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DiHK posted:goddam you limeys get all the cool poo poo To be fair we do write and manufacture an awful lot of wargames. On the topic of Bolt Action, I crumbled and now have 1000 points of Grenadiers coming. It is only a few over 40 models to paint though.
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Thundercloud posted:To be fair we do write and manufacture an awful lot of wargames.
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DiHK posted:yeah, I'm just super jealous and angry at the weak dollar & cross atlantic shipping rates. Shipping is at least also insane in reverse. I've ordered books which are less than their shipping. Like, expensive books.
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Getting stuff from the New World always costs me way more than getting stuff to it.
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Two 10mm white metal minis from the US is £16 for the cheapest shipping option. What the gently caress.
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DiHK posted:yeah, I'm just super jealous and angry at the weak dollar & cross atlantic shipping rates. With ridiculous shipping from the States, you're not going to get much sympathy on this side of the pond. Also, just buy both full boxes and sell the extra sprues.
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I recently shipped stuff to a goon in the US and paid him to ship it onto me in old warhams because it worked out cheaper for me than shipping direct. Games Workshop is cheaper than USPS.
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Pierzak posted:Also, just buy both full boxes and sell the extra sprues. That requires effort. I feel like most of the cool online mini places for historical stuff is brit/euro, but that could be confirmation bias. At least we're not AUS/NZ.
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DiHK posted:That requires effort. Usually shipping from Blighty is either free or very cheap. I hardly buy anything from the US these days because of the shipping. If we are talking retail prices then I will just go sit in a corner and cry.
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No Pun Intended posted:Usually shipping from Blighty is either free or very cheap. I hardly buy anything from the US these days because of the shipping. If we are talking retail prices then I will just go sit in a corner and cry. In the Bones kickstarter, the shipping cost from US is almost the same as the minis cost. I used to buy a lot of hobby stuff from the US, but now I just do it if there's no EU retailer. The insane shipping costs and the risk of getting a random 40 dollar customs fee means it's not worth it. I almost bought a used 5 dollar Osprey book from amazon last month until I realized that the shipping was like 20 bucks, for a 100 page booklet. I can send a rather large parcel of up to 2 kg to the US for half of that.
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Amazon is selling the small box of Pioneers for $32 bucks so I bought one. They are actually selling a lot of Bolt Action stuff for a good discount right now. Cyberpunkey Monkey fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Aug 2, 2015 |
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Hello thread. This isn't precisely historicals related, but I wanted to ask if anyone here knows a reliable source for 25-28 mm scale Imperial Chinese miniatures. I'm considering using them for a Kingdoms of Men KoW army, but I'm not particularly familiar with any of the manufacturers on this side of the hobby. I'm not married to any particular era or dynasty right now, just curious if anyone has recommendations on what lines are out there.
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Dulkor posted:Hello thread. This isn't precisely historicals related, but I wanted to ask if anyone here knows a reliable source for 25-28 mm scale Imperial Chinese miniatures. I'm considering using them for a Kingdoms of Men KoW army, but I'm not particularly familiar with any of the manufacturers on this side of the hobby. If you are flexible, Perry Miniatures has a nice range of Choson Koreans, which look quite similar to Ming Chinese. Watchful I Studios recently finished a kickstarter for Chinese, they are a new company so it will be interesting to see how they end up. Curtey's has chinese, but in a style that people seem to love pr hate. There's a Chinese company that make plastic Warring States characters in a heroic style, I don't remember how I found them. I can look when I'm not on a phone. But overall, I haven't found a range yet that is super, and I've been looking for Ming Chinese now and then.
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Wow, those Choson are awesome. I think I just found my next project once I wrap up my current pile of ogres. Thank you!
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Dulkor posted:Hello thread. This isn't precisely historicals related, but I wanted to ask if anyone here knows a reliable source for 25-28 mm scale Imperial Chinese miniatures. I'm considering using them for a Kingdoms of Men KoW army, but I'm not particularly familiar with any of the manufacturers on this side of the hobby. http://www.blackhat.co.uk/online_shop/index.php?cPath=121_147&osCsid=g9aqmmdfm6orh76fbae3qi42e2 Super goofy line but I really like them. They have an oldschool late 80's GW feel.
