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@Call77 said in 3D Printed Axis and Allies Board Game Pieces Available:

@IWillNeverGrowUp look good I placed my first order. Spewing I ordered before you posted the italian self propelled guns.

Sadly the Semovente’s we listed were not a great color (I like it myself, but it’s nowhere near a real brown) and we’ve got a new brown coming in this week.

Also, we’re going to keep adding to the lineup as we can and this process will take time! I refuse to simply take a pre-made file (many of which can be found online for free) and sell the printed product from that. Every piece is being 100% recreated from the ground up!

If I would suggest anything seaplanes and minor tanks. Ie filling the gap others don’t do.
Keep them coming, what else are you planning

Current list (including what’s listed above);

Available Now:

WW2:

US M5 Stuart Light Tank Olive
US LCAV Landing Craft Olive
German Panzer III Dark Grey
German StuG III Dark Grey
German Sdkfz 251D Dark Grey
UK Universal Carrier Kraft/Tan
UK Centurian Tank Kraft/Tan
Italian Semovente M42 da75/18 Brown (Awaiting the proper color)

Cold War Era:

US M113 APC Olive
US UH1B Huey Helicopter Olive

Coming (aka: 3d files being worked on):

WW2:

German Elephant Dark Grey
German E-100 Maus Dark Grey
German PantherG Dark Grey
Russian T70 Tank Red
Russian SU85 Tank Red
Russian IS2 Tank Red
Russian KV1 Tank Red
Russian T34 Tank Red
French AMR35 Light Tank Blue
French Char B1 Bis Heavy Tank Blue
French Renault UE tankette/Armored Carrier Blue
French P107 Halftrack Blue
Type 97 Chi Ha Medium Tank Orange
US M3A1 Halftrack Olive

I’m also working on getting aircraft to print well enough to use. Outside of bombers it’s been tough to get them right so far. Never considered sea planes, but I’ll look into it.

@taamvan said in Dun-zo:

@IWillNeverGrowUp It makes kickstarter feel like the other “give me something for free” sites. I’ve pledged $1 to games I dont even like–many of the HUGELY successful games have hideous artwork, lame gameplay, silly gimmicks, and cheeze ideas but when you actually watch people who know what they’re doing give updates, they have a plan, they have a process, they dont make very many excuses and ASK to be held accountable when they dissappoint, which is exactly how I approach…my work.

I’ve had the opposite experience with the 100+ games I’ve backed through Kickstarter (not just $1 backing, but full pledges) … lots of great game play, amazing artwork and excellent execution. It requires some research on the part of the backer to know what they’re getting in to … to date I’ve only been burned twice out of 100+; once by a big publisher to the tune of around $300 (Robotech RPG Tactics from Palladium) and once by a small/new publisher for $40ish (Dwarves in Trouble by HEX Games).

That said, yes … a professional will have a developed game, mostly finished art (if not finished), proper updates and plans in place and a high degree of communication with their backers (even if late, I like to know what’s happening and not get excuses).

@taamvan said in Dun-zo:

I’ve designed several games but the problem isnt creating the idea its about creating and executing the final product.

Execution is the biggest, most difficult and most expensive, part of producing a game! It’s where many fall flat.

Updated rule book pdf added to digital files + boxed set!

Clarifications + Ommissions:

• Setup: (omission) Zone 14 (sea zone) should also include 1 transport.

• Mechanized Unit: (omission) Mechanized Unit may carry up to 2 infantry, as per the rules for sea based transports.

• Maginot Line: (clarifications)
  ** French units may not attack through the Maginot Line, at any time.
  ** Those in territories 10-13 (solid line) may not move (at all) until round 4.
  ** French units may non-combat move through the Maginot line. Once past the line, they may attack in to occupied territories (including original German territories).

• Ardennes Forest: (clarifications)
  ** Any unit may advance (combat or non-combat) in to and through the Ardennes Forest, following the rules outlined for the forest itself (movement, attack penalty, no air).

• (omission) Damaged ships may not be repaired

• (omission) Transports may carry allied units.
  ** Allied units board transports on their non-combat move.
  ** Transport moves on the controlling players turn.
  ** Allied units unload on their combat or non-combat move (dependent upon the control status of their unloading location).

• (Clarification) British Income:
  ** The British begin the game with London, Dunkirk and Brussels (beginning income of 18 NPU per turn)
  ** Any major or minor city controlled by the British will count towards income (does not include cities returned to original French control when liberated).

• (Clarification) French Income:
  ** The French begin the game with Paris, Amiens and Riems (beginning income of 15 NPU per turn)
  ** Any major or minor city controlled by the French will count towards income (does not include cities returned to original British control when liberated).

