Wargaming Advent Calendars Dec 2024

[BeneathALeadMountain]

How about two sprues of different opponents (does victrix do 6 or 8 chaps to a sprue?) in two massive doors and then the rest of the days/doors have the bases, dice and such like?

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[Lost Egg]

Day 16...

Everyone has to eat...though presumably the ratmen are happy enough to rummage in the bin?

And another wave of painted bits & bobs...

[Psychopomp]

Surely this is the advantage of 3D printing - set the print up so everything is in one run and off you go...

Main problem becomes print time but you have all year to plan and produce even if you do not sub-contract the printing.

The suggestion I was responding to was specifically companies like Victrix or Northstar doing specifically hard plastic advent calendars.

If you're suggesting 3D printed advent calendars instead, then you run into the same concerns of a non-standard material for non-printing hobbists, and for printing hobbists - why would I buy a box of printed minis when I bought a printer of my own?  This of course leads to the question of, why not do a digital-release STL advent calendar for 3D-printing hobbists?  To which the answer is: two of the creators I support on Patreon are already doing that right now.

[Khusru2]

Northstar metal figures, like some of the Frost grave ones. The pulp figures would be a good one methinks.

[Lost Egg]

I could defo see an advent with metal minis work...though it might be a bit heavy postage wise.

Day 17...

A bookcase. I am getting a real HeroQuest vibe from some of these furniture pieces. Hopefully I will start working on these two pieces tonight but the next few evenings are fairly busy so progress might be slow, luckily the paint scheme I'm using for them is fairly quick and simple.

[anevilgiraffe]

how much as the advent calendar? just wondering vs the cost of the terrain crates...

[Lost Egg]

Err I think it was £24. I got it from Wayland Games.

[Mikai]

Thanks for keeping us updated, also on your painted models here. The ruleset are coming at the end or are they already available at the beginning?

Here's how that idea probably always goes:

Company Employee 1:  "Wouldn't it be cool if we did themed Advent Calendars with a single one of our plastic minis per day?  Like, you finish up, and you've got a small warband for the theme!"

Company Employee 2:  "That would be awesome.  But who's going to clip all the scattered parts for 25 miniatures off multiple sprues, bag them up for the factory, and do it in sufficient quantities to do print runs for retail sale?  You?  And how much would we have to charge to cover that extra effort?"

Company Employee 1:  "Oh...right.  Well, it's a cool idea, too bad its not feasible."

It sounds so easy though. Perhaps I will think of something for a community give around or such.

[Lost Egg]

Thanks for keeping us updated, also on your painted models here. The ruleset are coming at the end or are they already available at the beginning?

The rules are apparently in the bottom of the box...

[Lost Egg]

Day 18...

Going by the back of the box these are the last set of tokens so with the final rat and the hero turtle that means 4 more pieces of terrain I think.

[AndrewBeasley]

I assume the hero will be in number 24...

Not being able to get to the rules till all things are out is a disappointment - OK it could remove the 'surprise' of the contents but it means you have no way of practising till the 24th and I do not know about you but learning new rules would be low down on my list for Christmas Eve.

The counters look decent though - nice thickness and the top looks fine in colours and stickiness. I'm currently using thick paper (160gsm) and thinking of changing to cereal box card in the 2025 as I cannot cut this thickness of card.

[Lost Egg]

I'm not too bothered as I'm expecting the game to be fairly simple. I've said to my kids that I'm going to paint the Hero (I had a sneak peak under the card frame and he's on the 24th) so we can play on the 25th; that gives me the 24th to paint him and run the rules in my head.

I believe someone here said the components are from Star Saga which is why the card is such good quality.

You could always print counters onto to label sheets and stick them onto MDF if you're after something a bit sturdier.

[Lost Egg]

Day 19...

A crate! Almost finished the previous two pieces last night so will hopefully get them done tonight so I can then undercoat the next two tomorrow.

[Lost Egg]

More furniture is done...

I'm starting to run out of places to put these for the pics...maybe I should have left the doors on me advent

[AndrewBeasley]

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I'm starting to run out of places to put these for the pics...maybe I should have left the doors on me advent

Turn it upside down 


Labels look the way to go - I watched a Mike Lambo video the other day where he explained that he used A4 labels but the local shop does not have any and as I've had to give up the table for my wifes jigsaw (and something about a family meal) it's going to wait a week or two.

I may try the local printers and see if they do very thick card - they are a small shop who take on bespoke work.