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Dulkor posted:Wow, those Choson are awesome. I think I just found my next project once I wrap up my current pile of ogres. Thank you! No problem! If you find some nice Ming after you start, they should be real easy to mix as the Choson Koreans fought with China, and their armour and weaponry were extremely inspired by China. E: i think this was the site that sells 28mm warring states minis modelled after Dynasty Warriors: http://www.dddhk.com lilljonas fucked around with this message at 12:24 on Aug 2, 2015 |
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El Estrago Bonito posted:http://www.blackhat.co.uk/online_shop/index.php?cPath=121_147&osCsid=g9aqmmdfm6orh76fbae3qi42e2 But where can you actually get these? I've checked the links but the Italian and German (European) ones are down.
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DiHK posted:goddam you limeys get all the cool poo poo You too can have the cool poo poo for just a pound more (overseas shipping £3.95, UK shipping £2.95) I run The Dice Bag Lady/Bad Squiddo Games, let me know if I can be of any help! I want to do more box splits, it's just time and headaches figuring them out, always up for suggestions! The Moors and Saracen kits I made took most of a day and pretty much left me covered in a pile of sprues and boxes, weeping. (of course they have to be made in such a way I don't end up with "spares", or it costs me money, hence with the Moors you actually get a metal warlord, as plastic would have meant going into another box just for one guy) Annie
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Commissar Kip posted:But where can you actually get these? I've checked the links but the Italian and German (European) ones are down. Check your local stores if you have them, they might have them on their distributor list. I'm in the US so I've just gotten them from Scalecreep in the past.
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TheDiceBagLady posted:You too can have the cool poo poo for just a pound more (overseas shipping £3.95, UK shipping £2.95) I run The Dice Bag Lady/Bad Squiddo Games, let me know if I can be of any help! I want to do more box splits, it's just time and headaches figuring them out, always up for suggestions! The Moors and Saracen kits I made took most of a day and pretty much left me covered in a pile of sprues and boxes, weeping. (of course they have to be made in such a way I don't end up with "spares", or it costs me money, hence with the Moors you actually get a metal warlord, as plastic would have meant going into another box just for one guy) Now you're making me feel guilty.. That's incredibly reasonable shipping but the conversion rate still kills it for me. The best example I have is PSC's 15mm armor selection: FOr me it'd be $33 ish per box so I'd need to buy the 3 packs to make the most out of the shipping&exchange rate. Or just wait for the War Store to get whatever i'm waiting for in and spend $26 per box. Anyway, I just caved and got a box of Hirdmen and a box of peasants from War Store. And Zveda's Samurai Battels for a goddam song($45). And an additional 5% off because GenCon. DiHK fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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DiHK posted:Now you're making me feel guilty.. That's incredibly reasonable shipping but the conversion rate still kills it for me. The best example I have is PSC's 15mm armor selection: FOr me it'd be $33 ish per box so I'd need to buy the 3 packs to make the most out of the shipping&exchange rate. Or just wait for the War Store to get whatever i'm waiting for in and spend $26 per box. Haha that's ok. The Viking box split I do is literally 50/50, so you could find someone with a dark age box locally to swap half with perhaps?
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I don't know if i spoke to any goons at GenCon - I was at the Warstore booth (where Bolt Action was) volunteering. It was pretty cool. I got into a sweet looking game called Skirmish Sangin. Now I have to buy a ton more
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Skirmish Sangin looked interesting when I saw it floating around, but I somehow got the impression that it's crazy expensive to get into. Am I totally wrong?
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The rulebook is 50 bux but it is beautiful. The models are 3.50 each ish but you can get moderns anywhere.
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E: poo poo, wrong thread! 