• (Clarification) German Income:
  ** The Germans begin the game with Dusseldorf, Luxembourg, Mayence (18 NPU per turn)
  ** Any major or minor city controlled by the Germans will count towards income.

• (clarification) Anti Aircraft Units:
  ** AA units only act to defend against attacking air units, not air units passing over (1 roll per attacking air unit).
  ** AA units do not apply to the stacking limit (only land units that may move count).
  ** AA units may not move and may only be built in cities.

• (Clarification) Air units MUST land in a territory controlled by the player or an ally at the start of the players turn.

@Call77 said in 3D Printed Axis and Allies Board Game Pieces Available:

@IWillNeverGrowUp hi I was trying to place an order today but noticed the T70 stock was only 2 and the back order of semovente. How does the back order work and shipping and any idea when you may have more t70.

Printing more T70’s right and I should be putting Semovente’s up in the shop by the end of the week.
The 3D Printers are running 24/7 right now to build up stock (and keep up with those that are selling).

@general-6-stars said in Is this Kickstarter now officially dead?:

@iwillnevergrowup said in Is this Kickstarter now officially dead?:

To be honest, I (thankfully) avoided backing from the start because there was, imho (as a publisher) no realistic way this game was being made (properly anyway) for the funding goal they were asking for. Not in my experience at least, though I’d be happy to be wrong.

4 years later and the prices have only skyrocketed on absolutely every step of the manufacturing, freight and delivery process making it even less likely. Plus the constant changes to the game since funding boggles my mind. Wasn’t the game done and ready to go before it was put up for funding?

I feel for those who backed this. I really do. This is a horrible situation and a stain on the entire industry when things like this happen.

That said, I really really DO hope that I’m entirely wrong and you all get your game. Eric did post in the kickstarter comments yesterday.

You got a link to where this Eric posted in Kickstarter comments ?

Yup, as Panther replied with.

Unfortunately, the comment update (which is par for the course it seems … updates where it takes work to find) essentially says the exact same thing he was saying back in 2019 with the pieces finally (?) prepped for the mold process (as they were also in 2019 and 2020). You know; stuff that should have been ready to go when the funding wrapped up if not within a couple of months of.

Honestly … there is zero excuse for this having taken 4+ years and still nothing of substance to show. (in my opinion).

@TheVenocWarlord said in Battle of France 1940 (Revised) - Available to order, Print on Demand & Digital Files (PDF):

Got shipping notification! It’ll be here Saturday.

Haha! That’s even faster than MY OWN copy that I ordered (as a designer you have to order a copy before you can mark it available for sale on The Game Crafter, as a way to make sure you get a chance to ‘proof’ it first … mine hasn’t even made it to the border yet!).

@Call77 said in 3D Printed Axis and Allies Board Game Pieces Available:

@IWillNeverGrowUp hi any new ww2 models coming up 😃

For now, just the following;

• German Sturmpanzer SPG (Dark Grey)
• German Tiger I (Dark Grey)
• Russian SU-76 SPG (Red Brown)
• French Hotchkiss H39 Cavalry Tank (Blue)
• French Somua S35 Cavalry Tank (Blue)
• US M3A1 Halftrack (Olive)

The SU-76 should be in our shop by the weekend.

I’ve been working on some others as well but having some detailing issues when it comes time to print them (they look amazing as a rendered file, but only so-so when printed because of too much detail or tiny bits that don’t print correctly).

Also working on some naval pieces at the moment.

New printer has arrived and is running!
We are low on a lot of pieces right now but give it to the end of next week and everything should be back with 3 printers going 24/7.

It absolutely can work, and work well.

Robert Otto created one in May 2022 called Total Civil War 1861-1865 and had it produced in limited quantities as a full boxed set … but at $350 a copy it was expensive (though considering only about 50 … maybe 100 … were printed, it makes sense to me (as a publisher)).

Unfortunately I don’t think he plans on doing it again and the website he had for taking orders is no longer available.

As for why it wasn’t released by MB/Wizards/Et.al. is probably because of a lower demand (even if only perceived) vs other projects. They also pretty much abandoned anything new or novel for the line quite a long time ago and just updated or tweaked and rehashed everything repeatedly. Their last great ‘innovation’ was A&A Zombies. Now that it’s in the hands of Renegade Games, who knows; they’re more open to new games.

@Call77 said in 3D Printed Axis and Allies Board Game Pieces Available:

@IWillNeverGrowUp How did you ship models go?

Still working on them. I have a couple that are decent but not great.

@Grintch said in 3D Printed Axis and Allies Board Game Pieces Available:

Could we get a slightly scaled up version of the carrier? Like 10-15%.
Need a sculpt for Super/Heavy (3 plane) Carrier.

