Posts made by sgtwiltan

I’ve been scarfing up old 1942 versions as they cost just a tiny bit more than the new 1941.
It is well worth it at the price vs. getting 2 1941 versions due to the number of extra pieces.
They will last you more than a little while unless you have to have the new 1942.
However, getting both 1941 and 1942SE games will give you better flexibility and more parts to play with and gives you a much larger board.
I wouldn’t suggest getting 2 1941 copies unless you are a piece junkie like me.

Hoorah. Karma comes back to you as you said.
As to melting those horrendous figures, I’m all for it. In fact I’m replacing my A&A infantry with 15mm scale PSC figures
as soon as they make British,Americans and Japanese.  :-D

So, are there any pics of the new german sets?

I use Model master paints without priming since at this scale the paint buildup quickly blobs out the details.
I prefer spirit based paints since they “eat” into the plastic and adhere better. The only prepaint prep I do is to soft scrub wash in warm soapy water to remove any oils and dust that could cause the paint from sticking. Plain black spray paint from WalMart made for plastics will work great. Don’t stay in one place at all while spraying. Use a linear movement from 8 inches to a foot away. It’s wasteful for single pieces but since I paint in bulk while base coating, one can will last up to 100 or more pieces. Be patient and do one or 2 passes and apply other passes from different angles 15 minutes apart or you will end up with goop.

Malf, you know your stuff.

The early panthers are in the final stages of construction and work on the first Tiger Platoon has begun. The second will also be started and will only be slightly different in terms of stowage and turret version. The panthers just need the stowage and smoke dischargers and a week to dry before the first base coat.

The HBG PzIIIs (75 out of 90) are finished…I think. I’m not sure if I want to add the Mantlet vision port covers.
15 ausf. H are still waiting on their turret.

10 HBG Pz38t’s are done and base coated but I have removed the turrets and scratchbuilt my own. They look more realistic.
I’m also going to prototype a Type 95 Ha-Go using the 38t Chassis.
I’ll get more pics up soon of my other scratchbuilds which I made for the original MB version of A&A.

Thanks for looking all.

AXIS
HBG Panzer III and Scratch built ( Scratch is 1/285 while HBG are 1/300)

HBG, GHQ, OOB Tigers. OOB Tiger, Early Tiger mod and in Panzer gray, Mid to late Tiger mod in Base yellow.  Size differences are that GHQ is 1/285 and OOB are 1/300 and HBG is somewhere in between

OOB Panther from the Original A&A Europe, GHQ, OOB Ausf D mod in Base yellow, Ausf A mod in base Yellow. My panthers will not be in Panzer Gray as they were never issued in that color from the factories with the exception of some very late war desperation build using any paint available.

German Lights
HBG 38t, Mod with Scratch Turret,HBG Pz II, Scratch Pz II in gray and in the raw

HBG 38T
The rear 38T are scratchbuilt “what ifs” with a Puma turret and long 50mm.
The middle row are HBG Hulls with Scratch built 38T turrets. First row are HBG stock models

Sdkfz 232 6Rad to Sdkfz 232 8Rad.

Model Size Comparisons
Axis

Allied

Allies
GHQ, OOB late, M4A3E8 mod, early OOB, Scratch M4A1 and Scratch M4 Sherman

GHQ, OOB Matilda II, Mod and Scratch Crusader

HBG Stuarts

OOB, GHQ, OOB 1940 from late model T34s, basecoated and older style oob mod into 1940 model

Basecoated OOB Mod, Raw mod, OOB, HBG mod, HBG with GHQ

OOB Howitzers

SCRATCHBUILDS
Shermans: OOB, Scratch M4 with stowage, Firefly with Stowage

More Shermans: OOB, Scratch M4A1, Scratch M4A3

UK and Japanese Tanks: OOB Sherman, Scratch Crusader, OOB Ha-Go, Scratch Chi-ha

Soviet Light Tanks: HBG T26, Scratch T26, Scratch Early Square turret T26, Scratch BT7M

Soviet Mediums: HBG T34, Modified OOB, Scratch T34 ( OOB mods are now obsolete)

Panzer Gray: HBG PzIII, Modified Version1 HBG, Scratch PzIII, HBG PzII, Scratch PzII

Desert Yellow: Scratch PzIV G, Scratch Pz IV D and F1, Scratch Pz III L, HBG PzIII

Prototypes

OOB M15-42 to M13-40/M14-41, M3A1 Halftrack, US 105mm Howitzer, Russian 76 mm divisional gun M1939 (USV)Canadian Sherman Firefly, Anzac short 25 pounder used for jungle fighting.

