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Author Topic: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery  (Read 7179 times)

Offline Vanvlak

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(INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« on: May 10, 2014, 03:33:23 PM »
Hope I'm posting this to the right place, and that it hasn't been posted before (according to a quick search it hasn't).

I am not connected to this crowd-funding project in any way, and am posting it as it's rather interesting and useful - and already funded.
 
They're making 28mm scale (although they can be used for other scales as well I guess) etched brass sheets showing designs, shapes, numbers etc. for four themes: a sci-fi set, a fantasy set, a steampunk set (with cogs!), and a set dedicated to be used with Mantic Warzone scenery. They seem reasonably priced - 22$ for any two sheets, for example - and quite detailed.

Link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/etch-master-brass-etch-details-for-miniatures-and-scenery?utm_campaign=a1faff8441-Mantic_Games_Newsletter_261&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Mantic+Games+Newsletter&utm_term=0_20fe4cf5a8-a1faff8441-201432257

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2014, 11:01:46 PM »
Some of those details look interesting, but to be fair aren't new. A few companies do etched details like these. Notably Hasslefree carry a range.

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2014, 05:02:09 AM »
I got the Sci-Fi sheet at Salute.
lovely stuff, but the guns are fiddly, although veteran modelers experienced in the use of PE probably won't think so...
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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2014, 05:25:23 AM »
The stuff pictured isn't quite my style, but it is different enough from the other gaming PE sets I've seen (like the ones sold by Hasslefree) that I wish them all success on the idea that more variety = better chances for everyone to get what they want (just like with Batman and James Bond movies). If their Indiegogo drive is successful and they're able to start an actual retail product line, I'll be keeping an eye on what else they make in the future in the hopes it will be my style.
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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2014, 09:47:28 PM »
If their Indiegogo drive is successful and they're able to start an actual retail product line, I'll be keeping an eye on what else they make in the future in the hopes it will be my style.
Looks funded already.  Some pretty cool stuff in there.  I have been using various sci-fi and armor model kit PE sheets for a while but stuff that is already in scale without major modification will be a welcome relief.   
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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2014, 01:02:52 AM »
i just discovered it now, and i'm fairly impressed! I won't probably take anything, but some of those sets offer some nice weapons indeed! =)

Offline zizi666

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2014, 05:59:14 AM »
Here's my Rail Gun :


and the Anti-material Rifle :

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2014, 01:57:00 PM »
They look nice, but i really would love to see your finger next to them: they look sturdy, but i suspect they are MUCH smaller than they look :)


(BTW, i'm working now with MEMS.... i could do some weapons with details up to 3 micron wide!!! The only problem is that the etching mask should costa 'round 1 million $... but it should be reaaaally awesome nonetheless!!!)

Offline Sangennaru

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2014, 02:00:28 PM »
Just to have an idea of the size:
 

 

(sorry for the OT and the double posting, now back on topic!)

Offline FramFramson

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2014, 03:07:29 PM »
Wow, yikes!

For the 2mm gamer with serious OCD ;)


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Offline zizi666

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2014, 03:11:58 PM »
That is awesome !

Offline ErikB

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2014, 04:51:10 PM »
Is that a dust mite?

How do the brass pieces build up to have some volume?

For those guns, for example, are they composed of multiple layers?  Or is super-glue injected inside so they keep their shape?

And for swords - one layer for the whole long blade and multiple layers to make a round-ish handle?

These are very cool for detailed planes (2-dimensional surfaces) but I am stretching my mind for making 3D objects from these super-thin 2D pieces.  Can someone explain to me?

Thanks!

Offline Sangennaru

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2014, 05:15:40 PM »
Is that a dust mite?

How do the brass pieces build up to have some volume?

For those guns, for example, are they composed of multiple layers?  Or is super-glue injected inside so they keep their shape?

And for swords - one layer for the whole long blade and multiple layers to make a round-ish handle?

These are very cool for detailed planes (2-dimensional surfaces) but I am stretching my mind for making 3D objects from these super-thin 2D pieces.  Can someone explain to me?

Thanks!

same questions here, actually.

And yes, that's a bed (or dust?) mite! And the ones i'm working on are around 10 times smaller than those gears, maybe 100 times smaller!

Offline zizi666

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2014, 10:36:19 PM »
How do the brass pieces build up to have some volume?

For those guns, for example, are they composed of multiple layers?  Or is super-glue injected inside so they keep their shape?

You superpose the layers to form a shape.
There's an instruction pdf on their site : http://etch-master.com/Our-Products/
look for the link under the sci-fi sheet picture.

And for swords - one layer for the whole long blade and multiple layers to make a round-ish handle?

Nah, they're etched on 1 side, so 2 layers to form 1 blade. No idea for the handle, as there are none on the SF sheet AFAIK.

These are very cool for detailed planes (2-dimensional surfaces) but I am stretching my mind for making 3D objects from these super-thin 2D pieces.  Can someone explain to me?

You can create anything from layers. It's a bit like those 3D sculpture puzzles :



@Sangennaru : you can see photos of some assembled stuff on their site (link above) as well as on their indiegog page and their  facebook page.

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Re: (INDIEGOGO) Brass etched details for models and scenery
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2014, 11:04:12 AM »
Very interesting stuff; I think I have use for just about all of their sprues and it looks great... :D
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