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<blockquote data-quote="Jan van Leyden" data-source="post: 4565608" data-attributes="member: 20307">I've often used such a machine, but never tried to do floorplans with it. I see two possible problems:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">For durable results you need to lamitate with overlapping foil, thus your printed floorplans will not have a few millimeters duistance between them. This effect grows when you build your scenery from a lot of building blocks. If, on the other hand, you place your floor plans overlapping be sure that they will be accidentily shoved around a lot. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Larger laminated pieces of paper produced with one of those little machines for home use tend to bend, which makes the whole arrangement harder to handle.</li>
</ol>Personally I mostly use WotC's Dungeon Tiles which offer a big bang for the buck. Improvised larger maps are drawn on a battle map. For special as well as specific cases I prepare my own floorplans, which will be printed out but not laminated.I can think of two more points to consider:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't underestimate the amount of time it takes to laminate a lot of tiles. I consioder my time as a prescious commodityI'd rather spend on other things. Hence, the bang for the buck comment. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">You self-laminated floor plans will still be flat, not as thick as the commercial ones. I personally like handling thick cardstock stuff much better than fiddly laminated paper.</li>
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[QUOTE="Jan van Leyden, post: 4565608, member: 20307"] I've often used such a machine, but never tried to do floorplans with it. I see two possible problems: [LIST=1] [*]For durable results you need to lamitate with overlapping foil, thus your printed floorplans will not have a few millimeters duistance between them. This effect grows when you build your scenery from a lot of building blocks. If, on the other hand, you place your floor plans overlapping be sure that they will be accidentily shoved around a lot. [*]Larger laminated pieces of paper produced with one of those little machines for home use tend to bend, which makes the whole arrangement harder to handle. [/LIST] Personally I mostly use WotC's Dungeon Tiles which offer a big bang for the buck. Improvised larger maps are drawn on a battle map. For special as well as specific cases I prepare my own floorplans, which will be printed out but not laminated. I can think of two more points to consider: [LIST] [*]Don't underestimate the amount of time it takes to laminate a lot of tiles. I consioder my time as a prescious commodityI'd rather spend on other things. Hence, the bang for the buck comment. [*]You self-laminated floor plans will still be flat, not as thick as the commercial ones. I personally like handling thick cardstock stuff much better than fiddly laminated paper. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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