Posts made by Der Kuenstler

Good points, Baron. To me, Chinese territory names and spelling are confusing and seem to change depending on what time period you are looking at and what reference you are using. Are they named for a landmark, a city, a region, etc? When naming Chinese territories perhaps it’s best to drop a bunch of silverware on the floor and write down the result - you get Chung, Chang, Ching, Chong, etc. lol

Uploaded the latest version 1.2 of the map we are using. This map contains the East Front territory changes, divides France in half, and gives a capital to China as shown in my “Map Patches” video on you tube.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/m7xudoypp1sqnjp/DKs HYBRID AA Map (1.2).pdf

I saw Dunkirk tonight - it was pretty good, not great. One problem was that I had a hard time understanding the British accents - my wife and I were only catching about 1/2 of what they said. Then the scenes that I expected to be epic were kind of underwhelming - I saw about 7 or 8 rescue boats in any one scene, not hundreds. Men were lined up on the beach by the hundreds, not thousands. CGI would have helped a lot there. Some scenes were drawn out way too long, like the Spitfire pilot that ran out of gas seemed to glide forever - my wife and I finally chuckled “What? He’s STILL gliding?” Another strange thing was that no Germans were shown (other than their machines) until the very last scene and even then they were out of focus. Was this to make them more scary and inhuman? Maybe. Then all the soldiers were really hard to tell apart - I kept thinking “Is that the one guy? No - I think that’s the other guy.” Then to make it even harder everyone got coated in black oil. It was still pretty good  - I’ve seen worse…it was worth paying for to support the genre.

What are these VANN FORMUAS spoken of above?

I would make it part of a new recon class of vehicles and give it some special ability to help the units it attacks with.

I think you’ll find Russia is the least fun to play in this game. You have to pretty much buy infantry and hold out until the later rounds. Then hope your Allies weaken Germany enough where you can eventually move forward.

Hmmm…it says it has new sculps in it - interesting…it’s $25 cheaper than it was the last time as I recall. Weren’t they selling the original for $99?

@CWO:

In the interests of full disclosure, I was one of them.  I wanted to make sure it expanded properly when clicked.

I just clicked on it to see if it said “Krupp Manufacturing” on the tire…

I’d use this of course…;)

My first thoughts looking at it:

1. Remove the background picture and simplify - it’s too busy - there is too much going on with all the text and the picture together
2. Use an easier font to read - Arial is one of the best
3. Font is too small - especially at the bottom - use minimum of 12 font if possible - 14 is even better
4. Remove or simplify all the information you can - there is too much - they won’t read it in a game situation Â

Hey welcome to the forum - what videos do you make online? Do you have a link? Once you get enough posts you can put pictures of your work on the forums here.

Check out my video in the link in my first post above…

I remember some of them I used were already on IL’s map that I started with. I think I made Germany’s from scratch in Photoshop because it was pretty easy. Some of the countries you can find the high resolution square flag and then take a circle out of it.

@Trenacker:

DK, by helping me out in Photoshop, you just made my year. I’ve been trying for months to figure out how to make my draft map print-ready. Thanks again!

That’s great! I hope we get to see your map when it’s done!

On this forum? That’s like asking morbidly obese people if they think donuts are good. :O

@Hambone:

DK, any chance you have a complete map file with France split in two (other changes as well)?
I was contemplating printing this map, however after seeing your change and your reason for the change I would want to have that incorporated into this map.

We have a G40 game tomorrow and we will be adding Flagships, Entrenchment chips and the Variable set up concept.  Should be fun!

Hi Hambone - wow - that’s cool! Let me know how things go tomorrow.

I was going to upload the map with new changes but not until we played on it first to make sure it worked well - we will play on the 30th of this month. I don’t want to have everybody downloading something that hasn’t been tested if I can avoid it.

DCC I’m pretty sure you would sell a lot of those standard factories since HBG always seems to be out of them.

@Wildcat6305:

DK,
Are the 3mm magnets string enough to attract metal through the plastic deck?
Or do you need a magnet on the belly of the plane?

I am moding my planes to be on stands, and I have been placing magnet strips on top of the deck, like siredblood and GHG. I like the look of yours better than having the magnets on the deck.
So again my question, are the magnets under the deck strong enough to attract a metal stand on top of the deck?

Hmmm…that I don’t know - my planes and carriers both have magnets and I don’t use plane stands. I’m not sure that just the carrier magnet would hold a plane stand - you’d have to experiment with that one.

@Trenacker:

Terrific stuff! I am adapting some of your rules, along with the rules layout, for my games as well. I also love (and subscribe to) your YouTube channel.

How did you figure out how to properly scale the map for printing? I have got a map of my own but can’t determine how to figure out proper dimensions so that it will scale to the right size when printed in a larger scale.

Hi Trenacker - I don’t know what software you use but with Photoshop I first set the map file to 300 DPI (Standard print quality) and then the final size I want the map to be. (in my case 58" long by 34" wide) So the map is already exactly the size I want it while I’m making it. Then I send it to the printer as is without any resizing.

Heh heh - yeah and for an arms breakthrough you could add sprinkles!

(I think at this point we’re the only ones reading this.)