"15mm 'DP' Markers For British Grenadier" Topic

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Fat Wally	02 May 2013 9:20 a.m. PST
Hi all, Just thought I'd post a couple of pics of the DP markers I made today for BG in 15mm, before the game I'm hosting tomorrow night. url=http://s1238.photobucket.com/user/KLowth/media/IMG_5130_zpsdfafdb3b.jpg.html] ‌ I was in the local DIY shop and saw some self-adhesive 13mm (1/2") cork pads. Very handy thought I. I stuck sand to the sticky pad and then stuck one, two or three small stones as Giles had done and shown on his Tarleton's Quarter site. I then primed them to get the sand to stick better to the base and painted them in the same colours I use for my figures. url=http://s1238.photobucket.com/user/KLowth/media/IMG_5129_zps1d180cae.jpg.html] ‌ I then thought, to make them stand out but not obtrusively, I could stick some Silflor MiniNatur Flower 6mm tufts from Antenociti's Workshop on them. url=http://s1238.photobucket.com/user/KLowth/media/IMG_5128_zps52811c8a.jpg.html] ‌ I went for a 'Traffic Light' system so Green for 1 DP, Yellow for 2 DP and Red (for warning) for 3 DP. Very simple to knock up. Less than an hour to make whilst having a beer in the sunny garden. Cheers, Kev
historygamer	02 May 2013 9:50 a.m. PST
They look great. Kinda funny when you think about painting rocks and dirt to look like…. ah, rocks and dirt. :-)
Vespasian28	02 May 2013 1:09 p.m. PST
Genius! Love the idea of the traffic light system. "Sorry sir, can't advance with 3DP's as we are on a red!"
Bandolier	02 May 2013 4:08 p.m. PST
Very clever and they look great. Thanks for sharing.
Bad General	03 May 2013 6:12 p.m. PST
Very nice. What are the figures?
Yesthatphil	04 May 2013 4:27 a.m. PST
OK, I'm familiar with the traffic lights mechanism used with tiddly-wink markers. I had even integrated that with casualty markers by mounting the casualties on the tiddly-winks (so you only see the marking colour on the edge of the counter) … But I think using the flower/tufts colour for the colour code is a stroke of genius (which I plan to borrow) … Very clever, Fat Wally ! Phil
Fat Wally	04 May 2013 1:35 p.m. PST
Thanks everyone. Figures are Peter Pig 15mm link