Data Sphere

LaserCutCard wrote:

MARC C wrote:Great demonstration!
What is the thickness of that card? 0.100" or 0.125" ?

Umm... 0.04" i think.

If an inch is 25.4mm then this is 1/25.4 thick (1mm)

The legs are double this but the top is 1mm

1mm is close enough to 0.040" that plastruct uses the two measurements interchangeably.

Impressive! Now release your- *Ahem*

I mean, carry on.

We’ve created a new product to round out our container range – stacked containers.

We found that a lot of the time we were stacking the containers on top of one another and someone suggested we do a stacked set (as it would be cheaper than two individual ones).

And so here it is.



$16.95 for the set of stacked containers, and postage anywhere is $2 (the set has two stacks)

http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/containers-stacked

Also, we’ve created a bundle deal that is any two of our container sets for $25.50 (postage is $4)

You can mix and match between

- set of 3 standard containers
- set of 2 stacks of containers
- container houses
- container shops
- container site office

http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/shipping-container-combo

After our initial strength test (scroll back a bit if you did not see it), someone in the Infinity Australia facebook page asked if the picnic table could stand TWO bricks The answer is, one brick good, two bricks bad (but it can handle the weight of two bricks with assistance)

Nothing actually broke but it was very difficult to get the weight to stay exactly above the legs. If I held it in place, the legs could take the weight but as soon as I let go it would fall one way or the other to the side. I think my work table is not actually level.

I was quite impressed that the normal wood glue did not tear… the card just bent. I’ll have these back on the table after straightening the legs up.

Just to be clear... I am in no way implying that our stuff is stronger than anyone else's - these are just to say that our stuff is stronger than most people give card credit for.

LaserCutCard wrote:Just to be clear... I am in no way implying that our stuff is stronger than anyone else's - these are just to say that our stuff is stronger than most people give card credit for.

Well said. Cardboard is under estimated.
Another property I like is that thin pieces bend instead of breaking off like MDF.

And boxes used as cushioning in film stunts are common.

I hope no spiders were harmed in the making of this second strength

Impressive display of what the card can do though.

splayedpaintbrush wrote:I hope no spiders were harmed in the making of this second strength

Impressive display of what the card can do though.

Unfortunately on closer inspection it was discovered that that spider was pining for the fjords

This is a model that I am really excited about. The test build went together incredibly easily meaning all we have to do is think about detailing. When you compare it to some other flyers it is a little big and so the next test will scale it down a little but overall it worked out fantastically.

We could spin you a yarn about "march madness" or something if you want or we can just say "25% off everything till the end of March".

To get this, please use this coupon: DATASPHERE

It is case sensitive so rather copy and paste.

If you have never ordered anything from us before and are considering maybe using this, please read this to understand how our shipping options work:

http://lasercutcard.co.za/postage-info/

The direct link to the shop is here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/

If you want to dip your toe in the LaserCutCard water, then perhaps consider combining that coupon with our "ship for $1" options: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/one-dollar-shipping

Chaos stuff: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/chaos

Orc stuff: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/orc

Cyborg stuff: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/cyborg

Shipping container stuff: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/scenery/shipping_containers

Scatter terrain: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/scenery/scatter

[Weakness intensifies]


Seriously. This makes it even more tempting. Clever girl...

That flyer is very convincing!

Claudius Sol wrote:[Weakness intensifies]


Seriously. This makes it even more tempting. Clever girl...

You got the like for the Jurassic park reference, not the kind words

MARC C wrote:That flyer is very convincing!

Thanks! Hoping to have the next version with the details ready for monday.

We supplied the scenery for a 40k (whaaat??) tournament over this last weekend that was part of Icon By The Sea - a local gaming convention

Here are the tables we did - obviously not all of them are good for Infinity but there were some Infinity players there and three of the tables were voted as "perfect for Infinity".

There are bigger images here: http://lasercutcard.co.za/2015/04/icon-by-the-sea-2015/


The container docks table was a highlight of the tournament.
Apart from featuring plenty of examples of our shipping container range, it also featured a container ship AND an escort destroyer.
The destroyer had three basilisks on it, each of which could be fired once per game.


The Necron table represented the surface of a world totally given over to a data matrix and featured an example of every single item in our Cyborg range


The “Infinity” table represented something unfamiliar to most 40k players: unruined buildings. It had all our Futurehab range on it


The art deco ruins table was a big favourite with all the players, being dominated by a huge skyscraper that had special rules attached to it. This used multiple versions of our art deco ruins


The ork table used all of our existing Orc range as well as our soon-to-be-released orc fort and orc bastion


The Nurgle table featured a large number of disturbing baby heads, showing that cute little dolls can be way way creepier than skulls.


The alpine table represented a 40k version of the Ardennes

The entire weekend was a blast and we will definitely be back next year, bigger and better.

LaserCutCard wrote:
The “Infinity” table represented something unfamiliar to most 40k players: unruined buildings. It had all our Futurehab range on it

"But... But... But there's no skulls! no rubble! This is not possible! "


Great stuff, i've had some high priority stuff to take care of so i haven't been able to do so, but hopefully before the summer i wanna introduce my FLGS to your stuff.

The gunship model is finished… it just needs a nice paint job.

It should retail for $16 including the stand.

it is bigger than a storm talon and smaller than a storm raven.

We're keeping the detailing down so that you can modify it into whatever you want.

Looks good. Is it possible to get one without the stand?

I was wondering that too.

Morze wrote:Looks good. Is it possible to get one without the stand?