How about a sculpt to use for RADAR AAA?

Upscaled versions of any of our existing models I can certainly do.

Radar AAA, I can attempt, but don’t hold your breath (any new model takes a significant bit of time to create and test before we can print it).

Just a quick update, the accompanying cards have been printed and are on their way to me.
I’ve also decided I’ll include half size markers (with no slot for the roundels) to accompany the sets for those even smaller territories.

Is this the right size?

https://iwillnevergrowup.com/product/russian-t34-85-medium-tank/

EDIT: NVM, just looked up your other post. 12mm scale is approximately 1:144 yes? If so, I can certainly do these in that scale.

Loads of US and UK Naval added to the lineup with German and French Naval on their way!

• US Fletcher Class DD
• US Baltimore Class CC
• US Iowa Class BB
• US South Dakota Class BB
• USS Midway CV41
• US Bogue Class Escort CV
• UK Bogue Class Lend Lease Escort CV
• UK HMS Eagle CV
• UK Exeter Class Heavy CC
• UK Nelson Class BB
• UK Queen Elizabeth Class BB (HMS Warspite)
• UK Revenge Class Super Dreadnought

The original 2001 Axis and Allies Pacific game contained pieces they named “task force markers”, consisting of six numbered plastic roundel holders and six corresponding numbered printed cards. Their purpose was to allow a whole group of ships to be represented on the game map by a single marker (with a roundel holder to denote the controlling player power), convenient for situations where a lot of ships need to be crammed in to a tight space.

I Will Never Grow Up Games has released our own version of the Task Force Marker PLUS a Battalion Marker!

ca$5.95 per set.

Each Task Force Marker or Battalion Marker set includes;

• 6 Large Task Force or Battalion Markers with Roundel holder (numbered 1-6) (32 mm x 39 mm)
• 6 “Mini” Task Force or Battalion Markers for super tight territories (numbered 1-6) (32 mm x 18 mm)
• 6 Task Force Cards (numbered 1-6) (64 mm x 89 mm)

3D Printed Axis and Allies sized Board Game Pieces are now available in the I Will Never Grow Up Games webstore;

Currently Available (All ground based vehicles are 1:285 scale approximate):

WW2:

• US M5 Stuart Light Tank (Olive)
• US Higgins Boat/Landing Craft (Olive)
• US M3 Lee Medium Tank Early War (Olive)
• US GMC Truck
• US Fletcher Class DD
• US Baltimore Class CC
• US Iowa Class BB
• US South Dakota Class BB
• USS Midway CV41
• US Gato Class SS
• US Bogue Class Escort CV
• German Panzer II Ausf C Light Tank (Dark Grey)
• German Panzer III Medium Tank (Dark Grey)
• German Panzer IV Ausf E Medium Tank (Dark Grey)
• German StuG III Tank Destroyer/Infantry Support (Dark Grey)
• German Sdkfz 251D Halftrack (Dark Grey)
• German Elephant Heavy Tank Destroyer (Dark Grey)
• German E-100 Maus Super Heavy Tank (Experimental) (Dark Grey)
• German Panther G Medium Tank (Dark Grey)
• German Opel Blitz (Covered) Truck (Dark Grey)
• German Sturmpanzer SPG (Dark Grey)
• German Tiger I (Dark Grey)
• German Type U-31 U-Boat (grey)
• German Scharnhorst Class Battleship (grey)
• German Bismarck BB
• UK Universal Carrier (Kraft/Tan)
• UK Crusader Cruiser Tank (Kraft/Tan)
• UK Humber Light Recon Vehicle (kraft/tan)
• UK Archer SPG (kraft/tan)
• UK Bishop Mk1 SPG (kraft/tan)
• UK Churchill IV Cruiser Tank (kraft/tan)
• UK Mk VI Light Tank (Tan)
• UK Tetrarch Light Tank Mk VII (Tan)
• UK Bogue Class Lend Lease Escort CV
• UK HMS Eagle CV
• UK Exeter Class Heavy CC
• UK Nelson Class BB
• UK Queen Elizabeth Class BB (HMS Warspite)
• UK Revenge Class Super Dreadnought
• Italian Semovente M42 da75/18 SPG (Brown)
• Italian Carro Armato M11/39 Medium Tank (Brown)
• Italian Carro Armato M15/42 Medium Tank (Brown)
• Italian CV33 Tankette (Brown)
• Russian T70 Light Tank (Red Brown)
• Russian SU85 SPG (Red Brown) (Remodeled)
• Russian SU-76 SPG (Red Brown)
• Russian IS2 Heavy Tank (Red Brown) (Remodeled)
• Russian KV1 Heavy Tank (Red Brown)
• Russian BA64B Armored Car (Red Brown)
• Russian T34-85 Medium Tank (Red Brown) (also used extensively through the cold war)
• French AMR 35 Light Tank (Blue)
• French Char B1 Bis Heavy Tank (Blue)
• French Renault UE tankette/Armored Carrier (Blue)
• French Surcouf SS
• French Dunkerque Class BB
• Japanese Type 97 Chi Ha Medium Tank (Orange)
• Japanese Type 95 Heavy Tank (Orange)
• Japanese Ho Ni SPG (Orange) (Remodeled)
• Japanese Type 95 Ha Go Light Tank (Orange)
• Kaga Class CV
• Ise Class BB
• Akatsuki Class DD
• Myoko Class Heavy Cruiser
• No.13 Sub Chaser
• Type C3 I-52 Class Submarine
• US Victory Class Transport (Olive)
• US Northhampton Class CA (Olive)
• US Balao Class SS (Olive)
• Italian Soldati Class DD (Brown)
• Italian Foca Class SS (Brown)
• Italian Littorio BB (Brown)
• UK Flower Class Corvette (Tan)
• UK Dido Class CA (Tan)
• UK Valentine Infantry Tank (Tan)
• German Auxiliary Class Cruiser/Cargo Ship Atlantis
• German Type IX SS

