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Colonial Air Force posted:Checkoslavkians are the guys who make lists and verify things on them are completed, right? "Yes, your head gear is indeed spiffy enough. You're good to go." Tomorrow we're playing what might be the last battle of the campaign. Soviets are attacking their objective for overall victory. So all three player on borh sides scramble together their platoons, so it's a company vs company game. If it wasn't for the heavy casualties that means that our platoons are at roughly half strength. If that wasn't enough, we decided to throw in an extra tank platoon on each side. Bring in the StuGs, this is going to get messy! lilljonas fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Nov 8, 2014 |
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Random question that I hope lilljonas might be able to answer. Would cobblestones look out of place on basing for feudal Japanese mminis? Or would it be flagstones? What would fit better? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30mm-round-DS-random-fieldstone-resin-bases-/150395968656?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item23044c5c90 or http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30mm-round-DS-flint-cobblestone-resin-bases-/150393390745?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item2304250699 or http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30mm-round-DS-cobblestone-setts-resin-bases-/380186089212?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item5884db56fc Serotonin fucked around with this message at 12:23 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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Serotonin posted:Random question that I hope lilljonas might be able to answer. Would cobblestones look out of place on basing for feudal Japanese mminis? Or would it be flagstones? Spontaneously, the first example. Cobblestones have never been thy much of a "thing" in japan. What you will find is mostly flagstones, for example on pathways. But mostly they were for reinforcing steps on sloping paths and such, actual roads were more likely just sand or gravel. People wore geta sandals because it was very useful to have two inches of stilts on your sandals when all roads turned into thick mud in rainy weather. When I've seen old roads paved with stones that are not flagstones, it's usually round stones rather than cube cobblestones. So not a flat surface, but a much more uneven one. So the second one would not be unrealistic, but not so common. Third one I've seen, but never in a context where I could guarantee that it wasn't a modern installation. Square paved areas in castles or temples would rather have large square flagstones. lilljonas fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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Nov 9, 2014 22:50
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So for those that care, Zvezda's new "Crusader" is actually a Cruiser Mk IV. Which means early rather than mid war, and suitable for France too. It's actually better that way.
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Nov 12, 2014 00:23
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Hey Hedningen I messaged you about the 6mm Saga Rulers
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For anyone who has watched Fury, this is a bit surreal by comparison.
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Talking of Fury....  Sorry for the crappy edit, but I was accompanying my sons class on a school trip, and have to be careful of pics obviously. This was from Bovington Tank Museum, they loaned the film crew a lot of vehicles including Fury itself and the Tiger from the finale. Amazing place if you ever get to go.
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I do intend to at some stage. Someday...
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Serotonin posted:This was from Bovington Tank Museum, they loaned the film crew a lot of vehicles including Fury itself and the Tiger from the finale. Amazing place if you ever get to go. I went in September - that area was marked off but empty at that time. A shame.
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Grey Hunter posted:I went in September - that area was marked off but empty at that time. A shame. I went in 2008, the newest hall was not ready for visitors yet, and much of the collection was stacked inside viewable only from a long distance platform. Still got to see most of the WW2 stuff up close though, and got to climb inside the functional Mark V I want to go back there one day for Tank Fest http://www.tankmuseum.org/ixbin/indexplus?record=ART4456 NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 10:01 on Nov 21, 2014 |
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So a silly thing happened on eBay and now I have 100+ 15mm Cold War era Romanians. What are my gaming options here? I know FoF has a cold war book, and I Ain't Been Nuked Mum is in progress, and I've heard Fist Full of TOWs mentioned. What do you guys like?
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moths posted:So a silly thing happened on eBay and now I have 100+ 15mm Cold War era Romanians. Weren't Romanians just a teeny tiny bit poo poo back then? CWC has an option for them as second grade (sooo... third rate) Warsaw Pact army. So, conscripts, T-55s or T-72s, and the best ATGM you get is the Malayutka, tho I doubt the game simulates its supposed shittyness. Personally, I don't really like CWC much, since it abstracts the poo poo out of wounds.
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Yo. Warlord has 50% off all plastic sprues today for Black Friday: http://us-store.warlordgames.com/collections/sprues/
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Newline has 25% off until 5th December. Also, we put some cotton down in front of our little men today, and it looked surprisingly awesome: 
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I'm not a historicals gamer, and Dust isn't exactly historical, but I have a painting problem relevant to this I think Dust Tactics uses a lot of "historical"ish figures in that they're all in some kind of uniform, and a lot of them look almost exactly the same. Squad cohesion matters and everything is a group of, maximum, like 5 guys. I need a way to paint all my sets of 5 guys such that they look like they're all part of the same army, but can be differentiated on the table at a glance. Normally I'd use all kinds of different color schemes, but with the Axis and Allies here it's basically grey vs green. Any WW2 buffs want to give me some ideas on how to paint up my troops so they're obviously different squads, but cohesive as one force on the table?
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I like to paint bases in colors, or uses tactical helmet markings, or things like that. E: Basically, anything that can unify but still stand out. 3 Action Economist fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Nov 29, 2014 |
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signalnoise posted:Any WW2 buffs want to give me some ideas on how to paint up my troops so they're obviously different squads, but cohesive as one force on the table? Use different shades of the same color to paint the basing material you use on their bases. IE: Use a slighter darker brown for the base coat on one squad, then a lighter shade on another. Similarly do the same with the highlight. That way the squads are painted and based the same, but the bases are just different enough that you can easily tell which squad is which without doing something glaring like painting the edges of the base red for one and blue for another. If you play in a dank and dark dungeon then I can't help you.
