killmaimburn wrote:Thanks alot peeps
it took about 15 minutes of attention (the borders) and then 15 minutes of carefree happy spraying and pissing about..then a lot of watching paint dry and cleaning things I shouldn't have had to clean if I'd put 2 minutes thought in (e.g. the table.. brushing down the sheet because it went against the cat basket covered in cat hair etc etc).
Next step controversially the entire web says with everyday frequnet use the dials wear thin.. I'm not a card protector guy, you don't see my comics in individual baggies, but if playing the game 10-20 times is going to make it unplayable I do get a bit itchy and tend to be over precious and smingey about my junk.. so this shizzle needs to be fixed right now.. As previous I found a simple youtube link on how to fix by a great guy.
So I figured I'd give it a bash.
The only thing you might not have is the awesomeness of the 80s which I mentioned in the eldar thread.. fablon.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clear-Sticky- ... 0548593220 (2.99 a roll you'll use about 1/100 for 6 templates)
So ingredients set up..(took me an age to find my craft knife)
If your anything like me all your stuff is already bolted together really firmly, I used the flat edge of my old craft knife blade as a very gentle jimmy to lever the bolt off..doing this carefully took most of my time..
Use the original card spru to draw out a stencil of the outer ring
Use the roof of the dial to draw the inner circle
now cut.. but if the video taught me one great thing its make the inner thing much bigger there are no details you need near the middle..its kept down by the thing being bolter together and it interfering with the dial movement or squidging around the column is a bugger (I started doing that 1 (it caught on the column) and threw it away rather than killing the dial)
Gently lie it on top to check it meets the criteria (covering the details you want to preserve not messing with the central column or overflowing too much)
Peel back layer and stick down.. this was my first attempt, and with my crap skill level and stuff you can see it was nearly exactly what is required..the other 5 were perfect.
No skill required (its me)- about 40 minutes to do 6 dials..about 10 pence in resources presuming your going to use the fablon elsewhere (I am its going to be wipeable marker boards for my homebrew ships.. pick a manuevre tick a box and then wipe clean... but thats not going to happen till next week I swear.. honest)..
Feel free to chunder amongst yourselves.. I personally would love to see lists your fielding..a pic or two of a battle here and there etc etc.. (I mean start your own threads if you want but...) Star wars!!
If you want a topic for banter-- is it universally agreed han shot first, anyone willing to devils advocate?