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Hex Stand v2

            As some of you already know, Will Chapman recently designed a hexagonal minifig stand for me, intended for use on a 1" hex map for tabletop gaming. While Will did this as a favor for a friend and has no intention of making this design available as a BrickArms product, many people have expressed interest in this kind of accessory and I think it has a lot of potential appeal both to gamers and non-gamers.

With Will's blessing as the designer, I am looking into the costs involved in producing and selling these stands on my own, and I would like to get a sense of how much genuine interest there is in such a thing. There are two variants to the design: one with four studs as shown above, and one with only the two center studs.

The two hollow side studs can be used for status markers: 1x1 rounds as hit points, colored tiles to indicate half health or poison, or even (for example) a small flame plume in a hollow stud to indicate immolation. The gaming possibilities are limited only by imagination.

This v2 design has Lego-compatible tubes on the bottom in order to expand its usefulness as a building element, and is exactly 24mm (0.94") from flat side to flat side--the length of a 3xN plate.

I'm interested in your feedback. Is this something you would use? Which design appeals to you--two studs, fours studs, or both? How would you use them? Sound off in the comments.

Taken on: September 19, 2011

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