Similar to others, we’re having a very hard time with many of the land borders in the 2e map, especially around the Russia/Germany areas. I would like to highlight all of the land borders on the map but wanted to ask you experts what you have used, or think would work best, as a highlight color, black or white? Obviously a black marker is easy to obtain but I believe there are white paint pens that would work for white lines, but I haven’t used them so it would be a stab in the dark.
Any suggestions for us old(er) folk with poor eyes? Yes, I’m already wearing new glasses. :-P
I tried a silver sharper but a black sharper pen looks just fine. I have done all my maps since anniversary and they look great. I’ll post some pics tomorrow. Do it, you’ll be glad you did.
hkytown1, I’d be grateful if you could post some pics too as I’ve been hearing a lot about this ‘sharpee’ or ‘sharpeeing’ and am curious to see what it’s all about, thank you. :-)
Just got home from work and hitting the showers, I’ll get them up soon.
Here is teh 1941 map marked and unmarked for comparison. I’ll post my other maps when I have more time.
Here is teh 1941 map marked and unmarked for comparison. I’ll post my other maps when I have more time.
Whoah!!! Your lines make a HUGE improvement to visual identification.
Can you tell us:
What marker make and model and color you used?
How you applied the lines?
How moch wider did you make the lines, if any?
Any other tips or things to avoid?
I use just a black sharpie, not like the normal autograph ones, it’s a little fatter. I am at work now but I can also post a pick of the pen tomorrow.
There isn’t much to it bro, all I do is trace the lines, going slow and trying to stay on the lines. The fatter sharpie works best for this. The map is great but once you get all those pieces in Europe, they all just run together. These dark borders solve the problem nicely.
Make sure your cat doesn’t jump on the table while tracing. They love to rub there faces on the cap. Haha.
Give it a try man. You’ll enjoy the game more.
I’ll post my other maps tomorrow.
Here are the rest of the maps.
Thanks. I need to do that: I have problems seeing lines. (!)
Here are the rest of the maps.
Nice. It looks like the lines in these pics are red, but you said you used a black marker. Color problem in pics?
They do look red but the pen I used is indeed black.
Automotive detailing tape, or the white-out rolls available at a stationary store will work well also.
The sharpie I use is a “Super Sharpie.” My wife is a school teacher and she had it lying around so I told her I needed to put this pen to good use instead of her writing “F” on everyone’s tests with it. :-D
I highlighted my 1942-2e map. My first pass I only highlighted the inner land borders. After some thought I decided to highlight the perimeter around every land territory (excluding islands that aren’t legal game territories) and I’m happy with the results. I can’t wait to play a game on it! 8-)
Now that looks outstanding! I may have to do all my country borders as well. Nice job P.
Very nice! A person really needs a steady hand to do something like this.
You mean I could do it after a couple of large drinks?
Excellent work. I should try as I am blind , but I have no hand skills!
@wittmann:
You mean I could do it after a couple of large drinks?
Excellent work. I should try as I am blind , but I have no hand skills!
Many years ago, in a magazine which included graphic novel style comic strips, there was one segment which told the fictitious story of a worthless and rather low-life World War One infantryman who could only shoot straight when he was drunk. The drunker he got, the more of a sharpshooter he became. So one day, his commanding officer gets him sloshed on several bottles of vintage Bordeaux wine, gives him a rifle, and positions him outdoors in an area of the front over which the Red Baron was known to fly every day. The guy whose wine had been confiscated for this purpose is furious, but the officer responds by indicating the drunk sharpshooter and saying “He needs to concentrate.” The sharpshooter, of course, manages to bring down the Red Baron with a single rifle shot…but in a twist of fate, it’s the pilot who was pursuing the Red Baron at the time who gets the credit, while the sharpshooter gets killed by a bomb shortly thereafter (in the middle of a second drinking binge).
Marc, did you not hear the Red Baron never died?
We discovered it on this forum. Maybe you missed the thread.
They proved the red baron was hit by a rifle round from the ground…
