HBG US Set in Optional Colors

[DrLarsen]

@Lunarwolf:

agreed different colored Us sets aren’t really needed

Well, just to make sure that I’m clear, I WOULD like to see at least on more shade of green for the US supplement for use by neutrals/ minors/ Nationalists.  I just don’t see the need for UK- or ANZAC-colored US troops.  For a 3rd US color I’m open to the light green or the yellow-green that you guys use for neutrals or to the UK light green from the old Europe set. The yellow-green is my top choice, though.

@Bob_A_Mickelson:

I would also like to see forest green Canadian pieces to match FMG Canadian dice if not in this set then in the uk set.

I’d like to see Canadian pieces to match FMG dice, too.  I’d probably wait for the proper UK set, though.

[GoSanchez6]

Hey Variable could you show a picture of your USA set in Olive next to the OOB USA pieces. Thought about buying some of the Olive to supplement my OOB wanted to see how close the colors matched. You may have done this already I apologized for not seeing it. Thanks Man

[Bob_A_Mickelson]

There pretty close. Not perfect but 98% there. Not noticeable unless your closely examining them. I seriously wouldnt worry.

[WARRIOR888]

Coach and Variable just make the all the colors listed above,  I will buy complete sets.

WARRIOR888

[AXIS426]

Coach and Variable just make the all the colors listed above,  I will buy complete sets.

Thoes426 :evil:

[virtualpender]

@WARRIOR888:

Coach and Variable just make the all the colors listed above,  I will buy complete sets.

WARRIOR888

Me, too. I love this idea.

[Yavid]

I say go with the current UK Tan, Anzac Silver, the current Russian Red/maroon/brown (whatever you want to call it), and OOB French Blue.

[knp7765]

Yeah, I like all the colors listed as well. I also like Yavid’s idea of molding them in French blue. Not sure what I personally would use them for, but I think they would look cool.

[DrLarsen]

@knp7765:

Yeah, I like all the colors listed as well. I also like Yavid’s idea of molding them in French blue. Not sure what I personally would use them for, but I think they would look cool.

Well, seeing as the Free French after D-Day were equipped with mostly US gear, it makes sense as a FF option.

[virtualpender]

Even if you did just particular pieces for individual sale this would be awesome. In particular I would love to have escort carriers for UK (G40 Tan) and ANZAC.

[HBG]

We have sent the colors for matching and looking at the polls we will decide on the colors.

UK Tan
ANZAC
Revised Green
Neutral Light Blue
Neutral Light Green

These seem the most popular.
Next year we will make another neutral set to compliment the set we have already put out.

[Yavid]

:( no french blue, no russian brown :(

[HBG]

@Yavid:

:( no french blue, no russian brown :(

maybe French blue

[Yavid]

@coachofmany:

@Yavid:

:( no french blue, no russian brown :(

maybe French blue

You do French Blue and you’ll be my new favorite person.

[DrLarsen]

@Yavid:

:( no french blue, no russian brown :(

What on earth would you do with Russian brown Americans?

[Yavid]

@DrLarsen:

@Yavid:

:( no french blue, no russian brown :(

What on earth would you do with Russian brown Americans?

Lend-Lease supplies. More for flavor than units.

[DrLarsen]

@Yavid:

@DrLarsen:

@Yavid:

:( no french blue, no russian brown :(

What on earth would you do with Russian brown Americans?

Lend-Lease supplies. More for flavor than units.

That might make sense for many US units… HBG’s US Supplemental set seems like a laundry list of things that DIDN’T get much lend-lease Soviet use to me, though…  For instance, the Russians actually rather liked the Sherman tank (which isn’t in the set) but had no use for the smaller Stuart (which is in the set…)  I also haven’t heard of them getting much use out of M7 Priests, M18 Hellcats, or US aircraft, and I’m pretty certain they weren’t granted any US BB’s or CVE’s…  As to the US Marine set… Neither did they use US helmets, and though the diff between Russian and US helmets could be overlooked on this scale, the Russians didn’t much like the Thompson smg (which they claimed didn’t have enough penetration) and I haven’t heard of them using US flamethrowers, flamethrower tanks or LVT’s (and DEFINITELY not Corsair fighters.)

[Yavid]

looking at it… your completely right about about lend-lease american equipment the only things that make any sense is shermans, trucks, transport planes, p-40s, and the b-25s. oh and using recoloring of the american paratrooper would be good to get soviet paratroopers.

[DrLarsen]

@Yavid:

looking at it… your completely right about about lend-lease american equipment the only things that make any sense is… .

…shermans

Not that the Russians didn’t use SOME Stuarts, but not many; the gun-armor race had already moved too far on the eastern front for the Stuart, the Russians knew it, and the Americans stopped sending them after just a couple hundred or so.

…p-40s, and the b-25s

I didn’t know that the Russians used P-40s and B-25s, but I guess I’m not surprised.  Those things were flippin ubiquitous!

…oh and using recoloring of the american paratrooper would be good to get soviet paratroopers

I’m not sure that the US para’s are all that close in look and gear to Soviet paras, though I suppose they’d be better than nothing.  I’ll probably stick with EotH para’s though, which are more “generic-looking.”  Did the Russians get a significant number of folding-stock M1 carbines?  I would imagine the Russians might like the the M1 carbine OK as they compare rather interestingly with the famous PPSh.  They are ballistically (.30"/1900 fps vs. .32"/1600 fps) and ergonomically similar (light, wood stock, short barrel) but I would expect the folding stock version was rare enough to have been reserved for “special” troops in the US and not exported much…

[knp7765]

@DrLarsen:

…p-40s, and the b-25s

I didn’t know that the Russians used P-40s and B-25s, but I guess I’m not surprised.  Those things were flippin ubiquitous!

Not sure about the B-25s, I don’t think the US exported a lot of bombers. The P-40s however were shipped to quite a few places. The Russians got a lot of them, of course you know the Chinese got some and I think some were even shipped to England, although they were better equipped than most with planes. There were probably others that I just can’t think of at the moment.

Interesting side note: you know the Brewster Buffalo fighter? It performed horribly for our boys in the Pacific in the early part of the war. It was kind of slow and clunky and the dang Zeros flew circles around them. However, some were sent to Finland, probably before they became officially allied with Germany, and the Finns added heavier armor and armament to them and did quite well against the Red Air Force. I just thought it was interesting that a fighter plane that was so bad for us with a few modifications ended up being very good for someone else.