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.
Muy buen vídeo como siempre. Tienes en mente hacer alguno similar con los marcadores de explosión, flechas... en definitiva, ¿counters personalizados?. Saludos!!!.
I'd love to see a tutorial on how to make counters with images instead of NATO symbology. You know, like the soldier silhouettes on the SPI/AH Frederick the Great counters, or on the SPI/DG World War I counters... Mind you I've used this tutorial to completely revamp Proud Monster/Death and Destruction, as well as add to my old SPI Strategy I counter sets!
@@StukaJoe I guess *that's* the part I was hoping for some guidance on! 😂 I love how you did this tutorial -- so easy and straightforward, whereas if I had to come up with this on my own, it would have taken me forever!
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
I know it´s been a while, but this video really made my project possible, a big thank you for doing this!
Thank you. It’s good to see that an old video like this one remains useful! Cheers!
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.
I'd love to see part 2 of this. This really blew my mind, now I'm making counters like crazy !
2022 and still waiting for part 2
Excellent and extremely helpful video, Joe. Thank you very much for posting!!
Great stuff Jose! Looking forward to part 2 of this.
Now...for some reason, I feel the need for a Riccola lozenge ;)
EXCELLENT! All the best!!! Til the next "BELLOTA"... 👍
Thanks, Gerson! See you at the Bellota! Cheers!
Just found this, what an excellent video! Time for Part 2 methinks.
This was really fun to watch. Thank you.
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.
That was fantastic. Thanks very much for that one. Looking forward to many more of this series.
Very simple and innovative, thanks Joe
Thank you very much Joe. Great tutorial.
Muy buen vídeo como siempre. Tienes en mente hacer alguno similar con los marcadores de explosión, flechas... en definitiva, ¿counters personalizados?.
Saludos!!!.
A nice one! But I would say this would be better and easier done for instance in Inkscape - a dedicated vector drawing program.
I'd love to see a tutorial on how to make counters with images instead of NATO symbology. You know, like the soldier silhouettes on the SPI/AH Frederick the Great counters, or on the SPI/DG World War I counters... Mind you I've used this tutorial to completely revamp Proud Monster/Death and Destruction, as well as add to my old SPI Strategy I counter sets!
@@jlv61560 The tutorial wouldn’t be much different, I suppose. The trick is getting quality images or icons (silhouettes). Cheers!
@@StukaJoe I guess *that's* the part I was hoping for some guidance on! 😂
I love how you did this tutorial -- so easy and straightforward, whereas if I had to come up with this on my own, it would have taken me forever!
Trial and error, with a lot of error to get there. Thanks!
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.
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
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.
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.
Thank you for posting this!
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!
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.
Thanks Jose !
0:08 wow that a lot
10000th view. Woot!
Thanks for the lesson Joe... I was very intrigued.