Do you label your miniatures?

[Oryan77]

I got my first batch of WotC plastic miniatures and I'm going to start using them as NPC's in my game. I have been using Creature Counters. The CC's had little boxes on them where I could write #'s so I could match the counter up with the monsters hit points in my notes.

How do you keep track of your miniatures on the battlemat without permanently damaging them? I would worry little stickers would leave glue residue on them if I ever removed the sticker, and I dont' want to write directly on the plastic either.

 

[kenobi65]

I got my first batch of WotC plastic miniatures and I'm going to start using them as NPC's in my game. I have been using Creature Counters. The CC's had little boxes on them where I could write #'s so I could match the counter up with the monsters hit points in my notes.

How do you keep track of your miniatures on the battlemat without permanently damaging them? I would worry little stickers would leave glue residue on them if I ever removed the sticker, and I dont' want to write directly on the plastic either.

I do the reverse...on the scratch pad where I keep track of HPs during combat, I note which mini represents which NPC. So, I'll have "Dwarf...Sword....Mace...", etc.

Of course, this doesn't work so well when you've got 12 copies of the same mini out there. In that case, you might put a die next to the mini (or a very small die on the base), with the top face of the die set to the "counter number" for that mini.

 

[sam500]

I'm a biochemist. We use these little plastic tubes in lab to hold liquid samples called Eppindorf tubes. You can buy these little white tags "tough tags" that are small circular stickers to use with them. I use these for my minis and they don't leave any residue.
Sam

 

[Oryan77]

I'm a biochemist. We use these little plastic tubes in lab to hold liquid samples called Eppindorf tubes. You can buy these little white tags "tough tags" that are small circular stickers to use with them. I use these for my minis and they don't leave any residue.
Sam

Where would I get those stickers? Is "tough tags" the name of them?

 

[beldar1215]

I tried the mini dice idea and I didn't think it worked very well. The dice fell off to easily. I know you don't want to write on the Mini's, but that's what I ended up doing. I use a sliver Sharpie. I think the "tough tag" idea is a good one. I hope the person writes back with where to get them. I may try this method if I get more mini's.

Beldar

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I write directly on the mini base. What I have found that works well is a little dab of White-Out, let it dry, then write on it with a fine tip pen. If you need to renumber, just add another dab of white-out. If you want to remove it, just scratch the White-Out off.

 

[adwyn]

I found it only takes a few minutes to repaint shoulderpads, shields, clothes, etc. Even just a colored dot on the base can be used to differentiate.

 

[Venport]

I Don't have a issue mixing up Miniatures.. I also Do imitative For all enemies at the same time (makes things so much easier) and I keep track of HP by on my Notes page having Numbers and assigning Numbers mentally to the figures

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[hexgrid]

I use those 1 inch, colored magnets that sit below the miniature's base.

I completely forget what they're called or who makes them... Maybe someone else can provide a link.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

I use circular 1/2" labels that come in a three-pack of colors: yellow, blue, and red. Depending on the size of the mini, I'll use either a quarter-circle or an eighth-circle, numbered.

So if I need 15 orcs (out of my collection of 60 or so), I'll just grab a handful and write them down on my scratch pad as "R1, B7, Y12," and so on.

I've removed stickers without any noticeable residue being left behind, not that I'd particularly care.