Photos of the new sculps

[Witt]

And their height!
Wonder if the commission to make them was given to an Aussie company and they thought they would take advantage and make their sculpts the scariest!

[CWO Marc]

@Rammstein:

The ANZAC dude on the far right seems slightly shorter, but not by much. Are they ALL like this?
Also, the base for the ANZAC Inf looks bigger than the standard base, how does this look on a chip?

The size difference between the two ANZAC sculpts in the picture is just an illusion.  My camera probably wasn’t precisely centered and precisely level when I took the shot, so the two ends of the lineup didn’t come out quite equal.  Also, the camera model I have isn’t really designed for close-up work, so there may be a bit of lens distortion involved too.  I haven’t compared the size of the ANZAC base to the base of the other pieces, nor placed it on a chip yet, so I can’t answer the second question; the main thing that struck me about it was the lack of stamping underneath.

[CWO Marc]

@Lozmoid:

CWO Marc, thank you very much for posting the pics and I’m glad I asked! Man, that ANZAC Infantry piece looks like Andre the Giant with a rifle… Talk about the thunder from down under, these guys are gonna be pretty intimidating!Â

You’re welcome.  I hadn’t really noticed how big the ANZAC infantryman was until I placed it next to one of the other pieces, so it took me by surprise too.  Perhaps in Australia and New Zealand kids listen to their mother when she tells them to drink their glass of milk so tha they’ll grow up to be tall and strong.

[oztea]

Also the pedestal he is standing on is much bigger.
I wonder if it fits on chips….

[Witt]

I hope no one thinks a mistake has been made!

[CWO Marc]

Here are three shots I took of some ANZAC and Japanese troop sculpts lying on a table, with a steel ruler placed across the rim of the bases as a reference point.  The ANZAC base diameter is definitely larger than standard troop sculpt base diameter.  I also checked to see how well each sculpt stacked on a poker chip from the box.  The Japanese base fitted exactly into the chip’s central depression, but the ANZAC one was too big; the difference is only fractional, but it’s enough to prevent the ANZAC base from fitting properly into the chips.

[Imperious Leader]

It might be a sign of things to come, the infantry are the same since 1984.
Perhaps these ANZACS are a test run of larger bases to be introduced to all infantry units, and made taller.

The infantry are the only pieces that have never changed, while everything else was upgraded.

[ch0senfktard]

Well, looks like I’ll have to order the yellow-green artillery and fighter neutrals from HBG…
They just couldn’t make China have its own color artillery and a fighter or two, yet the Europe game has French battleships and aircraft carriers…
ugh…

[Witt]

Well done Marc.
Is not right that they do not fit properly. Think that is going to be infuriating.

[CWO Marc]

@arisrosavictor:

Are the new sculpts (except infantry), the A&A standard, very hard, glossy plastic?…

Yes, fortunately this hasn’t changed.

[CWO Marc]

I can’t recall who mentioned this, but about a week ago someone noted that the ANZAC cruiser in VanGal’s photos looked different from the British one, even though the rulebook says that the ANZAC cruiser is the same as the UK’s.  I’ve looked at the sculpts side by side and this is quite correct, as you can see from these two pictures I took this morning.  Can Krieghund give us an official word on what the ANZAC cruiser sculpt represents?

[LHoffman]

HMAS Canberra ?   County Class

[Witt]

Looks right Hoffmann. I have a Jane’s from 1924 and i saw it mentioned Australia wanted a ship based on the County Class, just could not find a picture!
Just received my copy, but was waiting for Maddy to go to bed before i opened it.
Well spotted again Marc.

[Krieghund]

It’s the Australian version of the Kent subclass of the County class.

[CWO Marc]

@wittmann:

Well spotted again Marc.

Thanks for the identification info, gentlemen.

The ANZAC cruiser difference was actually first spotted by someone else (I can’t recall who) in another thread about a week ago, so the credit should go to this eagle-eyed individual.

Glad to hear your copy has arrived, Wittmann!

[Witt]

Thanks Krieg.
Although I am not a great Naval fan, I have been promising myself a more up to date Jane’s.
Marc: My wife, is at this moment trying to get Maddy out of the house so
I can have a good look at it. Maybe she wants a game!

[CWO Marc]

I don’t know if this difference has already been pointed out elsewhere, but I noticed last evening that the Russian anti-aircraft gun from the 1940 game is a bit different from the sculpt in the 1942 game.  The 1942 gun (on the left in the picture below) has a barrel that ends in a flared muzzle brake.  The 1940 gun has a barrel of uniform diameter which simply has a few grooves at its tip.

[LHoffman]

Is the Anzac battleship a King George V?

[CWO Marc]

@LHoffman:

Is the Anzac battleship a King George V?

The so-called ANZAC battleship is HMS Warspite, a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of WWI vintage.  The closest she got to Australia was her tour of duty with the Royal Navy’s Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean in 1942.

[LHoffman]

@CWO:

@LHoffman:

Is the Anzac battleship a King George V?

The so-called ANZAC battleship is HMS Warspite, a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of WWI vintage.  The closest she got to Australia was her tour of duty with the Royal Navy’s Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean in 1942.

Ah, yes. Thanks Marc.