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I came stupidly close to buying a Sherman V platoon today. In 28mm!
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I finally picked up the Opel Blitz/Maultier kit and a Pz IV. Woohoo! 
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Nov 21, 2018 23:42
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Does anyone have a source to the organization and equipment of a mid-80s Soviet motor rifle platoon, and it's colleague in the US Army? I'm working on a Cold War homebrew for COC.
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Nov 22, 2018 00:33
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Geisladisk posted:Does anyone have a source to the organization and equipment of a mid-80s Soviet motor rifle platoon, and it's colleague in the US Army? I'm working on a Cold War homebrew for COC. I have sometjing you might be interested in, I'll post it when I get home
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Nov 22, 2018 00:38
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My defenses eventually collapsed and now I'm waiting for a Churchill and a Firefly.
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Nov 22, 2018 05:04
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Give me a second to unfuck the formatting, I have a TOE for 80s Soviets Edit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DEwN1GTXXY5JfmDN6IvX96goN6lMWMsNCmZGlUWtAv4/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Polikarpov posted:Give me a second to unfuck the formatting, I have a TOE for 80s Soviets That's the stuff, thanks a lot. Just to make sure I understand this correctly: quote:1 Motor Rifle Sec: 1 BMP This means: A 2nd Lt or Sgt with a AK - This is the platoon commander A Sgt with a AK 2 guys with PKMs 2 guys assisting the PKM guys, each with AKs A guy with a RPG A guy assisting the RPG guy, who has a AK A guy with a SVD The BMP's driver, who has a AKS Another driver with a AKS or pistol? What does Corp./V.Driver stand for? An optional guy with a SA-7/14 So If I'm understanding this correctly: 8-9 infantry, depending on if they have a SA-7, along with two drivers who would probably stay in the BMP, plus the platoon commander?
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Nov 22, 2018 10:52
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Polikarpov posted:Give me a second to unfuck the formatting, I have a TOE for 80s Soviets I don't think RPG-16 were in the Motor/Rifle companies, and there were only nine RPG-18s per Motor/Rifle company, so having "up to" eight per squad is a bit of a stretch.
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Nov 22, 2018 14:51
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I hope we are all doing French and Indian War gaming this weekend.
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Nov 22, 2018 19:47
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I’m going Black Friday shopping with my family, which is the ultimate wargame
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Nov 23, 2018 00:01
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Anyone have gaming mats they would recommend? I'm looking for a mat to use in my Bolt Action games - need something to place a small cityscape on and another that would look nice with lots of trenches and defenses. Would prefer that mousepad material stuff and if its on sale for Black Friday all the better.
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Nov 23, 2018 05:18
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You can't beat Deepcut studio. https://www.deepcutstudio.com/ I've got a couple of their smaller mats and the quality is great. Plus they have a black friday sale going on.
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Nov 23, 2018 10:03
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Wowshawk posted:You can't beat Deepcut studio. https://www.deepcutstudio.com/ I've got a couple of their smaller mats and the quality is great. Plus they have a black friday sale going on. These are pretty nice but, alas, shipping to the US is 35 Euros.
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Nov 23, 2018 18:48
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Crap. Forgot about that. I can't recommend any US companies I'm afraid because I'm filthy eurotrash Edit: when I was shopping around for mats I had my eye on these guys http://cigarboxbattlestore.bigcartel.com/ as well. But shipping to the EU was, you know. According to reviews online they're pretty great (also they use fleece as a material, which is maybe not what you're looking for, but if it's cold outside you could theoretically use a blasted urban ruin to keep you warm). Wowshawk fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Nov 23, 2018 |
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Nov 23, 2018 19:06
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Threw up my first draft of COCing in the 80s platoons. Modern COC looks like a loving bloodbath. These platoons are throwing so many dice, and they also have fewer men than their WW2 to boot. quote:Red Army Motor Rifle Company (BMP-2) quote:US Army Light Rifle Company
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Nov 23, 2018 20:32
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Maybe you should give them... fewer dice?
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Nov 23, 2018 22:08
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Well it helps that smoke is plentiful in modern units, but covering fire is going to be crucially important.
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Nov 23, 2018 22:27
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No UGL for the soviets?
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Nov 24, 2018 01:31
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The newest issue of Wargames Illustrated has an article about the upcoming Cruel Seas rules and comes with a sprue of two free ships. I got two British Vosper MTBs. Article also confirms that Italy and Soviet Union will be factions as well and hints at some sort of combined Cruel Seas, Bolt Action, Blood Red Skies crossover rules/game.
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Nov 24, 2018 04:26
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Is anyone here tempted to pick it up? the idea of a naval game looks quite cool and I would want some Soviet ships. Looks way better than Blood Red Skies did.
