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  • '18 '17 '16 '15 Customizer

    @wittmann:

    I have just preordered a set from their European bran h.
    I wish I had seen your post first though John Brown. I was contemplating getting two sets and getting a different colour for Canadian troops would have been a great idea.
    Would have loved that!

    Toblerone: I am not bothered about a French set at the moment
    I might change my mind later on.

    Maybe this is something you can change later on. Food for thought. I just thought I would share my idea for those that are not painting their units. :-)


  • I think it was an excellent idea. I cannot paint and really like the idea of different coloured Canadian units.
    I would even throw one Canadian Inf in with the mix, if I bought more than 4 UK units in the Purchase phase, to represent Canadian output(a Tank even!).
    I have always been tempted to buy grey Germans too. they would make perfect Satellite nations for the Eastern Front.

    I am spoilt now that HBG have a European outlet.
    I shall continue to dream of multitudes of multi-coloured troops….

  • '18 '17 '16 '15 Customizer

    @wittmann:

    I think it was an excellent idea. I cannot paint and really like the idea of different coloured Canadian units.
    I would even throw one Canadian Inf in with the mix, if I bought more than 4 UK units in the Purchase phase, to represent Canadian output(a Tank even!).
    I have always been tempted to buy grey Germans too. they would make perfect Satellite nations for the Eastern Front.

    I am spoilt now that HBG have a European outlet.
    I shall continue to dream of multitudes of multi-coloured troops….

    Speaking of German pieces, I just bought a whole grey German army, in case I want my German forces to be grey, instead of black. I will also use the grey units for my Hungarian forces in the Global '39 game. I bought 10 sets grey German sets, 10 grey axis minor sets and all the old grey units from past axis and allies games. You should see my grey army. It huge now. It not as big as my black German Army.

    My Japanese army is by far my largest. I couldn’t decide on what colors, so I bought them all.  :-D

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    @Variable:

    @John:

    Coach, what is the difference in the Boxed version of Midway versus  the one available now?

    The boxed game will have a very similar map. Shrunk down a bit for publishing purposes. Probably touched up a bit by a professional. All of the sculpts for the game will be more or less unique and special. The rules will be completely new. Right now they are an extrapolation of Larry’s Guadalcanal rules. But for us to publish the game, it’s only right that we come up with something unique. The naval rules being developed for the boxed game will carry over to other HBG naval games as well making a game system.

    Are you also using a “battle box” for the dice like in Guadalcanal?


  • knp7765, Did you prime your German pieces first.


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    @SS:

    knp7765, Did you prime your German pieces first.

    Prime them? Isn’t that basically putting a coat of paint on them followed by another coat of paint? I understand putting a coat of primer on when you are painting something like a car or house, but never quite got the hang of it for models and such. Maybe a little impatience on my part.
    What I did was paint them the gunship grey on each side, allowed them to dry, then gave each side a coating of dull coat. So far this has worked just fine on all the non-infantry pieces. I do have a slight problem with the rifles on the infantry pieces. I have noticed on a few pieces where a little of the paint has chipped off there.
    Probably wouldn’t have that problem if I did go to the trouble of priming them, but like I mentioned, I’m impatient.


  • Ok thanks. I’ll putz with it.


  • A word from your friendly neighborhood contractor: part of the point of using primer is that it helps hide the imperfections on a wall or piece of wood as well as providing a great first coat. Using primer on models would hide the imperfections we call awesome detail. So you really shouldn’t use the stuff.


  • This set is Facilities Set and will be available in 9 colors: German Black, Light Grey, Brown, ANZAC grey, Russian Brown, French Blue, White, Japanese Orange, Italian Brown, U.S. Green. <–-- from the HBG website.

    What’s the difference between Brown, Italian Brown and Russian Brown? Oh and it’s not being done in UK Tan?

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    Well, I know Russian brown is quite a bit darker than Italian brown. As for the one simply marked “brown”, that may be UK tan, as sometimes tan is called a light brown. Not totally sure on that one, but it’s a fair guess.

    I just noticed that German Dark Grey isn’t listed either. While I kind of would like facilities in each nation’s color, I might stay with just light grey for all nation’s facilities. Really like the looks of the major and minor ICs.

  • '18 '17 '16 '15 Customizer

    The US supplement set comes in two new colors now, orange and white, for those that have not heard. I just bought some for my neutral and Dutch support. :-)

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    @John:

    The US supplement set comes in two new colors now, orange and white, for those that have not heard. I just bought some for my neutral and Dutch support. :-)

    WTF! HBG why are you trying to destroy my wallet? Now I have to buy even more units! LOL GOOD JOB HBG!

    Thanks JB. Though you may need to PM your address so I can send you some of my bills to pay so I can buy more units my friend.

