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Thanks! Colonial, I still have most of this set of continentals left to assemble. Do you have any favorite/interesting units and uniforms that I could try and portray?
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Sep 12, 2014 00:40
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Battlefront's site is back up, and it's buried in fine print but the 3-for-2 sale doesn't start until the 19th. Which is just as good because I need to think really hard before I buy more drat models. Especially after the By Fire and Sword kickstarter.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:06
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I may grab the Barbarossa book. Possibly.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:13
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Lol and with Me having bought 300 bucks worth of early war Soviets just a month or so ago. Also last night I was talking with a friend who just dropped a similar amount on early war Germans. loving BF.
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Dirt Worshipper posted:Thanks! Colonial, I still have most of this set of continentals left to assemble. Do you have any favorite/interesting units and uniforms that I could try and portray? Well, I'm in the 2nd Massachusetts, with brown coats and red facings. Although personally I've always liked the blue with white facings. There were some interesting colors for state troops, actual regular infantry (not militia) that did not fall under continental command. There were some interesting colors there, although I can't find a good resource now.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:35
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moths posted:Battlefront's site is back up, and it's buried in fine print but the 3-for-2 sale doesn't start until the 19th. Well, that'll teach me to read and not skim, I thought it said it would end on the 19th! Not like I can buy anything at the moment anyways. I so want to use this as an excuse to buy a Polish Armored Company.
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Sep 12, 2014 03:10
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YF19pilot posted:Well, that'll teach me to read and not skim, I thought it said it would end on the 19th! Not like I can buy anything at the moment anyways. I so want to use this as an excuse to buy a Polish Armored Company. You want to play EW Polish? I might have something for you.
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Sep 12, 2014 05:27
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So if I'm intending on playing British, are any of those EW books on the front page worth getting?
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Sep 12, 2014 07:30
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Blitzkrieg covers the European theatre and Burning Empires covers the African theatre. Both include lists for the British.
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Sep 12, 2014 07:57
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No Pun Intended posted:Blitzkrieg covers the European theatre and Burning Empires covers the African theatre. Both include lists for the British. Oh I get that they and Hellfire and Back have British forces in them, I'm just asking are they worth it? ie Have they been superseded, or is there a compendium, etc
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YF19pilot posted:Sorry, it's the FoW arbitrary divisions of WWII. EW = Early War 1939-1941, MW = Mid War 1942-1943, LW = Late War 1944-1945 Awesome thanks - I know I could have looked it up and found it eventually, but learning a whole new system and scale is daunting, and I didn't want to get stuck into reading tons of unrelated stuff when I just need to think about basing 
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NTRabbit posted:Oh I get that they and Hellfire and Back have British forces in them, I'm just asking are they worth it? ie Have they been superseded, or is there a compendium, etc As far as I know there aren't any books superseding these; however I think the desert books have slightly more refined versions of some of the lists in blitzkrieg.
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Sep 12, 2014 10:24
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NTRabbit posted:Oh I get that they and Hellfire and Back have British forces in them, I'm just asking are they worth it? ie Have they been superseded, or is there a compendium, etc Depends on what you want and what theater you want to do. There is some variation in tanks available between Blitzkreig and Hellfire and Back, with the latter allowing you to take Honeys (M3 Stuarts), Crusaders, and stolen Italian tanks. Burning Empires is great for if you want to do the LRDG/SAS desert raiders (you do). I have a bias towards the African Campaign as it's a very mobile campaign, and the books seem to reflect this well. In reallity, with buy 2 get 1 and the books discounted, no reason not to get all three and go from there.
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Sep 12, 2014 13:46
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Seems like a good weekend for deals-Plastic Soldier Company is having a 25% off sale.
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Sep 12, 2014 16:04
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Seems like a good weekend for deals-Plastic Soldier Company is having a 25% off sale. quote:Headquarters
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Sep 12, 2014 17:41
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Seems like a good weekend for deals-Plastic Soldier Company is having a 25% off sale. Dammit, just got my infantry company and box of five tanks...but this is a good reason to get a box box of M5s, half-tracks and a heavy infantry company, right? Right?
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Sep 14, 2014 21:40
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krushgroove posted:Dammit, just got my infantry company and box of five tanks...but this is a good reason to get a box box of M5s, half-tracks and a heavy infantry company, right? Right? Do it, make an Armored Rifle Company 
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Forums Terrorist posted:Do it, make an Armored Rifle Company What do I need to make that? Serious question, I have little knowledge of WW2 stuff. I have 5 each half-tracks, M4s and M5s, a heavy weapons infantry box and a standard infantry box.
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krushgroove posted:What do I need to make that? Serious question, I have little knowledge of WW2 stuff. I have 5 each half-tracks, M4s and M5s, a heavy weapons infantry box and a standard infantry box. A typical late war ARP has 5 M3 half-tracks, 5 rifle teams, 5 bazooka teams, a command team, a 60mm mortar team, and two m1919 .30 cal MG teams. You need two of those, and then a HQ consisting of two command carbine teams, a jeep and another half-track. Once you've got that it's down to what book and era you're making. I'd check out EasyArmy, you can get unlimited access to a book for $2 and it's a fantastic tool for list-making.
