Sculpt Colour Comparison Pictures

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    Hope so: I’d like to see:

    Askaris (a generic African unit, can be used by all powers; or make in different national colours).

    Arab irregulars, serving much the same function as Askaris.

    British Indian infantry.

    Both of these could be used for either World War.


  • Is it just me or do the new WWI sculpts look cartoony? Overall I think they are inferior to the previous A&A sculpts for WWII.


  • Agree. I figure A&A 1914 is a simple game for kids, and G40 is an complex game for adults. Thats why


  • @Razor:

    Agree. I figure A&A 1914 is a simple game for kids, and G40 is an complex game for adults. Thats why

    G40 may be bigger with more units, but it does not appear that 1914 is simple.  It will be tough to plan ahead several turns what to buy and where to attack  (Since land units move one space and air only 3).  They still cannot figure out many of the rules;  there are neutral powers; Russian revolution rules; etc… You want simple- get 1941 or Spring 1942.


  • In that case, what would be your explanation of the cartoony sculpts ?


  • @Razor:

    In that case, what would be your explanation of the cartoony sculpts ?

    Perhaps to look like propaganda posters of the time?  I don’t know I’ll have to get back to you when I get the game (hopefully tomorrow?).  Judging from the pictures they don’t look any more cartoony than some of the WWII sculpts.  I actually think they are better than could be expected, albeit fewer different sculpts than we wanted.


  • The main quibble I have with the infantry sculpts is that the bayonets look too big, or perhaps too wide relative to their length.  It makes for a more solid sculpt (as compared with the bayonet on the Japanese A&A sculpt), but I’m not happy about the appearance.


  • Not cartoony at all IMHO.

    Think they look great, better than I expected.


  • Is it only me, but the Brits look - sickly… ;)

    I like the Cruiser and sub sculpts, the BB is too basic IMHO, but the transport is great IMHO

    Arty is nice, but the Tanks and planes are just right .

    The infantry also looks nice - I also think its sort of propaganda poster style…

    I think the game has potential nad getting a 2nd edition is simply a must (more units and more of the existing units ;))

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    @Razor:

    In that case, what would be your explanation of the cartoony sculpts ?

    Who said they looked cartoony? I think they look a lot better than some of the WW2 sculpts. So tired of looking at the same damn Brit units with shorts and tin hats.

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    The quality of the infantry is variable; the USA piece is a 9/10, the Italiano is rather awkward, the gait of the Russians and Austrians is questionable.

    But overall they’re fine, certainly don’t think of them as cartoony. What about the sculpts in The Conflict; are they, what, postery? decoesque?


  • I believe that these infantry sculpts are the best in any A and A game yet


  • How about a photo of all the new ones next to each other?


  • @Shakespeare:

    How about a photo of all the new ones next to each other?

    Yes, I can certainly do that.  I’m going to be out of town briefly, so I’ll only be able to take the picture in a day or two.


  • I think the US infantry is the best.Followed by Russias then Britain. Agree that France,Austria and Ottoman could be better. Italy’s is the worst.


  • @Shakespeare:

    How about a photo of all the new ones next to each other?

    Here’s the requested picture, in front and back versions.

    All Troops 1.jpg
    All Troops 2.jpg


  • The Italian look akward  :-o

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    They wonder why their capital is only worth half as much as anyone elses. That would make anyone fee awkward.


  • Anyone compare the colours to HBG peices?


  • Once again the WotC dopes have given us some goofy colors!  Even given the specific colors they chose, they assigned them very oddly: It would have worked so much better to given the Ottomans the Italian color (which is close to the old Japanese color, which makes some sort of sense as it is somewhere in the realm of the Ottomon brown and since the Ottomans sort of take the Japanese place as the Germans’ flank ally…) meanwhile the Austrians should have gotten the blue-green they gave the Ottomans (somewhere in the vicinity of their early-war “Pike grey”) and the Italians the green they gave the Austrians (in the vicinity of the Italian early-war grey-green.

    Once again… WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!

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