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    @toblerone77:

    @John:

    The US supplement set comes in two new colors now, orange and white, for those that have not heard. I just bought some for my neutral and Dutch support. :-)

    WTF! HBG why are you trying to destroy my wallet? Now I have to buy even more units! LOL GOOD JOB HBG!

    Thanks JB. Though you may need to PM your address so I can send you some of my bills to pay so I can buy more units my friend.

    Yeah, I just went there and went a little nuts myself. You know what’s funny about items that are “on sale”? You get in there and think “Oh man, these are great deals. I’ve got to take advantage of them!” then you end up spending more than you would if everything were regular price. Granted, you got more great stuff, but you sure didn’t save any money. It’s a total “mind-screw”.

  • '18 '17 '16 '15 Customizer

    @toblerone77:

    @John:

    The US supplement set comes in two new colors now, orange and white, for those that have not heard. I just bought some for my neutral and Dutch support. :-)

    WTF! HBG why are you trying to destroy my wallet? Now I have to buy even more units! LOL GOOD JOB HBG!

    Thanks JB. Though you may need to PM your address so I can send you some of my bills to pay so I can buy more units my friend.

    LOL, sorry man, I thought you all would want to know that there is new units. I know what you mean. There was a place on my jeans that used to have a pocket and a wallet, and now it is in the South Pacific, near the Dutch East Indies. :-D

  • '18 '17 '16 '15 Customizer

    @knp7765:

    @toblerone77:

    @John:

    The US supplement set comes in two new colors now, orange and white, for those that have not heard. I just bought some for my neutral and Dutch support. :-)

    WTF! HBG why are you trying to destroy my wallet? Now I have to buy even more units! LOL GOOD JOB HBG!

    Thanks JB. Though you may need to PM your address so I can send you some of my bills to pay so I can buy more units my friend.

    Yeah, I just went there and went a little nuts myself. You know what’s funny about items that are “on sale”? You get in there and think “Oh man, these are great deals. I’ve got to take advantage of them!” then you end up spending more than you would if everything were regular price. Granted, you got more great stuff, but you sure didn’t save any money. It’s a total “mind-screw”.

    Man, it happens all the time. I even bought the Gurkha Division Marker Set. I just can’t help myself. I got to have it. :-)

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    @knp7765:

    @toblerone77:

    @John:

    The US supplement set comes in two new colors now, orange and white, for those that have not heard. I just bought some for my neutral and Dutch support. :-)

    WTF! HBG why are you trying to destroy my wallet? Now I have to buy even more units! LOL GOOD JOB HBG!

    Thanks JB. Though you may need to PM your address so I can send you some of my bills to pay so I can buy more units my friend.

    Yeah, I just went there and went a little nuts myself. You know what’s funny about items that are “on sale”? You get in there and think “Oh man, these are great deals. I’ve got to take advantage of them!” then you end up spending more than you would if everything were regular price. Granted, you got more great stuff, but you sure didn’t save any money. It’s a total “mind-screw”.

    Spot on for me too man! Seriously though It’s been hard I didn’t buy any units this month and I usually buy $20-$150 bucks worth a month.

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    @John:

    @toblerone77:

    @John:

    The US supplement set comes in two new colors now, orange and white, for those that have not heard. I just bought some for my neutral and Dutch support. :-)

    WTF! HBG why are you trying to destroy my wallet? Now I have to buy even more units! LOL GOOD JOB HBG!

    Thanks JB. Though you may need to PM your address so I can send you some of my bills to pay so I can buy more units my friend.

    LOL, sorry man, I thought you all would want to know that there is new units. I know what you mean. There was a place on my jeans that used to have a pocket and a wallet, and now it is in the South Pacific, near the Dutch East Indies. :-D

    LOL! Yeah I’m going to slow down for my own good for a bit. Thanks though for posting that info on the new colors.

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    @HBG. I believe a really good item you gents could sell would be a vinyl map but with very minimal details except for borders, names and sea zones. You could even call it a “House Rules/Customizer Map” maybe even package it with markers and tokens.

  • '18 '17 '16 '15 Customizer

    @toblerone77:

    @John:

    @toblerone77:

    @John:

    The US supplement set comes in two new colors now, orange and white, for those that have not heard. I just bought some for my neutral and Dutch support. :-)

    WTF! HBG why are you trying to destroy my wallet? Now I have to buy even more units! LOL GOOD JOB HBG!

    Thanks JB. Though you may need to PM your address so I can send you some of my bills to pay so I can buy more units my friend.

    LOL, sorry man, I thought you all would want to know that there is new units. I know what you mean. There was a place on my jeans that used to have a pocket and a wallet, and now it is in the South Pacific, near the Dutch East Indies. :-D

    LOL! Yeah I’m going to slow down for my own good for a bit. Thanks though for posting that info on the new colors.

    Your welcome my friend! Glad to feed your addiction, LOL. :-D

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