Just to add an extra comment here: I’m not sure I’m understanding the original question correctly, but if it means “what is the footprint (length x width) of every sculpt in the game?” my reaction would be that this information a) would take a lot of work to compile and b) is unnecessary for designing a custom map. To make sure that a custom map is large enough, all that’s really needed are three measurements: the dimensions of the Anniversary game board, the dimensions of the largest naval sculpt in the game (which is probably either the Japanese battleship or the American aircraft carrier), and the dimensions of the largest sculpt in the game which can be positioned on a land territory (which I think would be the American B-17 bomber). If custom map’s sea and land territories are big enough to handle those large sculpts, then they’ll be big enough to handle the smaller ones.
Plastic Playing Pieces
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@El:
Yes , I agree
Much cooler. But V2’ s are hard to find in small scales. And the sets avalaible now and then are very expensive.
No, they are not
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INF: 15mm - or 1/87 HO scale
ARM: 1/300
ART: 1/300
FTR&STR: 1/700
NAV: 1/2400These are the correct AA scales after many thousands of pieces purchased.
Also, the V2 would need to stand up and it wont look right if mono color. You want the V-1 because its more identifiable as a rocket. otherwise it would look like a Saturn V rocket standing up 1 inch.
If you had the V2 on its side it would look like a zeppelin. Remember the level of detail is limited so any ‘torpedo looking’ hunk of plastic is gonna look weird.
I do have another V-1 model which is attached to a ramp. Ill get a pic soon.
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Thats not a V2. Its not even close. Id much rather have the V-1 model than that.
Ill take some more pics.
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Also here are some good infantry molds
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/PeriodList.aspx?period=1
here some of my favourites, the german mountain troops
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I also want nation specific molds for the aussies
I love the guy with the sword
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The Aussie’s must have run out of ammunition, judging by the sword wielding commander and the guy about to throw a beat down with the stock of his rifle, while gripping the barrel. Portrays the Mad Max effect very well, you don’t mess with Australia. :-D
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Why can’t our German infantry look as good as those! :-D
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please, we’d bloody beat you with the stock of our rifle to save ammunition 8-)
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I think that you mean to say the following:
IPC - 1 or 2 less than a fighter ( think 8 IPC)
Att - 3
Def - 3 or 2 if attacking fighter is present
Rng - 4It doesn’t make sense to have altered defense when attacking.
This is an interesting unit, though.
Bardoly
Thanks for correcting my mistake. You, IL and AG 124 got me thinking about this some more. This can actually work both ways for Bombers and Fighter-bombers.
For example: If an attacking Bomber or Fighter-Bomber attacks a territory with no Fighters present then it attack with it’s full attack value but if defending Fighters are present then it’s value is reduce by one. The reason is that we all know when Bombers & Fighter bombers attack with out fighter escorts, defending Fighter are more effective is disrupting the attack by breaking up formations and shooting them down. Thus reducing the bombers ability to inflict damage. However, if they are escorted by Fighters then there is no change. Since defending Fighters are being engaged by attacking Fighters.
On the reverse, if Bombers are attack we know that their defenses are weaker against Fighters. Thus their defense value is decreased. But if defending Fighters are present, then it stays the same.
So here is how the rules would look like.
Fighter/Dive-Bombers
Att - 3 or 2 if attacking without fighter escort and defending fighter is present.
Def - 3 or 2 if attacking fighter is present and no defending fighter is present.This would also apply to Bombers except for the defense stat. Since a Bomber already defends at one, it can be reduced any further.
Something to think about.
On Medium-Bombers, I’m going to continue to stick to my guns on these. I feel they have an important role to play. On the labeling of bombers. I consider the Heavy Bombers in the R&D role to be Super Bombers (B-29). So we should have Medium, Heavy & Super Bombers.
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THis thread inspiredme to do something about the number and color of the pieces untill someone makes complete high quality replacement pieces. I want two sets please (maybe three).
