John Brown's 96x48 Global 1940 Waterproof Metal Map

@cyanight:

Excellent map John. I love it. Definitely the Italian roundels.  I like your enhanced Kamikaze makers too.  Very good my friend :)

Thanks Cyanight, coming from you, that means a lot. Thanks buddy! :-D

@CWO:

Great map!  The enhanced markers are a particularly nice feature.  Thanks for the photos!

Your welcome!

Thanks Marc, and thanks to you and others, I know how to take photos and put them in the forums. I really appreciate the help, very much. :-D

John

@Young:

Fantastic Map John Brown, great job! I love hearing stories about custom maps… what is the reason for using metal? are you going to magnitize all your peices?

The company I used recommended it for durability. I’m not going to magnetize my pieces, like Cyanight’s map. I’m just not great with tools, like some of you guys are, and just don’t have the time, working in a retail store.

I admire you guys, who are good with tools, I’m just not one of them.

The main thing I wanted on my map, was that Italy have the right roundel and to make sure kamikaze and convoy zones showed up on the map.

Thanks for your compliments. It means a lot, coming from you customizers. :-D

@LHoffman:

Yeah, wow… the map itself is awesome, but combine it with Spitfire’s painted stuff and it is probably the best I have ever seen. What kind of metal did you use? Is the map actually printed on the metal or have you used an adhesive?

Now you just need a table worthy of such a work.

LHoffman, I can’t remember what she called it, but it is waterproof and it is printed on the metal, itself. You can scratch it, but it takes a lot to do that, and she says, I have to be careful with the corners, because the map can roll up a little, if a corner gets bent.

It cost me nearly $600.00 to have it made, and yes I will need a man cave, for sure, LOL, but that this way down the line, I’m afraid.

Thanks for your compliments! :-D

John

@LHoffman:

@John:

LHoffman, I can’t remember what she called it, but it is waterproof and it is printed on the metal, itself. You can scratch it, but it takes a lot to do that, and she says, I have to be careful with the corners, because the map can roll up a little, if a corner gets bent.

It cost me nearly $600.00 to have it made, and yes I will need a man cave, for sure, LOL, but that this way down the line, I’m afraid.

Holy Crap!�  :-o

Well, it sure looks nice. Great job.

It barely fits the bedroom, that I put it in, LOL, and my wife wasn’t to happy about me spending that much, but it was totally worth it.

Like barney said, “I have a lot of room to put men on each country now.” It is so nice that I don’t have to cram the countries.

My favorite part is the kamikaze zones. The girl did a superb job on those. Nice and bright, just the way, I like it.

Thanks buddy! :-D

@Speed_Adict:

Can this map be used to play games of '42 on?

Or are the territories and sea zones different?

This is just the 1940 Maps, with a few details changed, blown up bigger. Honestly, I don’t think it will work, because there are more territories, sea zones, and because of this, I think it would mess with the starting setups for each country. Unfortunately, I haven’t played 1942, yet, so I can’t give you that advice.

Sorry, about that.

Those of you that frequent the boardgamegeek website, I will also have some pictures posted on their website, as well. :-D

Thanks,

John

I have picked out four pictures of my painted Japanese pieces on my new metal Global 1940 map. When you go to boardgamegeek, search for axis and allies 1940 Pacific, and it will be on page 12 of the photo section, then click on the pictures.

You can view the submitted photos there. I gave Spitfire38 credit for painting them on the comments section.

As he does a set, I will post them here and there.

Thanks for viewing guys! :-D

John

Guys, I just received the painted Chinese/Anzac forces, from Spitfire, and will post some pictures of them on my metal map.

I will post some pictures by Sunday. The earliest I will post will be by Thursday.

These pieces, he did, are so awesome, in person.

Be on the lookout! :-D

John