Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

are these aa scale?

A better qustion to ask is “Are AA pieces in scale to these?”

AAs pieces are not all the same scale.  Micro Armor made all their stuff in 1:285.  They also had modern military units as well.  It just happens that AA’s tanks happen to be close to this scale.

I bought their German half tracks, and they looked about right with the AA pieces.  Micro Armor also makes modern units as well.  Because its pewter, though, you have to paint them.  And they’re pricey.  Really good detail, but you pay for it.

FMG’s units are certainly a bargain in comparison.  I looked into buying their pieces to replace my AA pieces, but the tab would have been in the high hundreds.  But if you want to swap out some of FMG’s pieces, for say a panzer III or IV, then I’d go this route.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=micro+armor&_sacat=See-All-Categories

GHQ also did ship in 1:2400 bigger than AA BBs, but smaller than AA minis.  They did ships from WWI to modern.  I have some of these as well.  Well proportioned and highly detailed.

FMG is still a better deal, as 1 ship can be $10.  And at this scale, the big ships are too big for the AA maps.  DDs and sb will be fine, though.

Good point.I too plan to use FMGs minis instead of 1/300 British made types.These are cheaper then GHQ/PFC(C+C) but lack some of the detail.The 1/3000 scale ships don’t fit in well with AAtypes either,but they do minis of most ships from the 15th to the 21st
century.I recieved the new USN Freedom LCS last month along with some proposed WW2
Soviet hybrid BB/CVs!

What nation is next after Germany comes out?

@spartan:

What nation is next after Germany comes out?

USA

I know you have a lot on your plate FMG. Just curious if you have started on the USA yet. Thanks

i asume so as i believe he sais that they were

March 8th is fast approaching. I am stoked lets hope for no more delays and the that the Italian army becomes a reality.

FMG-Day minus 5

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

I was going to say something about maybe getting a life, cminke, until I realized that I’m hanging out here into the wee hours of the night myself aching for news, so I’d be a hypocrite if I did…

I like it cminke. Hey Dr. Larsen I guess I need to get a life too I check this site everyday. Lets hope we don’t hear any bad news.

i alwasy cheack 3-4 times a week no less

3 days to go. FMG has to be stoked to see his hard work become a reality. I keep waiting for some news but none. I guess no news is good news.

is tomarrow the 8th yet? :cry: :-o :-( :-)  :lol: :-D

@cminke:

is tomarrow the 8th yet? :cry: :-o :-( :-)  :lol: :-D

NO…  Not ready yet.  I am awaiting info from factory.

Will update as soon as I can.

ok kids lets count down from infinaty!! yey!! lol jk.  this will be done in no time right?

@FieldMarshalGames:

NO…  Not ready yet.  I am awaiting info from factory.

Will update as soon as I can.

So now March 8th is no longer a sure thing?  Geez, just one delay after another.

NOOOOOO. I was ready for some good news. Hoping they might be shipping this week I have a game in the works with my friends I am hoping to have these by then.

This is ridiculous.  I paid for these figures back around Christmas when they were supposed to be done by  January, then February, then March, now what?  As a paying customer I must say I am very disappointed with how this is going.  My family runs a small business and if we behaved this way we would be out of business.

These are the perils of working with overseas production - in the future you will see more and more production shift back to the US as delays like this are commonplace.