{"id":4341,"date":"2021-08-23T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2021-08-17T11:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T10:43:32","slug":"spear-of-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2021\/08\/23\/spear-of-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Spear of Destiny"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Club member Jeremey takes us through construction of his new measure for the game Saga.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve been playing Saga for a number of years now. My original cardboard measuring rulers are long since gone being old and tatty; so needed to either buy new ones or make my own. I had some 5mm thick foam card that seemed ideal for the job.<\/p>\n

I created a simple set of measuring sticks in a similar way to the official ones. A 12″ ruler with Long and Medium distances and a second showing Short and Very Short measurements, these served me well for quite a while; but during a moment of boredom I felt I could come up with something more visually pleasing.<\/p>\n

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The new Spear blank next to my early measuring stick attempts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I still had some of the 5mm foam card so dug out a piece and cut it to the standard 12″ length. I had already decided to create a spear as a measuring stick and cut a piece wide enough for the spear blade.<\/p>\n

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The basic spear shape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I then cut out the spear shape after measuring the foam so that the blade was the same length as the normal ‘Short’ measure. I didn’t try doing any fancy curved lines for the blade spear, I kept it simple.<\/p>\n

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Thin EVA foam wrapped round the shaft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next to provide a way of measuring the ‘Very Short’ length I decided to use a thin EVA foam sheet cut into strips. I superglued the end to the spear piece and stretched the foam round the shaft.<\/p>\n

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The strapping in place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I now had a way of measuring all of the distances required. The strapping for ‘Very Short’, the blade for ‘Short’, the remaining shaft for ‘Medium’ and the entire spear length for ‘Long’.<\/p>\n

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Painting of the blade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next up I turned to painting the spear, the blade was painted with a standard Silver colour with a splash of black ink to give some contrast to the flat silver blade.
\nFor the shaft I painted it dark brown and then with increasing lighter brown shades drew lines down it like wood grain. Finally I decided to paint the strapping as well, I used the darker brown paint watered down to add some shade.<\/p>\n

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The finished Spear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here we have the finished spear next to the old rulers. As this would be handled during games I also covered the whole spear with a brush on Matt Varnish.<\/p>\n

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The Spear in action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With luck the spear went into action sooner than I expected with the re-opening of the club. It also worked as a good omen with me winning both games of Saga played on the day<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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