Cold War Era:

• US M113 APC Olive
• US UH1B Huey Helicopter Olive
• Russian T34-85 Medium Tank (Red Brown)

GENERIC

• Minor Factory
• Major Factory v1
• Major Factory v2
• Naval Port
• Air Base
• Atlantik Wall Gun Casement
• Machine Gun Bunker
• Flak Tower - Square
• Flak Tower - Round
• Recruitment Camp

Coming:

WW2:

• French Hotchkiss H39 Cavalry Tank (Blue)
• French Somua S35 Cavalry Tank (Blue)
• US M7 Priest (Olive)
• US M9A1 Halftrack (Olive)
• Russian Svetlana Class CA (Red-Brown)
• Russian ZIS 5 Truck (Red-Brown)

AND MORE!

All pieces are scaled to be Axis and Allies size compatible (all ground vehicles approximately 1:285 scale).

ca$0.50 per piece

Some notes regarding our 3D Printed Alternative AaA Pieces:

1. These are 3D Printed FDM and not injection molded pieces. As such, while they my have more detail they are subsequently somewhat more prone to breakage at any thin areas. We have attempted to mitigate this as best as possible by beefing up barrels and providing additional supports wherever possible, but there is always the chance that something may break.

2. As they are FDM 3D printed (not resin) there are layer lines. As small as those lines may be, they may or may not show up when attempting to paint pieces. We highly recommend a very light coat of primer before doing any painting to help fill in any excess layer lines.

3. All pieces are scaled to out of box Axis and Allies pieces with some variation for designations such as light, medium, heavy, super heavy.

4. All pieces dimensions are listed on their respective shop entry.

5. On request we can do alternate colors of existing models (an additional charge will apply).

6. We will do our best to clean any excess stringing or “flash” from models prior to shipping, however some cleanup may be required.

7. Color may vary from one run of pieces to another based on the filament used. While we do attempt to use the same brand and color of filament for each specific nation, available supply of filament may occasionally dictate a different brand, and therefore a different shade.

8. We attempt to keep a supply of all pieces in stock, however if a piece is currently out of or low on stock it will take a little longer for your order to be shipped as we produce the missing item(s).

Added Fort Drum (El Fraile Island, Philippines), aka The Concrete Battleship to our “Generic” pieces selection.

Reworking the Recruitment Camp (coming soon).

Developed based on a customer request;

I Will Never Grow Up Transport Load Identifier and Movement Trays are accessories for tabletop board games such as  Axis and Allies.

This holder will hold a typical Axis and Allies Transport playing piece along with 2 load identifier tokens to consolidate your transport payloads, rather than having your loaded units beside, yet separate from the transport when you move them around the battle field.

Designed to keep your naval transport systems neat and tidy.

This is a 3D Printed Accessory. Holds a single typical Axis and Allies scaled transport playing piece plus 2 identifier tokens (supplied).

Includes ;

• 1 base/tray,
• 5 Identifier Tokens (2 Infantry (I), 1 Artillery (A), 1 Armor (T) and 1 Mechanized Infantry (M)).

Dimensions;
Base - 16 mm wide x 18 mm long x 5 mm tall
Tokens - 6 mm dia x 10 mm tall

Weight: Approx 2 grams

Color : White  or Light Gray (As available)

(Transport playing piece not included, shown only for scale)