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I recently rediscovered the fun of making FIMO ( sculpey ) pieces for several games and now I want to know wich game would you like to be "FIMOed" ?

I show you what I´ve done and what I wish I had done but couldn´t and you tell me wich game you wish to be "FIMOed".
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It all began with Agricola, this game has to get better animals than cubes:

and the other stuff too:



Someone else makes better figures ( In this case thumbsup for User tcamprubi ):


But for me ( and some others ) my figures are good enough and after this succesful first try I remembered that I once have done this for.....
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This has to be one of my favorite mods. :meeple:

I haven't played this game yet, but this mod looks so cute! It kind of makes me hungry for some reason. Are those Milka cows? :D
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....but it went terribly wrong and all my figures are molten ( that happens more than 10 years ago ) and now I tried it again:


This is good enough for me but as usual, someone else made it better:
( in this case User: AnglePark )



But wait, there is .....
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I had to replace those wooden pieces with real stuff:


and



Then came the last game for now.....
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I hate this game, but with your trashcans I might be willing to play it again...
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I´ve made a second set of ressources for me ( the first is right now in the EU Math-Trade ) with red radioactives and brown coal.
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Motorkopf wrote:
I hate this game, but with your trashcans I might be willing to play it again...


That's some pretty cool Eurotrash.
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Consider me inspired. Based on an article with a link to this list and another reference to polymer clay origami weekend before last, I decided to muck around with the stuff.

I don't like my house replacements as much as yours, but I decided to stick to a theme for each color to help out the color blind players in my group. I also couldn't resist making a few small tweaks to your resource designs. My radiation symbol is a thin slice of cane I made (although I do need a better knife for future work).

If I ever do this again, I'm going to make a little Oscar the Grouch to stick in one of the garbage cans.




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I have now created another replacement garbage can for my set, although it takes a mean, heartless person to burn it for power...

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I´ve read somewhere here at BGG that the churches where ugly, I openend the game and changed it:



But now......what could be next ?

It´s up to you to show me the right direction, I´m curious what you will suggest.

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Nice, but you really should have made them out of hamburger.
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This is no FIMO and I haven´t done this, but I wish I could do it like User: agamidion:




Maybe someday
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Those are fantastic! :laugh:
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This is FIMO but someone else has done this so maybe I will try it soon.

User: jgrundy has done an excellent job:
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OK Frank... Time to do Rivets. Here is a picture (courtesy of DWTRIPP) of some of the Martian Metals that were available for it before their warehouse fire.
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I take it you aren't familiar with Jeremy "Germy" Claridge's 2mm sci fi tank, etc. miniatures, which can certainly be used as "map scale" BOPPERs.

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This looks like an interesting choice, but I didn´t own the game and most likely will not own it in the future and therefore my interest in making figures for this game is very low.
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Here is the game that I plan on Fimo'n first (if I ever get off my lazy butt and do it).

I think 3-D Temples, Treasures, Base Camps and workers would be VERY cool.

You go right ahead and show me how it's done! ;)
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You know, Scott - I actually had the same idea, too. 3-D temples and base camps would surely add a lot to this already great themed game.

So I support your request for Frank pimping Tikal next. :laugh:
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That´s a challenge and maybe I will do it, but for now I didn´t even own the game :shake:
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Nexus Ops is just begging for your great work.
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I think you should let User: badrobot take care of this:


He does an amazing paintjob !
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whenever i see this picture i'm amazed.
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My last prototype for my self-published game, Border Reivers included FIMO mountain ranges, castles, towers, towns, cities and armies. The town, cities and armies were fairly generic (discs and cylinders) and were replaced with wooden equivalents in the self-published version, but the towers, castles and mountain ranges I was really proud of:



The published version had far plainer components.
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Seems like we have similar ideas, but I´ve done this with Warrior Knightsand the modelling clay for the bridges and mountains is no Fimo. The fortresses and ships are from Mighty Empires.
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Border Reivers was inspired by an awful game of Mighty Empires (it went on far too long), so that's probably what I had in mind when making them.
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Well Frank, I looked at your collection (sorted by rating desc) and I think A Game of Thrones is the one highest on your list that could benefit from the treatment. Struggle of Empires could too, but there's always Conquest of the Empire for plasticy goodness on that front.
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To be true, I think those games are good as they are, but maybe when I´m in the right mood...
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Meeples are good. I use Playmobil football figures and goals on a larger pitch myself, but Fimo players would certainly add to the look of the game.

