I haven’t used that map, but I’d recommend scaling your pieces up by about 10-20% to keep things proportional. Test fit as you go to make sure it works.
Historical Board Gaming Piece Colors
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Hello everyone.
I’m looking into purchasing custom pieces from historicalboardgaming.com and I’m not sure which colors are the closest matches to the OOTB Axis & Allies pieces. I’m looking to add to my Europe and Pacific 1940 Second Editions, but I can’t seem to find a color guide anywhere on HBG’s site, and I’ve not yet received any response to my email to them about this. Does anyone here have a link to a color guide, or perhaps simply know which colors correspond to the 9 powers in 1940 Second Edition?
Thank you!
Andy’s list is correct as far as closest match, but if slight variations bother you, heads up, some of them are not perfect matches for OOB units… American Olive Drab seems to be hit and miss, with some matching the shade perfectly, and others off a bit… Most of the Japanese orange units are a shade off as well… they are close, but not a perfect match.
Not sure if that concerns you or not, but just a head’s up.
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Thank you, everyone. I placed my order and for the pieces that arrived everything ended up being a very close match!
On the other hand, almost half of my big order was missing, with no note in the box or an email saying that it was a stock problem (everything showed as in stock on the website). Any idea how long HBG usually takes to get back to you on order problem inquiries? Thanks.
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Try calling Mr. Friend. The number should be on the website. Just explain what happened. They are usually good about fixing problems like this.
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Try calling Mr. Friend. The number should be on the website. Just explain what happened. They are usually good about fixing problems like this.
I concur, same thing… I have ordered a lot with them in the past, and have had some issues of wrong or missing items, but he has always corrected any problems… just submit a trouble ticket (you can do that on the site) or call him.
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Wolf, would you say the yellow green is an exact, close or close enough match for the chinese? I want to get them their own art.
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I would say that it is close enough. HBG doesn’t have anything closer…
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Wolf, would you say the yellow green is an exact, close or close enough match for the chinese? I want to get them their own art.
An alternate approach, just in case this option is something that would work for you, is to provide China with artillery that’s a unique shape, even if the colour doesn’t quite match, by giving it artillery pieces from A&A WWI 1914. The British Empire ones are, I think, the closest match for the green of the A&A Chinese pieces. The antiquated look of the WWI artillery piece is actually rather suitable for China in WWII, since the Chinese didn’t exactly have cutting-edge technology. And to supply China with a distinctive fighter, use a green American P-40 Warhawk from A&A 1941; it was the plane which the Flying Tigers actually used. Officially the Flying Tigers were a unit of the Chinese Air Force, but its pilots were American.
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I just might go with the 75-7veld in yellowgreen from HBG since i dont plan on gettig 1914or 41. If the colors arnt close enough for my taste, it still has to be better then the american color A nd it does look different and antiquated. Same with the flying tigers or I’ll look in my other AA games for them. Thanks
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The P-40 Warhawk is perfect for using as the Flying Tigers unit. I used the artillery pieces from a game called Attack! They looked antiquated enough. Love all the ideas that everyone writes for customizing their own games! Keep them coming!
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Hey Bob77, I purchased the same yellowgreen 75-7 Veld artillery for my Chinese forces and I was happy with them. Colour is not 100% on, but there is always the option of painting them to match. The models themselves looked great on the board, rugged mountain guns.
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Wolf, would you say the yellow green is an exact, close or close enough match for the chinese? I want to get them their own art.
You would ask a question of about the only nationality color I haven’t actually bought… I’ve bought at least one custom unit from every major power (the 5) and two minors (Italy and ANZAC) from HBG, the one exception being China… so I can’t offer my opinion of the color match from HBG on that one.
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Tanks anyway wolf.
Unfortunately HGB is out of yellow green velds. Im gonna email to see if they plan on making more. If not, lime green will have to work. -
On this note, is “blonde” or “tan” a better color match for OOB UK G40 pieces?
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@hengst said in Historical Board Gaming Piece Colors:
On this note, is “blonde” or “tan” a better color match for OOB UK G40 pieces?
I think tan is a better match. Blonde is too light a color to be a good match.
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