Proposal by Will McC to provide a "tiny stand" for individual fighters and gunboats.

By Tony L. Thomas (Scoutdad) on Monday, October 16, 2017 - 05:16 pm: Edit

Needs a dice chair version...

One fighter mini and a D6 to indicate how many are actually there.

By Chris Ross (Chrisross) on Monday, October 16, 2017 - 08:19 pm: Edit

A bit of variation in the height of the posts could make things look a bit less two dimensional.

By Randy Blair (Randyblair) on Monday, October 16, 2017 - 10:15 pm: Edit

I'd like to have a stand that has slots in it so you can put "plaques" (for lack of a better term) showing:

Ship name
EW Status
Speed
Special condition (EM, in Stasis, tractored, etc.)

Kinda like a Crawford Box, but for minis.
Wouldn't require any artistic talent, really. Just etch some notches in the base, and the plaques just snap in.
You could make a whole "countersheet" of plaques.

By Shawn Hantke (Shantke) on Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 02:53 pm: Edit

Are the tiny stands 1/2 inch across? They would be great for future "Elite" scale minis! I would buy them. They are neat for displaying Fighters and PFs but I am not sure I would use them in a game with one inch hexes. I could see using them on the 1/2 inch hex map.

By Will McCammon (Djdood) on Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 03:19 pm: Edit

If memory serves, they were indeed half-inch bases.

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 04:14 pm: Edit

Agreed, "tiny bases" of this sort would be handy as heck for gunboats. (In fact, the old Elite scale stands are what I currently use for my gunboats.)

By Shawn Hantke (Shantke) on Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 04:36 pm: Edit

Awesomesauce! So at risk of derailing the thread. I would buy and like to see 1/2" and 2" stands added to the already available 1" stands. I envision 1/2" stands for the "Elite" scale ships, 1" for the 3788s and 2" for the 3125s.

Upthread dice chair stands were mentioned, I would buy those in 1" and 2". I am not sure if they would work in 1/2". Maybe use 8mm, 12mm and 16mm dice for the sizes? Thoughts?

Upthread plaques were mentioned? I am not sure about a separate plaque piece and less sure about plaques with writing on them. How about a base with a triangle wedge as wide as the base and half way up the post? A sticker could be applied or it could be painted with the ship name or class on it. Available in 1/2", 1" and 2" sizes. Thoughts?

In crazy land, maybe bases with plaques, and dice chairs in three sizes or am I totally loony???

By Will McCammon (Djdood) on Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 05:18 pm: Edit

1" and 2" bases would be much more economical to order direct from ADB. Shapeways on-demand printing will never compare, cost-wise, to just bagging up 6 stands from a box of 1000 that popped out of an injection-mold tool.

By Shawn Hantke (Shantke) on Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 06:05 pm: Edit

There are 1" Hex stands in the Shapeways store. I agree the 1" injection moulded stands ADB sell in the Starfleet Store are cheaper. I was asking about 1/2" and 2" hex bases for Shapeways. I believe the Mongoose/ADB ACTASF bases are 2" but they are round.

Plaque bases, I don't thing anyone make these so they would be new.

Dice bases, a guy used to make these but I am guessing he stopped as I can find them anywhere. These where 1" hex so 1/2" hex and 2" hex so they would be new. Litko does make something similar a little cheaper than Shapeways for 1" hex dice bases, but that doesn't help ADB.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, August 31, 2018 - 03:08 pm: Edit

If Jean thinks they will sell then she can tell the sculptors to do them. It's not anything I would oppose.

By Mark Hutton (Trynda1701) on Tuesday, April 02, 2019 - 07:05 am: Edit

On a stand related note...

I've posted this in the SL2400, SL2500 and Federation Commander forums. The company Corsec Engineering is closing down.

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=504004

By Steve Zamboni (Szamboni) on Tuesday, April 02, 2019 - 03:34 pm: Edit

The main Omni-Stand line should be easy enough to reproduce if he shuts down; most of that is off-the-shelf hardware.

I've been needing an excuse to convince the wife to let me put a laser cutter in the garage anyway...