Toolkit cardboard minis

[pawsplay]

How are they supposed to be assembled? Tubes? Triangles?
Why do all three images show the front of the character?

[Steve Long]

I've transferred this to the "Company Questions" board, since it's inappropriate for this board, and will answer it there.

[Steve Long]

They are, if you will, "triangular tubes." You fold them so each side is facing outward in a triangular column, using the little flap to glue 'em. Plenty of other paper minis are done this way.

All sides show the same image because (a) it makes it easier for a viewer to tell who the mini represents from any angle, and (b) we're not going to waste company money paying artists to draw just the backs of characters, nor Andy's time to create black silhouettes of them.

[Monolith]

Originally posted by Steve Long
and (b) we're not going to waste company money paying artists to draw just the backs of characters, nor Andy's time to create black silhouettes of them.
If you are looking to do more of these cardboard figures in the future I am sure there are fans like myself who would donate time to create black sihouettes of the characters in question. Blacking out a piece of art is really pretty simple, and even an unartistic type like myself with time on my hands could do that. I would be more than happy to contribue to the cause in that regard.

[dbsousa]

This is one of many reasons I prefer tents to tubes in cardboard minis.
I tend to print an image on the front of the tent, and a name and/or number on the back. That way, I know which way the figure is facing, but can ID them from either side.

[Dynamo]

I tend to print an image on the front of the tent, and a name and/or number on the back.Same here, so the tritube-minis in the toolkit provided everything I need. I scanned the images, dropped them into a tent-mini template with appropriate labels, and printed them out on cardstock.

[pawsplay]

Hm. How to say this? I think you're probably wasting the company's time hiring artists to draw the fronts of the figures, if the end product is a paper miniature for a hex-based game that has no orientation.

Well, at least the figures are no longer mysterious. I still don't know what to do with them, but at least now i know why.

Gracias, Steve.

[Monolith]

Originally posted by pawsplay
Hm. How to say this? I think you're probably wasting the company's time hiring artists to draw the fronts of the figures, if the end product is a paper miniature for a hex-based game that has no orientation.
You do realize that triangles have points right? So if the flat side is the front, the pointy side is the back. Seems pretty simple to me. If this is really confusing to you, you can put a little "f" on one of the faces. Then you will always know which side is the front.

[keithcurtis]

Originally posted by Monolith
You do realize that triangles have points right? So if the flat side is the front, the pointy side is the back. Seems pretty simple to me. If this is really confusing to you, you can put a little "f" on one of the faces. Then you will always know which side is the front.

By that reasoning, any side can be the front, since all sides of a triangle are opposite the opposing vertice.
But I agree about marking them; it's a simple solution. Another good one might be to use a colored marker to put a stripe across one side. Easier to spot in a forest of miniatures.

Keith "Keeping it simple" Curtis

[Starwolf]

Dynamo, can you post a copy of your tent template or maybe a link to it, I for one would love to be able to create my own cardboard standups rather than just leech others off of the net, (though there are some great ones out there).

[Dynamo]

Here you go.

[Starwolf]

Thanks.....now let the mini-creation begin MUHAHAHAHA!!

[Mole]

My group uses the point of the Triangle as the "front" of the figure and the opposite side of the point is the "back". When creating our own minis, we usually just put the head of the character on the "back". However, when those replicators finally come in, this will be a moot point. :D

[Derek Hiemforth]

Originally posted by Mole
My group uses the point of the Triangle as the "front" of the figure and the opposite side of the point is the "back". But like Keith mentioned above, how do you tell which point is "the" point? There are three points, and therefore there are three "backs." :)

[Mole]

Originally posted by Derek Hiemforth
But like Keith mentioned above, how do you tell which point is "the" point? There are three points, and therefore there are three "backs." :)

On the "back" we only print the head of the character. Also, over the years, our GM has collected a shoe box full of cardboard minis. Most of them are Marvel characters, so we often fight a Sentinel whenever a large robot is required for the story arc. :) I only mention this because all of these minis have the actual back of the character printed on the side opposite the "front" point. So, I had never even thought about making a point, the "back" and the opposite side a "front". I'm defintely not saying that's wrong, just my eyes have been opened to more possibilies! Anyhoo, it's boring at work today, and I'm rambling.

[pawsplay]

The cardboard minis were something that pushed me over the line to deciding to buy the Toolkit. "If nothing else, I can always use some more minis."
I feel kind of soured now. I wish a little more effort had gone into their making.