Token storage

Having played a few games I now know what sort of tokens are most useful for One Page Rules - Grimdark Future.

I've printed a couple of revised and additional tokens and redesigned the storage to hold them, to be more efficient.

One of the things I like are the representations of the single use weapons ("Limited" special rule). I've done one of a missile for the HDF and one bomb for the Saurian Starhost flying creatures. The token can be removed from the table once used.

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Plug lead guides for Rover V8

I have made replacement guides for the spark plug leads that attach to the rocker covers on Rover V8 engines.

The screw was seized and the original guides did not come off intact! 

A few measurements and design changes to suit 3D printing and the results work well.

The guides do need supports to print, mainly because of the large overhang for the counterbore.

I bought new machine screws. That was an exercise in working out historic imperial abstract naming conventions! The screws are 3/16"-24tpi x 5/8" long. That's not what you look for to try to buy them. They are called #10 UNC or #10-24. I will never understand the thinking process of naming something with another number to represent the size, instead of using the size!

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Post-battle report

We had another great couple of games of One Page Rules - Grimdark Future a couple of weeks ago. Following that I've made a few improvements ready for the next encounter.

Each time we've played, the table setup has looked better. I've had more variety of scenery prepared and much of it is painted. I'm particularly pleased with the tyrannosaur skeleton. Modelled from a complete structured cut and assembled to look part buried and useful as cover. 

I've added to my modular buildings. For the last game I had just finished the alien fort.

The idea is that the base colours are the same, so that all the components are interchangeable. I found I was a little short of some of the bits to finish off the edges so since then I've printed and painted some more bits.

I've honed the painting technique to be as quick as possible. I've skipped the primer because the Rust-oleum Switch Limestone spray gets good coverage and adhesion on the PETG without the need for a primer.

I've watered down the off-black emulsion wash a lot more. This gives the effect I want without the need to further dry brush over the top. I remembered to mask off the floor, so that could be finished just by a quick dry brush of Vallejo sombre grey. This quicker process means that the basic building blocks can be ready to use very quickly.

There's always more scenery to paint. Like the buildings, I found a quick method for these rocks. Prime in grey then a sepia wash over the top changes the grey to a more khaki colour. This is then dry brushed in a very light grey to get the finished result.

Lastly for now, a scoreboard. That's something I wanted for our previous games, but it was always too far down the list of jobs.

I had tried to buy something but everything that included appropriate counters was a size more suitable for a stadium rather than an intimate tabletop game where we had squeezed it into our living room!

There were a few 3D printable designs but none that I could find were quite what I wanted. As I find fairly frequently, I had to design and print my own. It only took two iterations to get exactly what I was after.

The rings have an octagonal cross section and clip into matching holes. The team names and even the turn name can be swapped out.

Unusual for a 3D print of this size, I've printed it solid. This gives it a nice weight.

I'm sure I will continue to add and paint more scenery and I've starting to assemble another army. I'm looking forward to the next match.

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