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Post by rockyr on Nov 22, 2011 15:53:15 GMT -5
I am still considering getting into NT for pre-dreads, so I have an question out of ignorance (having not yet bought the rules).
Why does the game use splash markers?
R
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Post by afilter on Nov 22, 2011 17:41:45 GMT -5
Step 1 Purchase the rules  Splash markers basically represent the number of ships beyonfd the first ship that is firing on the same target. If more than one ship is firing on the same ship you get a negative modifiyer to represent the fact that the firing ships could not tell their shell spalshes from the other ships and adjust fire acordingly. HTH, |
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Post by rockyr on Nov 22, 2011 17:47:15 GMT -5
Thank you for that information.
Being impatient, I downloaded all the Nt predread rules. Now, off to go learn the game.
R
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Post by warchariot on Nov 23, 2011 17:28:18 GMT -5
Now you'll have to get some splash markers.
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Post by rockyr on Nov 23, 2011 18:20:57 GMT -5
Indeed, I do need markers (although there is the printed set). I have to go find the photos I saw on line of a WW2 battle that had great, short, moulded, three dimensional splashes resembling narrow mushroom clouds - very impressive.
R
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Post by rockyr on Nov 23, 2011 18:25:08 GMT -5
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Post by TheDreadnought on Nov 24, 2011 1:06:09 GMT -5
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Post by admiralgrafspee on Nov 25, 2011 13:49:11 GMT -5
I also have the litko - highly recommended. Do yourself a favour and get all the markers you need from them. They have nice ones for fires and you can get custom ones made up for all the other critical hits, evading, smoke etc.
-Tim
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Post by warchariot on Nov 25, 2011 14:55:58 GMT -5
Wasn't there a pack at one point?
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Post by jdon on Dec 6, 2011 23:55:53 GMT -5
You can also try the plastic caps used to safely twist and hold bare wires together. They come in a variety of colours and sizes.
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Post by fluorophil on Dec 7, 2011 3:54:13 GMT -5
I would agree with Dread, I also have the Litko markers...
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Post by warchariot on Dec 8, 2011 19:06:23 GMT -5
You can also try the plastic caps used to safely twist and hold bare wires together. They come in a variety of colours and sizes. Good tip  |
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Post by rockyr on Dec 8, 2011 19:55:28 GMT -5
All a matter of taste, I am sure, but it seems now that I have built some of the 1:3000 WTJ models, almost anything with height for splashes will overwhelm the models... maybe just punched paper circles or a tiny cone of clay at most. Likewise, I am inclined to keep the special damage markers on the control sheets rather than on the board. Thanks for all the tips, though.
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Post by 1968billsfan on Jun 3, 2013 15:15:21 GMT -5
What I did was to steal some thin pieces of batting (you can get it from a fabric store- the ladies there love helping men who visit). Tear off a small piece and roughly shape it to the size shell splash you are going to use with your scale. Next mix up some white glue, white latex paint and water and use this to soak the cone-shaped pieces of batting. It's messy and put the pieces on something metal to dry or they will glue themselves to paper. It takes about half a day to dry and cure.
Next take some pennies and paint them the colour of your playing surface. Let them dry.
Take scissors and clip off the base of the batten-shell splashes to give a flat bottom. You can mush them a bit to get the flat base square to the height of the shell splash. Put a dap of white glue on the bottom and put them next to some vertical support so they stay upright while the paint dries.
Presto, you have weighted shell splashes. You can use some coloured latex paint if you want to replicate dyed spotting shell spashes. These shell splashes are pretty robust and you can pick them up by the beard and throw them round a bit without problems.
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Post by stevem on May 31, 2016 17:18:04 GMT -5
Use a short length of white pipe cleaner and fix to a round plastic counter with a round blob from a hot glue gun. Paint the cleaner plus blob of glue white, and the counter blue to match the table - cheap, quick and very effective.
Steve
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Post by warchariot on May 31, 2016 18:32:35 GMT -5
Use a short length of white pipe cleaner and fix to a round plastic counter with a round blob from a hot glue gun. Paint the cleaner plus blob of glue white, and the counter blue to match the table - cheap, quick and very effective. Steve Another good tip! |
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Post by striker on Jun 6, 2016 20:42:57 GMT -5
I made my own markers with celluclay around waste sprue glued to washers, then painted. They aren't in scale but for us with bigger hands or sausage fingers they are easy to grab quickly. I used them in the NT game I ran at Little Wars but I haven't seen any pics around.
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Post by warchariot on Jun 7, 2016 9:55:06 GMT -5
Can you still buy celluclay? I had two packages of the stuff from the early 80's, but I'm about out and was wondering if you could still find it somewhere.
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Post by striker on Jun 7, 2016 15:50:47 GMT -5
I know I saw it at Michaels lately. Mine is probably from the 90's when my wife used to work at Michaels (yes it helped my hobbies). I'll try and snap some picks of them. The celluclay retained its shape and isn't brittle and the nature of it makes a nice rough texture so painting is just a heavy dry brush.
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