Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

My vote is for a medium gray

@tin_snips:

grey would be more appropriate, but i don’t mind the darker grey at the same time …

the wehrmacht and the ss pretty much shared the same style uniforms, accept that the ss utilised camo patterns during the last few years of the war. the ‘black’ ss you’re thinking of were the allgemeine ss, but they weren’t combat units  :wink:

Yes, I relaize that, but did not make myself clear +1 for you….thanks!

FMG:

Any time table on when pre-order will begin?

Also, will these sets be a “limited run”, or do you plan to have ample stock/replenish stock?

Like many, I’m excited about the project and want to make sure I don’t miss the purchase opportunity.

@Monroe:

FMG:

Any time table on when pre-order will begin?

Also, will these sets be a “limited run”, or do you plan to have ample stock/replenish stock?

Like many, I’m excited about the project and want to make sure I don’t miss the purchase opportunity.

We are just waiting on the factory to complete the first ITALY samples.  Once I have something CONCRETE to show everyone I will create a pre-order page.  I hope these will be available long term.

I hope these will be available long term.

Me too.

@Black:

My vote is for a medium gray

The FMG Dice are a Medium gray, so I would say … you win!  :D

glad to see this project coming along, no matter what colour the germans are  8-)

How about gray for regulars and black for elites?

and dark-green for US elites?  Maroon for USSR?  I like it, but 99.999% chance FMG is sticking w/ dice colors straight through.  The quality of FMG’s inf woun’t be 2 colors, as was w/ Pacific, but 2 highly detailed, distinct inf sculpts.

As for AA40, the board color is the same as '41, so it’s safe to assume unit colors will stay the same (which means maroon Russians).

@Brain:

How about gray for regulars and black for elites?

At this time we can only do one colour per nation.  We would have to run the whole mould through in the second colour which would mean you would have a BLACK tank / plane / sub in addition to the Grey version.  We cant do just ONE unit in a specific colour.

But you could always use existing units from AAE or Bulge to give yourself a custom set.

I’ll be happy with whatever you provide.

Any word on progress, FMG?  I’m definitely interested as well.

As an aside, I just picked up the Italy/ China dice lately and wanted to say “Great Job again!”  If the piece sets you’re working on are as good, I just can’t wait!

@DrLarsen:

Any word on progress, FMG?  I’m definitely interested as well.

As an aside, I just picked up the Italy/ China dice lately and wanted to say “Great Job again!”  If the piece sets you’re working on are as good, I just can’t wait!

Glad you enjoyed the COMBAT DICE.  I am told by my R&D guy that he will have something to show me this week!  The hard part is already done (making sculpts) and now they are miniaturizing them to make samples for my approval.  I will post pictures of these samples!

I don’t know about you…  But I am very excited after all this work and long wait.

I can’t wait.

Now, do I understand correctly that the first installment of this project will be just the Italian units?  And if so, does that mean that the price will be a fraction of the 59$ “Complete Set” price as discussed in the early posts?

@DrLarsen:

Now, do I understand correctly that the first installment of this project will be just the Italian units?  And if so, does that mean that the price will be a fraction of the 59$ “Complete Set” price as discussed in the early posts?

Yes, and Most definately!  I think the $59 concept was a complete set … of course, price can’t be determined 100% for sure yet, until they get everything ready (I imagine).  :)

That is correct.  We will offer the PRE-ORDER once the Italians are ready.  If you place a pre-order you will get the Italians right away and the rest of the units as they are made.  Once the ball is rolling it will be fairly fast.  The first mould and the First units are the hardes to do…  once our factory knows what to do they will roll out one after the other.

The only limiting factor is money (Like all things).  The speed of the other units release will depend on pre-orders and our ability to pay for the project.

We can not determine final cost of the set until we know the EXACT cost of the Italian units.  I think they will sell well considering that Italy is also in AAE40 and not just AA50 anymore.

So… have the decisions about what specific ships/ planes/ tanks will be used for all of the other countries yet?  What about what order they will be released in? If not, I have my own thoughts about these issues, but I’m not sure if it’s a fait accompli (or, for that matter, if this is the right thread for throwing in my 2 cents…)

@DrLarsen:

So… have the decisions about what specific ships/ planes/ tanks will be used for all of the other countries yet?  What about what order they will be released in? If not, I have my own thoughts about these issues, but I’m not sure if it’s a fait accompli (or, for that matter, if this is the right thread for throwing in my 2 cents…)

All the sculpts have been chosen at this time.  As you can see this thread is now 40 pages long!  I will reveal each as it is going into the mould…

Maybe these will be ready just in time for Christmas :-D