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Hey all,

I don't know if this belongs here,

if it doesn't please don't lock it MOD!

When they say 5'' blast or 7" blast, do they diameter or radius?

Or perimeter

Thanks for reading through

And hope you reply ASAP

probably should be in YMDC.

a 7" blast?! lead me to it.

a 5" blast is the large blast template (it has a circumfrence of 5") and the 3" is the small blast template (it has a circumfrence of 3")
then the flamer template has a LENGTH of 7" (from the thin point at the end to the large circular end.)

hope that helps.

Edit: replaced incorect words.

Captain Solon wrote:probably should be in YMDC.

a 7" blast?! lead me to it.

a 5" blast is the large blast template (it has a radii of 5") and the 3" is the small blast template (it has a radii of 3")
then the flamer template has a LENGTH of 7" (from the thin point at the end to the large circular end.)

hope that helps.

Wrong. Radii is from center to edge. 5" blast is the same as a CD/DVD which has a 5" diameter.
Not so sure on flamer i thought it was 8" total but I may be wrong myself on that one.

edit:
Thanks skin

Shas'O Dorian wrote:

Captain Solon wrote:probably should be in YMDC.

a 7" blast?! lead me to it.

a 5" blast is the large blast template (it has a radii of 5") and the 3" is the small blast template (it has a radii of 3")
then the flamer template has a LENGTH of 7" (from the thin point at the end to the large circular end.)

hope that helps.

Wrong. Radii is from center to middle. 5" blast is the same as a CD/DVD which has a 5" diameter.
Not so sure on flamer i thought it was 8" total but I may be wrong myself on that one.

Radius is measured from the center of an object to the perimeter, or sometimes, in the case of non-circular.... err... circles, such as ellipses, it is from the center to the farthest perimeter edge, and sometimes it is the average from the center to the furthest and the closest edge.

Wow, I just noticed that, 10.5 hours of classes on 1.5 hours of sleep must be taking its toll lol.

Something that might interest the original poster is that the rules refer to the tear-drop shaped template as the Template, and the circular templates as Blast markers.

circumference, my mistake.

Captain Solon wrote:circumference, my mistake.

Diameter?

It really isnt the circumfrence.

3"/5" is the diameter, that is the furthest possible distance from one edge to the other.

A better way of thinking of it is to 1/2 this number, to give the radius (so 1.5"/2.5") and then set your tape measure to this, and draw the imaginary circle around the center of the target model.

Captain Solon wrote:

a 7" blast?! lead me to it.

I believe a couple of the Forgeworld models have 7" templates. The Bombard and Collossus spring to mind. but i might be wrong.

Praxiss wrote:

Captain Solon wrote:

a 7" blast?! lead me to it.

I believe a couple of the Forgeworld models have 7" templates. The Bombard and Collossus spring to mind. but i might be wrong.

There are both 7" and 10" blast weapons in apocalypse.

The size of the BLAST MARKERS is always in diameter, which is the distance measured from one edge, through the centre, to the opposite edge. Radius is the distance from the centre to the furthest edge and is half the diameter.

The perimeter or curcumference is the distance round the edge, which for circles is defined as Pi*diameter.

Come on guys this is elementary geometry.

Thanks guys

Elementary Geometry fooled so many dakkites,lol

Tony the guardsman wrote:Thanks guys

Elementary Geometry fooled so many dakkites,lol

So many? 1?

Well sure the guy who typo'd but I'm pretty sure we all know he didn't mean from center to the middle lol