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Who makes cheap but also passably good M3 Stuarts? I want 10 of the fuckers for FOW but I also don't want to spend a lot on them. They don't have to be good, just not terrible.
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Oct 22, 2018 12:19
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JcDent posted:You haven't known resin pain till you have bought Forge World Worst money I've ever spent
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Oct 22, 2018 12:30
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Geisladisk posted:Who makes cheap but also passably good M3 Stuarts? I want 10 of the fuckers for FOW but I also don't want to spend a lot on them. http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_51_56_57&products_id=576 Twenty of her majesty's brexit bucks gets you five teeny tanks.
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Oct 22, 2018 12:42
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PSC is the best deal, the alternatives are 21 and a half of Her Majesty's Brexit Bucks for 4 from Forged in Battle, 6 and a half of Her Majesty's Brexit Bucks each from Skytrex, or 5 Freedom Pesos each from GAMING MODELS
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Oct 22, 2018 12:54
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Those are M5's
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Oct 22, 2018 12:59
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Fish and Chimps posted:Those are M5's These are the PSC M3s
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Oct 22, 2018 13:22
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NTRabbit posted:These are the PSC M3s Oooh, nice. I thought they only made M5's. Cool.
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Oct 22, 2018 13:34
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Geisladisk posted:BF's resin models are objectively worse than their plastic, but I still like them more because I like my toy tanks to have a reassuring weight when I push them across the table. Put a weight inside them; I use fishing weights.
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Oct 22, 2018 15:06
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Has anyone messed around with the new Bolt Action Western Desert stuff? It looks like it might be fun to be build a LRDG list out of the new selectors. It looks like Rubicon makes some good plastic trucks for it.
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Oct 22, 2018 15:13
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Early model Pz. 4 for What a Tanker, and maybe CoC blitzkrieg down the line. 15mm Battlefront plastic.     
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Oct 22, 2018 16:25
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SAGA players - I'm about to get into the game and I'm currently looking at Jomsvikings as my faction. Is there anything I need to know about them ahead of time? Also, is there a resource online or in print I could pick up for painting them?
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Oct 22, 2018 18:11
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Following with interest. I dabbled a bit with the earlier edition of Saga and just ordered the new rulebook and viking-era lists.
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Oct 22, 2018 19:36
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Geisladisk posted:Who makes cheap but also passably good M3 Stuarts? I want 10 of the fuckers for FOW but I also don't want to spend a lot on them. 15mm? I can see how much it will cost to print 10 off.
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Oct 22, 2018 19:59
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Cessna posted:Put a weight inside them; I use fishing weights. I usually do the same, although I'm not above filling them with rocks and glue
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Oct 22, 2018 20:41
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Zuul the Cat posted:SAGA players - I'm about to get into the game and I'm currently looking at Jomsvikings as my faction. Is there anything I need to know about them ahead of time? Also, is there a resource online or in print I could pick up for painting them? I think you have a tremendous amount of creative freedom for modeling them, considering their geographic location and mix of nationalities. You can really draw inspiration from east like Kievan Rus and the Baltic pagans, as well as more traditional Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Vikings.
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Oct 23, 2018 00:16
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Now that I finished the panzer 4 I have a plethora of wehraboo tanks, and can do a timeline of terrible engineering:
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Oct 23, 2018 05:46
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Fish and Chimps posted:Now that I finished the panzer 4 I have a plethora of wehraboo tanks, and can do a timeline of terrible engineering: Is that Pz III single?
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Oct 23, 2018 07:34
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JcDent posted:Is that Pz III single? Nah, but it has a sister: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roco-Min...aYKmM:rk:9:pf:0
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Oct 23, 2018 07:37
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goodness posted:15mm? I can see how much it will cost to print 10 off. Thanks for the offer! I have access to a printer - I was considering printing them, but I don't think these tiny barrels would work all that well printed at 15mm. Do you have any good stls for Stuarts?
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Oct 23, 2018 12:52
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Geisladisk posted:Thanks for the offer! I have access to a printer - I was considering printing them, but I don't think these tiny barrels would work all that well printed at 15mm. I've used these: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:769137 And you could probably print the turrets without barrels, and just use plastic rod and a drill for barrels.
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Oct 23, 2018 18:48
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Anyone have rules for one of these, coming soon?
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Oct 23, 2018 19:43
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I finished a Sherman V that I'm very happy with. The wash on the commander is still drying, but the tank itself is done. Also, goddamn the zoom lens on my new phone is great!    I tried to do some subdued weathering. It's really easy to overdo it, so it's been a learning process to limit myself. A bit of oil streaks, some rust on the metal parts of the tracks and chipping.  
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Oct 23, 2018 22:32
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Signal posted:I've used these: Oh, the first thing I did was check that pack out, thought I didn't see a Stuart there. That pack is a goldmine. My mid war KV-1s are from that pack, and I've got a Panzer IV I printed out for WAT sitting on my desk right now.   I've been having an issue with getting a lot of stringing and frosting lately, which I think is due to one of the printer head fans being sickly. This caused the Panzer IV to turn out a little grody, even after cleaning it up. Still, good enough for tabletop I guess. I've got a Prusa i3, and although it's loving fantastic for printing terrain, for 15mm scale tanks the results are merely passable. I really want a resin printer, but I don't have anywhere child safe and with good ventilation to put it. There's no way I'm running one of those in my apartment with a toddler around.
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Oct 24, 2018 00:01
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I started slapping some paint onto my British North Africa army last night for my Bolt Action army. I need to clean it up, but does this tan look right for the uniforms? 