I combined my AAE, AAP with AA50 pieces and I am in the process of painting the Chinese (dark emerald), Italien (light grey), Japanese (bright red) and Soviet (burgundy).
The other nations have the pieces of close enough colors to leave as is.
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One thing that I don’t understand is why AH/WOTC didn’t standardize the colors for each nation. For example, I have German pieces in three shades of gray as well as black pieces. Why couldn’t they pick a color & stay with it in all the games?
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@C_Strabala:
One thing that I don’t understand is why AH/WOTC didn’t standarize the colors for each nation. For example, I have German pieces in three shades of gray as well as black pieces. Why couldn’t they pick a color & stay with it in all the games?
They are WOTC after all, remember. Its not like we are talking about sane and rational people here.
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Since we are sharing pictures of our pieces here is one of mine. (See below).
The colors that I decided to use were uniform colors that each country used. I prefer military colors. I really don’t care for the non military colors such as blue, red, yellow (Sorry IL, nothing personal) and so on. I did a lot of research and found colors that came close to the actual uniforms as possible. Of course every country used several different colors. I chose ones that were the most common but at the same time showed enough color distinction between each country. So here are the colors I selected. are as follows
US - Medium Green (Model Masters 4734)
GR - RLM02 Gray (Polly Scale F505075)
UK - Dark Tan (Madel Master 4709)
JP - Japan Uniform (Vallejo 923)
SV - Incomplete but plan to use dark brownLater I will do IT (Green-Gray) & FR (Gray-Blue)
The pieces are a mix of A&A units with a few exception. If you notice I have 2 carriers. The larger one represents a CV and the smaller one a CVE/CVL (original A&A CV).
The DD is actually a Xenon (I hope that is right) CA. It was smaller that the A&A DD. So I use the A&A DD as a CA and the Xenon CA as a DD.
For the Heavy Bombers I use a combo of the original and new A&A 4 engine bombers. For the Medium Bombers I used A&A 2 engine bombers and 1/700 scale models found at Hobby Town USA.
For Fighter/Dive bombers I used the original A&A fighters since they are smaller then the newer A&A fighters.
For Mechanized Infantry I used halftracks from GHQ. I used the M3 for the US & SV, Sdk-25 for GR & JP, and the Bren Carrier for the UK.
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Boy, for us color challenged persons, even the above painted units are a challenge.
I like primary colors the best or at least colors which are very distinguishable from
each other.
Differences in shadings which are so subtle, make it very hard to play at times.
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Boy, for us color challenged persons, even the above painted units are a challenge.
I like primary colors the best or at least colors which are very distinguishable from
each other.
Differences in shadings which are so subtle, make it very hard to play at times.
I agree but I also think that’s what seperates this games units from the units in risk.
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It’s trying to get the right balance, I guess; between playability and verisimilitude.
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I agree with Constantinople. From a distance Japan and UK’s units look the same color.
I much rather stick with British khaki and Japanese yellow.
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I personally don’t have a problem with the colours pictured, but I understand how some people might get confused. Therefore, I think that FMG should keep this potential problem in mind when choosing colours in which to cast. This is why I believe they should offer a variety of colours which can be chosen by the purchaser when ordering their molds (as Xeno games does); some people will want to match the current colours for whichever game editions they possess (as I will), others will want historical colours which match WWII-era uniforms, and others will want pretty much any colours which contrast deeply with each other. A wide variety of interchangeable colours would certainly take care of this, and attract some customers who might otherwise hesitate to make a purchase - just something I believe should be kept in mind.
By the way, Black Fox, why doesn’t your painted Japanese fleet possess any CVL/CVEs (i.e. MB CV molds)? I don’t see one pictured in your image.
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talking about changing the colours of the units is all well and good, but you have to keep in mind that if we change the colours of a nation, then we have to replace every piece that nation comes with in the standard game (instead of just adding to)
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I like the colors. If I didn’t, nothing a can of spray paint can’t fix.
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