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Frobbe posted:
https://company-b-models-and-miniatures.myshopify.com/collections/pop-culture-decals/products/afv-decal-gi-joe Please send your friend this link, they're sized for 28mm Infantry but I bet they'd work fine on 15mm vehicles. 
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actually having looked at it more he needs to make all the barrels gaudy orange so everyone can see it's a toy
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Feb 25, 2018 14:58
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spectralent posted:actually having looked at it more he needs to make all the barrels gaudy orange so everyone can see it's a toy I don't think he'll go that lenght. but man it's a sight to be hold. 
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Feb 25, 2018 17:47
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Is it done, or will he pick out details?
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Feb 25, 2018 19:03
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Grey Hunter posted:Battlefront only care about tanks. If the NVA used a single tank during the entire war, then you need to have 50 of them in a normal game. Agreed, yes. I really enjoyed v3 Vietnam, it was the most fun I had with FoW. And no, I didn't use any T-55s. I broke down and got a copy of the new 'Nam book. I'm pretty happy with it - they didn't screw it up as much as they did WWII v4. The inclusion of hordes of T-54s is pretty silly, to be sure. I suppose you could rationalize it as "Easter Offensive" or something, but it's just Battlefront's love of tanks. I'll stick with my NVA infantry. That said - you could take a US force of tanks or mech infantry, M-48s and M-113s. The take an opposing force of a horde of T-55s backed by infantry in BTR-50s. (All of this is doable in the v3 Tour of Duty or v4 Nam rules.) Use "counts as" terrain left over from your WWII in Europe games. There you go, you've got a pretty decent Cold War Gone Hot in the early 60's, like the Berlin Crisis or the Cuban Missile Crisis gone wrong.
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I think one of the weirdest things to me is that they include NVA tanks, including T-34s, which you can argue is for completeness or because they love tanks too much or whatever, but there's no M24.
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Cross posting from the oath thread.   Now to start of the Regulars! I just got me Hessians, Militia and cannons.... These have been fun to paint, but looking at them, there is no way I'd use 28mm in anything bigger than a skirmish game. for Sharp Practice they are perfect, but for anything trying to resemble a proper battle, I'm keeping to the smaller scales.
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Grey Hunter posted:Cross posting from the oath thread. Nice! Yeah, I agree that it's a perfect fit for Sharp Practice sized games. This way I can paint up 24-32 men of a specific type, and then jump to next, without slugging through hundreds of line infantrymen. Not to say that I'll probably end up with hundreds of line infantry, but it's entirely my own fault, not something that I'm pushed into by the rules.
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Feb 26, 2018 11:09
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Was there a NATO winter scheme that went with or was to be used instead of NATO three-colour, or was that a "just whitewash whatever" type thing?
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spectralent posted:Was there a NATO winter scheme that went with or was to be used instead of NATO three-colour, or was that a "just whitewash whatever" type thing? Not that I saw. Keep in mind that NATO 3-color uses "CARC" paint, which is nasty stuff. It's supposed to help keep chemical weapons from sticking to the vehicles. It has an odd finish, almost like a charcoal or a very fine sandpaper. It's highly toxic, so if you want to paint it on you're supposed to wear a special hazmat suit and mask. Also, if you paint over it, it's hard to get the other paint off. (Remind me to tell you about "Santa Track" someday.) I understand that this would be ignored in wartime, but the upshot of it is that in peacetime vehicles didn't get repainted for different seasons. As a result, we never saw "winter" paint schemes, if there even was such a thing. 
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Cessna posted:Not that I saw. Excellent, ta. For TY and other CWGH stuff I'm probably in pretty safe territory improvising then.
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spectralent posted:Excellent, ta. For TY and other CWGH stuff I'm probably in pretty safe territory improvising then. I strongly suspect you would have seen a lot of "break out a few cans of white spraypaint" camouflage.
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https://twitter.com/toofatlardies/status/968527642445209601
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Feb 28, 2018 03:50
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Brb, changing my underwear
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Feb 28, 2018 05:14
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The Tanks! alternative we need and deserve https://twitter.com/TooFatLardies/status/968568989667479554 NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 09:04 on Feb 28, 2018 |
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Feb 28, 2018 06:27
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Be still my beating heart
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Feb 28, 2018 08:29
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They deliberately went for "What a wanker" with that, didn't they?
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Feb 28, 2018 09:24
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Oh hell yes. 
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Feb 28, 2018 12:05
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JcDent posted:They deliberately went for "What a wanker" with that, didn't they?
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Feb 28, 2018 12:20
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Yay! I really liked the concept of Tanks! but didn't want to give more money to BF.
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Feb 28, 2018 15:32
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There's a computer wargame on sale that's also got rules for Fields of Glory Reinissance, are those rules any good?
