Re: GEOHEX Terrain

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Cant you make your own similarly-sized hexes with a hot knife and
insulation foam?  (Is this the 4" hexes or the 6"?) Assuming it's just
for
yourself there wouldnt be any licensing issues and you could crank out
dozens of hexes very rapidly using a template. I work with insulation
foam
board (which you can buy in varying thickness) all the time to make all
manner of great terrain and it requires no special skillset or tools to
look great. Other wise it's finding a  friend with a tablesaw to create
the
pieces. My buddy does his and the stuiff cuts easy and looks great.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Michael Brown <mwsaber6@msn.com>
wrote:

> GeoHex was patented and he let it lapse.  I think you can still get
the
> info
> from the US Patent Office.  I visited them while they were still in
> production, the key was the jigs they used for cutting.  Every piece
was
> hand cut, it was the fastest and cheapest option (he did look at
"casting"
> processes with the folks that make packing inserts)
>
>
>
>
>
> Michael Brown
> mwsaber6@msn.com
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Mike Stanczyk" <stanczyk@pcisys.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 11:46 PM
> To: <gzg@firedrake.org>
> Subject: GEOHEX Terrain
>
> > I want to pick the group mind about GEOHEX Terrain.
> >
> > After a trip to the Friendly Local Gaming Store, looking for Star
Trek
> > hero click Spaceships ($5 for a random ship NO WAY.  I can better
cheaper
> > stuff from Jon.) I wandered into the terrain section. 
Disappointment.
> >
> > I own some GEOHEX terrain which is worlds better than anything on
offer
> at
> > the FLGS.  I wish I had more.  Which got me thinking.  (Never a good
> > thing,
> > nyaaa!)
> >
> > Can I build more?  Well...	Sorta.	Terrain how-to's are a dime a
dozen
> on
> > the web.  I could buy polystrene and make my own hexes or buy
premade
> > hexes.
> > But I can't make GEOHEX compatable hexes and shapes.  Not on my own.
> >
> > GEOHEX, the company, is gone.  I remember.	I know that Monday Night
> > Productions has the rights to some of the old GEOHEX products but
not the
> > terrain.
> >
> > So, what's the state of the terrain?
> >
> > I don't want any sorted details about GEOHEX as a company or details
> about
> > their employees.  Google gave me rumors.  I don't care.
> >
> > I want the knowledge of how to make GEOHEX terrain.  I want more
terrain.
> > I want it 100% compatible with what I already own.	I'd like mine to
be
> > identical to GEOHEX's but I doubt I have that kind of craftmanship. 
I
> > want
> > the knowledge legally.
> >
> > Can I buy a license?  Nope.  Nearly broke and unemployed again.  I'd
like
> > to see the knowledge open sourced or at least creative common
licensed so
> > everyone can benifit and build their own.  I don't want to start a
> terrain
> > selling business.
> >
> > If someone shows up saying, "Hey I own the license back off", I
will.
> > If someone says the terrain is dead legally, and it has to stay that
way,
> > I'll respect that, with proof.  (You say you own the copyright,
prove it.
> > No bogus DMCA kinda stuff.)
> >
> > If K.R. is lurking around let me know.  If someone on the list knows
him,
> > let him know about this.  His knowledge and/or blessing is desired,
even
> > if
> > he tells me to STFU.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
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>