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Oct 24, 2018 17:44
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Zuul the Cat posted:I started slapping some paint onto my British North Africa army last night for my Bolt Action army. I need to clean it up, but does this tan look right for the uniforms? That said, your officer's hat and sweater would actually be a much darker color, something like this:  A good base color for these (and the socks) is VMC English Uniform. Also: oh gods, the mold lines! I cannot unsee them! 
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Oct 24, 2018 18:36
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I'm sorry if this is discussed earlier or regularly, but are there any good rulesets for The Renaissance Period/The Thirty Years War era aside from Pike and Shotte? And are there good suppliers for miniatures for the era as well? Me and a friend are really eager to field some Landsknect armies.
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Oct 25, 2018 02:42
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There’s a ruleset by the “To the Strongest!” Creator called “For King and Parliament” which covers the English civil war https://bigredbatshop.co.uk/collections/all/wargames-rules There’s also field of glory renaissance, which I’ve never played on tabletop, but I like the digital version (slitherine’s Pike and Shot) E: miniatures depends on period, for landshn. I know of wargames foundry having a big range. Also check out Artizan Designs. For TYW era I certainly like the Perry miniatures English civil war stuff. There are good plastic 1/72 for TYW out there as well. Dirt Worshipper fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Oct 25, 2018 |
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Oct 25, 2018 03:17
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Signal posted:I've used these: This is the pack I was going to suggest. I wonder how much time he spent making all those goodness fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Oct 25, 2018 |
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Oct 25, 2018 03:58
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Snowman_McK posted:I'm sorry if this is discussed earlier or regularly, but are there any good rulesets for The Renaissance Period/The Thirty Years War era aside from Pike and Shotte? And are there good suppliers for miniatures for the era as well? Me and a friend are really eager to field some Landsknect armies.
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Oct 25, 2018 04:57
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There's also "Sharply Buffed," an expansion for Sharp Practice 2 that appeared in the TFL 2017 Christmas Special.
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Oct 25, 2018 05:04
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Also anyone who hasn’t ever gotten into the Thirty Years War, and hasn’t tried audio books from audible.com, PM me and I’ll send you a free copy of CV Wedgewood’s history, which is my absolute favorite of any time period.
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Oct 25, 2018 11:37
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Very nearly done with the Team Yankee Chieftains now. Two tank commanders to do then add some wire for the aerials.
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Oct 25, 2018 13:12
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big_g posted:Very nearly done with the Team Yankee Chieftains now. Two tank commanders to do then add some wire for the aerials. Nice! What sort of wire do you use? I've tried adding aerials to my tanks once, and I used broom hairs but that didn't work out at all. They got crumpled up almost immediately, and all gradually fell of during the next couple of days.
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Oct 25, 2018 13:23
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Fish and Chimps posted:Nice! What sort of wire do you use? I've tried adding aerials to my tanks once, and I used broom hairs but that didn't work out at all. They got crumpled up almost immediately, and all gradually fell of during the next couple of days. I've some dental wire on order to try. It's not here yet but I'll let you know soon as I've tried it.
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Oct 25, 2018 13:30
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Zuul the Cat posted:I started slapping some paint onto my British North Africa army last night for my Bolt Action army. I need to clean it up, but does this tan look right for the uniforms? I think it's safe to assume that this image could exist for any nation. 
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Oct 25, 2018 13:43
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Snowman_McK posted:I'm sorry if this is discussed earlier or regularly, but are there any good rulesets for The Renaissance Period/The Thirty Years War era aside from Pike and Shotte? And are there good suppliers for miniatures for the era as well? Me and a friend are really eager to field some Landsknect armies. We’ve bought the rules for Tercio, and a bunch of 15mm minis, but haven’t tried it yet. It seems like a very interesting and streamlined game though. One of these days... http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=7525 For 15mm, totentanz makes some looovely 30yw stuff, and in a smaller scale you can make cool pike diorama bases. http://totentanz-miniatures.com/ lilljonas fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Oct 25, 2018 |
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Oct 25, 2018 16:27
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Dirt Worshipper posted:Also anyone who hasn’t ever gotten into the Thirty Years War, and hasn’t tried audio books from audible.com, PM me and I’ll send you a free copy of CV Wedgewood’s history, which is my absolute favorite of any time period. I would, because I love goood history books, but audible doesn't seem to have a free version, and I can't afford monthly subs of any kind right now. e: Oh, it's an Amazon thing with a free trial, PM sent NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Oct 25, 2018 |
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Oct 25, 2018 21:24
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Thanks for the answers, everybody. I'll have a poke around and see what appeals. Warlord's Landsknechts are pretty drat handsome miniatures and are pretty easy to get in Australia, but it's good to know there's options.Dirt Worshipper posted:Also anyone who hasn’t ever gotten into the Thirty Years War, and hasn’t tried audio books from audible.com, PM me and I’ll send you a free copy of CV Wedgewood’s history, which is my absolute favorite of any time period. That's next on my reading list. I'm working my way through Wilson's 'Europe's Tragedy' and, while it's exhaustive, it's also almost unreadable, because he has all the facts but has no idea how to turn it into something that a non-scholar can follow. What actually got me really interested in the period is Jean Giono's 'the Battle of Pavia' which isn't a history book (Giono was a fiction writer most of the time) but is so loving well written that it really doesn't matter.
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Did US Army units in PTO look that different from ETO
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Oct 26, 2018 13:22
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