ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS

ARG003
G003 — DARCASSIANS Flat Miniatures

These miniatures are supplied in two forms. 1 Cut out the flat miniatures, including the
One page contains all of the Flat / A-frame hatched base panels:
miniatures, and the other two pages have the
triagonal miniatures on them. These can be
assembled into three different forms, and full
instructions are given below.

2 Gently score along the short horizontal

lines with a blunt blade.

3 Fold the miniature along the score lines

so that it looks like this:
Print out as many pages as you need of your
preferred type, preferably on 160gsm card, cut,
glue and use.

4 Apply paper glue to the insides of the

figure panels.

5 Press glued panel together and ensure

they stick. Use a paper clip or hold for a
minute if necessary.

Credits:

Produced by Graham Bottley

6 Apply glue to the reverse of the hatched
Created using the Poser 6 program from panel. Press panel against base of
Curious Labs. miniature.
Models and Textures used from X2000
7 Use a paper clip to keep the miniature
closed until the glue is dry.
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Triagonal Miniatures A-Frame Miniatures

1 Cut the triagonal miniatures out so that 1 Cut out the flat miniatures, cutting off
the blank panels are to the right of the the hatched base panels:
three filled panels.

2 Using a blunt blade, gently score along 2 Gently score along the short horizontal
all of the upright lines. lines with a blunt blade.

3 Fold along all of the score marks so that 3 Fold the miniature along the score lines
the miniature looks like this: so that it looks like this:

4 Apply paper glue to the blank base flap.

4 Apply paper glue to the outside of the
blank panel. Press to the inside of the 5 Press glued panel to the back of the name
first filled panel. panel.

5 Use a paper clip to keep the miniature 6 Use a paper clip to keep the miniature
closed until the glue is dry. closed until the glue is dry.
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Topped Triagonal Miniatures

1 Cut the topped triagonal miniatures out

so that the blank panels are to the right
of the three filled panels.

6 Apply paper glue to the outside of the

2 Using a blunt blade, gently score along
two top flaps and press them against
all of the fold lines.
the inside of the upright panels.
3 Fold along all of the score marks so that
the miniature looks like this:

7 Apply pressure to the flaps from the

inside until the glue is dry enough to
hold the miniature together.

4 Apply paper glue to the outside of the

small blank panel. Press to the inside of
the first filled panel.

5 Use a paper clip to keep the miniature

closed until the glue is dry.
 CUSTOM PAGE INSTRUCTIONS
It is often useful to assemble a custom Type Long Dimension
sheet of miniatures for a particular game. Normal Flat / A-
This allows a whole platoon of guards, or a 9.2cm
Frame
whole tribe of enemies, without printing
Large Flat / A-
all of the extra miniatures on the sheet. It 14.8cm
Frame
is actually very easy to assemble custom
sheets, and takes a few minutes per
miniature. Acrobat Reader and a program Normal Triagonal 8cm
such as Microsoft Powerpoint are all that Bear Rider / Pack
16cm
is required, although it may be useful to Mule Triagonal
have a graphics program to improve the Golem / Cannon
quality of the custom sheet. 12cm
Triagonal

1) Open the appropriate file in Acrobat
Reader and enlarge to at least 200%.
Adjust the screen so that the whole of the
miniature of interest is visible on the
screen.
2) Click on the "Graphics Select Tool"
button shown below.
It is important that the "Lock Aspect
Ratio" option is ticked.
8) If multiple copies of this miniature are
needed, just copy and paste as appropriate.
Arrange all miniatures next to each other.
9) Print and/or save page with
appropriate title. Libraries can thus be
built up of individual miniatures for
custom printing.

It may be desirable to "clean up" the

3) Draw a box around the desired
miniature, getting as close to the outer
lines as possible.
4) Right-click and select "copy".
5) Paste the miniature into a blank
Powerpoint (or similar) document sized to
A4. It should look something like this:
edges of the miniatures once they have
been copied out of acrobat reader, to
remove the edges of adjoining miniatures.
The easiest way to do this is to paste the
image into a graphics program such as
Paint Shop Pro, zoom in and select the
very edges of the miniature. Then go to
the "Image" menu and select "Crop to
Selection". The miniature can then be
pasted into Powerpoint.

6) Right-click on the image and select

"Format Picture".

7) Choose the "size" tab and set the

longest dimension (width in the above
case) of the miniature as given below: