Fat_Lad Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Thats really cool mate. Did you by any chance take it to Games Day? -T- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Lohawk Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 U ar smarter than einestein! :P It is so simple! Tutorial please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kishvier Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 What did you use for a base to make the entire board magnetic? I can imagine that having a giant magnet sheet would be really expensive. Otherwise, nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silent Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Kishvier, I'm guessing he did it the other way around: A metal sheet under a flocked mat, and Rare Earth magnets in the models' bottoms. (Gosh, that sounds wrong... :) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickotodo Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Awesome! and I saw you with this a GD UK, talking to a model designer I think ;) Anyway it is pure awesome ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verpine Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 That is the most brilliant idea ever!!!!! Hats off to you. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manserus Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 It looks like he took an old magnetic travel game and did a new cover for it! The magnets must be strong enough to hold even if there's a sheet between the minis and the ''gaming board'' I luv the concept....it is great.....if you dont play DoW on a laptop.....you can play a real 40k game in the car...or anywhere else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthier Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 Cheers guys! Yes, I did take it to GD UK, and spoke to quite a few designers etc, and managed to get pictures of it taken by the web design guy, so with luck it'll appear on the GW website soon enough... As for how it was made, a quick tutorial, to be expanded upon later: 1) Find a travel game with a big enough case. 2) Remove the card from on top of the case, and find either some metal sheet, or other little magnetic travel games (in my case, 5 little games). 3) Remove the metal sheeting from the magnetic games and essentially plate the big case. 4) Glue flock paper on the top, and varnish spray it several times to help everything stay on (or alternatively spray the metal black, flock it, then varnish). 5) Get your epic figures of choice, and file the bases down, attaching them to -ceramic- magnets for troops and -rare earth- magnets for anything larger. If you use rare earth magnets for the normal troops, they can break off when you try to pick them up. A ceramic magnet will still hold them on even with vigorous shaking, I've tested it. 6) Paint! There you go, travel 40k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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