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these look good cynaight! you finally received your amerkia set! love those meteors man. Can you give me alittle review? how’s the game the pieces? lots of detail?? How are the heavy bombers ki 91 and the b48? Is the scale of the units all compatible with A&A pieces so they can easily inserted into AA games? hopefully I will have my set some time in jan 2016

Thanks

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Thanks john brown knowing this helps in my purchasing !

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nice ink washes and great decal work on the swastikas

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is the American expansion set available now after pre orders? I never pre ordered german set and saw it available now and placed two orders…but American set says out of stock? Looking forward to the German set …

Also, anyone on here order any more of the 3d print expansion molds they have for the expansion games to Global? How smooth is the plastic used are the good to pain,t and do the details show up well? or are the surfaces rough making drybrushing more difficult picking up the wrong textures ?

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love the subs john! haven’t seen that kind of strip camo paint theme yet…makes a pain german sub really look cool! looking forward to more of your nations naval fleets to come.

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i like the black outline of the canopies and cockpits! Love seeing that extra bit of detail makes the whole piece really pop out! very pleasing sets so far!

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great job on the aircraft stand solution! what a advantage it is having a magnetized board. Since the planes are not permanently attached to the stand you don’t have to worry up them taking up too much space in your storage boxes…like I do…

very well engineered cyanight.

ps looks like Amerika should be getting shipped out soon… All the pieces have finally arrived they are just doing their quality control. Cant wait for these new units… need them to spark up the brush again.

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Wow man ! I wish i could play in some of your global games. These bonds are awesome well done.

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Tall paul,

Do you have any of his units painted and in your stock? if so could you share some pictures? Im really interested in making the shapeways jump. Also, what units did you yourself order for your games, and do you have any other scale recommendations? particularly the carriers, as I have all the HBG expansion set and supplement set carrier pieces, but find them a tad too small, particularly for tactical bombers on the decks.

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yeah its too bad you didn’t have a better pic of the Essex class. So the other ships you tried were too small. that’s my biggest hesitation with these is the scale, texture, and detail. Which is why I like HBG cause they take care of all of that….you just have to have the patients of a monk for the sets to come out lol.

do you know any other shapeway developers that have any other good moulds that would fit A&A??

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@cyanight:

Nevermind these are ebard’s models.

has anyone here picked up any of ebards aircraft or ship models? if so how are they for detail and or painting? I was interested in some of his US carrier options. thanks

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@LHoffman:

@toblerone77:

Just a question for HBG. Is HBG moving more towards 3D printing rather than plastic injection molding in it’s product line?Â If so are you move toward more frequent smaller 3D, rather than larger and less frequent injection molded set? Or will you begin going more toward larger more frequent 3D sets ?

As far as 3D printing has come, it still seems like plastic injection still has better overall quality. The 3D pieces look coarse. Almost pixelated in 3D form.

You can easily see in these photos:Â

http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Going-Nuclear-Expansion-Set-B-29-Atom-Bomb-markers_p_1880.html
http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Me-323-Gigant-3D-Printed-Aircraft-Set_p_1881.html
http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/H-44-German-Super-Battleship-Set-3d-Printed_p_1981.html

The detail seems to be much better than OOB and as good as HBG pieces injection molding, however it is the surface texture (as a painter) that concerns me.

Here is one of Tall Paul’s APD destroyer/transports from another thread. They are 3D printed from Shapeways and you can really see the surface texture in this hi-res photo. Granted, it may not be quite as visible at distance, but it is pretty apparent to me. Looks like it was eaten by acid.
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=26127.msg1287679#msg1287679

I guess this means I am voting to continue major set production with injection molding until 3D printing can be done with greater resolution, as it were. That is… if I had a vote.Â :roll:

I totally agree with you Hoffman…and am in the same boat. These 3D pieces do look coarse in texture…and tall paul’s destroyer…well painted…but up close looks like it was sunken and under the sea with coral for years! Im on the fence…i like the variety of units, but I dry brush all my pieces and these textures would pick up all the highlights in the wrong way. Wasn’t there something on shapeways… about two different types of plastic finishes you can order for the piece? with quite a difference in cost?

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Thanks for showing those off JB. Wow that German battleship looks awesome! Lots of detail int there to paint. You have any references for schemes? Any historical concept references for either ship I wonder ?

These speciality 3 d pieces is really making me want to get this HBG 1939 global game! Does anyone here play it ? And how does it compare to axis and allies global 1940?

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thanks JB! I’m going to go take a look right now!

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what’s this HBG battle ship?? its not the minors set with the bismark and pocket battle ship is it?? I thought that set was still in pre order stage like most of the expansion HBG sets??

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Awesome seeing them all grouped together over the contrast of the map zones! what air force you tackling next JB? or are you moving onto some German armour and ships??

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wow this is the best table and war gaming set up I have seen! so cool!!