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I saw your pic and for a second I thought his face looked like Anakin in The Clone Wars series.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I saw your pic and for a second I thought his face looked like Anakin in The Clone Wars series. As long as it's not Anakin in The Phantom Menace  E: And apologies as I just realized I posted a fantasy mini in the Historicals thread. For penance I will paint up another squad of German Heer.  (...I mean, I was going to do that anyway...) Sydney Bottocks fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Aug 4, 2015 |
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Bolt Action time. Would this work? 1st Lieutenant: regular; rifle 75 • 1 Infantry: rifle 7 • 1 Infantry: rifle 7 Free Rifle Squad: anti-tank grenades 11 Veteran Squad: 11× SMG; panzerfaust; tough fighters 192 12 Rifle Squad 84 12 Rifle Squad 84 DShK Heavy Machine Gun Team 35 DShK Heavy Machine Gun Team 35 Sniper Team: veteran 65 Heavy Mortar Team 46 BS-3 Anti-tank Gun 88 T-34/85: veteran 282 1.000 points
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Seems bog standard. This ain't a bad thing. edit: I'm going to make a list that could fight that, brb. And now I have a plan for my 1k Germans. 85 Reg First Lt. +1 dude 172 Veteran Infantry - Sturmpioniere x10 130 5 x Rifles 4 x SMG 12 Flamethrower 20 Panzerfaust x 2 10 Loader x 1 111 Veteran Hanomag 101 Rear MMG 10 130 VolksGrenadier x 10 95 5 x Assault Rifle 5 x Assault Rifle 25 Panzerfaust x 2 10 67 Inexperienced Hanomag 67 93 Wehrmacht Regular Infantry x 8 80 SMG x 1 3 Rifles x 3 LMG x 2 10 39 Truck 35 Inexperienced Machine Gun Team 17 Inexperienced Kubelwagen 78 Veteran Goliath Team 21 Regular Kubelwagen 21 230 Regular Stug III Cyberpunkey Monkey fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Aug 6, 2015 |
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I'm collecting opinions on the Rubicon kits. So far I've gotten a range of opinions that range from they are really good to they are the best models ever.
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Anyone willing to part with about a platoon of unpainted flames of war infantry? I'm looking to add to my bolt action / chain of command 15mm collection. Russia or US, I have Brits and Germans at the moment. Pm or email me at evan.bale@gmail.com
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osirisisdead posted:I'm collecting opinions on the Rubicon kits. So far I've gotten a range of opinions that range from they are really good to they are the best models They're pretty great. I have no idea how they're funding it but I like them.
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DJ Dizzy posted:Bolt Action time. Would this work? I don't think you need tough fighters and smgs as you're doubling up on an extra attack which you only get one of. I would recommend a truck for the SMG bros. If you're not married to it I'd remove one HMG, make the Sniper and tank regulars, and add the truck and another infantry squad. The inexperienced bros are not to be counted on.
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Dirt Worshipper posted:Anyone willing to part with about a platoon of unpainted flames of war infantry? I'm looking to add to my bolt action / chain of command 15mm collection.
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muggins posted:A few recommendations: never take two extra bros with officer as then they're not a small team and they'll die. 1st Lieutenant: regular; rifle 75 • 1 Infantry: rifle 7 Free Rifle Squad: anti-tank grenades 11 Veteran Squad: 11× SMG; panzerfaust 181 12 Rifle Squad 84 12 Rifle Squad 84 12 Rifle Squad 84 DShK Heavy Machine Gun Team 35 Sniper Team 50 Heavy Mortar Team 46 BS-3 Anti-tank Gun 88 T-34/85: regular 235 Truck 31 1.000 points This then?
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Welp I just ordered a Kubelwagen and one of the Rubicon 3 in 1 Hanomag kits.
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I just put together a plastic warlord/italeri tiger 1 and it's goddamn awesome
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In my postal queue on the way here, I have a Warlord (plastic/metal) Stug, a Rubicon (plastic) 3 in 1 Hanomag, and a Warlord (resin/metal) Kubelwagen as well as some assorted plastic/metal Pioniers from Warlord as well. I'm moving next week and once I get settled in I'll post a trip report.
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