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grimlock1

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How minis are manufactured
« on: 21 March 2018, 18:04:06 »
Episode 1, Season 20 of How It's Made has a segment on the production of both metal and plastic minis for tabletop gaming. They highlight Napoleonic era gaming :-[, but still, it's a neat look behind a curtain.
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Re: How minis are manufactured
« Reply #1 on: 21 March 2018, 18:15:51 »
Here is the show's site: https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/how-its-made/ 
It's there under s20e1, like grimlock1 mentioned. You have to log in with your cable provider in order to view the episodes.

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Re: How minis are manufactured
« Reply #2 on: 21 March 2018, 19:41:08 »
Here is the show's site: https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/how-its-made/ 
It's there under s20e1, like grimlock1 mentioned. You have to log in with your cable provider in order to view the episodes.
Also available on hulu.  Probably should have mentioned that...
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Re: How minis are manufactured
« Reply #3 on: 21 March 2018, 20:08:26 »
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Re: How minis are manufactured
« Reply #4 on: 22 March 2018, 14:11:03 »
For something more directly related to Battletech you can see how IWM makes them for us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYopUa34hL4

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Re: How minis are manufactured
« Reply #5 on: 27 March 2018, 09:45:40 »
For something more directly related to Battletech you can see how IWM makes them for us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYopUa34hL4
You win. :-)
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Re: How minis are manufactured
« Reply #6 on: 27 March 2018, 13:13:55 »
For something more directly related to Battletech you can see how IWM makes them for us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYopUa34hL4
Cool, thanks for sharing  :thumbsup:

 

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