@questioneer:
Reloader is right on and you guys know it!!!…The colors haven’t changed since Revised (early 2004) and they have kept them in all of their games since- you guys have NO idea what you are talking about!!
No, you appear to have misunderstood what Reloader posted. He stated that the colours haven’t changed in the last four games (i.e. since Guadalcanal)- he did not state that they haven’t changed since Revised. Indeed, he agreed that the colours have changed prior to AA50, which they certainly have:
- Germany has alternated through metallic blue, to several shades of gray, to charcoal or black;
- USSR has alternated through at least three different shades of red and reddish brown;
- UK has alternated through several shades of tan and brown, and even lime green;
- US has alternated through several shades of olive green and bright green (although the shades are only slightly different);
- Japan has alternated through several (very) slight shades of orange, and its units were coloured bright red in early editions of Pacific.
However, I think Reloader is correct concerning units from the last four games (Guadalcanal, AA50, AA42, and AAP40) - the units from these four games appear to be perfectly standardized (unlike the units from early editions of Revised, Pacific, Europe, and D-Day). For support, I compared my US and Japanese units from Guadalcanal and AAP40, and they appear identical in colour (unlike my Revised units, which are completely different shades of green and orange, with the green being more noticeably different).
I do have to agree that although WoTC did not follow a standardized colour scheme between Revised and Guadalcanal, they appear to be doing so post-Guadalcanal.
I also agree that the newest WoTC German units look more black than dark gray to me.
Finally, I note that although I would prefer the FMG units to match the WoTC ones, I am willing to accept some slight variations. I also loathe the black plastic chosen for the WoTC German units, and much prefer the FMG steel gray.