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Nov 25, 2018 15:07
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Class Warcraft posted:These are pretty nice but, alas, shipping to the US is 35 Euros. http://www.tablewar.com/the-f-a-t-mat/ Tablewar's fatmats are good, or at least the original ones I got four years ago before they split off from Frontline Gaming are, and they're US based.
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Class Warcraft posted:The newest issue of Wargames Illustrated has an article about the upcoming Cruel Seas rules and comes with a sprue of two free ships. I got two British Vosper MTBs. Article also confirms that Italy and Soviet Union will be factions as well and hints at some sort of combined Cruel Seas, Bolt Action, Blood Red Skies crossover rules/game. The December issue? The November one on shelves here still had nothing.
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Nov 25, 2018 17:47
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Waaaay back when I first got into Flames the PSC T-34s were, IIRC, the only plastic kits on the market, so my army's always been made of those. Having recently tried the BF ones... How the gently caress did people ever assemble armies of like 20 of these loving nightmare boxes?
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spectralent posted:How the gently caress did people ever assemble armies of like 20 of these loving nightmare boxes? Haha! Look at this guy, thinking that peak Soviet tank swarms are composed of less than 2 dozen T-34s. Just imagine building piles and piles (30+) of T-26s for Mid-war, or even the first Early-war Soviet lists with the gobs and gobs of weird self propelled vehicles that are like some kind of short barreled howitzer on the back of a six wheeled copy of a Ford model T. Imagine building those ten at a time and you'll be begging to get exiled to Siberia.
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I don't know. I ordered a PSC Stug for CoC and I took one look at those two part tracks and immediately started looking for BF kits instead.
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I've got a T-26 swarm! But they're zvezda and they went together in about five minutes each without requiring me to obliterate any surface. BF's T-34s, though, seem to be designed with the thickest sprue joins ever made by god and have seperate exhausts and mud guards.
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Nov 25, 2018 21:53
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I remember PSC Panzer 4's having separate turret hatches you had to glue on. And those two part tracks seemed like they were designed not to fit together
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Nov 25, 2018 22:02
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I definitely remember StuG tracks, at least, but PSC made a T-34 and Pz IV one-piece track which I used extensively 
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That didn't exist yet when I started out. I had 16 of them  That was starting out on hard mode Fish and Chimps fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Nov 25, 2018 |
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Nov 25, 2018 22:42
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Two part tracks are easy mode, go to the model kit thread and ask about assembling individual track links
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PSC used to design primarily for 1/72nd scale, which is why their earlier stuff is a bit fiddly in 15mm and a bit flat in 28mm. Ask me about building a scaled down Italeri kit with individual links in 1/72nd 
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Flipswitch posted:Is anyone here tempted to pick it up? the idea of a naval game looks quite cool and I would want some Soviet ships. Looks way better than Blood Red Skies did. I'm buying this poo poo day one. I don't know why, as my knowledge of naval warfare is Jack Aubrey, broadsides, blue at the mizzen etc - but the game looks really sweet.
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I was on the Cruel Seas hype train but a few things knocked me off. Particularly the Bolt Action initiative system, how movement is handled, and the board size all pushed it back to a "wait for a good deal." Although I'm still eager for the new Wargames Illustrated and the preview models.
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Arquinsiel posted:The December issue? The November one on shelves here still had nothing. Yeah, the December issue. moths posted:I was on the Cruel Seas hype train but a few things knocked me off. Particularly the Bolt Action initiative system, how movement is handled, and the board size all pushed it back to a "wait for a good deal." Meanwhile I'm on the exact opposite trajectory. At first I wasn't that interested but after reading the battle report in the magazine I liked how it seemed to play and I love the Bolt Action activation mechanic.
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I always had good experiences with the PSC two-part tracks once I figured out the secret. Though it is not explained clearly anywhere, I think the intention is that you assembled the top and bottom half together around the road wheels but not to the wheels so they form a loop that can be slid off once dry. That greatly simplifies the following steps of painting and weathering the separate track assemblies then attaching them at the very end.
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Nov 26, 2018 08:51
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Any good Weird War games to play with BA minis that aren't K47?
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Nov 27, 2018 19:56
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Cross-posting from the keep painting thread:Endman posted:I finally finished these six pikemen that I've been meaning to get done for bloody ages:
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JcDent posted:Any good Weird War games to play with BA minis that aren't K47? Secrets of the Reich? Haven't played it but I know people do
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Endman posted:Cross-posting from the keep painting thread: Looking….. sharp! 
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A couple of weeks ago I suddenly got the idea to replace every killed little man in CoC with a dead little man. Today, my idea finally came to fruition (as long as casualties are no more than 8 per side).  
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