Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

Hopefully this will get people off the “Head” issue

HOLL-E CARP

oh it 's a king tiger! right?

@inverted:

Sorry but the German’s head is WAY too big… **using rough sight measurement (artist’s method for determining proportion), while accounting for the height of the helmet as well, he is around 5.5 heads tall, where the “average person is generally 7-and-a-half heads tall (including the head).” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_drawing (sorry about the nude dudes, lol)

FMG, I would send it back to be revised because the style is inconsistent with Italy’s.

Are you accounting for the fact that the knees are bent considerably, making the figure crouch somewhat?  Taking that into consideration it looks to me to be about 7 heads tall after taking off the hieght of the helmet (Not using sight measurement, but using a ruler held up to my monitor btw).**

this it s a king tiger top vs a panther so to me its a king tiger which i was hope full for! :-D

maby i shoul complain about something else so he shows us more! :-P :lol: :-D

wow :-o its so hard to remember that these are aaa size not aaa mini size.

@Rorschach:

Are you accounting for the fact that the knees are bent considerably, making the figure crouch somewhat?

Absolutely. My past career was traditional animation, which involves extensive training in life drawing. I have experience in this area, just backing my statement by explaining sight measurement as a method of proof. I can tell at a glance this isn’t realistic proportion, it doesn’t take a genius to see the inconsistency in style.

Yes, it’s very cool, just doesn’t jive with Italy.

FMG awesome vehicles there, not sure why you want to distract from the fact that your infantry is wonky though, it’s your money tell them to fix it =P

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@Rorschach:

Are you accounting for the fact that the knees are bent considerably, making the figure crouch somewhat?

Absolutely. My past career was traditional animation, which involves extensive training in life drawing. I have experience in this area, just backing my statement by explaining sight measurement as a method of proof. I can tell at a glance this isn’t realistic proportion, it doesn’t take a genius to see the inconsistency in style.

Yes, it’s very cool, just doesn’t jive with Italy.

FMG awesome vehicles there, not sure why you want to distract from the fact that your infantry is wonky though, it’s your money tell them to fix it =P

The sculpts shown are not final.  There are revisions to them all.  The White Plastic images of Italy are final as they were made right out of the mould.

I just want to thank you, FMG, for making this come true  :-)

Lovely German vehicles FMG, thank you!  :-) Tell me, are they in actual size compared to one another? Or are they three seperate photographs merged together?

@FieldMarshalGames:

The sculpts shown are not final.  There are revisions to them all.  The White Plastic images of Italy are final as they were made right out of the mould.

Fantastic. Those Italy pieces are exceptional, really looking forward to some house rules with that commander.

The vehicles look great.  I would love to see side views.

One problem, I think the truck and half-track are too big and need to be scaled down.  They shouldn’t be the same size as a King Tiger tank.

This is why I asked if the picture reprsented three seperate photographs merged together. Because if the sizes are in direct proportion to one another, then I would definitely say that the Tank needs to be bigger.

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@FieldMarshalGames:

The sculpts shown are not final.  There are revisions to them all.  The White Plastic images of Italy are final as they were made right out of the mould.

Fantastic. Those Italy pieces are exceptional, really looking forward to some house rules with that commander.

That’s exactly what I’m looking for. Any ideas? How should these guys work? Maybe like the old Generals from Conquest of Empires?

@Lozmoid:

This is why I asked if the picture reprsented three seperate photographs merged together. Because if the sizes are in direct proportion to one another, then I would definitely say that the Tank needs to be bigger.

They will all be the same size.  WOTC pcs are NOT to scale.  Look at the Infantry vs the Tank, or the Bomber.

I always hated the “dinky” little trucks from AABOTB  or the Halftracks from AA40 Series.

Maybe the Commander unit gives bonus attack/defense to all units in the area or represents a mobile capital (Kill the “President” variant/scenario/National objective bonus)?

@FieldMarshalGames:

@Lozmoid:

This is why I asked if the picture reprsented three seperate photographs merged together. Because if the sizes are in direct proportion to one another, then I would definitely say that the Tank needs to be bigger.

They will all be the same size.  WOTC pcs are NOT to scale.  Look at the Infantry vs the Tank, or the Bomber.

I always hated the “dinky” little trucks from AABOTB  or the Halftracks from AA40 Series.

same i always loose them in the carpet or on the map even!

@FieldMarshalGames:

They will all be the same size.  WOTC pcs are NOT to scale.  Look at the Infantry vs the Tank, or the Bomber.

I always hated the “dinky” little trucks from AABOTB  or the Halftracks from AA40 Series.

Ah, that’s a shame. I for one would prefer the Tank unit to be slightly larger than the Halftrack and Truck units but oh well, they’re still great. Obviously I appreciate that the Infantry, Bomber and Tank would not be to scale. But there you have different types of units. I think that units of similar type should be fairly accurate in proportion. Sea units are. Shouldn’t land vehicles also share this same format?