@Tjoek I posted a video discussing your map download for 1914 on my YouTube channel. The map turned out great…I just need a bigger table 🤣

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@Tjoek I just want to show off some more images of these incredible maps from a recent solo game.

This printout is from an HP DesignJet T830 on satin paper at 60x32" and covered by a 1/8" sheet of acrylic. I assure you that any blurriness in the photos is due to image compression or camera focus - the map itself is razor sharp and beautiful!

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@militarized-milkmen said in Axis & Allies Community Map Files:

But either way, I think you may be breaking the rules and may get a take down notice.

Haven’t had a takedown notice in 21 years. <knock on wood>

I’m wondering if “downloading” means a software download that allows you to download the images. Some of these companies used to use software like that for transferring large files before “the cloud” was more ubiquitous.

IIRC, a few years back WotC sent me some image assets and I had to download some software to get them.

@Imperious-Leader I tried to match up the lines a bit where pacific met the European theater and for fun added Seattle as the victory city as a gag for the players since we are all up here in the PNW.

Hi @Tjoek, I hope you don’t mind but I’d like to use your map for this 1940 tracker I’m building. I can see how long you’ve spent cleaning this up, so I would like to add you to the credits if that’s okay.

I think I might have taken some of the tokens you cleaned up already while bulding my prototype. I think they popped up in google image searches, I hope you don’t mind. I plan on sharing freely with the community in a seperate thread once it’s more polished.

Here’s a link with a picture of the board : https://storage.googleapis.com/aa-calkit4me/index.html

And here’s a preview with you image :
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As you can see, I’ll need to insert the IPC tracker at the top again (I think it adds a nice touch) and realign a few icons, but you get the gist. I think it would look much nicer.

Thanks in advance,

Kev

@carlomilton26 said in Sired's Map project - Updated- 4/16 - files available see first post:

Thanks again for the great ideas! These ideas are not just for me, it’s for everyone as when done the map will be made available.

Thanks again for the great ideas! These ideas are not just for me, it’s for everyone as when done the map will be made available.
Regards, stream

We gotta compare painted sets sometime! These are SWEEEET

@cloudesley love the look and layout. In my opinion, the Germany card is a little confusing with the way the Denmark/Finland/Sweden bonus is set up. It gives the impression that you get 5 for each of those, but it is only 5 if all three of those are met.

@coedewa What specific questions about camo do you have?

Here is a process I provided earlier in the thread re: a German woodland camo for armor. I’ll reiterate that you want to go light to dark when applying colors.

The woodland camo is a 3 step process. First of all, I painted a dark khaki color, based off of a photograph or drawing. Then I painted a burnt sienna brown in stripes and an occasional “splotch”, to simulate the camo. Then I painted a dark forest green overlapping the brown, making sure to cover most of the piece. There are many different kinds of camo, but as a general rule, it looks better when it overlaps, when it’s not a predictable pattern (you don’t want parallel stripes running along the length of the piece :-)), and when you cover the entire piece, then paint details over it. This makes it look more authentic in my opinion.

Hi everyone,

Jan and I almost finished our warroom.
We would like to share some pictures with you.
The map on the table has the same size as the 1936 middle map.

The Map on the picture does also have the Captains ‘‘house rule expansion’’ in it. (addition to the game)
For every Axis and Allies lover, who would like to add some more variety of units and tactics.
It’s very easy to learn and to add, to your regular game, the 1940 global version.

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/37535/the-captain-s-global-1940-house-rules-collection

Just take a quick look, and decide for yourself.

On the wall we have two dice towers, which can be taken off smoothly.
(I made those myself, they are very quiet and easy to use. I also sell them, if you are interested).
We also use a magnetic board on the wall to keep up during the game. (there is a poster in the making for the board with a large ipc tracker.)

Let me know what you think of our game board, and if something is missing just leave a reply in the comments.

Best regards,

Jan and Cornelis from the Netherlands.

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hi, what kind of paint do you guys use?
thinking of brand, kind, colors, store, etc.

printed alot of pieces of shapeways and need tips to get the colors perfect  :evil: :mrgreen: