Cyanight's Customizations

@cyanight:

Don’t be sorry about the ranting John its welcomed :)

And like always, Marc hits the nail on the head.  I love HBG but its the release date that kills me too.  They are borderline worse than Blizzard with releasing dates.

Oh, BTW… John I saw your post in Paul’s thread on building a metal map as well. Good for you!  I found something out this past weekend that was really cool.

Having magnets on the pieces has another very cool unexpected feature. When you have a unit and just 1 chip sometimes its a struggle to grab that unit and the chip depending on how clustered the territory on the map is.  Well I found out the magnets are stronger towards each other than the metal on the map. So you can just pickup the UNIT and the chip or chips will pick-up with them.  Only works on small stacks but those were the ones that were difficult to pickup sometimes.

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Well Cyanight, I’m glad I’m not the only one frustrated. As for the magnets, I may look into it, but the problem is my pieces will be painted when I get them.

Shouldn’t you put magnets before the pieces are painted or can you do it after, without messing them up?

I love how you are experimenting with the magnets, because it benefits all of us in the community.

Thanks for sharing! :-)

John

@cyanight:

You are exactly correct John.  Its BEST if the piece has no paint on it yet.  I have damaged many pieces that I had to repaint.  All of my posts for China, and Italy so far are with pieces I painted and then added the magnet.  I use a metal vice and put wax paper in the sides to cushion the piece and prevent the pant from wearing off.  Your pieces have way more detail then mine.  When I initially painted my set I was under pressure to complete before a gaming date we had planned.  So I chose to paint them with less detail except for the planes.  I do plan to revisit them someday but I still have over 1000 magnets to install. I finished ANZAC this weekend and will be doing Russia next.Â

That is what I thought. Thanks for the info.

Well, I hope it is the British set you are getting. I live only 3 1/2 hours away, but usually am at the end of the line before I get mine. I probably get mine the first of October, LOL.

As long as I get them, that is all I care, but it would be nice to get them to my painter sooner than later. :-)

PS We are tied on post count, LOL.

Wow Cyanight, those are very cool.

Is that kangaroo roundel an official for Anzac as well?

Is that on all your pieces, because I couldn’t tell?

I love the camo of your tanks and planes. :-D

@cyanight:

Its the roundel for Australia

The New Zealand looks like this

I put the Kangaroo on all pieces except… Battleships have flags and Destroyers, Transports, Submarines, AAA guns are without roundels.  In the picture I don’t have the roundels on the base of the Artillery like I do with the Infantry.  I fixed it last night but did not take another picture.Â

Thanks again John :)

Now on to the Red Army…

That is cool. Thanks for the info. :-)

Wow Cyanight, that is an awesome set. I love your airforce and navy, especially. I love your choice in color on your ships. There is no mistake, the Red Army is coming, LOL. :-D

That is top knotch army their, Cyanight, I especially love your ground and navy forces. Well done, my friend. :-D

@cyanight:

Thanks John… I only have 3 countries left to go.  Working on UK now with the new pieces.

Yes, I can’t wait to see them. :-D

Cyanight, where did you get that national production ipc chart that is over 100?

The biggest I have is 72 from the Anniversary Game and is it metal, I’m assuming?

@cyanight:

I got it off this site.Â

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=32112.0

I appreciate the link, Cyanight. :-)