HBG WW1 Set

[HBG]

We are working on them.
We have the 2 planes modeled and will start on the others.

[xxstefanx]

Thx for the update!
Great news!

-> Have you decided on the destroyer and transport yet?
-> Can you already confirm light blue (horizon blue) being amongst the colours of the set?

Thx in advance!

[HBG]

The light blue will match the HBG light Blue and the French OOB blue for Global 40 among other HBG colors.
Still finalizing the ships, any ideas for a transport?

[xxstefanx]

See my posts on page 2 in this thread!

[HBG]

@xxstefanx:

Is it a glitch that the second picture looks darker and relatively turquoise?
Is it really a clear LIGHT BLUE as in the first picture?

I mean the WWI French are supposed to be Horizon Blue!
So if you do not want to aim matching it perfectly - regarding costs for an additional, but only slightly different colour maybe - the light blue in the first picture would do fine enough!

We are NOT matching the Blue in the 1914 game by WOTC. We are only matching the dark Blue OOB color from 1940 and HBG Colors.

[xxstefanx]

So to be 100% clear: There will be a light blue set for this, correct?

Second: You did find my posts regarding destroyers and transports on page 2?

[Imperious Leader]

I suggest you scrap all that…

Replace the OOB naval with

New battleship, cruiser, destroyer, and transport for both Central and entente ( 8 sculpts). The OOB naval are horrible.

Then make zeppelins, Rail guns (2 sculpts), and a fortress piece. One tank for central powers could be done, 2 new artillery ( central and allies) and possibly armored car ( 2 sculpts)

16-17 new sculpts.

[xxstefanx]

Why do you spoil this topic with this suggestion?

Coach’s set is fine as it is with different sculpts for each piece like A&A is supposed to be!

And you get your own game released following this pattern already!
(nice effort! +)

So there is absolutely NO need to follow this approach with the HBG set as well!

[Imperious Leader]

Because the OOB pieces are horrible. Why would they want all French ships?

[Variable]

French equipment was widely used by smaller neutral and minor nations. So this set is intended to provide pieces for Neutrals, Minors, and supplement oob French etc… That would be why all French. This is not meant to be the “end all, do all” of HBG WWI pieces.

[Flashman]

Will they look like these?

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/1659903/axis-allies-wwi-1914

[HBG]

@Flashman:

Will they look like these?

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/1659903/axis-allies-wwi-1914

See first post!

[xxstefanx]

@Imperious:

Because the OOB pieces are horrible. Why would they want all French ships?

Answer is simple:
So that I can buy the French set and replace ALL OOB units with them!

After that I pray that the set will be a success so that Coach decides to make the next set, namely the German one.

So that I can replace……

and so on! :-D

P.S.: In addition units like cavalry or destroyers are a welcome edition for even more WWI like play! :-)

[Imperious Leader]

It is more economical to just have one central power ship and one entente ship for each class using iconic ships. That way you get everything replaced by just buying different colors. Who will wait 10 years to get every conceivable nation? The game will be passed up by lots of new games by then. If you just work on the obvious things first, you fixed the major problems. I don’t want the French naval designs to be used by central power forces.

[xxstefanx]

I am sure we can wait some more months to use your pieces then!

So I am absolutely fine with Coach’s perfectly historical French set!

See, every piece as the representative choice for the specific unit IS the optimum solution in the long run for EVERY WWI based game being it A&A 1914, your or my own game orwhatever other!

In geek dreamland we ALL want it this way, don’t we?  :wink:

[Imperious Leader]

I just want the best for Coach. Economics must be considered. No matter what i buy 6 sets

[Emperor_Taiki]

Armored Trains? They seem pretty important.
combined with the HBG rail piece, it could be like a defensive tank that can only move on rails.
http://www.businessinsider.com/world-war-two-armored-trains-2011-11?op=1

[xxstefanx]

Äh……no!

Armored Trains would hardly make the 1st Exrended Set because Heavy and Railway artillery, Machinegunners, Reconnaissance Planes, at least one more type of fighter, Battlecruisers, seamines and Zeppelins certainly come first

Would be a cool unit though to ferry Lenin to Saint Petersburg. 8-)
.

[Imperious Leader]

Armored Trains? They seem pretty important.

If you’re Harry Larris…. i mean Flashman, then yes with big guns. Yes the most important in that war.

[CWO Marc]

@xxstefanx:

Armored Trains […] Would be a cool unit though to ferry Lenin to Saint Petersburg.

Yes, though sadly:

a) He supposedly used a “sealed” train, not an armoured one.
b) The whole story about the sealed train later turned out to be just an invention.

But yes, armoued trains are cool.  One of the neatest designs I’ve ever seen was in the James Bond movie GoldenEye.  The front of the locomotive looks vaguely like an Easter Island statue.