Gadgets of Wargaming #3: Making Your Own Counters (Part 1)

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Gadgets of Wargaming #3: Making Your Own Counters (Part 1)

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Stuka Joe

9 жыл бұрын

Video showing how to make your own counters with NATO symbols.

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@StukaJoe 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks to everyone for your comments. I will soon post part 2, which shows what to do with the printed sticker paper with the images and so forth.

@fredrikh961 6 ай бұрын

I know it´s been a while, but this video really made my project possible, a big thank you for doing this!

@StukaJoe 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. It’s good to see that an old video like this one remains useful! Cheers!

@mbaquara 2 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT! All the best!!! Til the next "BELLOTA"... 👍

@StukaJoe 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Gerson! See you at the Bellota! Cheers!

@RiktigaFimpen 8 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see part 2 of this. This really blew my mind, now I'm making counters like crazy !

@mackdamerc8885 2 жыл бұрын

2022 and still waiting for part 2

@vincentstella5131 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent and extremely helpful video, Joe. Thank you very much for posting!!

@SingleHandedWarfare 9 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Jose! Looking forward to part 2 of this. Now...for some reason, I feel the need for a Riccola lozenge ;)

@Warriorking.1963 3 жыл бұрын

Just found this, what an excellent video! Time for Part 2 methinks.

@comicKkrakK 9 жыл бұрын

That was fantastic. Thanks very much for that one. Looking forward to many more of this series.

@JoeKundlak Жыл бұрын

A nice one! But I would say this would be better and easier done for instance in Inkscape - a dedicated vector drawing program.

@sobersportsman 3 жыл бұрын

This was really fun to watch. Thank you.

@fastheinz1941 8 жыл бұрын

Very simple and innovative, thanks Joe

@danielkasprzycki8087 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Joe. Great tutorial.

@mattrey97 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this!

@Alexdruchii 5 жыл бұрын

Muy buen vídeo como siempre. Tienes en mente hacer alguno similar con los marcadores de explosión, flechas... en definitiva, ¿counters personalizados?. Saludos!!!.

@billcorr9450 3 жыл бұрын

10000th view. Woot!

@thebalalaikaremains2321 7 жыл бұрын

Well, took your advice to heart and made a deluxe set of counters for SPI's Russian Civil War and now I'm hamstrung on how to produce the map at a large enough size to accommodate the scrabble tiles. Any tips towards making larger maps? I can't even find a good scan of RCW to maybe start with.

@stuka6727 3 жыл бұрын

0:08 wow that a lot

@dbd31463 7 жыл бұрын

Cool vid Joe. I use a program called Cyberboard to make counters if I need to. Generally I make game boxes of games I own so I don't have to leave a game set up on the table and not wear out my counters and cards. But it works great for making counters in case one gets lost or something.

@StukaJoe 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info, dbd31463. I'll check it out. Powerpoint has some disadvantages. It's not meant for publishing things in print format. So, I guess counter images could also be done on Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, which I recently subscribed to. Photoshop seems the easier program to learn. Illustrator is harder. Let's see. I don't know if Cyberboard could handle CMYK images, which is the standard for printing at 300 dots per inch. Thanks. Cheers. Joe

@dbd31463 7 жыл бұрын

Cyberboard makes GTL files which need to be converted also. I converted them to BMP files to print out. I don't recall the program I used to convert them, it's been a long time since I have made any counters.

@dbd31463 7 жыл бұрын

@joaquinruiz5254 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jose !

@johnbrown7858 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joe. Great D.I.Y. counters video. My question is, can you scrap the NATO symbols totally, and use actual images of Panzers, Tigers, T-34's, and Sherman's from more recent games to update the counters of these older games. I also like 5/8th inch size counters, as opposed the 1/2 inch counters. Bye Joe!

@StukaJoe 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, John. Yes, instead of NATO symbols, I could use artwork of tanks, even different types. The hard part is finding the artwork. It could be a drawing or a silhouette. I don't have the ability to draw, for instance, a T-34. Glad you liked the video! Cheers.