Paper miniatures (was re: Eldar in DS II)

On Aug 13, 1997 at 3:46:30 PM, Andy Skinner <askinner@avs.com> wrote:

> I've got some simple fold-together tanks and stuff you print out with 
> PostScript, cut-out, and fold up.  They are very simple, but would be 
> good for starting out, or getting your kids to play without breaking
your 
> miniatures. 

Great minds think alike!  <grin>  It just so happens I have done a bit
of 
thinking about this recently, in the context of _Babylon 5 Wars_.   I
would 
like to see 3D counters made out of a business-card size sheet of light 
cardstock.  It is sgemented into four sections, and is designed to be
folded 
into a trainagle, with two sections overlapping.  The two middle
sections have 
side or top views of the ship:

Unassembled
+------------------+
|		   |
|		   |
+---+--------------+
|   |ship imagine  | FRONT
|   |(upside down) |
+---+--------------+
|   |ship imagine  |   
|   |(rightside up)| FRONT
+---+--------------+
|		   |
|		   |
+------------------+

Assembled--Facing right
+---+--------------+
|   |ship imagine  |   
|   |(rightside up)| FRONT
+---+--------------+

Assembled--Facing left
+--------------+---+
| ship imagine |   | 
|(rightside up)|   | REAR
+--------------+---+

The rectangle to the rear of the ship image contains race, type, and
class, 
and a unique ID number.

Note that most of us could produce these now, using Mike Wikan's counter

images, and prew-perforated Avery business card-size cardstock.  (These
would 
have top views, however.)

FASA's _Renegade Legion_ series had vehicles that were little boxes,
which 
gave you either six views or five views (_Interceptor_ had no bottom
view -- 
instead, it had the name and a space for decals representing kills. 
While 
this is nifty, it's a little more complicated, and the triangular form
means 
that you don't need the end flaps.

-- Chris Weuve	 [My opinions, not my employer's.]
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