Waspinator
2008-08-01, 11:30 AM
This is a bit of a how-to guide describing a way I've found of doing cheap miniatures.
First, you need some bases. I like the ones from One Monk, found here:
http://www.onemonk.com/Bases.html
The 25 mm ones are a good size for most gaming grids and I would call them almost as good as plastic minis once you've done something to weight them down (gluing a penny to the bottom of the base is useful). The nice thing about those is that you get a pretty useful little base that you can put just about anything in and once you've got your files put together with the figures you want, it's very easy and cheap to print and make more.
Since I'm not sure if copyright problems could result from me posting anything I've cobbled together from them myself, I'll just say that if you download one of the free figure sets that he has, get an image of a Stormtrooper or something, and copy the new image over one of the figures in the set (with a corresponding mirror image copy), you can very easily make your own little "figures" of just about any character that you want. And it is a LOT cheaper than buying any kind of pre-painted plastic mini would be.
First, you need some bases. I like the ones from One Monk, found here:
http://www.onemonk.com/Bases.html
The 25 mm ones are a good size for most gaming grids and I would call them almost as good as plastic minis once you've done something to weight them down (gluing a penny to the bottom of the base is useful). The nice thing about those is that you get a pretty useful little base that you can put just about anything in and once you've got your files put together with the figures you want, it's very easy and cheap to print and make more.
Since I'm not sure if copyright problems could result from me posting anything I've cobbled together from them myself, I'll just say that if you download one of the free figure sets that he has, get an image of a Stormtrooper or something, and copy the new image over one of the figures in the set (with a corresponding mirror image copy), you can very easily make your own little "figures" of just about any character that you want. And it is a LOT cheaper than buying any kind of pre-painted plastic mini would be.