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Bucnasti posted:There has always been this romanticized idea that the German army was superior (cutting edge weapons and tactics) and would have been successful if only they weren't led by those incompetent Nazis. Also most of that German equipment was inferior trash
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I can't remember if I read it on here or somewhere else, but they were talking about the ridiculous ways in which nazis wasted time and money. One they focused on was the uniforms. Something like the fallschirmjäger uniform had over 70 unique tailoring cuts, whereas even the finest Saville Row 3-piece suit only has like 21. On top of that, every uniform was custom tailored to the soldier. Like, if you're taking on the world in a war, and you have limited time, money, and supplies, maybe don't give Hugo Boss carte blanche to go hog wild with the unis, and just hand out small, medium, and large instead, with each piece having less then 10 cuts. It was the sort of blinkered thinking that embodied the nazi regime top to bottom. "Oh gently caress, we're losing the war! Let's build a super tank that will crush all before it! What? Will it be too heavy to cross 99% of all bridges in europe? SHUTUP! Build me that tank! And lets build more of those jets that have a 3 minute flight time, and explode of they have a rough landing."
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And melt their pilots into unrecognizable goo if the over-pressurized fuel tank leaks into the cockpit.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I can't remember if I read it on here or somewhere else, but they were talking about the ridiculous ways in which nazis wasted time and money. One they focused on was the uniforms. Something like the fallschirmjäger uniform had over 70 unique tailoring cuts, whereas even the finest Saville Row 3-piece suit only has like 21. On top of that, every uniform was custom tailored to the soldier. Like, if you're taking on the world in a war, and you have limited time, money, and supplies, maybe don't give Hugo Boss carte blanche to go hog wild with the unis, and just hand out small, medium, and large instead, with each piece having less then 10 cuts. Yeah that comes up with some regularity in pyf, there was a goon in the milhist thread in ask/tell that covered it initially. That and the iconic stahlhelm being another model of production inefficiency, with like ten different sizes, each hand-stamped, and the leather supports inside custom-fit to the wearer. The whole upshot is that the Nazi uniform was developed to look good in propaganda films marching through blitzkrieged towns and as a consequence sucked to fight in and sucked worse to make. It's my firm belief that the single most effective piece of Nazi engineering was the humble Jerry can. We're still using those today. (Not that it helped those fascist fucks when their fuel supplies dried up!)
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I remember listening to some wargaming podcast way back in the day and I remember one of the hosts had an interesting comment about getting into WW2 historicals: "I'm Korean, so I'd want to play with an Asian army but I don't want to play Japanese because they tortured my grandparents."
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WW2 reenacting is largely an older white guy hobby.
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Lord Hypnostache posted:"I'm Korean, so I'd want to play with an Asian army but I don't want to play Japanese because they tortured my grandparents." They really dislike each other a lot despite a lot of their pop culture aping one another (it's ADTRW all the way down). Japanese mom of someone I know refuses to use a Samsung phone because "it's Korean".
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WAAAAAAAAAAAter fight
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Z the IVth posted:They really dislike each other a lot despite a lot of their pop culture aping one another (it's ADTRW all the way down).
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TK_Nyarlathotep posted:
This rules tho
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I can't remember if I read it on here or somewhere else, but they were talking about the ridiculous ways in which nazis wasted time and money. One they focused on was the uniforms. Something like the fallschirmjäger uniform had over 70 unique tailoring cuts, whereas even the finest Saville Row 3-piece suit only has like 21. On top of that, every uniform was custom tailored to the soldier. Like, if you're taking on the world in a war, and you have limited time, money, and supplies, maybe don't give Hugo Boss carte blanche to go hog wild with the unis, and just hand out small, medium, and large instead, with each piece having less then 10 cuts. That was me again. It wasn't the Fallschirmjager uniform, it was the standard feldbluse (tunic) issued to everyone. (Edit: Hugo Boss didn't design the standard infantry uniform. He was involved in designing 30's Party uniforms, and used slave labor to manufacture army uniforms later.) Cessna fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Aug 25, 2021 |
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Eediot Jedi posted:WAAAAAAAAAAAter fight if there were a warhammer beach episode and it were anywhere near canon or officially sanctioned i would weep with joy like Anne of Green Gables
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TK_Nyarlathotep posted:
This is beautiful and I want one.
