From: Thomas Barclay <Thomas.Barclay@s...>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 22:17:25 -0400
Subject: Marking Figure Bases
Scott said: ------------------------------ From: ScottSaylo@aol.com Subject: Re: Overwatch counters. . . Why not just say that the base should be marked for its forward arc, then you don't have to have that counter at all. How difficulot is it to marke the figure base for "front" - not very! ** well, it's be easy except it wouldn't show up once the base had been mounted on a washer, puttied, and flocked with grass-like flocking. I'm not being strictly sarcastic here - but many people flock their bases and the idea of letting them be painted or marked is uncomfortable. ** There is a simple answer: If your gamers are non-contentious - just assume anything in the front 180 can be engaged - contentious calls always go the worst way possible - Owen's law of awful results or some such. ** Otherwise, use a counter. Those who hate counters will play with none and write everything down (they can probably eyeball the overwatch arcs). Counters are easy to produce, and if we want figure wrapping templates, we can easily do that ourselves with mylar, plexi, cardboard, paper, whatever. My figs are all penny-mounted so that would be too easy for me to make a template out of mylar with a penny in the centre and some arcs that could be mass produced and put under OW figures. It would be transparent except for the silver lines - I use one of those paint pens to make templates - so it wouldn't show up much on the green battlefield, but would be identifiable if need be. Would photograph not badly, not look too cluttery on the board, and probably work well for those who just *have* to know if that one enemy is in-arc... but, fer-Gawd-sake, let St. John make counters - they are simple, you can not use em if you want, and he has the gear. I want him to spend his money on figure sculpts, resins, new-rules (BDS!! BDS!!) rather than on a new die cutter for strange templates. We're all big boys and gals that can improvise, scan, fabricate, etc. - if we can paint figs, scratchbuild, convert, etc. then we can surely make all we need on our own given our many different approaches - and if we find a good one, share it on the net and others can build their own. Jon can just make some simple counters, and he's off the hook. It'll keep costs down (and profits up, right Jon?!) and this means more cool stuff from GZG...