ISS Vanguard - Board Game - Complete Insert for All Content

INTRODUCTION

This is my attempt to reduce the amount of storage required for all the ISS Vanguard content. Since I have sleeved cards and additional content like the Personnel Files, I wanted to be able to fit it all together rather than having so many game boxes.

I apologize for the crappy pictures. I was debating whether to even upload this, so I just snapped a few quick shots. Please note the pictures show the expansion content in the "Close Encounters" box. They will all fit in the "Deadly Frontier" box, but there won't be enough room for the minis and expansion rulebooks, logbooks, ect. I currently store everything as follows:

• Currently Active Campaign = BASE GAME BOX

• Currently Unused Content = CLOSE ENCOUNTERS BOX

• All Miniatures = DEADLY FRONTIER BOX

For this project I was experimenting with my designs and there are different styles used on different models. Since this works well enough, I decided to not go back and make them all matching styles. The token and dice boxes use magnets, the discovery and event boxes have card trays with covers, all the other card boxes have push on lids.

MINI CARDS BOX DIVIDERS

In order to keep the mini cards box the same height I cut the dividers down about 1/8" or around 3-4mm shorter. 

MAGNETS

The tokens and dice storage boxes use magnets to hold the lid on. I created those first, then decided I don't want to use a million magnets, so all the other boxes use a different method. The magnets used are 5mm diameter x 2mm thick cylinders. I used a dab of super glue to hold the magnets in place.

PRINTING

A lot of the models are split into multiple parts to allow for easier multi-material printing. For example, there is an "ISS - Tokens Box Lid.STL" and "ISS - Tokens Box Lid Graphics.STL". When loaded together into your slicer you can print the graphics as a separate material. Or simply don't print the graphics and your model will have a 1mm depression of the graphics.

For best results print the graphics with a smaller model. I used a 0.25mm nozzle with a 0.21mm line width for the graphics.

My recommended Print Settings:

   -MOST CONTENT - 0.2mm layer height, 2 perimeters, 15% infill

   -Graphics objects like text or symbols - If you are printing all the text and graphics in a different color, I'd highly recommend a smaller nozzle if you can. Every print I adjusted settings trying to improve the results. My best results were from using a standard 0.4mm nozzle on the main part, then a 0.25mm nozzle for the grapics and text. For the graphics a set the line width to 0.21mm and the speed to 50mm/s. I also did variable layer heigh and reduced the top layer of the text to 0.15mm. This ended up giving me the best results.

   -Tray A for base game and Tray A for Deadly Frontier - These trays are large and require more strength to hold all those cards without bending. - 0.2mm layer height, 4 perimeters, 40% infill

   -Discovery Card Trays and Even Card Trays - These have very thin parts and work much better when made more solid. - 0.2mm layer height, 4 perimeters, 40% infill

FILES TO DOWNLOAD

I somewhat organized the files into different folders. Token box, dice box, discoveries box, events box, then all the main card boxes sorted by expansion. Pick and choose what you want to download or simply download the zip file that has every STL.