The Scratch builds are 20 Years old and I still haven’t finished painting them.
If you want to see some great scale comparisons, look here.
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28294.0

Got mine today from Cool Stuff inc. ordered 2 more 1942s since I like them so much.
I’ve already modded the LeFH 18 with smaller barrels and another with a muzzle brake. I’ve also modded a 25 pounder with smaller barrel and muzzle brake.
I’ve detailed a Tiger. The arty are really nice except for the barrel sizes. Too bad the flak 36 has the antitank shield even though it’s AA.
1941 pieces are a step above the recent pieces. I am looking forward to the Global sets and hope they have also done some rework on some of the sculpts.

Went a little nuts.
2 '42s and 4 '41s expected on the 27th.
also got Guadalcanal and the old Pacific just last week.
I will be in A&A heaven or hell considering the number of pieces to be modded and painted.
I love these new pieces though and I can use them for other game systems. :evil:

Can’t wait to fondle/play with my new toys!!!

What’s a NO?

Testing

Already saw those. I want the other pieces.
Does the 25 pounder have the traversing wheel and the new ships?
Those AA cured my ADD for a day

Me too. I need to see how much work I need to do before I paint them.
WHERE ARE THE PICS???!!!

Hope HBG wasn’t involved with them asses.
I’ve spent hundreds with him and will continue to do so.
I like his stuff and just keeps my ADD barely under control.

Jeremy can we at least see some of the new Sculpts
I have 3 of the Italian sets minus 2 m13-40s which was the main reason why I got them.
Good stuff, just hard to get.

Looks like they hired some military historians or at least consulted some for the new pieces.
My kind of people (My degree is a BA in history with a military focus) as well as being a US Marine and an old war vet.
It’s weird seeing Marines at boardgamegeek playing this in the desert as the A&A box was too bulky to fit in 2 seabags and a pack on top of the MOPP suit and standard combat gear in my time in the desert. Their war though was a lot tougher than mine but living conditions were tougher in mine.
We did play a lot of Chess (believe it or not) as well as Spades. Those luxury items were much easier to carry. Tempers can be raised by rule interpretations from this game and setup anfd breakdown took too much time. Not a good thing when everyone is carrying live rounds and walking around with mags in their rifles all the time. Our body armor at that time wasn’t meant to stop bullets.

Yay!!!

Where are the pics? I’m less concerned about the board and such. I just want to see the new pieces. :evil:

Desert Fox go to the 2nd Edition rulebook for the PDF of the Map.

By the way, I’m 44 now. Sorry but I can’t post pics til I hit 20 posts. I’ll see when I do manage to get it high enough.
Here’s what I have been working on.

100+ PzIII from HBG in the following Aufs. G,H,J short barreled versions
20 Revised Panthers into Aufs. A,D and protoyping G with the newer version of Panther
30 UK Shermans into M4A1 early with 3 piece Tranny and Cast tranny.
20 UK Matildas 1 prototype finished. Just added more detail to make them look like the real thing.
30 HBG Stuarts. basically refining them
50 US Shermans into M4A1 remanufactured, 76 wet, and M4A3 76 HVSS. So far I only have prototypes
60 USSR T34s into 41,43, and T34-85 versions
16 M13-40 from FMG which I got from HBG (was shorted 2)
15 38T hulls with puma Turrets in a what if build basecoated

90+ PzIIIs are built and need basecoating
30 Scratchbuilt PzIIIs already finished and base coated
15 PzIV scratchbuilt and basecoated
30 PzII  Scratchbuilt and basecoated
10 HBG 38T with scratchbuilt turrets basecoated
10 Scratchbuilt Crusaders basecoated
30 Scratchbuilt US shermans 10 M4A1s, 10 M4A3s, 5 M4s, 5 Fireflies
10 Scratchbuilt ShinHoto Chi-Has
10 Scratchbuilt T26s
10 Scratchbuilt BT-7
10 Scratchbuilt T-34s (Turrets are good but the hulls are kinda crappy)

Still tons more to do and that’s only land units before the new shipments of 41 and 2nd edition pieces come in.
Might be worth looking out for. Still working on these and will need to set up a photo shop to get pics.
Some pics are here
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28013.0

How many of each?
I need to know so that I can figure out how many I need to pre-order.

You can gauge the size of pieces against the infantry. There is a good set of pics at BoardGameGeek.

@CWO:

@GoSanchez6:

Whole new genre. Napoleonic or WW1. Maybe even medieval knights would be cool.

Call that last one “Axes and Armour”.

Or Axes and Alloys