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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Tom Reed on May 13, 2019, 07:57:21 PM
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I've got s lot of the starships. mostly Brigade Models and GZG. I haven't found any sort of numbers or letters that are small enough to go on the black plastic bases. I'm looking for a way to put a designation number on their bases and am wondering what other people do.
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Old style lettraset rub-on numbers are good. And they come in many colours and fonts
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Type up what you want (Numbers, names etc.) for your fleet. Print it off.
Cut them out. Best to use a sharp craft knife & a steel ruler, though it is
possible to get the numbers on to mini discs with careful use of a hole punch,
the office thing for putting holes in the side of sheets of paper.
Glue them on. I find a thin spread of a pva glue works well, then varnish over when dry.
The advantage of this system, apart from being cheap, is that you can use
different fonts & icons.
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You might want to try some of the decals from 15mm WW2 minis like Flames of War.
I plan to use those for my new Cold Navy ships.
I'm also trying to find some good icons that don't look too obviously Space Marine-ish, though that size is perfect. Maybe those Howling Griffons could look like national or fleet markings.
Good luck, and please post your results, I'd love to see them.
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On this note, does anyone know of any decals of "fruit salad" ribbons that would fit a model starship, say 5-7 mm long?
I refer to those chest ribbons on military uniforms. Sometimes real-life ships get those and an extra star or number next to it. Could look cool on a Cold Navy starship.
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The dry-transfer (rub on) lettering decals work great, and come in all sorts of sizes.
The model railroading ones sometimes come in scales. I've seen Z scale ones that I just have to trust are actual letters, because they're so small they just look like dots to me.
A "normal" pack usually has several sizes on a sheet.
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Got any links to your favorite z-scale transfers?