Tuesday, May 8, 2012

This and That

I love playing wargames. I love painting miniatures. But sometimes I want to play the wargame before I have the minis. Our Unkerlant campaign has had some stand ins for a while but they were glorified chits. So, over lunches I've been working out something more vertical, that matches what I have painted. Viola!:
 Still not as nice as minis, but they'll stand in for now. I print them out, fold over, fold out the bottoms and glue to bases. Then, I'll put a piece of tape over the hit markers so you can use a dry erase marker. Cav and generals to follow.
I'll be doing the same for PIke and Shotte, as soon as I get the rules. They went to the wrong address, so who knows when I'll get them.

4 comments:

Kaptain Kobold said...

Are you aware of the vast repository of paper figures like yours at Junior General?

I don't know what their submissions guidelines are, but if you're that way inclined you could post your figures there.

MurdocK said...

certainly a good idea to go thru things in a cheaper method than purchase figs and paint em.

I agree with Kap Kobold, check out the paper figs all over the web.

BaronVonJ said...

Oh, believe me, I have. That's why I made my own.

Tomo said...

I for one appauld paper minis... durable but cheap, and very portable. Plus, they are fantastic for introducing new rules and players to a game. Nice thing is after introducing the new player to the game you give them an army for their own.