| Tom Reed | 18 Dec 2014 9:00 a.m. PST |
The other night I was at my LFGS watching some guys play a miniatures game. They were using a laser pointer that shown down on the table top to make a line on the table for line of sight. I stupidly forgot to ask where they got it and it has been bugging me ever since. My Google-fu has also failed me. Does anyone know what I am talking about and where to find one? |
| haywire | 18 Dec 2014 9:09 a.m. PST |
So a laser pointer making a line instead of a dot? I remember seeing a bunch of laser pointers with various heads, I think one was a line. |
| PygmaelionAgain | 18 Dec 2014 9:09 a.m. PST |
I have one of these:
link and some extra button cell batteries to feed it. It does well enough for determining line of sight in casual games. I'm not sure it would pass National Standards Institute testing for straightness over distance, so employing it in a tournament with a cash prize might cause a scandal. |
| smolders | 18 Dec 2014 9:23 a.m. PST |
try looking in a hardware store, you might find something along those lines there. |
| vikingtim | 18 Dec 2014 9:30 a.m. PST |
Laser line levels, that's what they're called in the UK, and you should be able to find them in hardware stores. They're normally used for helping mark walls for DIY projects, but this sounds like a very practical alternative use! |
| thosmoss | 18 Dec 2014 9:49 a.m. PST |
These got attention recently when Army Painter introduced them -- and apparently they are out of stock around the world: link I used the Black Friday coupon from Ace Hardware to get one of these: link It's been confiscated by Santa's elves, however, and I haven't fired it off yet. |
| CorpCommander | 18 Dec 2014 9:49 a.m. PST |
I've had a line laser (laser with collimation lens) since the late 1990's in my gaming toolkit. They are fantastic. I found one on Amazon for you for $10. USD link
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Dave Jackson  | 18 Dec 2014 10:10 a.m. PST |
I have a Games Workshop one, lays on the table. CHeck out their site. Can't remember if it cost the Earth tho |
| ming31 | 18 Dec 2014 10:46 a.m. PST |
I had a cheap one from Harbor freight worked good and had a tsape in it |
| DeRuyter | 18 Dec 2014 11:15 a.m. PST |
Warlord sells the Army Painter one, not sure if it is in stock at the moment. Used it last night to determine firing arcs. Works well. |
| David Manley | 18 Dec 2014 11:30 a.m. PST |
I got a very nice JCB one which is a combined laser line and tape measure |
| dwight shrute | 18 Dec 2014 12:09 p.m. PST |
got one from warlord today , they restocked , very useful it will be too . |
| Deeman | 18 Dec 2014 1:08 p.m. PST |
Has anyone tested the Army Painter one to see if it is actually straight? I bought three cheap ones from Harbor Freight and they all emitted a bowed line. |
| evilgong | 18 Dec 2014 1:47 p.m. PST |
Hiya >>>>>
Has anyone tested the Army Painter one to see if it is actually straight? I bought three cheap ones from Harbor Freight and they all emitted a bowed line.
>>>>>>>>> How did they bend light? I got one as pictured by CorpCommander, $5 USD from a reject / $2 USD / remainders shop. These things are really useful in any Naps or later games.
Regards
David F Brown |
| Deeman | 18 Dec 2014 2:24 p.m. PST |
It is a laser pointer that passes through a lens that scatters light into a line. Lenses were all flawed. |
| Major General Stanley | 18 Dec 2014 6:07 p.m. PST |
The dollar store sells them as cat toys |
| McWong73 | 19 Dec 2014 3:19 a.m. PST |
Got the one CorpCommander linked to, is excellent for wargaming. Didn't survive as a plaything for my kids. |
| Mad Mecha Guy | 19 Dec 2014 2:55 p.m. PST |
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| Greylegion | 19 Dec 2014 7:02 p.m. PST |
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