Bones Kickstarter #2 Discussion

[OneBoot]

Another special report!

 

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James A just now

what reveal is next?

 

Bryan Stiltz 1 minute ago

James a - 9 things. One largeish.

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Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

[Pixel]

 

 

 

Why do you need to magnetize the bases of bones, or is this just for your metal minis? This isn't a critique, I'm just curious what the purpose is.

Well I will simply say this....Movement trays....

Those are the things for combining multiple units in war games? I saw a picture once. Cause it would have been a lot nicer if you'd just said a bit more than that since I've never played a war game.

 

Yes and some of them are metal so the magnets will help them stay in formation. Other uses would be to make them modular. So you could detach the mini from the base incase you have a fancy display for said miniature. This way you can attach a really nicely painted miniature thats display quality and put it on a game regulation base. Whether it be wargames or RPG. These of course are just a couple uses for magnets.

 

 

Another use is to be able to attach magnetic buff/condition indicators to the bases. A company (not sure if I should mention names here) sells awesome magnetized colored disks. You assign each color a meaning (i.e. red = bull's strenth, green = cat's grace) that corresponds to buffs/conditions. In Pathfinder, a bunch of buffs and typically cast near the beginning of the battle. You stack the magnetic buffs under your magnetic mini base to indicate which buffs your character has. Makes it a lot easier to keep track of, and all the disks move with your mini instead of having to scoot a big stack of them around.

[dsmiles]

Yeah, I really need to sleep now.

 

I'm expecting the Mother Worm by morning... :)

 

(My morning would be best, but the Texan morning would do :P)

Don't worry, I've already planted the thumper, Stil.

[Bane Of Humanity]

 

 

 

 

Why do you need to magnetize the bases of bones, or is this just for your metal minis? This isn't a critique, I'm just curious what the purpose is.

Well I will simply say this....Movement trays....

Those are the things for combining multiple units in war games? I saw a picture once. Cause it would have been a lot nicer if you'd just said a bit more than that since I've never played a war game.

 

Yes and some of them are metal so the magnets will help them stay in formation. Other uses would be to make them modular. So you could detach the mini from the base incase you have a fancy display for said miniature. This way you can attach a really nicely painted miniature thats display quality and put it on a game regulation base. Whether it be wargames or RPG. These of course are just a couple uses for magnets.

 

 

Another use is to be able to attach magnetic buff/condition indicators to the bases. A company (not sure if I should mention names here) sells awesome magnetized colored disks. You assign each color a meaning (i.e. red = bull's strenth, green = cat's grace) that corresponds to buffs/conditions. In Pathfinder, a bunch of buffs and typically cast near the beginning of the battle. You stack the magnetic buffs under your magnetic mini base to indicate which buffs your character has. Makes it a lot easier to keep track of, and all the disks move with your mini instead of having to scoot a big stack of them around.

 

That is a cool use for it. Never thought about buff conditions. I would think that would be a pricy thing to do esepcially if you have 1000 minis to do it to.

[Stephen]

Resurrecting a zombied topic now I've finally caught up with the front of the <s>thread</s> run-away train of a thread.

 

It seems unfortunate that so many people have misunderstood what these little black plastic discs represent, the start of the new Learn-To range of products.

 

Introducing Learn to Sculpt Kits - a small bag of discs to start building on, just add Green Stuff and creativity!

[Heisler]

 

 

 

 

 

Why do you need to magnetize the bases of bones, or is this just for your metal minis? This isn't a critique, I'm just curious what the purpose is.

Well I will simply say this....Movement trays....

Those are the things for combining multiple units in war games? I saw a picture once. Cause it would have been a lot nicer if you'd just said a bit more than that since I've never played a war game.

 

Yes and some of them are metal so the magnets will help them stay in formation. Other uses would be to make them modular. So you could detach the mini from the base incase you have a fancy display for said miniature. This way you can attach a really nicely painted miniature thats display quality and put it on a game regulation base. Whether it be wargames or RPG. These of course are just a couple uses for magnets.

