Nation- (and City-) Specific Victory City Markers

[ossel]

@John:

@ossel:

Washington D.C.

Really like how this one came out.

Wow, I like this one. You can see all the details. Man, that it is awesome. :-D

Thanks! :-D

I changed Paris slightly, I thought Eiffel Tower was a little chunky in the first version.

Also, I’m thinking of making the Washington Monument obelisk slightly smaller, let me know what you guys think.

I’ve started to upload these to Shapeways, but I haven’t made them public yet. I want to get a set for myself and see how they look before I unleash them. Right now they’re looking to be about $2 apiece.

[ossel]

Yeah, I like this version better.

Next…LONDON  :-D

[John Brown]

@ossel:

Yeah, I like this version better.

Next…LONDON   :-D

I agree, slimming them down, made it better! :-)

[CWO Marc]

These are really shaping up nicely!  Great work!

[ossel]

London!

[John Brown]

@ossel:

London!

Wow, that stands out nicely. Well done, my friend. :-D

[CWO Marc]

Impressive!  I could almost believe that it includes an imbedded microchip that plays Big Ben’s chimes every hour!

[Tall Paul]

Ossel & other’s,

––The artwork for these “City Markers” is absolutely GREAT! I am DEFINATELY SOLD on them,…just please make sure we have options for the different levels of plastic available. The one rule that I’ve learned with ordering units from Shapeways is: I ALWAYS order them in the most detailed plastic available. This way they have EXCELLENT detail and aren’t a rough suface.
----Great job on this worthwhile effort!

“Tall Paul”

[ossel]

Paul,
  That’s definitely an option.

Heck, if you wanted to get the Victory City Marker Set “Donald Trump Edition”, you could drop $480 each for 14K gold!  :lol:

[CWO Marc]

@ossel:

Heck, if you wanted to get the Victory City Marker Set “Donald Trump Edition”, you could drop $480 each for 14K gold!Â

To Donald Trump, mere 14K gold is probably the equivalent of the cheap-grade plastic mentioned by TP.

[Atomsk]

These are shap-ways ing up nicely.  :-P

I agree that the hi res plastic is great for detail and smoothness, but these are modeled in a way that I think getting one in something like steel wouldn’t be too bad. (even if it is 3x the cost of plastic) Plus they’d have a nice heft to them which always gives parts a quality feel.

[ossel]

ROME!

[John Brown]

@ossel:

ROME!

Wow, it is amazing on what your doing. Very nice piece! :-D

[John Brown]

Ossel, will these pieces be different colors or just gray?

Thanks,

John

[ossel]

@John:

Ossel, will these pieces be different colors or just gray?

Thanks,

John

Shapeways offers many different options (with different prices as well). Right now it looks like the (plastic) options are:
White
Black
Grey (“Alumide”, so metallic grey)
Blue
Purple
Red
Pink

So, if you’re looking for faction-specific colors, the answer to your question is, no, the options are a bit more limited.

Metals are also an option (at a much higher price) as someone mentioned before.

[John Brown]

@ossel:

@John:

Ossel, will these pieces be different colors or just gray?

Thanks,

John

Shapeways offers many different options (with different prices as well). Right now it looks like the (plastic) options are:
White
Black
Grey (“Alumide”, so metallic grey)
Blue
Purple
Red
Pink

So, if you’re looking for faction-specific colors, the answer to your question is, no, the options are a bit more limited.

Metals are also an option (at a much higher price) as someone mentioned before.

Ok, appreciate that. I didn’t know if they would be sold on HBG’s site as well or not.

John

[ossel]

I offered, but didn’t get any feedback. It might be an option in the future, but for now I’m going to sell them on my own.

[CWO Marc]

@ossel:

ROME!

Magnifico!

Regarding the idea of metals, I briefly considered that brass might be a nice option…but then I remembered that brass needs to be polished periodically or else it tarnishes.

Colour-wise, I think grey plastic would be a good choice.  It’s neutral compared to the national sculpt colours, so it would fit everybody, and it would also parallel the grey generic IC pieces from the early games.

[CWO Marc]

Here’s a fun idea.  If the markers could be produced in translucent white plastic, you could run off a set for jluna1273 whose custom Global 1940 table…

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=29890.45

…has its victory cities wired with lights that glow red or green depending on who controls them.  If he placed the translucent white markers over the lights, the markers themselves would light up to show who holds each city, which would be very cool.

[ossel]

NICE. Yeah, there is definitely a translucent option!  :-D