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They have to have a case to carry a 4x6 board. If the boards ate 1" thick, then a 4x6 board stacked will be two feet.

1footx1footx2feet is a large object to transport and store. I hope for a large square bag/case to hold them.

May mean the difference between a display board and a gaming table for me.

I highly doubt they will be 1" think, the ROB tiles are like 1/4" thick.

New pic:

No more teasing. Today I received a shipment from China that included 16 samples of our first modular, injection molded tabletop tiles. This project is a reality - and this "Scrap Yard" sample is but the first of many tiles.

The goal is to provide you with multiple themes consisting of 16 tile sets -- enough to provide a 4x4' table with 256 unique layouts! Each theme will include matching terrain, bases, and fortifications... and the "Scrap Yard" set is already complete and will be unveiled with the Kickstarter campaign.

But "Scrap Yard" is only the beginning.....

For scale reference - those are Corporation models, from Mantic Games, on 25mm "Scrap Yard" bases. Each theme will include a mix of flat and raised detail tiles so that you have plenty of room to add LOS blocking terrain -- and enough detail to keep the theme relevant and visually interesting.

Geez, I can see myself ending up with a room full of these, Secret Weapon does great stuff and I love making game boards.

All the info will be forthcoming, but the boards have up to 1" of relief on them, but the default thickness is thinner than the ROB edge. Like ROB you will be able to stack them in ways that reduce the total thickness of a stack a great deal.

Now that the cat is semi out of the bag, yes, it can be safely said the Junkyard theme is only the beginning -

Will one have a fort?

I'll totally consider buying one with a fort!

You'll see, and if not, remember Justin is not some faceless mega-corp, but a dude who is at almost every major event and a huge, huge lifetime painter, modeller and wargamer. He built his company on word of mouth and quality, and also treating the customer right... so I would think a strong demand for something would not fall on deaf ears, though it may take a while to execute.

Tooling molds of that size and at that resolution (20mil+ polygons per) takes time and a great deal of moolah. That being said, all the more reason to want to see this succeed!

 Kanluwen wrote:
MajorTom knows something, clearly.

You dirty tease.

Please note that Tom is providing us with excellent teases and previews.

No spoilers here!

Obviously the mods are hiding behind their facist walls where they have 2 lists... a list of who will be edetid and baned... and a list of things MajorTom11 can tease us with...

seriously, these almost deserve spoiler tags

 Alpharius wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
MajorTom knows something, clearly.

You dirty tease.

Please note that Tom is providing us with excellent teases and previews.

No spoilers here!

Spoiler alert!



On a far more serious and less wacky jokey note...
Would this be able to clip together with RoB tiles? I've been considering getting one of the Imperial Strongpoint tiles from Forge World for awhile and if these tiles could interact well with it that might be the push I need to finally get a Strongpoint.

Hard to say for sure, but the SW tiles look to be a bit thinner?

Shouldn't be too hard to shim something up to size though...

Do not like the 16-tile set number. I have 10 hotdogs in my pack and they are selling me 8 buns. So now I would have to buy two bags of buns to handle my needs. If I need two sets to make a usable board, I am more likely to buy 0 sets than 2 sets.

I'm betting that they'll sell them in 'singles' too, maybe?

Also not sure if it was covered but how are the tiles secured together, clips, tabs..duct tape?

And I am really liking the look of this stuff, my recommendation is allow people to mix and match every tile, so you can make everyone happy.

But this will be a must buy for me if it develops the way its looking, well done sir.

If you look at the most recent pic, on the underside in each corner is a small horse-shoe like shape. My guess is that there will be a connector that latches into that area.

 Cyporiean wrote:
If you look at the most recent pic, on the underside in each corner is a small horse-shoe like shape. My guess is that there will be a connector that latches into that area.

Curious that the connector is on the corner though. Surely that will mean that you need different types of clips depending on whether you want it to be an interior or outer piece? I am sure it will all become clear when the ks starts anyway.

If nothing else, it's probably 1 or 2 different types of connectors... Possibly 1 type that would have to be "applied" twice when you have a 3 corner connector...

I'm trying to think of a point in time where I'd have 3 corners connected, but not a 4th...

They are secured in a very awesome, obvious and easy way... Takes seconds and works well... Have no fear of Rob style clips.

Rest assured you will have all the options you could want for table size.

@Kan all things are possible if you put your mind to it

Just so you guys know SWM has been posting all of the info on there FB so not a lot of teasing on toms.part if you go kook .

Ya not trying to get in trouble here lol!

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Ya not trying to get in trouble here lol!

ml
Lol tom

One thing I will say is a advantage to the 1 foot square size, is working on it, if you have a smallish area for hobby time, then it will make it much easier to deal with.
The RoB boards were very clumsy to work on unless you used the floor or had a nice large table.

A smaller tile will lead to a more relaxed build time, just take a few and watch tv while working on them .

As for tile ideas, hills are easy to build and make modular , so not a real need for those, but I would love to see rivers, trenches, ravines, any form of inverse terrain, that's always a hassle, since it must be modeled on top of the terrain, instead of built into it, but these tiles seem a bit thin for that,

oh well, still will get a load of these when it becomes available.

they need to stop teasing me with images and launch the kickstarter....take my money! Getting things in the works ahead of time is overrated!

Just when I thought it was safe to put the wallet back in my pocketses...

 Necros wrote:
Just when I thought it was safe to put the wallet back in my pocketses...

I almost said that yesterday at a LGS... he had your game in stock... I had to show some restraint and get what I needed Though at least I know of a local place that has it now

You're not kidding!

https://www.facebook.com/SecretWeaponMiniatures

They're hoping for four "themes" for the Kickstarter...

The Boardgame geek in me almost wishes for a hexagon shaped tile

I use to have a huge amount of the old geo-hex stuff, loved it for battletech.

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Have faith, this is a resin free zone, no resi-plastic, real deal machine tooled metal mold injection molded plastic just like Mom used to make

I miss my mom's homemade machine tooled metal injection molded plastic.

 Alpharius wrote:
You're not kidding!

https://www.facebook.com/SecretWeaponMiniatures

They're hoping for four "themes" for the Kickstarter...

 Breotan wrote:

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Have faith, this is a resin free zone, no resi-plastic, real deal machine tooled metal mold injection molded plastic just like Mom used to make

I miss my mom's homemade machine tooled metal injection molded plastic.

My mom just made batch after batch of bathtub gin... :-\

Do we have a possible ETA on Kickstarter launch/possible end? I think the more heads up we have to begin putting money aside, the better