Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
August 1st, 2018, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Kickstarter for Heroscape-Compatible STL files
The design of the lava tiles is innovative, although I wonder whether it would be more useful if you had a multi-filament capable printer to print the crust and insert as a single object. Still, it...
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
July 31st, 2018, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,554
Kickstarter for Heroscape-Compatible STL files
There is currently a Kickstarter project running, Hyground 3D Printable Tabletop Gaming Terrain, that will deliver STL files for printing interlocking map tiles that will link to Heroscape tiles...
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Forum: Other Customization & HS Additions
May 10th, 2017, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 13,699
Re: Hexless/gridless Heroscape
If you do a search on 'wargaming periscope', you'll find a number of links, including this design on Thingiverse (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1776180), made in various materials ranging from...
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Forum: Other Board Games
April 7th, 2017, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 19,259
Views: 2,101,727
Re: What Board Game Are You Currently Playing?
I used to have a copy of Battledroids, from before George Lucas waved a lawsuit at FASA over the use of the term "droid" and they changed the name to Battletech; the box had a pair of 1/144 plastic...
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Forum: Other Board Games
March 30th, 2017, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 1,451
Views: 244,525
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Forum: Other Board Games
March 29th, 2017, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 1,451
Views: 244,525
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Forum: 3D Printing
March 24th, 2017, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 407
Views: 176,645
Re: Index of 3D Printed Stl Files
If not for the issue of wall thickness, it might be better to go with something built from their Rampage tileset, although for buildings, particularly customizable ones with interiors, something...
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Forum: Other Board Games
March 23rd, 2017, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 1,451
Views: 244,525
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Forum: Other Customization & HS Additions
March 23rd, 2017, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,563
Re: Regarding Rebasing
I would need to pull out one of the figures with a peanut base to get dimensions to make a model from; I don't have ready-to-go models for the figure bases. But starting them as brown would just be a...
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Forum: Other Board Games
March 21st, 2017, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 1,451
Views: 244,525
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
March 14th, 2017, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 259
Views: 84,053
Re: Heroscape Navy - Updated Jun 2013 -Figurehead
Congratulations; you've discovered Magic Wash (https://www.brookhursthobbies.com/paintingclinic/clinic/guestarticles/magicwash.htm); the mixture of Future and water is the base for making any color...
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
March 13th, 2017, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 15,371
Re: Custom pillars
I believe, though, that design patents issued since 1995 have a fourteen-year term, which means that the patent on all the tiles but the 24-hex tile should be coming up to expire next year, based on...
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
March 10th, 2017, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 15,371
Re: Custom pillars
The difference is that their utility patent was rejected, so they got ornamental design patents instead. Ornamental design patents only protect the pieces themselves, but not the interlock or...
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
March 9th, 2017, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 15,371
Re: Custom pillars
Digging into it myself, you're correct; the transaction history on the application shows a final rejection on 5/24/06, with a mail notification sent out two days later. The rejection document...
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
March 6th, 2017, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 15,371
Re: Custom pillars
Unfortunately, there is a patent on the tile design (http://www.google.com/patents/US20060043674), by Craig Van Ness and assigned to Hasbro, not just a copyright, which places imitations in a much...
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
March 3rd, 2017, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,474
Re: Skylanders Crystals
The base crystal formation is available on Thingiverse (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:447004) for download, and so are the object bases (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1789245) I designed, so if...
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
January 27th, 2017, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,319
Re: Blubberguy22's Customs Thread - Tips Wanted
There's the design I created for 3D printing a waterfall tile (http://imgur.com/ElgNzmM.png); I made a number of variations in different heights, because the Customizer on Thingiverse can't handle...
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Forum: AotP News
January 20th, 2017, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 127,614
Re: Another expansion
Depends on what the 'terrain' is. Take the existing AotP map plate format; new terrain is Art department work to draw the map, then printing and cutting onto the cardboard backing; with a colorful...
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Forum: Sales and Trades
December 15th, 2016, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,976
Re: Great Scape Sale of 2016
And mine came yesterday -- got left on the porch with no notice, but that's par for the course for delivery here. Everything was in great condition, a fast turnaround. Thanks!
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Forum: HeroScape News
December 7th, 2016, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,833
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Forum: Sales and Trades
December 4th, 2016, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,976
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
December 4th, 2016, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,170
Re: Hedron Horde - NEW - Special Rule Suggestion?
Within the limits of what we can do to add hedrons to the maps, that works very well; looking at some of the artwork for the game, floating hedrons will be annoying to do -- putting a hedron on a...
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Forum: Other Board Games
November 29th, 2016, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 1,451
Views: 244,525
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Forum: Custom Terrain & Obstacles
November 26th, 2016, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 243
Views: 53,399
Re: 3D Terrain Stl Files
With the printed vegetation from J's Work I ordered through megahobby.com showing up, I cut off two lengths of ivy and mounted them growing up along the hedron. It's not a particularly fancy job of...
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Forum: Movies
November 26th, 2016, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 4,780
Views: 555,095
Re: Movies: What did You Watch Last Night?
Yes, Scamander came off as a bit of a doofus; a very Hagrid-like attitude toward his creatures.
The American version of the DMLE comes off as a bunch of dogwhistles*, though, with all the...
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