Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

@Imperious:

If i was at WOTC they would have problems. I would Gordon Ramsey them mercilessly till i was kicked out or i kicked them out.

You are assuming that you would be in charge at WOTC. The only way for that to happen would be if you were a chimp.

I have been told to expect an update tonight!  FYI

@FieldMarshalGames:

I have been told to expect an update tonight!  FYI

That’s great news. I can’t wait.

Great

Latest Sculpts posted to project Forum.  More are due next week

Another step closer!

Nice job FMG. Can’t wait to see the rest.

Keep up the good work FMG. Can’t wait till i can get a set.

Thank you so much FMG! You have restored my wavering faith. Now just tell me when I can buy!  :-)

Great work done  :lol: :lol:

I love the tac bombers. I’m still on fence about these pieces.

Good stuff FMG - can’t wait to get my hands on these and start painting!

Love the new pictures cant wait to order my sets!
thoes426 :evil:

They are all of the same quality… Some of the pictures are bad.  These were made from grainy factory pictures.

Bah!  Compare these to what comes with the game - sweet Jesus, it’s like going from an old Yugo to a new Mercedes.  :-D

I’m glad the planes are flat on the bottom, like they are in flight.  With the TAC Bombers, WOTC made the Japanese TAC Bombers with pegs that represent landing gear.  It looks pretty cool when they are by themselves on the board but it’s hard to place them on aircraft carriers.  The Japanese carriers are wider than the others so I can fit the TAC Bombers on them but I don’t think they would fit right on the British and German carriers.

Man I can’t wait for these pieces.  I’ve got some money saved up and it’s burning a hole in my pocket.  I think I’m going to have to get all new containers for my combat pieces for all the different types.

By the way, someone correct me if I’m wrong, but with these latest pieces, that leaves only five units left until Italy is complete.

Submarine
Bomber
Trucks
Halftracks/Mech Infantry
Transport planes

Those are the last ones we are waiting on, right?  Didn’t Jeremy say that the Bunker/Pill Boxes and Task Force Markers were going on the common pieces set with the ICs, AA Guns, etc.?  If that’s the case, then we all just have five more units to be designed and then it will be ORDER TIME.

I love them…. except for the funky lines on the airplanes. I like the clean look of A&A airplanes (and ships) and FMG has copied that clean look in the ships, and gone Eagle Games on us in regards to the airplanes.

@reloader-1:

I love them…. except for the funky lines on the airplanes. I like the clean look of A&A airplanes (and ships) and FMG has copied that clean look in the ships, and gone Eagle Games on us in regards to the airplanes.

The lines on the fighters may be a bit much … I’d have to see one up close and personal to decide for myself, but the Tac bombers have (it seems) just the right amount of detail on them.  Personally I’d lose the extra lines on the wings and just leave the ones for whateverthosethingsarecalled that control the altitude.  Otherwise, stupendous!

@cminke:

ur wrong wheres transpotplanes, bunkers,ect…

@knp7765:

By the way, someone correct me if I’m wrong, but with these latest pieces, that leaves only five units left until Italy is complete.

Submarine
Bomber
Trucks
Halftracks/Mech Infantry
Transport planes

Those are the last ones we are waiting on, right?  Didn’t Jeremy say that the Bunker/Pill Boxes and Task Force Markers were going on the common pieces set with the ICs, AA Guns, etc.? If that’s the case, then we all just have five more units to be designed and then it will be ORDER TIME.

@knp7765:

I’m glad the planes are flat on the bottom, like they are in flight.  With the TAC Bombers, WOTC made the Japanese TAC Bombers with pegs that represent landing gear.  It looks pretty cool when they are by themselves on the board but it’s hard to place them on aircraft carriers.  The Japanese carriers are wider than the others so I can fit the TAC Bombers on them but I don’t think they would fit right on the British and German carriers.

Man I can’t wait for these pieces.  I’ve got some money saved up and it’s burning a hole in my pocket.  I think I’m going to have to get all new containers for my combat pieces for all the different types.

The OOB Japanese TAC bomber has visible landing gear because the actual airplane had fixed landing gear, not retractable landing gear.  Many prewar planes were not designed with retractable gear.  The Val (Japanese Tac Bomber) was designed in 1937, at the end of most fixed gear warplane design.  We can expect (hope) that the German Stuka will also have fixed landing gear if it is the OOB german tac bomber.  As for FMG’s planes, the models don’t have fixed gear because the aircraft they’re based on didn’t have fixed gear.  It’s accuracy, not gaming convenience.  I’d rather have the models retain their actual design elements.  The Stuka shouldn’t be flat, nor the Val.

I’m also not sold on the lines.  I was afraid they’d have them, and was disappointed to have my fears confirmed.  Flap lines don’t scale well.  On the Tac Bomber they’re much better than I expected, so maybe when we see some better pics I’ll be ok with them.  And at least there aren’t any rivets or sheet metal panel lines anywhere but the wings and engine cowling. The Tac is pulling it off because the mold is likely 1.5 times larger than the fighter, if it shares scale with OOB boxes, which explains why the lines appear more crisp and thinner.  I’d much prefer the fighter pared down.  Thus far, while I like the land units and sea units FMG’s shown, I would prefer the streamlined look that is scaled to actual proportions at expense of detail for the aircraft that the OOB pieces have.