FRANCE and ANZAC COMBAT DICE - HELP us design them!

[DrLarsen]

Yes, I agree; I’m coming more and more to the conclusion that a slight color change is best (for both the blue in the roundel and the “dark tan” of the pieces) for FMG, much as I’d personally prefer a complete color/ roundel change for both countries.

But, why oh why did WotC have to choose such odd colors in the first place!  Don’t they ever listen to their customer base?  I’ve read through old posts on Larry Harris’s web forum and the customers there seem to all be saying “do the Italians in a light grey…”  If only the colors they’d chosen for Italy and ANZAC were reversed…

But what can you do.  And at least WotC’s color and piece blunders provide an opportunity for you to tweek them, FMG!  That’s the silver lining here… All hail FMG for listening to their customers!  That’s the virtue of capitalism… when big, bureaucratic companies fail to listen to their customer base, it provides opportunities for smaller, more responsive ones.  And personally, FMG, I really hope it’s a big enough opportunity for you guys to get rich off of it!

[Imperious Leader]

I say keep it OOB colors, but once you got entire sets made, THEN introduce alternate colors in limited prints.

Everything has to be OOB in terms of scale and color.

[Upside-down_Turtle]

Problem 1: ANZAC Color.

White is no good, because it would fit neutral units better.  Also, forget grey.  Germany is grey.

How about dark green? (like the marine dark green for AAP?)  Or how about a light, sandy-brown color?  Or a dark brown.  For me, I think brown when I think ANZAC, but a green could work, too.  The problem is both Italy and US have those colors, repectively.  Oh well, dealing in shades of brown or green is better that shades of grey.  Or…perhaps make ANZAC black?

2. The Roundel

The AAP40 roundel is pretty cool, but what about a combination, say: 6 dice; 2 ANZAC logo, 2 Kangaroo, 2 Kiwi bird, all same color?  It’s a pain for the factory, but would be really cool.

[AXIS426]

the colors of the dice and new FMG pieces should be as close a match as possible to the colors used in AA. if you cant tell the difference between Russia and Italy and now Germany and ANZAC then do “home modification” to help tell them apart.
i compared my germans(original) to the new ANZAC units and i can tell them apart based on color alone, same goes for AA:50 Russian and Italians.
FMG-
Your on the right path so far, dont alter from whats worked to date.
Thoes426 :evil:

[Upside-down_Turtle]

W/ FMG, you can tell the differnec, since USSR is red, not maroon

[Guest]

Hey FMG. When will you decide?

[tallbacka]

I think it’s important that the roundel on the dice matches the roundel on the game board

What colour the ANZAC troop/dice get is not that important as long as
i) they can easily be distinguished from the other nations(including the grey Germans of course)
ii) the dice and pieces are of the SAME colour

[Guest]

My game didn’t come with a banzai cat :-D

[FieldMarshalGames]

@Brain:

Hey FMG. When will you decide?

We are working on a few samples now.  Hope to have some visuals soon…  then it will be easier to make a decision.

[Guest]

Can’t wait to see the samples.

[Flashman]

Being colour blind (red-brown-green) I find there are too many nations using colours in this spectrum. I gave up on “classic” A&A for years because of the UK/Japan colour clash.

My ideal scheme is:

US - green
UK - tan
SU - brown
(CCP - red)
(KMT - turquoise)
(F - mid blue)

G - black/dark grey
I - light grey
J - white
(VF - light blue)

As I understand it, ANZAC will not be a separate nation in global, so a clash with grey or brown is irrelevant.

I also question the need for neutrals in a separate colour; all these units will do is sit there until attacked, in which case they cease to be neutral…

Better for them to be in the same colours as the big six, with a limited mix of mainly infantry with a few fighters, artillery, tanks and destroyers in each colour.

The use for these pieces would be that by colour they are easily identified as part of that greater power’s forces, but they can be distinguished for separate rules such as being less reliable in certain situations.

So, how much more of a hassle is it to produce a set of Japanese in white than in “Sunrise Orange”?

[GODLEADER]

In my opinion the rondel fit with de Anzac the dice too its simple. The dice not match = - sale for you. The big majority of people buy your dice for AA. Not for another game

[crsluggo]

If possible, I would personally prefer the kiwi for the ANZAC Combat Dice.
Just my two cents on the subject……

[allboxcars]

OK so what about going with the British tan colour but black or red pips (and obviously the ANZAC roundel) to distinguish them?

[FieldMarshalGames]

We have decided to make the ANZAC COMBAT DICE and UNITS a DARK TAN…

Here is a sample picture of what it might look like.

[allboxcars]

@FieldMarshalGames:

We have decided to make the ANZAC COMBAT DICE and UNITS a DARK TAN…

Here is a sample picture of what it might look like.

works for me  8-)

[AXIS426]

That looks damn good! how soon before we can order them?
Thoes426 :evil:
As I have said before, you should always try and match AA colors first where possible, it just makes sense and compliments the games.

[FieldMarshalGames]

@thoes426:

That looks damn good! how soon before we can order them?
Thoes426 :evil:
As I have said before, you should always try and match AA colors first where possible, it just makes sense and compliments the games.

We would like to match the colour of the WOTC ANZAC units but as teh community here as commented…  it was a poor colour choice.

In addition it was to close to our GERMANY dice.  We wanted to make it close to their “brothers” the UK so we decided on the DARK TAN. The ANZAC COMBAT UNITS will also be this colour.

These will be release these this spring with the FRANCE dice… just in time for AAE40 release!

[bennyboyg]

They Look perfect

[Imperious Leader]

perfect. don’t change anything