Happy new year all, I have been in holiday mode for the past couple of months and needed something to get me back on track with my wargaming hobby so I decided to make a Force Moral Tracker for Infamy Infamy.
On the last day of the Lard Down Under event at Cancon, Australia, I managed to sit on and observed a couple of Infamy Infamy games with Jason Dickie and Richard Clarke as overseers.
I was impressed and brought the rules, I will be getting into this set of rules in the future once I finish the current projects that are on the go.
Rule book with my two Force Morale Trackers |
Force Morale Tracker with the details for modifying the die roll and setting the Force Morale. |
I painted a Roman and Barbarian on 16mm blank white dice which will be the indicators on the Tracker |
I used 3mm MDF and started cutting out the square inserts for the dice using a handpiece motor equipped with a cut off disc and cut just short of the inner edges. |
I deepen the cut with box cutters. |
Flipped the MDF over and cut out the square piece of MDF. |
Image shows the portion remove but is still a bit rough. |
Using a file I even out sides and checked the fit with a dice. |
Finished off cutting out the square inserts for the dice and trimmed the exterior of the Tracker to reduce its overall size. |
I used a biscuit tin lid for the base, used a pencil to outline the tracer on the tin lid. |
Scissor to cut out the shape. |
Also nipped off the sharp points on the corner with the scissors. |
Roughened the surface with sandpaper for better paint adhesion. |
Primed with black paint |
Initially I was going to leave it grey but changed my mind. |
I decided to try and duplicate the overall colours scheme on the rule book using blue, white, light grey and black. |
Happy with the colour of the base, I start to paint on the detail again using the rule book for inspiration. |
I left the base of the tracker grey and painted the numerals. I coated the all the surfaces with 2 coats of gloss varnish and finished it with a coat of dull coat spray. |
I used liquid nails adhesive to stick the parts of the tracker together. |
Close up of the Roman solider I painted and vanished with gloss. |
Close up view of the Barbarian. |
Completed tracker with the Roman indicator dice. |
I also attached mini earth magnets on the base of the dice so that they would adhere to the metal base on the tracker insuring a good bond, even if the Tracker was bumped. |
Cheers John
Very clever, and very effective... I may have to be inspired by that to do some for myself. Though I might use pennies with suitable figures, and a magnetic base.
ReplyDeleteThanks Doug, glad to hear that I have inspired you.
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John these look great - the painted dice are a very nice touch!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kym for your comments
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Very nicely done John! Good to see you hobbying again 🙂
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Matt
Thanks Matt for your comments
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