First Fire Markers

[Last Hussar]

Any suggestions what to use to show that a WSS battalion has not yet fired?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Mark it as firing when it does, ie after first fire mark with cotton woll along the front.

IanS

[nikharwood]

That's what I do - you can see it in my SYW batrep here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=1690.0

[Last Hussar]

I did consider that, but it means moving the cotton wool around with the units for the rest of the game

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Dont think there is any way round that, the alternative is a marker with unit which is removed after it fires, easy to "forget" to take that off.

IanS

[Last Hussar]

That's what I was looking for, we use micro dice at the moment  - Graham asked is Dave does men in Tricorne reloading, I'm wondering about officer waving a sword

[tzen67]

I use a very small piece of cork. It looks scenic, sits on a base, and gets removed once a unit has fired.
Cheers,
Andy

[Maenoferren]

there is always this company

http://www.litkoaero.com/categories.php?category=Land

how about this company, not my cup of tea but it might be of use

[Last Hussar]

Thanks for the link, but I've already seen Litko - They would look a bit 'plasticy' (I know they are plastic!).  Graham thinks I'm mad for painting 3 casualty markers per unit, individual to each unit, pity to spoil it with a bit of perspex!

We are now discussing not just the common mod of fire before movement in BP, but as it is WSS, giving a -1 to command for any unit that does fire (Initiative before firing). If we do this I will use cotton wool to show which units have fired that turn - which, while not the reason for the -1, is certainly a bonus for including it!

[tzen67]

We use a fire then move variant and have just introduced a -1 to command for units that have fired. It works well. We also do not allow units that fire to then act on initiative. Cotton wool for units that have fired works a treat and can look good if you use the right stuff. I think toy stuffing looks better than actual cotton wool as it looks more like smoke.
Cheers,
Andy

[Leon]

SYW Officer:

[Last Hussar]

Cheers- he (and his 14 brothers) will be perfect. 

[cameronian]

You can buy really fat pipe cleaners quite cheaply here - http://www.bjcraftsupplies.com/generalCrafts/pipe-cleaners-01.asp
Get the white ones or the 'bumpy' white ones, cut, twist and drybrush sparingly with yellow/red for bit nearest gun/infantry and grey for smoke; can be lightly wedged into the stand (I have 2 ranks of 4 figs per stand) and moved with the stand. Looks more scenic than dice and easier that wool balls or pom-poms.