Better Markers for Midgard, Part II

        Pleased as I was with my markers for Heroic Actions in 15mm I decided to further explore markers for other aspects of the game in a less scale-specific manner. I recently built several boxes worth of Middle Ages Knights and foot soldiers and one of the hidden bonuses of plastic minis are the "spare bits", these would provide basic components of my markers. Stamina Hits and Shot Markers are two of the most common ones that will be used on the table (I made some shot markers using spare arrows but they are proving fragile during use). I gathered up spare shields and quivers for this little exercise then cut a bunch of 20mm squares out of matte board and got to work.

 

I went with square markers to distinguish them from the Heroic Action markers

there are loads more shields, I used small ones starting out

small blobs of Liquid Nails form the base of the build

 

I smoothed the glue with a wet fingertip (no licking! I'm watching you!)

once a skin had formed on the glue I stuck the shields down on the base

 

quivers were stuck down in a drop of TiteBond,

I decided to give an upraised sword a try as a Charging/Following-Up marker

 

once it all had a chance to dry a quick visit to the paint shop and they were ready

the arm rising out of the ground holding the sword seems a bit out of Monty Python

I may have to re-think that

        This is an experiment, we are currently using casualty caps (very unsightly) to mark Stamina Hits and small cubes in red and green for Shot and Charging markers. It remains to be seen if we are organized enough to keep the markers with their relevant units during play. Small loss if they don't work out, but as they are essentially free, a great bonus if they do.