1. I'd like to take a moment to say thanks for the work. Not for myself, I'm
one of these "if it isn't resin or plaster...." purists. But for everyone it
*does* help. You see, to me, the thing about wargaming is that we want to get
more people involved. Many of those have limited budgets and can't afford huge
armies
and spending $5-25 on a building would be
insane. So by providing cheap printable terrain, you suddenly open up the
hobby to a whole
pile of new people - it makes the "buy in" price
a lot cheaper. And *that* is good for the hobby.
2. Have you thought about talking to Tony, Jon, or David about getting your
buildings printed up on cardstock and sold (for a cheap price, small markup
for them) through the normal distribution channels for figs etc? It'd get them
into catalogs. I don't mean this as a money making scheme, but it might be
good for them and for the hobby to have cheap terrain offered by the mini
manufacturers. And people could then stop complaining they can't print them..
*grin*. This approach might be worth investigating. Especially since I think
the images could be scalable (or some more could be made) to cover all scales
from 6mm through 30mm.
3. I saw some of your tanks after Indy had painted them. I was ambivalent when
I saw them in baremetal, but I've changed my mind. I'm not a big fan of "bugs"
(read: icky alien things) but I plan to (when funds allow) get a
hand on some of your 1/300th bug vehicles as
they are nice looking when painted. So kudos here too.
We wargamers don't often speak up, but there are a lot of folks who like your
work and a lot more that could benefit in future from cheap terrain they can
actually afford to buy. And having more players is good for the hobby.
Tomb.
> 1. I'd like to take a moment to say thanks for
Thank you
> 2. Have you thought about talking to Tony, Jon,
I have spoken to quite a few people over comercial production. One of the
things I am very concious of is when you in introduce cost, even at no profit
peoples attitudes change (they get more demanding:) I will hopefully learn how
to use Adobe Illustrator this year and so may well embark on some more
buildings at a higher quality. When I feel happier with the quality I may look
again at ready printed sheets.
> 3. I saw some of your tanks after Indy had
I have pictures of the painted ones myself in my Sci-fi gallery.
But I agree completely over initial reactions. I guess they were unusual
enough so to speak to make people cautious.
Thanks again for the comments Tomb.
Jeremey
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:21:12 -0000 "Germy" <germ@germy.co.uk> writes:
<snip>
> I have spoken to quite a few people over comercial
Alas, very true. Of course for me you are way ahead of my level of skill. In
the mean time I will keep working to get the cartridges and paper and print
out (and use) your stuff. People who don't like it do't have to play.
Yes, I will take pictures (grin) and * if * they come out I will find some
place to post them.
> 3. I saw some of your tanks after Indy had
i admit to ambivalence about the bugs initialy (I like the idea of
waspish bugs more but that's just a personal _flavor_ thing) but the
sample Brigade sent me with an order was pretty sharp. Unfortunately I
already had/have a long list of SF figures in the queue.
<snip>
Gracias,
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 14:54:36 -0500 "Thomas Barclay" <kaladorn@magma.ca>
writes: <snip reasonable stuff>
> We wargamers don't often speak up, <snip>
Guilty as charged.
Gracias,
> --- Germy <germ@germy.co.uk> wrote:
Germy, What program did you use to design your buildings? Have you looked into
Vectorworks? It's a CAD program that I'm learning for theatrical design
purposes. Older versions are called Minicad and I think the name is
changinging again as it gets updates added. Anyways, I'm finding it to be an
extremely versatile design tool that may be useful for making scale buildings
for gaming. Evaluation copies are available from the company for free if
interested.
> Germy,
Sorry forgot to answer this one.
I (suprisingly) use MS Power Point. Not heard of Vectorworks but I will be
exploring new software for future projects.
Jeremey www.germy.co.uk
> Germy,
Sorry forgot to answer this one.
I (suprisingly) use MS Power Point. Not heard of Vectorworks but I will be
exploring new software for future projects.
Jeremey
www.germy.co.uk