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Forums Terrorist posted:A typical late war ARP has 5 M3 half-tracks, 5 rifle teams, 5 bazooka teams, a command team, a 60mm mortar team, and two m1919 .30 cal MG teams. You need two of those, and then a HQ consisting of two command carbine teams, a jeep and another half-track. Once you've got that it's down to what book and era you're making. I'd check out EasyArmy, you can get unlimited access to a book for $2 and it's a fantastic tool for list-making. http://fowlists.blogspot.com is a good resource as well, though it's been pretty slow to update recently. But yeah, between the Infantry box, the heavy weapon box, and the two sets of halftracks, you should have enough for two Armored Rifle Platoons, with a whole bunch of extra infantry to spare.
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Sep 14, 2014 23:22
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Man, that PSC deal is so good but shipping to the US is soooo bad.
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Sep 14, 2014 23:58
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Armoured company bought. I need to get some BEF Infantry now to finish it. Whole thing cost me like £40. Nice.
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Sep 15, 2014 00:31
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Bah, dammit, OK, ordered another box of half-tracks! I'll worry about finding a jeep later, for now I need to find decal sheets for the stars, etc. Is there a decent UK supplier or will any sheet of 15mm size stars do? I don't think hand painting a billion stars on the vehicles will be the most fun thing ever.
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Sep 15, 2014 00:37
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krushgroove posted:Bah, dammit, OK, ordered another box of half-tracks! I'll worry about finding a jeep later, for now I need to find decal sheets for the stars, etc. Is there a decent UK supplier or will any sheet of 15mm size stars do? I don't think hand painting a billion stars on the vehicles will be the most fun thing ever. I thought PSC had decal sheets. If not, it may just be easier to go direct to the source and get your Jeeps and decals from Battlefront. (Truth be told, I've generally left the stars off because they often go on surfaces not conducive to decaling).
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Sep 15, 2014 02:06
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Yeah Plastic Solider company also sells decals so you could just order them from the same place you got the other stuff.
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Sep 15, 2014 04:16
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Ah yes, found them on the PSC site, but I've got some sheets of stars on the way, so those should do me for a while. Thanks for the links as well, looks like I have some reading up to do, as usual!
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Sep 15, 2014 11:07
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We put up another Bolt Action battle report, this time trying out Tank War. Check it out! http://youtu.be/nXRDvE0fFTQ Also, Black Tree Design is having a 50% off sale
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So the Flames of War site has a preview of the new Barbarossa book. Not much there except some army lists, but what's interesting is that the Russian lists reveal A) Both Guards and Red Army are rated as Conscripts, and B) T-34s are goddamn expensive. As in, "More expensive than Jadgtigers" expensive. Are there even any more expensive units in the game right now, given the veterancy rating?
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Are they doing that to control the number you can field? Seems odd to do, but it would be more historically accurate.
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Colonial Air Force posted:Are they doing that to control the number you can field? Seems odd to do, but it would be more historically accurate. It's probably that and for balance. I don't have much experience with Early War, but from my understanding most Early-War units have poor AT and poor armor, which is one of the reasons why the Matilda is so good. Given that the T-34 mixes excellent armor, armament, and speed for the period, it makes sense that they'd be priced appropriately and given the poor veterancy to prevent them from outclassing everything else in the period.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:So the Flames of War site has a preview of the new Barbarossa book. Not much there except some army lists, but what's interesting is that the Russian lists reveal A) Both Guards and Red Army are rated as Conscripts, and B) T-34s are goddamn expensive. As in, "More expensive than Jadgtigers" expensive. Are there even any more expensive units in the game right now, given the veterancy rating? Any idea what the stat line is? If it's anywhere close to it's MW/LW stat-line (Soviet Sherman), it's going to be damned expensive. I imagine the PIVE/F1/F2 will be equally expensive. e: ha, ha, 300 points, that's Elefant points.
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Well, they weren't exactly conscripts at Barbarossa, but they may as well have been. All their officers were taken out during The Purge, most of them had never seen any combat (maybe some in the Winter War), and they were all told not to shoot the Germans even as they invaded. They were all totally unprepared.
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YF19pilot posted:Any idea what the stat line is? If it's anywhere close to it's MW/LW stat-line (Soviet Sherman), it's going to be damned expensive. I imagine the PIVE/F1/F2 will be equally expensive. It's a T-34 obr 1941, so the statline should be the same as the obr '41 in Eastern Front: 6/4/1 with a Co-Axial and Hull MG, Wide Tracks, and the Fast Tank rule, with a RoF 2 AT 9 FP 3+ gun. Which, from what I understand from Early War tanks, is absolutely horrifying.
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I eagerly await the 400 point KV-1.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:It's a T-34 obr 1941, so the statline should be the same as the obr '41 in Eastern Front: 6/4/1 with a Co-Axial and Hull MG, Wide Tracks, and the Fast Tank rule, with a RoF 2 AT 9 FP 3+ gun. Which, from what I understand from Early War tanks, is absolutely horrifying. Yup, that is going to hurt. So much for the French heavies being untouchable.  (I thought there was a crying Char emote, what happened to that?)moths posted:I saw a Czech tank force, but is it otherwise just Germany and Soviets? Germans in Pz35(t) and Pz38(t) tanks. Basically the unit that Otto Carius cut his teeth in as a loader when he first joined the Panzer Corps. CovfefeCatCafe fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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Sep 18, 2014 18:48
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I'm mostly hoping Romania got a new list. Maybe they'll put something online.
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I sort of wish I'd jumped on the PSC sale, since I'm really tempted to try and pick up some Zvezda KVs and T-34s and start a cheap army. Only need five tanks!* *Depending on how many tanks you need per platoon.
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I picked up some Tigers and got a T-35 for the gently caress of it, and now I'm seriously thinking of making a cheap Heavy Tankovy because T-35s are the best dumbest tanks.
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