Q:What kind of cardstock good for counters?
- Thread starter Droogie
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What do you know! I've been doing the same thing. 
I've been planning to use 65 lb paper -- its cheap and easy to find. Its not too terribly thick, but if any of these counters get mangled, I'll just print more.
What I've been wondering about is whether my Epson 777i printer will take 65 lb paper at all.
Tom
I've been planning to use 65 lb paper -- its cheap and easy to find. Its not too terribly thick, but if any of these counters get mangled, I'll just print more.
What I've been wondering about is whether my Epson 777i printer will take 65 lb paper at all.
Tom
Droogie
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What are you using to make yours? I'm using CC2 Character Artist.
I wish I had something thicker than cardstock, but it seems to be the easiest and quickest.
What I do is I make the counters on the upper half of the sheet, make a mirror image on the lower half, fold it, glue it, cut them out. At least the double-thickness lends a little extra durability.
I wish I had something thicker than cardstock, but it seems to be the easiest and quickest.
What I do is I make the counters on the upper half of the sheet, make a mirror image on the lower half, fold it, glue it, cut them out. At least the double-thickness lends a little extra durability.
Hatchling Dragon
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On a similiar note, I'd thought about adding some durability to the Counter Collection counters by glueing them to some form of cardboard or card-stock and then cutting them out. I like counters (no talent/money/room for minatures) but feel that these are just too flimsy, not to mention hard to pick up since I chew my nails 
So, I'd like to know what that 'pounds' thing means as well, as I'll need to get an idea of how heavy a card-stock I'll want to use for backing. A rough idea of price, and perhaps a good source to find heavier material like this would be appreciated as well.
Pitty they stopped wrapping modules with that stiffener card in them, that'd be thick enough for my purposes, and free since I like to buy modules.
Hatchling Dragon
So, I'd like to know what that 'pounds' thing means as well, as I'll need to get an idea of how heavy a card-stock I'll want to use for backing. A rough idea of price, and perhaps a good source to find heavier material like this would be appreciated as well.
Pitty they stopped wrapping modules with that stiffener card in them, that'd be thick enough for my purposes, and free since I like to buy modules.
Hatchling Dragon
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I use 300 gram paper (I live in Sweden, and do not grok your crazy measurements) for my counters - that's pretty heavy, about four times normal office paper. I make them in Powerpoint, by using an art gallery that was on the web around the same time the MM was released. That gallery had every picture from the MM in it along with a "gamers.com" logo. I used a free image viewer to crop the pictures to nice proportions (and get rid of the logo in most cases), and then used Powerpoint to get the images in circles/ovals/whatevers.
UniversalMonster
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Print out on nice paper and paste it onto foam-core.
I use foam-core for everything.
(OT- Terrain: ) I just made a sculpted goblin bunker out of it. Just have to glue some little rocks on, set in some spikey things. I have a nice little encounter planned..
Print out on nice paper and paste it onto foam-core.
I use foam-core for everything.
(OT- Terrain: ) I just made a sculpted goblin bunker out of it. Just have to glue some little rocks on, set in some spikey things. I have a nice little encounter planned..
Droogie said:
I'm scanning art from various sources I have -- core books, magazines, old modules -- and run them through photoshop. I designed the outline of the counter in Illustrator. All in all, they come out looking very professional. The mix of art from every edition makes for a dynamic look as well. I get to have my Jeff Dee orcs on the battlemat finally.
BTW, can anyone point me toward some good images of bandits, beggars, or more human opponents?
Tom
Droogie
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Found out what the pounds thing is all about: Its the weight of 500 sheets of the paper in question- a number more meaningful to businesses who buy the stuff in bulk. So yup, I guess heavier is thicker.
Wal-Mart had a 150-sheet package of 110lb cardstock, 5 bucks. Not to shabby.
. Its the thickest cardstock I could find at a store. Could probably find an online vendor for better stuff, but I'd rather keep this simple.
Wal-Mart had a 150-sheet package of 110lb cardstock, 5 bucks. Not to shabby.
. Its the thickest cardstock I could find at a store. Could probably find an online vendor for better stuff, but I'd rather keep this simple.
MythandLore
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Regular paper glued to pennys worked well for a friend of mine.
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I use CC2 Character Artist as well. I print the counters out (quick note, I make the counters round, not square) on regular 20lb. paper. Then I take some self-adhesive backed magnetic paper (I use business card magnets, you can get these in any office supply store) and attach the printed counters to it, then cut them out. Now the counters have a magnet on the back. To give them the extra weight and heft, I bought a bunch of 1" fender washers from Home Depot, in a box of 100. The magnets stick quite well to the washers and I can use 100 washers on any of the counters.
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