Yes, I washed them with warm soapy water. Is it necessary to scrub your pieces with a brush while doing so? Because I did not. Just soaked them and washed them off.
I was trying to use Citadel Paints spray primer. The primer does not adhere, it scratches off easily.
I am having trouble priming the polyethylene material that 1914’s pieces are made from. Has anybody tackled this issue?
I don’t like the large size of the OOB Dauntless tactical bomber piece. I am considering replacing them with the HBG P-47 Thunderbolt or Helldiver. What are the sizes of these pieces? The P-47 looks bigger than a typical fighter. Would it work as a tac?
Hey, I answered your question… I am a collector… just not of sculpts I already have from OOB! lolz.
P.S.
Everyone should love HBG and appreciate them (obligatory response in this thread).
I appreciate your reply! I’m only teasing you. :-D
HBG is a class act all the way and they totally enable this niche hobby of ours.
Haha alright, so this is an HBG appreciation thread now. :-D
I guess no one here bought the fighter in question? I thought you guys were collectors. What gives! :wink:
@C_Strabala:
HBG has always done right by me.
I agree, they (or he) is great, and I recommend them 100%, even though ive had issues with this/that, I don’t even really care, the good over shadows the bad so much, I don’t even care about the bad.
Totally agree.
Thank you for the tip. I already have some Fw-190’s mixed in. Yeah, they are solid!
I’m considering upgrading all of my out-of-box Bf-109’s to HBG’s new sculpt.
I have had some bad luck in the past with some of their custom-made planes, however… Planes with twisted or crooked tails, that kind of thing.
Are these new Bf-109’s of exceptional quality? Are their wings and stabilizers parallel? What is your review of this piece?
Thank you!
I’ve done this before. It puts some pressure on Japan. I think it’s a valid strategy that’s worth exploring.
I recommend…
On the same turn, build a minor IC in Alaska plus 3 vehicles (maybe 2 mechanized, 1 tank) in Western U.S.
Next turn, build 3 infantry in Alaska and move the 3 vehicles up to meet them.
Next turn, start the “conveyor belt” with 3 transports moving those 6 units out of Alaska to Soviet Far East. Build 3 more infantry and 3 more vehicles.
Repeat. The transports can bounce back and forth delivering 6 units into Soviet Far East every turn.
House Rule:
Sicily not considered an island, but a land territory connected to Southern Italy. Same way that Eire is connected to Scotland.
This would encourage an Allied invasion of Sicily which is something I think a lot of us would be interested in seeing.
@Young:
All the examples I’ve seen over the years take up to much board space IMO… I would like to see the cardboard counters with icons printed double sided, and placed upright on tiny plastic standees. That would be my preference.
Here is a good solution for my table preference… I could make icon labels to stick on either side, however, these are 25mm which is still to big for me.
That’s a cool idea. Yeah, those examples are a little big. Personally, I prefer having little 3D sculpts on the table.
Here’s a new pic comparing its size to other facility pieces: http://imgur.com/a/5UMu3
The piece on the left is a factory from U-Build Monopoly, which I have lots of and use as minor IC’s.
The footprint of the harbor piece in question is 11/16"x1/2" plus the little dock sticking out. The detail on the piece is great and I think it would even make for a really nice Major IC.
I’ve been looking for a control tower for air bases. Good luck with your molds! Hope that comes out well.
These are from Ticket To Ride: Rails and Sails. As you can see, they are slightly bigger than the footprint of an infantry piece. They would need to be painted, obviously. I have 15 of them. I don’t know if anybody’s interested in trading me for them, but I’d consider that! Always interested to see the amazing paint jobs you guys do. :-)
I also have a large variety of Facility markers, including air, naval, factory, and anti-aircraft.
And smaller-size 3/4" chips meant to replace the original 7/8" Axis & Allies game chips to save space (shown in pic).
It’s a lot of miscellaneous pieces and tokens. They’re really solid for house rule stuff. What do you think this lot is worth all together? Thanks in advance for any advice you might have.
x58 Supply tokens
x50 Bad Weather tokens
x16 Fallout tokens
x20 Capital City pieces
x1 National Production chart
x1 Global 1940 battle board
x2 Global 1940 casualty zones
x4 Miscellaneous battle boards
x6 Kamikaze markers
x7 ANZAC roundels
x5 China roundels
x2 American flag roundels
x10 AA gun emplacements
x12 Bunker pieces
x1 Prison piece
x3 U.S. Radar units
x5 U.S. Marine units
x5 U.S. Sniper units
@Young:
Beginning the long process of designing an A&A Global map from scratch.
OK. Forget what I said about GSG and the Azores! haha
But yeah, having natural-looking terrain would be nice. I think that for experienced players, who would be the ones potentially using your map, the original-owner roundels are enough. I’ll come up with a list of things I’d like to see and post again in a bit.
Gameplay or cosmetic? One cosmetic change that I’d like would be for all of the territories to have natural terrain colors without any factional overlays. I would like to see just forest, desert, tundra, etc. Onr gameplay change that I’d like to see would be for Greater Southern Germany to extend further west to meet Switzerland, separating W. Germany from N. Italy.
I’d also like to see the Azorean Islands added to the board as a pro-Allied or maybe a true neutral territory.
Why do you ask?
Hello,
Has anybody received their new German stuff yet? If so, how are the new Greatcoat Infantry? Are they in-scale with the OOB units? And would you say that the production quality is similar to the recent US stuff?
Thanks!