 

 

Another use is to be able to attach magnetic buff/condition indicators to the bases. A company (not sure if I should mention names here) sells awesome magnetized colored disks. You assign each color a meaning (i.e. red = bull's strenth, green = cat's grace) that corresponds to buffs/conditions. In Pathfinder, a bunch of buffs and typically cast near the beginning of the battle. You stack the magnetic buffs under your magnetic mini base to indicate which buffs your character has. Makes it a lot easier to keep track of, and all the disks move with your mini instead of having to scoot a big stack of them around.

 

That is a cool use for it. Never thought about buff conditions. I would think that would be a pricy thing to do esepcially if you have 1000 minis to do it to.

 

You usually just stack them up under the PC's miniatures not the rest of them. They can change from encounter to encounter and they are quite handy.

[dsmiles]

Resurrecting a zombied topic now I've finally caught up with the front of the <s>thread</s> run-away train of a thread.

 

It seems unfortunate that so many people have misunderstood what these little black plastic discs represent, the start of the new Learn-To range of products.

 

Introducing Learn to Sculpt Kits - a small bag of discs to start building on, just add Green Stuff and creativity!

Why would you ruin a perfectly good Invisible Stalker mini like that?

Edited October 24, 2013 by dsmiles

[Bane Of Humanity]

 

You usually just stack them up under the PC's miniatures not the rest of them. They can change from encounter to encounter and they are quite handy.

 

Yea but if your mini are plastic...You have to put something on them to make them magnetic. That is what I ment...

[falstius]

Why would you ruin a perfectly goof Invisible Stalker mini like that?

You have/are a very nice GM to put out figures that let you know where the invisible critters are.

[kaosweaver]

For my fellow Boneheads:

 

Sung to the tune of Judas Priest’s Sinner

Classic priest, my fav band (hence avatar and all) nice work!

[Baphomet69]

 

For my fellow Boneheads:

 

Sung to the tune of Judas Priest’s Sinner

Classic priest, my fav band (hence avatar and all) nice work!

 

 

Mine too, obviously... ;)

 

 

Well, band, not icon...

Edited October 24, 2013 by Baphomet69

[Doug Sundseth]

Why do you need to magnetize the bases of bones, or is this just for your metal minis? This isn't a critique, I'm just curious what the purpose is.

 

In addition to the things already mentioned, I prefer magnetized bases to pluck-foam for transport. Pluck foam rubs against the miniatures every time you insert or remove the figure from its case. This can result in damage to the paint job fairly rapidly.

 

But if you magnetize the bases and carry the figures in a box with a ferro-magnetic bottom, the figures never touch anything but air, so they don't get damaged. (I should note that it is possible for a significant transverse shock to pop the figures from the case, but IME that takes more force than you might think.)

[klarg1]

Izzy "Talin" Collier about 4 hours ago

@Kyle: The family resemblance to Shudde M'ell is there, absolutely. As is a resemblance to the Dholes, and bits and pieces of other Lovecraftian (and Lovecraftian "extended cannon") creatures. The original sketch of Mashaaf had a mass of chaotic pincers, tentacles and legs atop her maggot-body - a bit more of a cross between a Dhole/other worm-creature, and Shub-Niggurath.

The creature was certainly meant as a tip-of-the-hat to Lovecraft (as was Brian Lumley's work), and was drawn from the same conceptual well of elements and influences. It was not meant as an attempt at plagarism.

 

Ooooooooh! I really want to mod up a Mashaaf with tons of little legs along her body.

 

Now I also want a giant spider in Bones. The Frost Worm has a few legs that might work, but most of them look too short.

[SamuraiJack]

I think we need a 2.255 trick card.. seems like another 25k is going to take forever..

[klarg1]

@Sabith - Okay, I finally got an answer:

 

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OneBoot 1 minute ago

@Bryan - But this is an important KS related question! How thick will the bases be, both Small and Medium? And is the recess for both about the same, 1mm?

 

Bryan Stiltz just now

@oneboot - same thickness as our square bases. About .75mm lip. I don't have calipers that small though so that's a guess

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Does anyone have any of their square bases that they can measure? I don't have any or I'd do it myself. :(

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

 

My calipers say that a Reaper square, plastic, base is just under 4mm thick overall (at least, I am 90% sure the base I tested was a Reaper.). I don't have a depth gauge to test how tall the lip is around the recess is, but I would say less than a millimeter. Most magnetic sheet I've seen would stick out slightly.