Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

Played a game this weekend with the guys and told them to expect new units soon. The Italians are coming.

New images

More…  The turrets still move!

In Action

I love the FMG star on the bottom. Nice touch! Question on the turrets… Are they nice and tight so once placed, they don’t flop around or fall out? I would hate to bust out the crazy glue on these… :-o

P.S. The “VW Vanagen” is so great…

@Variable:

I love the FMG star on the bottom. Nice touch! Question on the turrets… Are they nice and tight so once placed, they don’t flop around or fall out? I would hate to bust out the crazy glue on these… :-o

P.S. The “VW Vanagen” is so great…

They will not fall out.  They have a “bulge” at the bottom of the “stem” that holds them in.  They are manually assembled at the factory.  They can come out (for painting etc) if you pull tight on them.

And do the turrets rotate/swivel with some firmness or are they very loose?

Lovely pictures by the way!

Nice pics, they seam to be high quality

Look great FMG!  Keep up the good work!

@Lozmoid:

And do the turrets rotate/swivel with some firmness or are they very loose?

Lovely pictures by the way!

They are tight and will stay in any position

Fantastic, thank you!

FMG up the production. Get the Germans in production. Those Italians are awesome I am going to have to order more. Can’t wait to get them.

@jim010:

The end is near.

It’s amusing that this phrase is normally associated with prophecies of doomsday, but that in our case it’s something we see as a good thing.  :-)

FMG……pat your self on the back cuz you deserve it.  you are our hero. im gona preorder them soon, when you YOU THINK they will be here by min/max no spesifics

Field Marshal Games these pieces are excellent! Thank you for your dedication to improving this game with these extraordinary sculpts! :-) They are well worth the wait.

I still find it fascinating that these tiny tanks have moveable turrets.  So the “stem” is on the turret piece and fits down in the body of the tank, right?  It really makes me appreciate the complexity of the mould.

Oh yeah, while you say the turrets could be removed for painting or whatever, I would be too afraid to try and pull them apart for fear of breaking them.  The plastic must be a bit softer than the plastic used for WOTC pieces.

I am so stoked to get these.  Since you mentioned “end of month”, this month has really started to drag along very slowly.  It seems like each day I look at the calendar and say “Is THAT all the farther we’ve gotten?!?”

@knp7765:

I still find it fascinating that these tiny tanks have moveable turrets.  So the “stem” is on the turret piece and fits down in the body of the tank, right?  It really makes me appreciate the complexity of the mould.

The new Twilight Imperium expansion “Shards of the Throne” includes tiny tank-like futuristic fighting machines (“mechanized units”) with a revolving turret.  You can see some pictures of them here:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/954333/twilight-imperium-third-edition-shards-of-the-thro

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/1001684/twilight-imperium-third-edition-shards-of-the-thro?size=large

They’re about as big as a dime, which is around the same size as an A&A tank, and they’re made of a kind of plastic which is a bit softer than the one used for A&A pieces.  The units came in two pieces in the game box: a hull with a hole on top and a turret with a peg at its base.  The fit is snug: each unit required a fair amount of thumb pressure to assemble.  The assembled turrets rotate stiffly but adequately.  Anyway, I don’t bother rotating the turrets because I think these units look best with the turret pointing straight ahead.

or backwards like the french lol  :evil: :-) :wink:

These look brilliant so far. when the whole set is complete, expect me as a customer. I play with some modified house rules where extra pieces and new special pieces would really help. my only beef is the colour, but The chinese and french units will definatley be purchased by me. If anything I’ll use the ones I don’t think match up with the regular pieces enough with those custom markers I saw on the store!

My god, I should be saving for college but now I want save some of it for my new gaming obsession!

I’m new here and I’m not going to read all 186 pages, so if this is a repost forgive me:

is there any plan to make some plastic building pieces? (i.e. factories, and maybe hospitals, universites, etc).

just found historical boardgaming now too…at least I can get the matching pieces. still want the ones by field marshal!

one more question:

is there a plan for additional chinese pieces? like chinese artillery and the like? that would be great, just something in that pale green to use.