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TK_Nyarlathotep posted:
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Spanish Manlove posted:This rules tho i also want to print and/or paint the beach orks
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Da Beach Boyz
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Phy posted:Yeah that comes up with some regularity in pyf, there was a goon in the milhist thread in ask/tell that covered it initially. That and the iconic stahlhelm being another model of production inefficiency, with like ten different sizes, each hand-stamped, and the leather supports inside custom-fit to the wearer. The whole upshot is that the Nazi uniform was developed to look good in propaganda films marching through blitzkrieged towns and as a consequence sucked to fight in and sucked worse to make. Huh, I always kind of wondered why it was called a Jerry can.
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Reveilled posted:Huh, I always kind of wondered why it was called a Jerry can. Yeah Allied troops recovered them from Germans and then we copied the design. There's a youtube video out there about the elegant and practical design of them
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AndyElusive posted:Da Beach Boyz
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AndyElusive posted:Da Beach Boyz  Goes perfect with my Surf Boyz - who are still only half painted after four years.
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chin up everything sucks posted:who are still only half painted after four years. The Warham sign of maturity
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chin up everything sucks posted:
wish deyz all could be califonia grotz
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I can't remember if I read it on here or somewhere else, but they were talking about the ridiculous ways in which nazis wasted time and money. Not gonna lie, I'd definitely follow a blog/podcast dedicated to the laundry list of ways the nazis hosed up and were incompetent.
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Fashionable Jorts posted:Not gonna lie, I'd definitely follow a blog/podcast dedicated to the laundry list of ways the nazis hosed up and were incompetent. Come on over to the Military History thread in Ask/Tell, that's a regular topic of discussion.
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The Fallout group is on form this week. 
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Ugleb posted:The Fallout group is on form this week. Oh man, that's a clever terrain idea! Dried pasta is really cheap, and it looks like cool alien/mutated flora. I'd have to look up if it's sanitary/safe to use long term, but this seems pretty cool and - Oh. Oh no Kaza42 fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Aug 26, 2021 |
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The worst part is, you can tell he put in work detailing those balls
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Yeah that's a lot of detail, he must have had a lot of good reference material.
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Realistic animal genitalia is more of a skyrim modder thing.
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goatface posted:Realistic animal genitalia is more of a Rockstar thing
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I kinda like the alien pasta plants. Some weird colours and a bit of decoration on them, they'll look cool. But, do they get stinky after a while? If it's humid, will they absorb moisture?
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That pasta thing is catching on everywhere and I kinda love it. I don't think they'll get gross unless you're really careless with storage - they're maybe as risky as cardboard.
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I dont like how theyre all uniformly cut at the same angle
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TotalHell posted:wish deyz all could be califonia grotz Fun fact, I was living in California in the home of modern surfing (Santa Cruz) when I made the Surf Boyz. I just wanted a fun alternative to Storm Boyz, and Orks on anti-grav surfboards seemed appropriate.
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bandaid.friend posted:I kinda like the alien pasta plants. Some weird colours and a bit of decoration on them, they'll look cool. But, do they get stinky after a while? If it's humid, will they absorb moisture? I think you could get away with sealing them really well, but I'm not sure what to seal them with, my go-to is watered down PVA, but I'm afraid that would soften the pasta.
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AndyElusive posted:Da Beach Boyz never forget the original beach boyz https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3660745&userid=81014&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post471815397
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I've had an idea that keeps popping into my head about making some Blues Brothers themed orks. Suits (orky style), hats, sunglasses, and a kitbashed crown vic model kit. But my lack of sculpting skills keeps it from becoming a reality. "Wez on a mission from Gork"
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I dont know if italian style pasta would react the same, but ramen style will start putting off a rank ammonia stink after a few years. I found this out after finding a ramen pack at the back of the cupboard that was years old and thought "how bad could it be". It was bad gents, it were real bad.
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Desfore posted:The worst part is, you can tell he put in work detailing those balls Thread title
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