The recent thread about someone with the lack of disposable income (like all
of us?) after some minis for FT gave me a idea. Why don`t we have a ongoing
thread about cheap minis (I think we are all after cheep minis for our forces,
if it be FT, SG or DS). With the global coverage of this group, I think we
should be able to find something going cheap for everyone?
To start it off, I will post about sone minis I picked up about a month ago.
These were some chep ST BOPs (3 of them), made from plastic, mounted on a
cheap and nasty black soft plastic stand. Made by a company called applause
in china. Picked them up in the local game/comic store for about 1.50
each. After giving them a green ink coating (3 layers to tone down the nasty
bright plastic), then picking out the guns/details in silver and torpedo
launchers/engines in red, the minis were then mounted on a normal hex
stand
with superglue (the original stand having been cut/ripped off), I had
for
about 4 hour work and 4.50 3 BOPs for my fleets (the bits/paints/stands
used were in my parts bin).
I have also used those cheep snap together kits from SW and ST (revel, I
think?), with minimum paint and a proper stand, these are a cheap and useful
way to get more minis. I have also used keyrings (yes, keyrings). When B5 was
aired, a company produced some spaceship keyrings for B5, one of them being a
narn freighter. All that was needed was to cut off the plastic loop
that the keychain was attached to it with, and wash/detail painting to
tone it down, and mounting on a hex stand, and you have another cheap and
quick mini.
So I will ask for everybody to keep their eyes open for things like these
going cheap, and share them with everyone else on the list (even if we don`t
have the same access, the ideas are allways welcome).
BIF
Bif,
I've been buying up ST and SW Micro Machines at between $1-$3 apiece,
shippage included, on eBay, and I try to stay in the lower part of that range.
I just expect to have failing bids a fair amount of the time.
I just KNOW I'm going to kick myself for mentioning this, but I was planning
on selling some off to pay for the ones I got, so competition can
only break me out of my buying frenzy. ;->=
The_Beast
Heck, just go to any decent electronics parts surplus shop or flea market and
let yourself go hogwild.
You can churn out dozens of high-tech ships for pennies using electronic
components, glue, and an occassional bit of plastic.
> You can churn out dozens of high-tech ships for pennies using
Well, we've already said you can get by with plastic junk that you can find
free; it's the imagination and bashing together that some of us feel
challenged by...
Take a plastic spoon, curved side up, cut the end of the handle back about
half way, split/cut the extra piece lengthwise, glue each half to the
intact part with a couple of short pieces, say, of plastic fork tines, and
you've got Voyager. Course, it helps if you scratch-and-or-paint lines
onto the hull, but that's detailing...
Anyway, I thought the idea was to get old IC chips for DSII walkers.
;->=
The_Beast
> Well, we've already said you can get by with plastic junk that you can
I've been thinking that the ridge/groove section on my disposable razors
look like heat radiators for a ship...as soon as I finish painting some of the
lead I bought last spring, and the lead I bought autumn a year ago, and
perhaps the lead I bought summer before last, I'll get right on it.
> I've been thinking that the ridge/groove section on my disposable
I have some of shaver handles that have a slight shovelnose similar to BFG
imperials, while others have a rounded end that seem like they'd make great
Legends of Galactic Heroes Free Planets. And, at 5 for a US$1, 20 cent hull
'blanks' seem to make sense.
However, boy do I understand projects-in-waiting...
The_Beast
PS Before those who've seen me in person ask: occasionally, my cheeks... PPS
No, not those...