Darthweasel Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 I have a couple issues; I have a bunch of second hand models I have bought from a variety of sources and do not recognize the weapons on sight. I probably do not help the situation by having 7 fantasy armies I use and having models for 7 40K armies as well...I just had to look online for a couple minutes to figure out what those two Hammerheads w/out guns were (Devilfish. Go go gadget Google-fu) Upshot is, I have been trying to figure out how to make it easy for the ignorant (read "for me) to remember what a model is or has so I do not have a repeat of the first game I played where what I thought was twin-linked lascannon was twin-link Multi-melta and where the Grey Hunters with Melta guns were actually modeled with Plasma guns...sorry about that guys. How distracting would you find it to see models with what they have labeled on the base with a label-maker? usually the base is just black paint, but i don't want to ugly up the board for the opponent. I tried writing it in pencil, that did not work. Planning some stuff for the underside of the base so that is also not super...other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 So you pay for a melta, the guy is modeled with a melta and the label says melta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Maybe put the labels on the backs of the bases, and keep them facing toward your opponent if it bothers someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Can't see anyone being upset about clear communication;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthweasel Posted July 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Pretre, yeah, not so much for during the game but more for when I am sitting there trying to put a list together and figure out what I have...I don't recognize them on sight so end up flipping through books trying to match them up to pictures and sadly getting that wrong on occasion. where the definition of "on occasion" is about 40%... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Oh, that's perfect then. Yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalripphook Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Vonwilkie has something like that on his bases where he has named all his dreds and his normal marines have "iron warriors" but I can't remember if his heavy weapon guys have something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombking Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Yeah simple text on the back of the base is fine and easiest thing to do. I have done that in the past to mark squads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthweasel Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 cool thanks for the replies. Unlike the Lascannon guy with the bloody stump I just made, i will try to keep the id tags tasteful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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