<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">When I play at my local club, we keep a track of which turn we are in by keeping a dice with the turn number displayed. However this can easily get mixed up with other dice. I decided it would be a nice idea to build my own turn marker. My main criteria were that it had to be easy to build and nice and cheep. Here is how it turned out..</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNddVM-RI/AAAAAAAAAK4/PJn_tJsNcb8/s1600-h/turn+marker+14.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNddVM-RI/AAAAAAAAAK4/PJn_tJsNcb8/s320/turn+marker+14.jpg" width="320" height="206" /></a></p><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here is how I built it..</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RMfmfDGAI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/AadheltgPqQ/s1600-h/turn+marker+1.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RMfmfDGAI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/AadheltgPqQ/s320/turn+marker+1.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Basic components are a GW 40mm round base, a lid from static grass (any would do), a bit of rod that fit nicely within the hole in the underside of the GW base and some thick plasti-card (mine was about 2.5mm thick and was left over from basing 15mm Napoleonics).</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RMkPZv4jI/AAAAAAAAAJY/iF71p-W_CFY/s1600-h/turn+marker+2.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RMkPZv4jI/AAAAAAAAAJY/iF71p-W_CFY/s320/turn+marker+2.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">My most useful tool is a compass fitted with a small blade. I picked this up cheep at a hobby store.</font></p><p class="separator"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RMoo-hJTI/AAAAAAAAAJg/8HVYs_TUY2U/s320/turn+marker+3.jpg" /></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I marked the card with the sizes of both the lid and the base. Note how I marked the position of the centre so that I would not lose it. I had to chamfer the outer circle to match the shape of the lid. A small file and thirty seconds later and that was done.</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RMuH6pppI/AAAAAAAAAJo/AzIa3gxIJ1I/s1600-h/turn+marker+4.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RMuH6pppI/AAAAAAAAAJo/AzIa3gxIJ1I/s320/turn+marker+4.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Card cut.</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RM0uIbTAI/AAAAAAAAAJw/SKuGzgX7bOc/s1600-h/turn+marker+5.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RM0uIbTAI/AAAAAAAAAJw/SKuGzgX7bOc/s320/turn+marker+5.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I drilled a small hole in the centre of the lid with the large pin vice. GW helpfully mark the centre of their lids.</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RM4lUp1xI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/nNJN7oWDZGw/s1600-h/turn+marker+6.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RM4lUp1xI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/nNJN7oWDZGw/s320/turn+marker+6.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The rod is fed through and glued in place. I used superglue for this. Once dry I trimmed with a sharp knife.</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RM-XiH4SI/AAAAAAAAAKA/Lt4nDY26TGg/s1600-h/turn+marker+7.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RM-XiH4SI/AAAAAAAAAKA/Lt4nDY26TGg/s320/turn+marker+7.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The card was then added and we are almost there. Time so-far is about half an hour.</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNRybWQXI/AAAAAAAAAKg/nqg4niJFs_Y/s1600-h/turn+marker+11.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNRybWQXI/AAAAAAAAAKg/nqg4niJFs_Y/s320/turn+marker+11.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I then added some conveniently sized card counters from a no-longer played board game.</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNWcE7wsI/AAAAAAAAAKo/fHLhfO1fG4M/s1600-h/turn+marker+12.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNWcE7wsI/AAAAAAAAAKo/fHLhfO1fG4M/s320/turn+marker+12.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">and a bit of sand.</font></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RND8eMQ6I/AAAAAAAAAKI/ChCgAGO4g54/s1600-h/turn+marker+8.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RND8eMQ6I/AAAAAAAAAKI/ChCgAGO4g54/s320/turn+marker+8.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I then cut a bit of card for the centre dial. I copied the symbol on the empire figures because I have an empire army, but I plan to construct a number of centre dials, one for each army and then just swap them over as required.</font></p><p class="separator"> </p><p class="separator"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNNbwk5GI/AAAAAAAAAKY/src-sYmxfRE/s1600-h/turn+marker+10.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNNbwk5GI/AAAAAAAAAKY/src-sYmxfRE/s320/turn+marker+10.jpg" /></a></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The centre dial is assembled....</font></p><p class="separator"><font face="Arial">And then the whole lot painted...</font></p><p class="separator"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNZD5xn9I/AAAAAAAAAKw/_r6cme4Hjuo/s320/turn+marker+13.jpg" /></p><p class="separator"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNgoz0xXI/AAAAAAAAALA/Ql1HdxpBRFA/s1600-h/turn+marker+15.jpg" /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNZD5xn9I/AAAAAAAAAKw/_r6cme4Hjuo/s1600-h/turn+marker+13.jpg" /><font face="Arial" /></p><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" /></p><p><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hm14yeuXwm8/S4RNgoz0xXI/AAAAAAAAALA/Ql1HdxpBRFA/s320/turn+marker+15.jpg" /></p>
A turn marker
- Thread starter Target
- Start date
