Game Stuff - Accessories

A while ago i bought a game table periscope in an order from battlefield accessories.

As much to pad the order and not look like a complete dorp ordering one set of fences or something similar. 

Anyway I assembled it a while back but i wasn't enthralled with it, partly because it's a fad item, partly because i thought it was a bit bulky - mainly too wide.

So with nothing pressing on the agenda i took it apart and modified the box - stanley knife and sandpaper, making a narrower item. There's a peep hole with a mirror at the top (left), and a second mirror at table/model height (right).

the general idea is of course, that if you have models hiding behind terrain and you want a 'model-eye' perspective that the periscope gives you an option for checking it (in case leaning down and looking is too difficult... ... ... yep... maybe if you've got lots of spikey terrain on the table and you're at risk of loosing an eye.... I don't see myself using it very often.)

Anyway, it does work, it now a one-eye device, rather than a two-eye device which is fine by me.  It is really difficult getting the camera to focus in a meaningful way with the light sensors but... it works and it works ok. Being a bit thinner (slightly less than half the original width), I'd be more inclined to throw it in a terrain box and take it.

I could possibly do to replace the mirrors with ones that aren't scratched and smudgy. These are just reflective plastic, not entirely unlike the 'live side' of a cd. I'd probably want to use actual glass so it doesn't scratch so easily.

It might also benefit from an LED or torch mounted near the bottom opening to help illuminate the model-level view.

Again, more work for a project that's likely never going to be used.

Until next time...