Posts made by siredblood

My man! Gotta give props to all those variants, that takes time! They look great, I have yet to do any German, looking at your variants, I don’t know what scheme to use for mine lol.

I know what you mean about shaky hands, this is hard to do in our old age, my hands hurt from holding the micro brushes, I wrapped one in duct tape, so its WAY fatter, helps, but there is still pain there. I also know what you mean about seeing the board with the painted units, it is different. I was not even planning on painting the units, I just wanted an easier way to tell destroyers from cruisers… just the painted decks alone, was enough for me to know, it was paint time :)

Keep the pics coming!

I’m chompin’ at the bit, on my phone and pics won’t load, I’ll revisit this thread on my PC later, can’t wait!

Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the feedback guys, I hope by this weekend ill have some pics of the progress. Ill set up a few different border styles, all of which will be towards natural. I actually like the sea zones, so ill just keep that look… since ive also already recreated that look/layer anyway haha.

I started a local meetup for South OC if interested.

Cheers.

https://www.meetup.com/Axis-Allies-of-South-Orange-County/?success=groupSetup#

@AlphaKappa:

I’ve been looking for a control tower for air bases.  Good luck with your molds!  Hope that comes out well.

Thanks! Ill be sure to post them, as well as offer them if anyone would be interested. I moved here (CA) from WA awhile back, I knew where to get all that casting stuff, ive looked here, cant seem to find anywhere locally… ordering online is murder, shipping jugs of liquid… in addition, not sure what im getting. I may end up using fiberglass resin, something this small, should be fine… just takes long to cure and I gotta make a grip, unlike the casting resins, takes like 30 seconds.

Those are cool, ive been thinking what to make for that, I made a control tower for the air bases, I have the master done, just need to cast some…. my pour a cast is kinda old, need new stuff.

Thanks! I was somewhat surprised as to the lack of effort that went into the French pieces. Ive began going through the remaining countries, was a little disappointed with British units, for one, they are wearing shorts lol. If this was Africa Edition, id get it…. sooo I ended up ordering new stuff, for one, infantry… ill still paint some of the infantry issued shorts. Orderd some tanks, I don’t like the quality of the mechanized, but I didn’t find anything I like better on HBG, so ill make due.

Russian mech/tanks were replaced with higher detailed ones from HBG

German mech/tanks were replaced with higher detailed ones from HBG

I know I just finished USA, but I ordered nice shermans, way better then stock… so, gotta do more US.

Have yet to inspect Anzac or Italy.

For some reason, im not picky about aircraft and naval ship detail, I guess the scale is so small, getting more detailed ones is border lined pointless… uness the ones from HBG are bigger… but then, don’t want bigger, sometimes a bomber and a dude is all you can fit on a space… but that is about to change for Europe, I finished my base map layer yesterday with the larger Europe/smaller Africa.

These pieces are from my 2 1999 Europe games, and stuff from 1940 SE.

This includes the 450+ units, and all the gray chips from 1940 SE, and all the gray/red chips form the 1999 game. No factories are in here, so don’t bother starring into the pic, like wheres waldo.

Some of these units are primed, some are primed/base coated.

There are no Japan/Anzac/Italy/China units…… very few France.

German tanks have 2 variant’s, the ones from 1940 se and 1999.

Any questions, feel free to ask, but the pic should suffice.

Send me a PM if interested. 40 bucks/includes shipping (within the 48 states). Or 25 bucks for 1/2 of it (no picking, ill put half into a box, whatever I grab, is what I grab… I just happen to have 2 boxes that 50/50 fills both to the top).

I saw this thread after I made my own stickers, would had saved me time for the templates, glad to see im not the only one who like flight decks, though mine are not historically accurate, I made generic ones… don’t make fun :P

Gotta give props to members who paint country markers, rather then use decals, man, that’s crazy…. ima decal guy, I have patience, but not that much lol.

Thanks for the pics.

Defiantly a mod im interested in, thanks for sharing.

Nice, man, all these customizers on these topics, and NONE near me, how id love to go to a buddies house and do A&A mods all gawddamn day, gowddammit!! :)

Curious, what you prefer in a map “look” … real, or fake?

Me, real… not painting all these units to roll on a red Russia and a Blue France :) . Also, what are your ideas for borders? Color glow per territory, like it is now, or something more universal like the sea zones?

I come from a gaming background, texturing thousands of 3d models, and creating/texturing 3d terrains, however, ive never had to do a terrain with borders to represent spaces, not sure what I plan to do.

Any feedback is welcomed, thanks.

Thanks DK, I appreciate the feedback!

The new water layer is great!

Lots of great ideas here, I plan to start mine this week. Thanks everyone for sharing your hard work and ideas.

I love every piece bro, every piece! Thanks for sharing the pics!

I love your work, the detail is fantastic! I also thought about adding the soil under the troops, but I wasn’t sure how it was withstand being scrambled around in the box, how has it held up? Thanks.

Thanks for the file, makes redesigning a map way easier, especially for the sea zones.