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Feb 28, 2018 18:27
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Wait did TFL ever even release Fighting Season?
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Mar 1, 2018 04:32
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Nope. It seems to have dropped off the radar completely.
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Mar 1, 2018 06:39
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I read on some message board, so super unverifiable info, that when the middle east started getting more clusterfuck-y again they felt it was less appropriate and put it on the backburner.
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So, I just ordered the rules, the Deluge supplement and the Imperial skirmish set for By Fire and Sword. There is a local group that plays it and I find the era interesting. Have you played it and did you like it? How fast does it play on skirmish level?
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Mar 1, 2018 09:18
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They addressed it in their podcast, said they couldn't get it working right.
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Hello, thread. I've dabbled in assembling model kits before, and I was thinking about taking it up again, first to learn how to paint them, but also with an eye towards wargaming. I went down to the hobby store earlier today and the smallest tanks/vehicles I could find where 1/72 scale, with the owner looking at me like I was crazy when I asked about 1/100. I did also find some 1/35 scale soldier sets, and my quick googling on the internet says there are man-to-man rules that support those, such as something called Nuts! by Two Hour Wargames. So my question is, what can I play if my only selection of models are these relatively large (and AFAIK mostly Japanese-branded, like Tamiya) plastic model kits?
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gradenko_2000 posted:Hello, thread. I've dabbled in assembling model kits before, and I was thinking about taking it up again, first to learn how to paint them, but also with an eye towards wargaming. I went down to the hobby store earlier today and the smallest tanks/vehicles I could find where 1/72 scale, with the owner looking at me like I was crazy when I asked about 1/100. The “Normandy Firefight” rules were designed for 1/35 figures. You can get them from North Star figures in the UK, maybe there’s also a US stockist?
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1/72 is more or less 20mm scale, should be quite a few options. PSC's Battlegroup game is made for both 15mm and 1/72 f.ex, as they make many kits in both scales.
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There's an absolute poo poo load of cheap plastic 1/72 mans. You could probably just use 15mm rules with them tbh. http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Index.aspx May be relevant to you.
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Or just buy online. 1/100 is really common. TBH I'm surprised tgat you local doesn't have at least some Zvezda kits in that scale.
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Ataxerxes posted:So, I just ordered the rules, the Deluge supplement and the Imperial skirmish set for By Fire and Sword. There is a local group that plays it and I find the era interesting. Have you played it and did you like it? How fast does it play on skirmish level? Sounds like you're in the same position as me. I've picked up the rulebook and have been painting a Prussian force but haven't gotten to actually play yet, though I'm planning on running a demo event at a local convention in May. For reference I don't think anyone actually plays at higher than skirmish level as the model count is intimidating and the force structure becomes much more complex. I get the feeling that they're trying to push the new Task Force rules to provide a more accessible way to play with larger forces. I originally came here to ask advice on attaching banners to wire metal pikes. My 15mm Brandenburgers came with adhesive backed flags but I'm a little wary of using them as is since I suspect that they'll come loose from the pole. Should I try to harden them with PVA?
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Put them on before varnishing maybe? Should stick them on a bit better then.
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Just to make sure I don't make any mistakes before I buy a lot of poo poo - The various Team Yankee source books and the army lists in them are all compatible, right? In a tournament, one guy could bring a list from book A and another from book B and they should work together?
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Geisladisk posted:Just to make sure I don't make any mistakes before I buy a lot of poo poo - The various Team Yankee source books and the army lists in them are all compatible, right? In a tournament, one guy could bring a list from book A and another from book B and they should work together? Yeah, there's no eras or anything like that. Everything Team Yankee works together.
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Cool, thanks. TY is just about the only wargame with a active community here, so I'm taking the plunge. There are more NATO than Pact players, so I'll be playing Pact. I kinda want to do a DDR T-55  list, but I also kinda don't want to paint and buy around 20 identical tanks. 
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Geisladisk posted:Cool, thanks. You could go high-tech Soviets with the T-64s out of the Red Thunder book. Gun launched ATGMs are neat. There's a lot of other neat toys in it too like heavy arty with laser-guided rounds and some absolutely terrifying AA missile units.
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Walked into the FLGS to buy a board game this saturday and stumbled into a bolt action weekly group I didn't know existed. Instead of walking out of the store with a board game I got the Bolt Action band of brothers starter set and a bunch of paint / basing mats. gently caress
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First Time Caller posted:Walked into the FLGS to buy a board game this saturday and stumbled into a bolt action weekly group I didn't know existed. Instead of walking out of the store with a board game I got the Bolt Action band of brothers starter set and a bunch of paint / basing mats. Good choice, the plastic airborne models are great
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I got into Napoleonics and I haven't painted anything other than French infantry for a year
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