Re: Ghurka's uploaded

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<Pine.LNX.3.96.1010614094839.13927D-100000@cc5127-a.deven1.ov.nl.hom
e.com>, Derk Groeneveld writes:
> 
> > I especially like the keys on the comms specialist being painted.
> > The integrated number on the stands were nice too.
> 
> They're simple office supplies number stickers, glued on before
applying
> the basing material. A friend of mine got an even better system, using
a

Do many people do this?  I personally can't stand it on my own
figures.  What I plan to do is, on square based figs, print out a
recangle with the unit info along one edge, and temporarily mount it
underneath the base, with just the printed edge showing.  This gives
you non-abstract info in a temporary mechanism.  Most of my troops do
a pretty varied service, with opponents today being squadmates the
next, so I'm not sure how anything else would work for me.

I played in a WW2 game which involved 3 battalions of parachuting
Germans labelled like this, each with a black on while label that read
something like "III 1/1."  Note each battalion was dropped (as a paper
label) from about 18" off the table, then replaced by a stand.	All
the stands were nearly identical, with only the label to distinguish
them.  Each battalion had about 20 stands.  It was a nightmare-- every
action was preceded by a lengthy search to track down all the members
of each unit.  This convinced me of the wonders of color coded labels,