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I'd like to paint up a small ship of the line as a gift for a family member. Something like this but smaller:  I know absolutely nothing about historical models. Is there a company that makes some fairly small model warships similar to the ones above? I'd only have a few weeks to work on it, so it can't be very big.
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BULBASAUR posted:I'd like to paint up a small ship of the line as a gift for a family member. Something like this but smaller: There's these, but they look like they might be too small, and they come one fleet at a time rather than one ship at a time, and Sails of Glory is a better size but uses prepaints. Those are the only ones I know. NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Dec 3, 2014 |
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How about this?
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Those aren't bad, but I could do a little larger so they have better detail. Is there a mm size I could look up that fits the bill? Sorry about not being so descriptive, I know nothing about this 
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BULBASAUR posted:Those aren't bad, but I could do a little larger so they have better detail. Is there a mm size I could look up that fits the bill? Arquinsiel has the right idea I think, check out: http://www.airfix.com/ships/tall-ships.html No sizes listed that I can see, but you can work them out roughly from the scale and looking up the actual ship size - I reckon most of the £33 sets will be about 40cm long.
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The one I linked is about 10cm long.
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Langton makes the prettiest tiny-ships, but they are either very tiny or super tiny and I would not recommend them to a beginner. http://www.rodlangton.com/ You should check out the scale model thread, they have some boat-builders. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3148869 The coolest kits are in wood and would take a longer time, but they can probably find you a good plastic kit to try out, as well as help you if you get stuck on something. lilljonas fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Dec 4, 2014 |
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signalnoise posted:Any WW2 buffs want to give me some ideas on how to paint up my troops so they're obviously different squads, but cohesive as one force on the table? A good concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VTTUyXOIAI
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Scratch Monkey posted:A good concept Wow this dude has some funny and interesting recreative archeology/weapon videos, I just lost an hour of my evening checking them out.
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lilljonas posted:Wow this dude has some funny and interesting recreative archeology/weapon videos, I just lost an hour of my evening checking them out. I'd recommend looking up some of the videos Matt Easton (scholagladiatoria) does on some of the weapons based topics just because he has a lot of really good hands-on experience fighting with them.
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We did another video battle report, this time 900 points USMC vs Japanese in Bolt Action. http://youtu.be/7dh46paMoLQ
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Today I ordered a Pz IV D from Tamiya. Is there anything I should be aware of before it gets here and I dig right in with regards to inaccuracies, or tips and tricks to deal with the particular brand? I haven't built a scale model of any sort (that wasn't for Flames of War) in at least a decade. I'm also expecting a Pz III J/L around Christmastime.
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It'd help if you specified what scale, Tamiya do a couple of them and those subjects are pretty common ones so they probably exist in all of them. In very general terms though, it's hard to go wrong with Tamiya.
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Whoops, thought I'd mentioned that. They're 1:35.
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I just noticed that you hadn't posted in this thread. You'll get answers from non-gamers there too.
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Didn't know that thread existed. Thanks for the heads-up.
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Strobe posted:Today I ordered a Pz IV D from Tamiya. Is there anything I should be aware of before it gets here and I dig right in with regards to inaccuracies, or tips and tricks to deal with the particular brand? I haven't built a scale model of any sort (that wasn't for Flames of War) in at least a decade. I'm also expecting a Pz III J/L around Christmastime. I've recently built some 1:48 kits from Tamiya, and my experience was that they were very straight forward and beginner friendly. The brand is big enough to have readable English instructions unlike some smaller specialist brands, and they cover both painting and assembly. Really, straight out of the box there's not much to say. If you want to take it to the next level you'll probably start looking at stuff like after-market metal parts and such, but if you feel rusty I'd just enjoy putting it together out-of-the-box and paint it up, and get up to speed with the basics. My next two kits are also Tamiya 1:48 scale (a Sd. Kfz. 250 and a 88mm Flak 36), so evidently I liked the first kits (a Pz II, a Sd. Kfz. 222 and a 232) well enough to keep buying them. If you have any questions about your kit I'd happily answer them here or in the scale modeling thread, which also has a ton of inspiration and links: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3148869&pagenumber=90#lastpost My first vehicles:   There are straight out of the box, just some paint and weathering powder. Didn't take many hours to paint. They might not be exhibition level tanks, but I enjoy driving them around on the tabletop making brum-brum-brum noices and shouting "Achtung Panzer!". lilljonas fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Dec 8, 2014 |
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I have that PzIV Ausf D, it's pretty standard Tamiya fare. Simple, plastic tracks, no interior details, can accept a motor if you so desire. Comes with adequate crew figures and a few accessories. Nothing mind blowing, but a good beginner kit, I'd say.
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Really specific question, but does anyone remember a rules-light, introductory WW2 wargame called Final Round? The rules were available for free on the site, but it seems the place is now a russian clothing webstore. I wanted to check out if they had done anything more with that ruleset. Any idea if it is available anywhere else?
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In FoW does 'late war' cover both Stalingrad and Berlin?
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Southern Heel posted:In FoW does 'late war' cover both Stalingrad and Berlin? No. Early War is '39-'41, Mid War is '42-'43, and Late War is '44-'45.
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lilljonas posted:Wow this dude has some funny and interesting recreative archeology/weapon videos, I just lost an hour of my evening checking them out. He has a whole series of terrain building examples that I've found very helpful Making scenery for wargames: part one Model buildings Wargame terrain - slightly less easy stuff Plaster-cast terrain Plaster-cast terrain part 2
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Scratch Monkey posted:A good concept Wow I like this a lot. Thanks for this!
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