Completed ArcKnight flat plastic miniatures

[SamuraiJack]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1534484023/flat-plastic-miniatures

 

their maps Ks was well run and delivered a great product.

 

 

Edited April 28, 2016 by Darsc Zacal
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[Darsc Zacal]

These do look kinda neat.

I can see preferring to use these over tokens in most boardgames, and I can understand how folks who normally do their RPGing without minis would be drawn to these.

But they're not minis and not for me.

 

Still, they are cool looking in a 2D kind of way.

[Goblyn]

2D ?    on 2014 ?

 

we have 3d miniatures since 40 years ago 

 

 

 

just kidding

[SamuraiJack]

I don't have a use for these either.. but I certainly know a lot of GMs or Pathfinder that have the pawn sets..

[kristof65]

Darnit - I wasn't planning on doing any more Kickstarters this year...

[Darsc Zacal]

I wonder how they'd look lit up from below with an LED under the base.

[Bruunwald]

Hmmm... Shrinky-Dinks would do this job nice and cheap. Just grab some free art online, print it out and voila!

[Pingo]

These are nifty, and showcase well the difference between the flat graphic arts and sculpture.

 

While fully molded 3D minis are a lot of fun and can show a lot of angles, they also have structural limitations, as anyone who has tried to deal with a flying figure or one on many very thin legs has found.

 

Flat ones can show impossibly thin parts, tiny spider legs and feathery hair and top-heavy headdresses. They don't have to connect to all their parts and can float or fly. They are structurally a lot sturdier than more convoluted 3D figures.

 

We did have flat minis decades ago. In the 1980s you couldn't find superhero minis to save your life, never mind the variety that were needed for any kind of campaign. So while playing "Champions" we used little commercially printed cardboard chits printed with characters (and I drew custom ones with the tiniest Rapidograph available).

 

And I have had some thoughts about painting scenery on sheets of clear acrylic ...

[smokingwreckage]

While I'm not going in on this, the art is fantastic, and evocative.

 

And: what Pingo said.

 

Particular favourites: devil, spirit, and the slightly cheesecakey elf.

Edited September 29, 2014 by smokingwreckage

[Loim]

While this is cool, I know of at least one tutorial that shows you how to make these yourself. I wish them luck. 

[Sanael]

 

 

I would love to see this done with spell wall effects and similar. Depending on how flexible the plastic is, making a flame wall 4" in length with one base on each end would be pretty cool. Set several together for multiple walls and bend them about for oddly shaped walls. I love having a physical representation of this kind of spell effect, but have little desire to paint them.

 

Cool stuff, but this KS is not for me.

[Pingo]

You could make them yourself, I suppose, but that's a certain amount of work and specialized printing materials and besides, these have matching back-and-front art.

 

And I do like the art style.

[Suden]

These are pretty nice. If I didn't have a pile of minis I'd definitely back. It's a good idea for someone starting out, or a player who wants to maybe run their own game someday. Or for someone who needs to travel with them, storage would be easy. They do have a nice art style.

[Thes Hunter]

The art style is amazing, and I've seen nice stand up 2D minis, I love how these are on clear plastic.

[Arc 724]

Those are awfully expensive for graphics printed on lamentation.