the inside gaps caused by the side/straight pieces causing the models to not fit in flush was a design flaw IMO but apparently...it was so you could add grass/stones that cover the entire pieces that then blend into the models bases, so use the texture paint on the inner side/2mm of excess on each piece and the models will fit in flush on it
Seems like a redundant (which happens to be rather expensive) product. You can buy plastic card for much less. With some left over sprues, you can create some edges.
I use plastic card and for the edges I use cork sheets. Then just milliput any gaps to make the minis tight inside. Then magnetize. Boom, movement tray.
I have bought 2 packages of these Movement Trays and I only build up 3 sides of them and have a lot of extra corner and edge pieces left and I have used them on Polystyrene Sheets which you can buy in A4 format for almost nothing, of course you don't get the grid pattern on them, but you can easily do that yourself if you want it, either by carving it in with a sharp object or by painting it in.
Back during 7th edition i used to cmpletly ignore the grid and just messured how much space i need including the bit of space you get from the rim. today i would probably just use plastic card or a thin metal sheet with magnets under the bases. But i don't know if i want to go back into the old world yet...
@@josephnott2956 I make quite a few comparisons between these and mdf trays in the video regarding price, design, and versatility. Personally I don't find them a great alternative for the price (about 40% cheaper than the GW ones), especially at the outset of a new rules system when we don't yet know what frontage/profile will necessarily work best with which units.
The best part of the hobby for me is building the models, so i'll happily buy the GW trays because it gives me something else to build 😅 However, i'll be cutting the trays to exact size accounting for the lip, so i don't have that gap in the final result.
They did not even remake them for 30mm? Fuuck.. I bought one old from 8th Ed a little more than year ago for.. Ten pound? That felt alot, but GW price, for that little bit of plastic..
the inside gaps caused by the side/straight pieces causing the models to not fit in flush was a design flaw IMO but apparently...it was so you could add grass/stones that cover the entire pieces that then blend into the models bases, so use the texture paint on the inner side/2mm of excess on each piece and the models will fit in flush on it
That's a really good point about the texture paint, never thought of that, thank you!
Great balanced video. Learnt a lot and had never thought of matching the base edges to the model bases. Thks dude
Really kind of you to say, thank you!
Dude I can feel your buyers remorse 7 mins in, 3d print these all the way, thanks for the review
Maybe a little 🤣 they weren't exactly quick. If I had my own 3d printer, no doubt
If you have a 3 printer, print some.
If you don't, use some PVC sheets or balsa wood and cut them to size, it'll be cheaper.
I use thin cardboard with 5mm square section bamboo on the edges.
Seems like a redundant (which happens to be rather expensive) product. You can buy plastic card for much less. With some left over sprues, you can create some edges.
I use plastic card and for the edges I use cork sheets. Then just milliput any gaps to make the minis tight inside. Then magnetize. Boom, movement tray.
A decent review. Still on the fence about these
Cheers bud, yeah I'm not expecting them to fly off the shelves
Great channel, subbed you fella.
just found your channel. Great work so far. Thanks for your creations.
I have bought 2 packages of these Movement Trays and I only build up 3 sides of them and have a lot of extra corner and edge pieces left and I have used them on Polystyrene Sheets which you can buy in A4 format for almost nothing, of course you don't get the grid pattern on them, but you can easily do that yourself if you want it, either by carving it in with a sharp object or by painting it in.
That's a great idea for using up the excess, might give it a go depending on how many spares I'm left with.
passing by, giving support
I think the only reason I ever bought this GW kit was to use them as upper levels in terrain.
Back during 7th edition i used to cmpletly ignore the grid and just messured how much space i need including the bit of space you get from the rim. today i would probably just use plastic card or a thin metal sheet with magnets under the bases. But i don't know if i want to go back into the old world yet...
There are literally 1000 better options than buying GW movement trays
Any suggestions I could try out? What I've found so far is either poorer quality from old filament 3d printers, more expensive, or both.
@@MiniAgnosticsheet metal with 3d printed border (or just use sprues), means you can magnetise them super easy too.
You can get mdf movement tray cheap as chips
@@josephnott2956 I make quite a few comparisons between these and mdf trays in the video regarding price, design, and versatility. Personally I don't find them a great alternative for the price (about 40% cheaper than the GW ones), especially at the outset of a new rules system when we don't yet know what frontage/profile will necessarily work best with which units.
"*Small* people cannot buy knifes in shops." Haha! Is there some dwarf and halfling discrimination going on? And that from a dwarf player! xD
The best part of the hobby for me is building the models, so i'll happily buy the GW trays because it gives me something else to build 😅 However, i'll be cutting the trays to exact size accounting for the lip, so i don't have that gap in the final result.
Here hoping the UA-cam money can help you with the devastating loss of buying this product.
Thanks for your consideration 🤣 this is far too small of a youtube channel to be eligible for monetisation so it might be a long wait haha
I use sprues
Buy ready made laser cut mdf movement trays. Not expensive and a lot less hassle😊
So many custom 3D printing vendors on the market these days so GW is not really worth it anymore.
Any suggestions? The big ones I've seen advertised (miniwargaming forge etc.) work out more expensive than these GW ones (£4 for a 5x4 tray).
Are they even worth printing? It seems like anyone could knock out rectangles with a lip on a saw.
This does not seem like a worthwhile hobby tool, I saw a cool base adapter movement tray on a channel called warfactor
Some of the adapter trays do look really handy, if I weren't painting these up from scratch I'd certainly have picked a few up
Seems like it's worth it for convenience.
These do not work for Warriors of chaos.
$40 here in the USA and I can honestly tell you its a rip off and not worth it. Just go get plasticard or balsa wood which is $35 cheaper.
Not exactly cheap...
They did not even remake them for 30mm? Fuuck.. I bought one old from 8th Ed a little more than year ago for.. Ten pound? That felt alot, but GW price, for that little bit of plastic..
£25 ? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!