What are your thoughts on upgrading the Baltic Fleet with a Destroyer on R1 or R2? With a full scramble possible from Leningrad, Germans would have to commit a decent sized force to take it down. I could see it being a legitimate buy if Germany buys Transports on G1/G2.
Posts made by AlphaKappa
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Buying a Destroyer for the Soviet Baltic Fleet
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RE: Seeking advice on applying paint correctly and well
Also, shout out to Army Painter sprays - they are solid too and I find I needed about 300-400 ml to cover an entire Axis & Allies nation, so the size is about right! These are also a paint and primer all in one, so technically you shouldn’t need another coat. I used their Desert Yellow color for Japan which came out looking really cool.
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RE: Seeking advice on applying paint correctly and well
Hi Trenacker,
I’ve been experimenting with the same kind of project; solid colors with weathering (the Siredblood, G.I. Joe style). What I found is that Tamiya spray primers and spray paints work the best. The Tamiya Super Fine light gray spray primer is the one to get, it really preserves the details.
First, make sure you wash all your pieces in warm soapy water-- use degreasing dish soap. Rinse them well and let them dry. Then line up all your units on thin strips of balsa wood or something similar, attaching them with tiny pieces of sticky-tack.
When you use spray paint, make sure it’s in an environment free of wind, without too much humidity (I wait for days with less than 60% humidity). Please use a painting respirator as Tamiya paints are lacquer based-- breathing in the fumes can be harmful to your health.
Then spray them with the Tamiya primer (make sure you shake it well and you can also warm up the can in warm water or in front of a small space-heater, this helps it mix a little better and may help get a finer finish, but don’t heat it too much). Spray in thin, even passes going along the line of units and repeat from different angles. Make sure your pieces are spaced out enough so that the spray paint can hit all the little details but not so far that you are wasting paint.
Let them dry for at least 24 hours. My rule of thumb is that when they stop smelling like fumes, the primer has cured. Then proceed to painting, basically with the same process as priming.
If you need to remove paint from pieces without destroying the plastic, soak them in Simple Green in a plastic container and scrub them with a stiff-bristle toothbrush. Be careful not to get any of the Simple Green in your eyes when using the toothbrush and it’s probably best to wear gloves. Rinse them off well, you probably won’t be able to get it all off but maybe 90%+…good enough for army work!
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Anyone else have trouble priming German Flak 88 / Artillery pieces from Spring 1942 2e / Europe 1940 2e?
I’ve tried priming these twice and the primer just won’t stick. Are these a different plastic somehow?
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RE: HBG's neutral Polish truck- Do you like it?
Thanks for the photo! I prefer the smaller size, so I think I’m going to get some. Personally I think the Italian mechanized infantry from AA40 2nd Edition are too large.
The copper paint is an interesting choice!
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HBG's neutral Polish truck- Do you like it?
I think this looks like a really cool piece. Do you have any of these? What’s your opinion of its quality?
http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces–Neutrals--Polish-Truck-x5_p_790.html
And if you have any on hand, can you measure it for me or describe its size as compared to OOB mechanized infantry?
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RE: HBG's French set… any news?
Any updates? I saw that HBG was promising a preorder “in a few weeks”, “next week”, etc. on Facebook, but haven’t seen any links either there or on their website. Did I miss it, or has it not happened yet?
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RE: Interested in selling a 199x92 cm AA40 game mat.
Update: the game mat has been sold
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RE: Interested in selling a 199x92 cm AA40 game mat.
Decided to update my price to $180 (shipping included)
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FMG Autoblinda 41: size of the piece?
Hi,
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RE: Interested in selling a 199x92 cm AA40 game mat.
Photo album of the game mat:
Sorry for the bad lighting. I will try to retake pictures soon with more professional lighting!
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HBG's French set… any news?
What’s the latest about HBG’s French set? Any idea when it’s supposed to be released?
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Interested in selling a 199x92 cm AA40 game mat.
I am interested in selling a custom neoprene game mat of Axis & Allies Global 1940. It is an ultra-high-quality item and truly one of a kind, with tons of graphical touch-ups and minor territorial adjustments made. I would like to get $200 for it. Would anybody be interested in this?
Alex
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RE: Looking for players in Massachusetts
My opponent Ghost Army and I are down for AA40! Both from Boston. I’d say we’re about intermediate-level players.
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RE: AAZ details revealed (May 21 2018)
I’m guessing that the 60 game cards will include the chainsaw-tank and other zombie “concepts”. This game looks really lazily made, IMO.
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AAZ details revealed (May 21 2018)
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/40446/zombie-cursed-axis-allies-details-revealed
Artwork on the back of the box indicates no new sculpts except for the zombie miniatures.
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Team of 2 seeking dedicated opponents for TripleA
We’re a team of 2 from Boston looking for a 2v2 campaign via TripleA.
If you don’t already have a teammate but you’re still interested, please reply anyway so we can try to find you one.We’re looking for opponents who would like to commit to a full game and who have the time to take turns on a regular basis.
If you can take a turn every 1-2 days that would be great. We like to keep a momentum going if possible.Looking forward to hearing from you!
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RE: AlphaKappa's improved G40 map graphics
I’m using Adobe Photoshop CS6. The textures that I made for the neutrals are partially “from scratch” and partially “stitched together” (and color corrected) from other areas of the map.
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RE: AlphaKappa's improved G40 map graphics
My goal is to print some 199x92cm neoprene game mats. They will be about 12.5% larger than the original game board.