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| Author: | Vallarian [ 01-05-2004, 08:00 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Hex me one more time ... |
I am sooo new to this forum, and also to the works product line, but from what I've seen, it all looks great!!! I'm a player of the Lord of the Rings Tradeable Minatures game, and was wondering if you could produce some 'hex' maps? I love the castle, but the hex lines aren't there. Is it possible to produce the castle, and stuff like taverns with hexes? Or even provide a stensil to mark them in? The hexes are 1 1/2" in diameter. The Castles look too cool, as does everything you have, but I was wondering if they could be a little bigger to fit the larger figs. into them. I know the LOTOR figs are a bit bigger than the Wizkids figs. I'm looking forward to ordering sets from you when they become available as a Mail order -- need to save my ink ;OP. Thanks for listenin. |
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| Author: | Andorax [ 01-06-2004, 07:12 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hex me one more time ... |
Welcome aboard, Vallarian. Although hex grids haven't been part of the sets as of yet, user requests have led to adding a "clix" grid and a gridless type of masterboard to the newer sets. I can't guarantee it, but would not be surprised to see a hex grid make a showing, particularly in one of the more "outdoorsey" sets due out later this year. It's awfully hard to get hexes to match up nicely with square walls. As for the size-up of the pieces...it is possible to scale the images on the page, particularly if the page isn't *too* tightly packed. This is a difficult and tricky procedure, but it can be done. |
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| Author: | Vallarian [ 01-06-2004, 08:20 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hex me one more time ... |
Thanks for the quick reply. I do hope that the "hex" is looked into in the future. Until then, I'll look into some of your buildings to add to my maps I have. |
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| Author: | MelEbbles [ 01-06-2004, 11:04 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hex me one more time ... |
Hexes are a pain to design around. I don't envy Denny that job! They tesselate poorly across multiple tiles, and adding a hex to a square ground tile essentially removes any modularity from the tile itself because the hexgrid section on the tile will not line up correctly. Unless the tile is placed in a specific location and facing a specific way, that is (because all hexgrids have a grain)...and that sort of makes the Masterboard pointless. To date, one of the only consistent ways I've seen to generate a playable hexgrid along the basic principles of a typical Masterboard is to design a 30 x 20 inch hexgrid and have that printed on a large format printer and mounted to a foamcore board. This is insanely expensive and nowhere nearly as convenient and user-doable as the existing modular 7x7 Masterboard tiles Denny normally uses. I would recommend this to people who wish to use printable 3D scenery like Denny's with a hexgrid: Use an existing hexgrid solution instead and simply use Denny's walls and buildings normally. You'll run into some annoying problems though, because hexgrids are ultimately an *outdoors* solution, and not an interior solution. For interiors, the square grid and the offset square grid are the most optimal solution in my experience. -The Masked Designer |
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| Author: | Conaill [ 01-14-2004, 02:02 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hex me one more time ... |
| Author: | zeke023 [ 09-15-2004, 05:59 AM ] |
| Post subject: | GURPS and hexes |
| Author: | bighara [ 10-20-2004, 04:58 AM ] |
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| Author: | zeke023 [ 10-20-2004, 05:31 AM ] |
| Post subject: | double printing |
That sounds awesome... but leaves two questions in my head. First - how do I print without the grid map? Did I miss something here? Second - If I overlay a map, wont this print hexes on all the walls and things too? |
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| Author: | Conaill [ 10-20-2004, 05:59 AM ] |
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(Zeke: most (some?) of Denny's sets include a gridless version. And the floor pieces often come on separate pages, so you could just grid those.) Just had another idea: with Denny's new "PaperLinX" system, you could have hex sections with two different size tabs depending on the "grain" of the hexes, so they always line up perfectly... |
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| Author: | bighara [ 10-20-2004, 06:02 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: double printing |
| Author: | janx [ 10-20-2004, 09:07 AM ] |
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Along with double printing, you can: print a hex grid on transparency and then lay it over your gridless masterboard. Get a big enough sheet and you're hexed for life! Buy a battlemat from Chessex of somebody else and use that instead of the Masterboard. Won't look as nice, but the ground will have a grid. Janx |
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