@hopper1999 I’ve access to both resin and PLA printers, and while resin has a couple of extra steps compared to PLA, I wouldn’t consider it painful. I’ve come to appreciate resin’s ability to show detail even in very small scale. For me its worth the extra steps to clean and cure, for those results. What’s great is there are so many free units available, with some simple editing/converting you can quickly build cool armies.
As for casting, while I haven’t casted any A&A parts yet (still building my unit library), I have casted a lot of 3.75 action figure parts. I’ve gotten best results using a syringe and pressure pot. (I converted a old paint pressure tank). You inject your mold, and then put it under pressure, I’d do around 30psi, to help the resin into the thinner parts of the mold and prevent bubbles. It also helps, when making your mold to put it under pressure as well. I’ve found it helps prevents bubbles in the silicone and between the silicone and the part being cast.
I plan on using casting to duplicate units I already have, that I can’t find stl files for.
Nodever2's G40 Custom Battle Board
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Hello everyone,
Casual A&A player here, this game has been one of my favorites for many years now. Many thanks to this community and all the resources it provides.
When we played G40, we used to use the Anniversary battle board for it, but the differences in unit stats between AA50 and G40 got annoying; and we wanted two battle boards. I wanted to make a G40 battle board in the same style as AA50. Big thanks to @Bob_A_Mickelson for posting his custom battle board on boardgamegeek.com, as I based my design off of his. I wanted to make a version that was clearer to read however. Here is the result. Maybe some of you would like to use it as well. My plan is to print it on 8.5x11 paper and laminate it. It fits pretty well, especially if you make the margins smaller.
I also color-coded each column for the battle dice we are using from iwillnevergrowup.com, and added some extra info about convoy raids, kamikaze, and air raids to help remind us of the dice values, etc to prevent fishing through the rulebook for it.
If any of you guys would like me to whip up an alternate version of this for you, such as one with different battle dice color coding, or with a slightly different color scheme (I considered making an alt version which is black-and-white like the normal G40 battle boards), or without the extra info in the “zero” column for those of you who have memorized the bombing raid/convoy raid rules, or anything else, feel free to request it here and if it’s not too much trouble I can make it for you. I made this board in paint.net, which is like Microsoft Paint but better (supports transparency, more tools, layers, etc). For those of you who can use that editor, here is the .pdn project file for you to mess with. Also, if a .pdf file would be easier for anyone to use, I can provide that too.
Happy gaming :)
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I like it. Great job.
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@vodot Hi, thank you for your interest! That would be no problem at all :) I think it would look something like this:
And just for fun I made a black and white version as well -
(and here’s the original in that color scheme for others who are interested)
Speaking of Grasshopper’s Battle Dice, I believe they use black for “1”, so here is my interpretation of that for people who may be interested in the future:
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UPDATE: I made my own :) Thanks Nodever2 for a great source file.
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I’ve gone mad - I made a simplified version for AA50 etc. as well. :)
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@nodever2 said in Nodever2's G40 Custom Battle Board:
@vodot Hi, thank you for your interest! That would be no problem at all :) I think it would look something like this:
Awesome, those look amazing!
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Gorgeous! Could you make it non-color coded, I.e. just like the Anniversary board? (Black for attacker, Red for defender)
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@reloader-1 whoops - looking at that, I realize that I’ve forgotten Aircraft Carriers attacking at “1” in AA50. I’ll upload a fixed version and include one with just black and red “attacker and defender” coloring.
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Thanks so much!! I’m about to print out your AA50 map with the modifications to Australia and Italian East Africa, pondering if there are any other changes I’d like to have before I have it made (neoprene).
Perhaps sea zone 66… :grin:
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@vodot amazing! One final tweak, can “Defender” at the bottom be in red like Anniversary one?
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In the wake of Renegade games announcing official hit dice, I couldn’t resist making a couple more variants for anyone interested. I find the new announcements quite exciting :)
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I forgot air units get two dice in convoy raiding, good reminder haha
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