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Has anyone here used Pathfinder Pawns, or similar products, using your own printouts on the purchased plastic bases? Do you need to buy Paizo’s Pawns products or other specially-designed pawns on very thick jigsaw-puzzle-lock stock? Or can you print out anything yourself on a heavy (like, 200 or 300 gsm) card stock?

Basically, how thick does the printout need to be to stay stable and upright in a Pawns Base?

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[–] middleman35 4 points 1 year ago

I haven't used Pathfinder Pawns specifically, but I've crafted hundreds of paper minis from peintableheroes.com and others. What I did? Standard printer, standard paper and a cheap laminator. This gives you a far more resilient mini than cardstock. And bases are easily craftable as well. I've seen suggestions for using glue and old coins, bulldog clips, etc. What I actually used were 1 inch felt pads designed to go on the bottom of furniture. I would then print a ground/grass/stone texture and stick that to the adhesive side and cut a slit into them for the paper mini. This gave me flexible and cheap bases that I could use with the TV screen I was using for battlemaps without worrying about scratches