[Consim-l] Re: Counter Question

[Thomas Cundiff]

Howdy,

Aye, I do that.  In fact I did just that for a man who wanted a larger board
for Guns of August and larger counters and for the very same reason.  I too
have trouble reading some counters these days.  I'm 45 and my eyesight isn't
what it was when I was 18 either.

What games do you need help with?  I'd be more than happy to help.

Take Care,
Tom
Old Soldiers Magazine
Website: http://mysite.verizon.net/rjlein/osm
Forum: http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=179

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike NotSpecified" <blockhead at bresnan.net>
To: "Thomas Cundiff" <tdcgunslinger at worldnet.att.net>; "consim" 
<consim-l at mailman.halisp.net>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 6:43 PM
Subject: Counter Question


> Tom, do you do requests?  Many of the counters in my favorite games seem 
> to have a font that shrinks as I age.  I'm having a harder and harder time 
> reading some of them without a magnifying glass.  Some of the really old 
> games actually have quite a bit of unused room and I've started painting 
> out the existing factors and rewriting them with a fine marker, while 
> retaining the orginial color and icon.  Works, but time consuming.  And 
> before I go to the trouble and expense of scanner, graphics program, 
> learning how to use it all, well I'd be willing to commission a nice set 
> of updated counters or two....
>
>
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 18:30:33 -0500
>  "Thomas Cundiff" <tdcgunslinger at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> Well, I understand your sentiment, but your methods are crude.  If you 
>> checked out the "Old Soldiers Magzine" website, you'd find that I 
>> actually make for sale many counter sets and expansions.
>>
>> Commentary regarding the quality of my counter sets range from 
>> "Beautiful! to "Better than factory Made" to "The Best Counters Made 
>> Anywhere".  I sought high and low for the best quality products and 
>> methods to produce my own counters for precisely this purpose and when I 
>> was finally happy with them, I made what I had done for my own games 
>> available for others.
>>
>> I'll give you a hint.  My counter sets are all Laminated!  I do that not 
>> only for a beautiful finish, which it accomplishes, but more importantly 
>> to create a hard wearing surface which lasts far longer than what is 
>> found on counters that come in game boxes from the game companies.  My 
>> sets are expensive, but if you want the best ... well, you get what you 
>> pay for.
>>
>> And, yes, I do intend to finally get around to making my own set of 
>> counters for Empire in Arms, as alluded to in the previous post, that was 
>> one of the reasons I was trying to figure out who that stray counter 
>> belonged to.  But, I think I'll probably track down the various variants 
>> and produce those counters too.
>>
>> Don't know what this set will cost just yet, but I'll let you know. 
>> Since I can get 285 half inch counters on a sheet I suspect it will not 
>> cost much (can't imagine there'd be more than 285 new leaders for all of 
>> the variants, plus re-making the originals in the correct colors).
>>
>> Take Care,
>> Tom
>> Old Soldiers Magazine
>> Website: http://mysite.verizon.net/rjlein/osm
>>Forum: http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=179
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerber, Hjalmar" 
>> <hjalmar.gerber at ualberta.ca>
>> To: "consim" <consim-l at mailman.halisp.net>
>> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 5:42 PM
>> Subject: RE: [Consim-l] Empire in Arms Leader Expansion Question
>>
>>
>>> Get some graphics/drawing software, glossy photo paper, an inkjet 
>>> printer,
>>> glue, cardboard . . .
>>>
>>> And make the counters and colours you want.
>>>
>>> Hjalmar
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: consim-l-bounces at mailman.halisp.net
>>> [mailto:consim-l-bounces at mailman.halisp.net] On Behalf Of Thomas Cundiff
>>> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 3:29 PM
>>> To: consim
>>> Subject: Re: [Consim-l] Empire in Arms Leader Expansion Question
>>>
>>>
>>> Hehe, my British are actually PINK, not red, and the Turks and Russians 
>>> are
>>> both the same shade of Green, except for the Peckiluan counter which is 
>>> a
>>> sort of yellow with a bit of green thrown in for flavoring.  The French 
>>> and
>>> Prussians (especially the variant Prussians and French) are
>>> indistinguishable except that the "sash" across the French is PINK and 
>>> the
>>> Prussians Purple.  The background colors are precisely the same.
>>>
>>> I once wrote to Avalon Hill about this and they offered to replace the
>>> counters, but before I could get them sent in AH ceased to exist.
>>>
>>> I ran across some expansions that had been on the net some years ago 
>>> (close
>>> to 10 years now) that I took off a server at Indiana University
>>> (Bloomington) [ they're not there now - at least I didn't find them]. 
>>> Those
>>>
>>> expansions were for the 7 Years War, the Great Northern War, several for 
>>> the
>>>
>>> French Revolutionary Wars, and oddly one for the Franco-Prussian War of
>>> 1870.
>>>
>>> All of those variants came with their own leader counters and ratings.
>>> Seems to me prime ground for some of my counter sets :)
>>>
>>> Tom
>>> Old Soldiers Magazine
>>> Website: http://mysite.verizon.net/rjlein/osm
>>> Forum: http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=179
>>>
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