I would have suggested that you take on Hey! That's My Fish (Packeis am Pol) if you owned it as those wooden penguins are the worst thing about that game. However, you do not own that one. I doubt that my Sculpey penguins would hold a candle to your efforts.

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Your Penguins look great and if I would own that game I would have made them exactly like yours ( using yours as inspiration ).
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Here's a business proposition. Since Valley Games still hasn't gotten the special pieces to those who pre-ordered this game oh so long ago, you could make a bunch of ships and containers that are prettier than what comes with the game and sell them to Valley so they can fulfill their promise.

Think that will work?
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Nice idea, but I think handcrafted sculptures won´t fit into the price range :D
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Actually if you can make little 1x1x2 oblong pieces of red and green and yellow Fimo, that would be good enough. The big problem with this game is that the five colors of commodities are black, white, brown, brown, and brown.
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This game could be improved a thousand-fold with you FIMO magic. :meeple:
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A very good choice and it immediately makes me think what the mammoth will look like.

Little Stone Age tribes, bears, wolfs, mammoth fireplaces ....easy to make.

That really catches my interest !
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You could use the same mammoths in Eiszeit / Mammoth Hunters.
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I just got this game yesterday in the mail and this one would really benefit from FIMO figures!
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Speaking of which, how 'bout the Hannibal Generals?
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this would rock out using FIMO
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I think this needs another material, Fimo is more for the Comic - like look.
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Well I think that every game that includes animals that are either represented by wooden cubes or cardboard chits are ideal candidates to get pimped fimoed.

Typical example is WildLife:

This game would also profit from nicely sculpted 3D-animals.
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I agree that animals are the best figures to be replaced with Fimo.
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Evo dinosaurs! Wooden disks are nice y'know, but cute little dinos would really bring the game to life. googoo
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I love this game and the dinosaurs could be very cute when they were made out of Fimo.

This game and Valley of the Mammoths are now my favourite next projects.

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They could also be used for Trias

f-p-p-m wrote:
I love this game and the dinosaurs could be very cute when they were made out of Fimo.

This game and Valley of the Mammoths are now my favourite next projects.

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Zooloretto perhaps?
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I didn´t like this game enough but who knows ?
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The trucks are very disappointing in this game. It's a pity that the Auf Achse trucks aren't larger!



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Just putting this in the list rather than the comments:

I have always wanted some ships for Puerto Rico. Something sized to hold the right number of goods based on players.

3 Ships that you could fill the extra spaces for less than 5 players would be nice. That way you only need to do 3 ships, and then if you have fewer players, you just fill some of the spots with dummies. That way you do not need 5 ships, nor the ability to store 5 ships.
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So I´m putting my comment here too:

Nice idea and not much work ( piece count ) could be the first game I will take care of.
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LEGOs would work better here.

FIMO great for cartoony stuff. LEGOs great for square things.
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LEGOs would work better here.

FIMO great for cartoony stuff. LEGOs great for square things.


Like someone has made for Serenissima:
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With cute little clay slaves!
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Originally, this had 3-D Colosseums.

It would require 5 x 2 End pieces, and 5 x 2 Center pieces.

But wow, would it look cool! I would be in for that!
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I would love to have this game and then make it look like Circus Maximus in this picture
but this will be a lot of Fimo :D
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Here, Here!! I mean Hail, Hail! I would LOVE to see come Chariots racing and spill; the comings and goings in the Imperial box; bystanders and Senators; wine maidens and other forms of refreshment, etc.
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Hacienda is an option. Lots of little animals in 5 colors and the haciendas as little houses would be great. Could even do the water or the land tiles.
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As I said above, everything with animals would be easy to do, the little haciendas also don´t seem to be a problem....maybe when I once own the game.
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How about this upcoming game from Z-Man Games! It's a game about making sushi! The food would look great in FIMO!
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Nice idea, but I´m not sure if the game is worth the effort.
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