tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769728384204397911.post4205825702286512987..comments2023-12-02T21:31:42.173+13:00Comments on Badly Lead Men: The pretty bitsRABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929466289526140335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769728384204397911.post-12102734399641891892012-09-13T09:23:05.262+12:002012-09-13T09:23:05.262+12:00My dad is a big advocate of printing out googlemap...My dad is a big advocate of printing out googlemap images for battlefields. Being slightly more of a "toy soldier" wargamer myself, I go for a mixture of felt and 3d terrain.A-Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10380376544300664923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769728384204397911.post-46028238288486098942012-08-31T19:27:59.143+12:002012-08-31T19:27:59.143+12:00I've been pondering the aerial photo thing for...I've been pondering the aerial photo thing for the entire board!<br /><br />My first (admittedly half-baked) idea was to use a projector (they are cheap enough here) onto a white table, but that would require a room that isn't too brilliantly lit. <br /><br />So my next idea is to just print out photos onto cloth using a poster printer (they use cloth sometimes for postgrad student posters here, rather than paper); 4 together would make more than a 6 by 4 table's worth... <br /><br />Hmm...Luke Ueda-Sarsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769728384204397911.post-27199299784274731422012-08-25T13:15:34.849+12:002012-08-25T13:15:34.849+12:00A table can look good with felt, it just needs to ...A table can look good with felt, it just needs to be pretty felt rather than tatty. A few hedges and tree lines to adding some 3D effect make a big difference.<br /><br />Your pondering on town sectors reminded me of a conversation we had a long time ago. We talked about the possibility of using aerial photographs on flat bases as town sectors. The idea that came to me was to use modeled town sectors with an "aerial photo" of the modeled sector as well. <br /><br />For games with a few sectors you have the "aerial photo" on a side table and place troops there. The photo helps you keep track of which sector on the table they are in.<br /><br />For games with a lot of sectors, major city fighting, have the "aerial photo" under the model sector. Remove just the occupied sectors and place the troops on table on the "aerial photo". Once the troops move out of the sector replace the model.<br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com