Good idea - I will do that at a later stage - at the moment it does not have landing skegs or anything so you would just have to plonk it down. I will take a photo of that tonight

As it is, gunship is finally ready and in the store. It is $16.50 with the stand but would be $13 without



This was surprisingly difficult to paint for me as I am not used to larger models like this.

There are a a bunch more photos here. http://lasercutcard.co.za/2015/04/the-gunship-is-released/

If you are wondering how difficult it might be to build, the instructions to build it are here: http://lasercutcard.co.za/shop/download/manuals/v13.cfm

Normally I don't post stuff here that is not specifically for Infinity but a scrap fort sort of straddles the line.

Apologies in advance for the figures used for scale though

We've been playing around with this for a while, including using a prototype in a local competition to see how players interacted with it.

It is almost ready to go



The idea is to produce a modular fort that comprises of four basic kits:


A bastion


A gatehouse


A tower


A wall

The gatehouse, tower and wall also come with two short angled walls so that you don't have to have a perfectly square fort.

We aim to have each set priced at around $10 and you can buy what you want depending on how big you want your fort to be

As for player feedback,
- it was a great LOS blocker at the centre of the table
- having the pieces modular made it very easy to pack away and the pieces were really strong

Now to paint them

Waaaaaargghh!!

I have some shanty town terrain for Infinity already, this wouldn't look out of place as a gangster's seedy headquarters.

We have re-released the art deco ruins and they are now in the store here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/scenery/buildings

These models have had the MDF replaced with card, which has made them lighter (saves on shipping) and cheaper by about $7 per model.

They are all part of the same building master file (which is based on a real building - Victoria Mansions in Durban, South Africa)

They are fantastic for 28mm games where skulls are not a prerequisite (or even 28mm games where you are just tired of skulls)


One level ruin: $16


Two level ruin: $20


Two level ruin: $20


Three level ruin: $20

In case you were wondering, the real building looks like this:

LaserCutCard wrote:We have re-released the art deco ruins and they are now in the store here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/scenery/buildings

These models have had the MDF replaced with card, which has made them lighter (saves on shipping) and cheaper by about $7 per model.

They are all part of the same building master file (which is based on a real building - Victoria Mansions in Durban, South Africa)
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In case you were wondering, the real building looks like this:
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Any chance of an intact version of that building? Wouldn't have to be all 9-10 storeys like the original, but I'd love to see some Art Deco buildings on the Infinity table (re-watched Blade Runner last night).

It's been a quiet couple of months on the R&D front at LCC but things are starting to happen again.

These are test cuts of two new kits.



Container Box Set test cut

This is basically a set of 4 containers in sets of two, joined together. It will complement the stacked containers and the set of three single containers and provide a cheap and easy way to set up an entire board with containers.

The other one is of less interest to Infinity players but what the hey...


Na-To test cut 1

The Na-To was an Imperial Japanese Army tank destroyer designed in the closing stages of WW2.

We like the shape as a generic tracked transport and so are having a crack at it.

This version is quite a lot bigger than the real life one, assuming 1/48 scale

The next version will test an accurate 1/48 scale one with a slightly different track system but so far, so good.

If you want to see bigger versions of those pictures they are available here: http://lasercutcard.co.za/2015/08/new-v ... ners-wips/

We’ve added a new container set to our collection – the “container box” set. This is effectively two of our standard containers, side by side.



This completes our Core Container range, which comprises set of 3 standard single containers, the “container stack” (two standard containers on top of one another) and now the “container box”.

The stack and box sets are $14.95 each and the standard set of 3 is only $15.95 but you can now get all three of these core sets in a single bundle for only $34.95 – saving 25%!



All the container options are available here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/scen ... containers

Section9 wrote:Any chance of an intact version of that building? Wouldn't have to be all 9-10 storeys like the original, but I'd love to see some Art Deco buildings on the Infinity table (re-watched Blade Runner last night).

Sorry - i totally missed this reply

I'm looking at producing the art deco building intact but I need to simplify it a little to bring the cost down.

LaserCutCard wrote:

Section9 wrote:Any chance of an intact version of that building? Wouldn't have to be all 9-10 storeys like the original, but I'd love to see some Art Deco buildings on the Infinity table (re-watched Blade Runner last night).

Sorry - i totally missed this reply

I'm looking at producing the art deco building intact but I need to simplify it a little to bring the cost down.

Excellent!

Looks like I need to place another order with you, soon.

The Na-To, resized for 1/48 and with detailing added.

The track system has been modifed to have idler wheels too.

What a great model to put together... easy and fast to build and strong as heck. It had some tiny bugs which have been sent for correction and then we should be able to release it next week.

Price is looking at around $18

The Na-To was a late addition to the WW2 arsenal of the Empire Of Japan. It was intended as the carrier for the Type 5 anti-tank gun and was meant for the final defense of the home islands.

The war ended before it went into production but we kind of love the ugly little beast and so it is resurrected here as a generic tractor.


The standard model is really easy to put together and is a great basis for your own conversions. This basic set is $16.95


It can be bought with the “orc” upgrade set for an additional $4… this includes a set of orc glyphs and a set of our heavy machine guns. The upgrade is an extra $4


The model is scaled fairly accurately to 1/48 scale and as a happy coincidence, is perfect for 30mm wargames systems.

Postage is $2 worldwide for a single model, but only $4 for up to 3.

The glyph upgrade set includes enough glyphs for 2 models so if you are considering ordering 2 or more of the "orc ones, it is only necessary to buy one upgrade per 2 models.

See it in the store here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/shop/vehicles/na-to-chassis