HP Dial for Miniatures - Bricks

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I recently received my copy of the Hellboy board game and I'm super excited to start playing it! After carefully reading through the rules, I was concerned about how to accurately track monster hitpoints. The game uses small chits that you set next to each monster on the board to show how much damage they've taken. Given the potential chaos of gameplay, I worried that we'd lose track of which monster had sustained how much damage. I also thought it would be easier to move the monsters around if I didn't need to worry about those small chits... so I designed my own HP tracker! This is a simple yet effective tracker that ranges from 1 to 10, with the top and bottom securely held together by a 10 mm magnet and a 19 mm steel disc. The same magnet/disc combo that I used for my magnetic miniature bases has been repurposed for this project: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3442245. I added little notches to ensure that the dial stays set on whatever value you choose, providing a nice tactile click when turned. The placement of the number strip is crucial - when gluing it on, you must make sure that the grey lines between the numbers align with those small bumps on the bottom. I've included my number strips as both a .png and .svg file for your convenience. To make this work seamlessly with the Hellboy minis, I'm simply gluing one of those 19 mm steel discs into the base of each model, utilizing the existing cavity. This HP tracker is designed to be compatible with my magnetic miniature bases. The magnet that holds the bottom of the HP tracker in place will also hold a miniature (on an appropriate base) securely! While this does make the minis slightly taller, it also makes them much easier to grab by the base instead of the model, which I think is actually a feature. As always, the .blend file for this model is available to my patrons at https://patreon.com/VirtuallyJason. If you appreciate my work and have a few dollars to spare each month, please consider joining!