex-service now)

I just finally took the leap and ordered some... Especially since i realized last night how much terrain I had waiting to be built. I'll have to see how the small-scale bases mesh with the Japanese railroad scenery I've got to assemble and paint.

That looks very impressive, like it alot. Not sure yet if im gonna buy some. But im bookmarking the site just in case.

I got mine today. A brief summary of my initial thoughts is up here.

Pretty cool, although the shipping makes them a bit pricey.

Thanks for the comments.

Remember that the shipping is a flat rate - the more you can order, the better value the shipping is.

Re texturing, I've been using matt primer for texture and, for me, that's about right.

Scott-S6 wrote:Remember that the shipping is a flat rate - the more you can order, the better value the shipping is.

Very true... It would be very cool if a US reseller like The War Store got interested and was willing to carry the pieces (although you'd probably need to bag'em and send them a bunch of each piece). The price per pack is just about 'impulse pricing' (I.E. the stuff you throw in with the rest of a big order) but the shipping makes it only feasibly to do a big order.

Did you try the smaller roads with thinner stock? I would have preferred that, but I don't know if your cutter can handle that without causing fragility problems.

Still, they're pretty cool. Hopefully over the weekend I can dig out some Heavy gear stuff and take pics for some of the guys that are interested... I'll link them here, too.

I can cut much thinner but coloured acrylic only comes in 3mm and 5mm. I could do them in 2mm but they'd be clear.

I've posted some pics of the smaller roads with Heavy Gear minis.

04/11/10 - We're into our third month now! A big thank you again to all of you that have supported us over these last two months.

Postage Rates
Now that we've had two months sales I've reviewed the postage rates. After much javascript coding we now have thirteen rates.

This is to offer discounted shipping for small orders and accessory only orders.

There is also an increase in shipping rate for outside Europe/USA/Canada on larger orders. (sorry guys but the postage is killing me. Just for example - £160 worth of 15mm scenery is approx £30 to the USA but £50 to Australia! I can eat a bit of that on a large order but £30 over cost on the postage is just too much to absorb)

Note that while the shopping cart is smart enough to offer you only the valid options for your country it is not smart enough to select the correct postage option for you - make sure you pick the right one in order to get the discount!

UK
Accessories only with a total less than £30 - £2.50
All other orders - £5.00

Europe (excluding UK)
Accessories only with a total less than £30 - £4.50
Other orders with a total less than £50 - £8.00
Other orders with a total of £50 or greater - £10.00

USA & Canada
Accessories only with a total less than £30 - £6.00
Other orders with a total less than £50 - £14.00
Other orders with a total of £50 or greater - £20.00

Rest of World
Accessories only with a total less than £30 - £6.00
Other orders with a total less than £50 - £15.00
Other orders with a total of £50 to £100 - £20.00
Other orders with a total greater than £100 - £35


Automatically Appended Next Post:
04/11/10 - Counter Bases for Warmachine
The range of counter bases has been expanded with two new bases for warmachine/hordes players
40mm 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
50mm 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

(no photo of the new bases specifically at the moment - weather here is awful and they need better light!)

Closing this thread as it's got a bit big!

New thread here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/326353.page#2089842