Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

JAPAN-why is japan neglected.  What units are planned for this Axis Country?

Thanks Fish,

I’m in Jax(FLA),so maybe mine won’t b to far behind!

Thanks for the dice, by the way Jeremy.

FYI, just caught my son tasting the trucks.  He thought it was chocolate.

@Johnson73:

JAPAN-why is japan neglected.  What units are planned for this Axis Country?

We are doing Japan.  After UK

COMBAT UNITS ITALY are now avaliable for INDIVIDUAL UNIT Sale at HistoricalBoardGaming.com

http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Italy_c_148.html

And you’re doing U.K. when? After U.S.?

@Lozmoid:

And you’re doing U.K. when? After U.S.?

Yes, UK will follow USA

What battleship did you choose to do for UK?

@jim010:

What battleship did you choose to do for UK?

I will have to check, but I think it was King George V?

If that is the case, then you will have my money for this as well.

I know you have said that the unit colours will match the combat dice (thanks for the set you sent with my Italians, by the way), but it is hard to judge how well the colour matches Hasbro’s pieces.  How close is your UK colour to Hasbro’s?

And without looking through180 pages, where do you have France in the que?

Cheers

@FieldMarshalGames:

COMBAT UNITS ITALY are now avaliable for INDIVIDUAL UNIT Sale at HistoricalBoardGaming.com

Hi

Is this the right color? Is the color for the italian units historical bord gaming sells different from the pieces FMG selling?
These looks more tan than dark brown. Actually I like this color.

@supermestizo:

@FieldMarshalGames:

COMBAT UNITS ITALY are now avaliable for INDIVIDUAL UNIT Sale at HistoricalBoardGaming.com

Hi

Is this the right color? Is the color for the italian units historical bord gaming sells different from the pieces FMG selling?
These looks more tan than dark brown. Actually I like this color.

It is very hard to see true colour from a picture on a computer.  They are exactly the same.

@jim010:

If that is the case, then you will have my money for this as well.

I know you have said that the unit colours will match the combat dice (thanks for the set you sent with my Italians, by the way), but it is hard to judge how well the colour matches Hasbro’s pieces.  How close is your UK colour to Hasbro’s?

And without looking through180 pages, where do you have France in the que?

Cheers

As you can tell from ALL your AAA games…  UK has always varied in it’s colour.  Our colour is exact to one of the releases, I just can’t remember which one.

FRANCE will be done last.

@FieldMarshalGames:

@jim010:

If that is the case, then you will have my money for this as well.

I know you have said that the unit colours will match the combat dice (thanks for the set you sent with my Italians, by the way), but it is hard to judge how well the colour matches Hasbro’s pieces.  How close is your UK colour to Hasbro’s?

And without looking through180 pages, where do you have France in the que?

Cheers

Color of the (or at least my) combat dice is (pretty close to) exact to AA50th Anniversary edition UK pieces.  Which I believe are the same as the 1940 edition pieces as well.

the order is , and correct me if im wrong,
italy(done)
germany(almost done)
usa(current)
russia
uk/anzac/canada/(india?(inf?))
japan
france

The Italians arrived today! Only eleven months after the pre-order. Photo is the Italian fleet during our current game.

Some of the Italians in the Med. area. The plastic is a might softer then the OOB units. A few of the subs and destroyers were bent. I can bend them back but thet do not stay straight. A heat gun will be required to fix them but you will have to be very carefull with the heat. Might have to use a little weight on them till they cool. The weight cannot be too much as it might mash the masts and conning towers.

@Imperious:

I notice you used my idea about cutting off the Table tactics infantry guns and making fortifications. Good idea. That’s all they are really good for anyway. If only Jack knew!

Yes they work great for forts. I still have a bunch of those things that have not been converted yet. I thought he knew that we were doing that.

I have a lot of experience with painting miniatures… and I have to say, for plastics of this scale these Italians are the best WWII pieces I’ve seen.  Not sure if anyone has mentioned or noticed this.  I love how the infantry is actually proportionally correct - so many wargaming minis of this size (plastic and metals) suffer from what I call the “apish bodies” (super long torso, big heads - usually too tall as well).  The detail is likewise top notch, was making some comparisons to the historical units they’re modeled after… nice.  Good stuff FMG  :-D