shapes to grid?

I was wondering if there was some 'secret' way to use something like the checker or tile component and load each grid square with a shape. I had been using multiple offsets to line up a few items and then feed the result to the Bomber - but it requires a lot of components, plus prodding and adjusting to get it right.

I am creating some coral polyps using the polygon. Rather than adding an additional Bomber with multiple polyps I was thinking of loading multiple into one component and using it in one remaining slot of my existing Bombers (already using 2 Bombers). I did this before using multiple offset like so



so I can load say 4, 6 or even 8 shapes on one component like MultiBlend and then 'blit' that from one channel of the Bomber and have very good coverage.

What I wanted to see was if the Tile or Checker component could load images like below so I wouldn't have to use a whole bunch of Offsets to build this. Both offer grid-like output but it doesn't seem to be possible to put one shape per square -unless I missed something (which happens often) so that is what I am asking.

... well I thought I give this a shot but it turns out the way I did it didn't suit your needs. Either way here's a method combing elements on a grid without a bomber.

Check out the grid based on Skybase's wiring above with a little perspective and my fish.

Hey Spaceray thanks for that link will check it out.