"Made your periscope for wargames." Topic

Quite interesting proposal from this french guys who said.

"What is the essential tool which figuriniste can happen? The periscope for see your figures in the wargame table course! What is it? A small tower using a simple set of mirrors which allow you to see your stand-up figures in any location on the table. I will not deny that this machine, as it is placed on the playing surface, knows a great success. The players and other visitors feel compelled to see the action "as if they were there!" The effect is guaranteed…"
"…Above, the material you need: two pocket mirrors you can buy in the pet shop, a black foamboard and a glue gun. Then you can work with the various elements cut and ready to be assembled. Attention, a minimum accuracy and application are essential…"
Oht.

See here
paniquedanslavitrine.com

For translation you can used.
translate.google.com/#fr/en

Hope you enjoy!

Amicalement
Armand

I have an old toy one that I have used on occasion. A laser pointer works well, too.

Mahotsukai has a nifty little folding one. Useful for establishing line-of-sight from the figure's viewpoint.

Norman D, Google shows nothing, do you have a link?

I've been using one for 30 years, great for skirmish , but even better for historical mass games ie ,general within sight ?. Will you militia stand against massed ranks of heavy cavalry bearing down on them whilst not in square ?Saves a lot of table counting and dice rolling.

Always enjoyed the minature's eye view they provide but haven't found them really useful as my figures refuse to take advantage of folds in the ground like a real fellah would do.

Better for vehicles but still the terrain on the table top is usually flatter than real life so even there its a bit of wash out.

Norman, do you have alink for the folding periscope?

Been using periscopes in games since the 1980s. Really simplifies spotting rules and such.
Have an old toy periscope, but it's awful short and causes problems as I have a very bad back. Made my own some years ago using a coulpe of the Wife's old compact mirros and some balsa wood.

I've had one of those since I built one in 1996. It's fantastic for checking LOS (especially combined with a laser pointer) and for feeling what it'd be like on the ground.

As for photography, the quality through the periscope will depend a lot on the quality of the mirrors. My periscope has quite thick glass mirrors, so there's some distortion. On the other hand, it does lend some grittiness and verisimilitude to the pictures.

Gents, I'll email the distinguished gentleman this evening and ask him where he got it.

Watch this space…

A votre service mon ami Ditto. (smile).

Amicalement
Armand

used to have, two old M-3 Stuart tank periscopes that I used for games.
They came in very handy for seeing what a unit's line of sight is.

Apologies for the delay, I just spoke to Mahotsukai today.

His periscope is a kid's toy from a company called 'Spyco', marketed during the 1980's and long OOP, I'm afraid.

They're easy to make: buy a tall, vertical cardboard box from Michael's store, along with a couple of $2 USD compacts from the women's cosmetics aisle. Hot glue a mirror to some cardboard glued to the base, at a 45-degree angle, to reflect the view up (you have to cut a window out of the bottom, of course). If you want it to angle, as shown above, then use a second mirror to reflect it out, at the appropriate angle. They are about as complex as a dice tower. Foamcore can be substituted for the cardboard tower box, too. It works best if the inside is painted matte black, to minimize reflections, and stray light. Cheers!