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I’d rather let the players decide—this game is best when it focuses on the men and the board is running. Played a game with a buddy last night using the longer measuring stick (18 yards long on the ultimate field) and the standard 620 placement sticks. Worked out well.

Well, the board did run better with the supports. Less jumpy. And (as mentioned in another post) the longer measuring passing stick paired with the normal placement sticks worked out as well.

A few quick trial runs seem to show that the board is a little tamer. But still more bouciness than I’d like. I may need to adjust the pads a touch. Player slowed down a little at the 20s and midfield, but that is to be expected. Always a trade off.

Where did you get those team shelves off the sidelines—looks like the frame was build that way with the grey plastic connectors.

Hoping to improve the ultimate field a little. We had hot spots along by the 40s especially on the motor side. Plus there was a little sag in the middle. The old fiberboard 600 field is the smoothest running board I have. I wanted to get that performance on the biggun. The 600 has a support with a felt pad going across midfield underneath. So I got to planning, and decided I wanted six support spots, one at each third of the field across and each quarter lengthwise. Ran to Lowe’s for some 1x2 wood, allthread, nuts, washers, and screw-in chair levelers. I made the two end boards 2’ long so I wouldn’t have to worry about centering it side-to-side. The middle I made 1’ long so it would be well short of the motor, whichever way I put the board on top. I put 1/8” felt stick-on feet on both the undersides of the wood pieces and the tops of the levelers. This way the support won’t kill the vibration. Screwed up the levelers to just take the sag out. Going to play on it tonight with some buddies. I’ll report back in the morning.

We used the Buzzball size sticks (based on 620 field 40 yds measuring stick, 6, 12, & 18 yard placement sticks) on both my 600 and the ultimate field last season. When we used the slightly smaller 660, we used sticks scaled to that field. Thing is, it was almost always a white or blue pass on the big Ultimate field. If I made sticks scaled to that board, however, the ball would be too far from the receiver, and there would be many more incompletions—a blue stick pass would be as long as the red and blue combined. Thinking about scaling the measuring stick to the ultimate field but using the 620-sized placement sticks. Tudor’s passing sticks are shorter than the Buzzball ones, so that doesn’t help. Any other suggestions? And remember, one of our coaches has CP and can’t do the TTQB, so that’s out. Ive also thought about using yards past the line of scrimmage as the determination of the placement stick to use, but that fails to take into account throwing across the field.

Face mask Grey is a little too dark, but oh well and it’s such a small amount.

Did anyone see the play the Giants ran on 4th and Goal, where the punter threw the ball to the center? Basically an A11 play.

When I ordered the decals, I also ordered yellow number stickers for the 30s packers. Not what I want to use, but at least I have something.

I already ordered the decal set from Tudor for the Bills, but I thought I’d try painting the logo anyway for fun.

That’s an interesting defensive scheme. I will definitely try it out. Looks to be pretty versatile. Only tweak I would think of making in the 2-5-4 would be is setting the two DLs closer so each gets a piece of the center to take away the QB sneak.

I know my paint job is barely better than an 8 year old, but I’m pretty happy with it for figures that will be seeing action. They look enough like the teams do, and at playing distance it’s good enough (for me).

Packers are ready for solid yellow number decals. Need to source those. Maybe a quick coat of navy and gloss clear coat too.

Just need to do a quick second coat of green, the grey face masks, and decals for the helmets and numbers.

I’m kinda liking the last way best. The just white stripes will look better once the red pant stripe and the helmets are done, but right now it looks a little too Colt-ish. fist guy looks more like a New York Ranger than a Bill lol.

And a third attempt, more careful of leaving only a small bit of red showing beyond the white.

Tried just doing two white stripes to see how that will look.

First attempt to include some red in the stripes. Left too much showing. Plus my hand wasn’t so steady when I painted these stripes.

Thinking I may try to get some red in by doing that layer first pretty wide, slightly narrower white layer, then a strip of blue down the middle.

Yes, that's how I paint stripes, by layering.

Thanks--sounds like a plan. I may try a shoulder stripe decal I have on a figure. If it's not too fiddly, I may use them. But then the socks stripes need to be painted anyway, and it may just be better to keep them consistent. I also need yellow number decals for the Packers. I was thinking about using the Chiefs ones, but solid yellow would be better. Any leads there?

I also set the dials for a smallish circle for safetys in a zone. And make sure they run straight when the dial is turned that way. On the line I don't care as much how far they run straight--looking more for strength.

After a busy few days, I finally got back to some painting last night. Finished the jerseys and sock stripes on all players. No pics, since they don't look any different than the ones I already posted. Some Qs on the Bills' striping: No way could I paint the red-white-red-blue-red-white-red on either the socks or the shoulders, and I'm not sure I want to use decals. Would it be better just to paint two white stripes separated by blue, one red-white-red set of stripes, or something else? Not even thinking about the small black borders!

The teams look really good, with great details. More than I have the patience to put on my figures. Also, nice "action" shots!

How do you guys do an onsides kick attempt? I’m looking for a way that uses the board and players rather than dice/cards. I’ve been thinking lining up the two teams 20 yards apart (kicking team at their 35, receiving at their 45). Drop the ball along the 45, move it straight up/down the field to the 45 (assuming it won’t land exactly on the 45). Teams angle players, then run the board. The receiving team needs some sort of advantage—I’d like the results to be successful only 1 in about 4 or 5 tries, to emulate the (older) NFL results. Move receiving team a little closer? Fewer kicking team players on the 35? Other thoughts?