Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

Should allies of the US have a sculpt for a generic transport, and Sherman tanks and basic arty as a potential lend-lease participant?  Could the US be configured in a variation where they actually have turns (pre 1941) where they start giving equipment away at some reduced IPC value (e.g. pre 1941 the US only generates 24 IPC of war materials and on their turn they are placed on the US East Coast in the allied players color for their use)?  I think this could have a lot of entertainment value.

Should allies of the US have a sculpt for a generic transport, and Sherman tanks and basic arty as a potential lend-lease participant?

Nice one Dino.  I like that.

I’d like each nation to have a seperate Heavy Bomber sculpt.  Maybe it would be released in a Technology Expansion.

I’d like the US to have both B-17s and B-29s.

Radar? How?  Have radar dish pieces built in each territory?

@Imperious:

yea all technology pieces should be represented. Heavy bomber, super subs, heavy tanks, rockets, radar, etc.

Yeah, I agree and that’s probably where I’ll be doing some sculpting of my own. For example, if the US achieves long range aircraft you can swap the F6F Hellcats for P-38s or P-51s. In some cases though a new sculpt for a tech isn’t needed. If the Japanese achieve long range aircraft there is no need to update the zeros. Zeros are already long range!

Tech pieces, where appropriate, should account for combinations as well. For example, if the Germans achieve long range aircraft the ME 109s become Do 335s. If the Germans achieve jet fighters they get Me 262s. If they achieve both long range aircraft and jet fighters they get Ho 229s. I’ve actually already completed the models for the German aircraft and P-51s.

Do you have a pic of your Aircraft?

Here, go to these links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_335

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229

@coachofmany:

Do you have a pic of your Aircraft?

I don’t want to hijack this thread so I started a new one called ‘Tech Pieces’.

Good job, WOPR.

hey, FMG, since you got a new fancy graphics designer guy, how about this:

The F-86 Saber was origionally planned to have the same wing design as the P-51, only with a big central jet engine.  However, when they discovered Germany’s sweaped wing, they changed it.

Perhaps for a tech piece for the US, you could make an alternate historical Jet Mustang?  That would really be one of a kind.

How about a B-36 Peacemaker.
The U.S. thought Britain was going to fall so they needed a Bomber that could take off from the U.S. mainland, bomb Germany and fly back home.
protoype flew in 1946

I would prefer to stick with tech items that were actually built during WWII.  I would include proto-types in this definition.  If a country cannot met this qualification if they had at least one test trial.  If a country could not meet this requirement, we could do one of two option.

1.  They could use a proto type design that was closest to having a proto type built.

2.  They use an allies tech unit.

One thing I’m not in favor of is jets using Long Range technology.  No jet simply could not match a long range prop aircraft.

Ok, what about the British super heavy tank……“Tortoise”

@Black:

I would prefer to stick with tech items that were actually built during WWII.  I would include proto-types in this definition.  If a country cannot met this qualification if they had at least one test trial.  If a country could not meet this requirement, we could do one of two option.

1.  They could use a proto type design that was closest to having a proto type built.

2.  They use an allies tech unit.

Everybody’s list of desired units is going to be different. If you find your favorite piece missing from FMGs set and don’t know where to turn, I’ll sculpt it for you.

@Black:

One thing I’m not in favor of is jets using Long Range technology.  No jet simply could not match a long range prop aircraft.

Well in A&A it’s possible to achieve long range and jet aircraft so if we’re talking about tech molds there should be a dedicated mold to represent that tech. Personally, I wouldn’t want to have a prop aircraft representing a jet on my board.

What do you charge to sculpt a AAA figure,?

@FieldMarshalGames:

@crusaderiv:

Yes,yes,yes.

I want more piece for my World at War game game but what will be the scale of the pieces?

We need more warships but the scale must be between 1/3000 and 1/4000 not bigger…
Carrier, cruiser, transport and cargo,landing craft.
1/250 for tanks and trucks.
1/700 for planes.
1/87 or 1/72 for figurines.

We are using the same scale as the existing AAA pcs.  I know this product will be used 99% of the time for Axis & Allies…  but just like COMBAT DICE, I say they are for WW2 games in general so the Chimps will not Sue me out of business.

Well, if you measure the A&A pieces the scales inexplicably vary from mold to mold.  :? If one is familiar with the units represented it’s pretty obvious in some molds. For example, the Yamato mold is shorter than the Bismarck mold when it should be the opposite. The B 17 wingspan is far greater than the Halifax wingspan when they should be identical. The Bf 109 fighter mold is one of the largest while it should be the smallest. What’s going on here? This is a gripe for people who appreciate historically accurate models.

What I would like to see is a consistent scale for each unit type: All BBs at 1/zzzz scale, CVs at 1/yyyy scale, CAs at 1/xxxx scale, DDs at 1/wwww, figthers at 1/vvv scale, bombers at 1/uuu scale and so on. Exceptions might need to be made here and there if a mold ends up being too big or too small. However, I feel every attempt should be made to keep the relative size of the pieces in each unit type as accurate as possible.

I think it would be ideal if a scale was chosen for each unit type that would allow something like the following rule:

DDs <= 35mm (~1/3333)
CAs 42-47mm (~1/4444)
BBs 55-62mm (~1/4444)
CVs >= 60mm (~1/4444)

fighters 20-26mm (wingspan) (~1/600)
bombers 30-60mm (wingspan) (~1/700)

Perhaps we could create a poll for every unit and nationality to see which ones people would like to see included. Just an idea if FMG hasn’t already decided on this.

I would like to see the game start in 1939, include Polish forces with their cavalry units.