Ultimate Classic Version Build

[General 6 Stars]

I’m assuming you don’t want to use these poker chips I have in pic. Double click on
Pic . OK Cool

[TurfyRocket2829]

@general-6-stars
So I actually love that whole setup you have. It looks fantastic!

Bun unfortunately no, that would be the simplest solution for sure but my mind won’t let me use that with this project as it wouldn’t “match” the whole theme.

[General 6 Stars]

Right. Just throwin ideas. You’ll come up with something.

Maybe try googling or e bay custom poker chips.

Ya a lot of companies that can make wooden chips to your liking. Think I’m gonna get my chips custom made with GF logo with amount maybe. Good Luck

[barnee]

@turfyrocket2829 said in Ultimate Classic Version Build:

If anyone could point me in the direction of painting these I would appreciate it. Especially 2 factors. Do you recommend priming first and has anyone found the proper country colors yet?

Idk if this is helpful but there was some recent discussion on painting here:

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/37964/painted-pieces-take-a-look?_=1644011663072

[TurfyRocket2829]

So this update came way later than expected so apologies for that. Life has a way of getting ahead of me!

Anyway after essentially teaching myself the hard way how to do “graphic design”…and by that I mean make matching measured boxes with text… as well as getting a CNC machine and learning it. I have finally been able to turn all my sketches into actual digital work to start carving.

This is the base of the country boxes I’m working on. Still torn on wood choice but I think I’ll wind up going with pine in the end or something else with a light color. I’ll be digitizing the covers tomorrow!

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[barnee]

@turfyrocket2829 said in Ultimate Classic Version Build:

Still torn on wood choice but I think I’ll wind up going with pine in the end or something else with a light color.

Yellow cedar would be nice but probably hard to come by. : )

[TurfyRocket2829]

@barnee Ohhh that would be nice! I also wanted to go with walnut but I’m unsure if that would be too dark. I think I might do one in walnut, one in oak and one in pine. See which looks the best and works the best with the CNC.

[TurfyRocket2829]

Update #3.5:

I have the CNC files for the country component box lids. They are 10mm thick with a 1mm engraving (potentially 2 depending on how the actual cutting looks after, you can never perfectly tell until the cutting happens it seems). I also plan on carving out 5mm depth on the inside of the lid. I would like to have the country cards slot into there but I don’t know that it will work out, but if not the extra space may be of benefit for storage.

I have 2 styles for Japan, I am leaning towards 2 and for the USSR I think I need to find a way to smooth out the hammer and sickle.

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Update #4:

I should be working but am really enjoying this, so I started work on the National Production Chart as well. I want to have it in a light wood with a darker wood making a “frame” or border around all the boxes. I’m still learning and working on this so the “Detailed Pass” image isn’t correct. The boxes should have straight edges to accept the frame but it shows the numbers and words well enough.

[TurfyRocket2829]

Update #5:

Well this project has taken much longer than I originally anticipated. However on the plus side I have learned an immense amount of new skills, not the least of which being 4 different 3D Modeling programs. Here’s the “final” modeling for all the parts except the IPCs, those I will have complete today as I was finally able to get the images needed into vector format. All of the images, words, numbers etc look engraved on the images but will be laser burned in on the final project, the only exception being the country logos on the box covers. This is why some of their depths may look a bit uneven, it doesn’t matter for the tooling and I took my wins and losses where I needed to haha.

Tooling on these parts has begun and I can’t wait to have this completed as I’m so close!

[TurfyRocket2829]

(Upload rate limited here. I’ll upload the other photos in a bit)

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