the other question is how do i order a set?
They will be available on Shapeways.com. For now, you’ll have to order each city individually.
So…A question for you all. Should I make the cities I’ve already uploaded available for sale now? Or should I wait until all of the minor cities are completed?
Thanks again to all of you for the interest and encouragement!
@John:
Forgot the pic.
That is awesome! I can’t wait for these to grace my new metal map!
Will these come in different colors?
Unfortunately, it’s looking like white and clear (for detail plastic) will be the only colors available directly from Shapeways, however these should be fairly simple to paint. I’ll try to throw some paint on one of mine and see how it comes out.
Here’s another shot of the London marker on the actual board. I personally think it looks great.
Thank you again to all of those who helped me research and provided input for these markers. I hope to finish up the remaining cities so you all can have a complete set.
I hope to make these available for sale very soon!
**City: Warsaw
Material: Detail Plastic.
Notes: This one was pretty amazing quality; my camera couldn’t even pick up a lot of the detail.**
**City: Rome
Material: Metallic Plastic.
Notes: I ordered one piece in this material to see how it would come out, I wasn’t pleased with the level of detail, so I won’t be offering this material for sale.**
**City: San Francisco.
Material: Strong & Flexible Plastic, Polished.
Notes: Really like how this one came out, even though it’s a little mushy looking.**
**City: Tokyo
Material: Strong & Flexible Plastic, Polished.
Notes: Really like how this one came out.**
**City: Moscow
Material: Strong & Flexible Plastic, Polished.
Notes: This one got pretty beat up during polishing.**
**City: Berlin
Material: Strong & Flexible Plastic, Polished.
Notes: Really like how this one came out, even though it’s a little mushy looking.**
**City: Washington D.C.
Material: Strong & Flexible Plastic, Polished.
Notes: Pretty disappointed with how the polished variety affected this one. Think Detail and Unpolished will be much better.**
**City: Honolulu
Material: Strong & Flexible Plastic, Polished (Left) and Strong & Flexible Plastic (Right).
Notes: You can definitely see the difference between polished and unpolished here. I think going with unpolished will solve many of the issues some of the following markers have.**
**City: London
Material: Strong & Flexible Plastic, Polished (Left) and Detail Plastic (Right)
Notes: As you can see, this one got a little mushy looking with the polished option. The detail plastic looks great.**
**City: Paris
Material: Strong & Flexible Plastic, Polished
Notes: This one didn’t fare too badly with the polished option; this was the first one out of the box, and I was very pleased with how it came out.**
Ok all, samples are here! Overall, I was very happy with how these came out, with a few caveats.
Before I get into posting pictures, let me make a point out a few things:
Camera
Some of the pictures aren’t the best quality…I’m not a professional photographer and these things are VERY small. The camera had particular trouble with the Warsaw marker; the detail is very fine on this piece.
Polished vs. Unpolished
I made the mistake of ordering most of these in a “polished” variety of plastic…what this ended up doing for many of them was destroying many of the fine features and making some of them look like melted snow. I now know to only use the “unpolished” selection for strong and flexible plastic. The Honolulu marker is a great example of polished vs. unpolished.
Detail Plastic vs. Strong & Flexible Plastic
These samples have determined that I will offer two materials for the pieces: 1) Strong and Flexible Plastic, which is a white material and is the cheapest option, and 2) Detail Plastic, which is a clear plastic with better detail, but about double the cost. This should meet my goal of offering different price points for those who want better detail. The London marker is a great example of Strong & Flexible vs. Detail.
Without further ado…here we go!
I live in Southwest Wake County, and would love to play more often. I’ve got G40, revised and 1914. Send me a PM if you are interested.
Pretty decent sale on 1914 if anyone is interested:
http://www.amazon.com/Axis-Allies-1914-World-Board/dp/B00B0EMNB4/ref=pd_bxgy_t_img_z
I use officer chips (http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=30016.0) and I might try and do tokens in the future.
Hello All!
I wanted to provide a quick update on the project, as I’ve been AWOL for a few months…I apologize to everyone who has been patiently waiting. I promise your patience will be rewarded!
As you all probably know, the models for the Victory Cities themselves are nearly complete, I only have a few more to go!
Manufacturability is something I am looking into, however. You see, for every material choice on Shapeways, there is a different design requirement. So, for instance, Shanghai can be printed in “Frosted Ultra Detail” but not in the much less expensive “Polished White Plastic”. I would like to have a good balance between quality and affordability, and be able to offer a wide range of materials for those that want them.
So, to address this concern, I’ve ordered some sample pieces of the cities I’ve designed so far in various materials that Shapeways offers. I hope to receive this by around Christmas time, and I will post comparison pictures of the same pieces in different materials.
In the mean time, I will continue to crank out designs for cities, so that I can make them active for sale ASAP.
Thanks again to everyone who is continuing to follow this project, and hopefully we will see these beautiful cities gracing our G40 boards soon!
Good post. I guess I was more referring to the fact that the training and equipment of “prewar” units would be generally inferior to those of a nation that had experience fighting modern, WWII armies.
For instance, the U.S. army wasn’t fully equipped with M1 Garand rifles until the end of '41, and the famous M1 helmet didn’t even start being issued until then. Tactics were based on flawed doctrine as well.
In the Soviet case, the Red Army was soundly defeated in the first few weeks of the war, due to poor organization, incomplete mobilization, and mediocre officers.
The idea of “conscript” more came to me as a way to represent the mass of poorly trained, poorly equipped draftees Stalin threw into battle as the war became more desperate.
I know that, in reality, these concepts are completely different, but statwise, the two groups should be similar.
Hi All,
First time posting here in a while. I just wanted to share with you guys some thoughts I had for various rule changes I’m trying with A&A G40. I’ll be creating a couple of threads here shortly.
My first idea is the use of a new unit, the “Prewar” or “Conscript” infantry. These represent raw, untested troops that are in general weaker than normal infantry.
The basic idea for prewar infantry is to use them in place of infantry in the setups of countries who aren’t at war (namely, the U.S. and Soviet Union). I use 1914 pieces to represent them in my game, and the US doughboy pieces with their flat helmets really give a great feel to the standing armies on the map, not to mention the Russian rifle infantry with their peaked caps and blanket rolls.
I’m also playing around with the idea of allowing Russia to buy these units at a cost of 1 or 2 later in the game (perhaps when they have 2 original TT’s occupied).
In my D12 game, I bump the attack and defense values down by 1 (to Atk 1, Def 3), but you could easily just bump the Defense value down to 1 in a D6 game.
Thoughts?
Hello All! Things have been fairly busy in my life lately; I usually model these pieces in my down time at work, and frankly there hasn’t been any!
That being said, I’m going to try and knock out the rest of these, as I am anxious to get them out to you guys (and admittedly I want a set for myself as well :-D).
As a reward for your patience, I give you…SHANGHAI!!
Thanks to all of you for your continued support and encouragement. I couldn’t even have gotten as far as I have without your interest and input.
Saw the first episode, it was decent, but as some have pointed out, there were glaring issues. I facepalmed hard when Patton was aiming his Enfield rifle…in Mexico…
I also thought the Batman-esque “origin story” for Hitler’s mustache was a bit comical.
Overall an interesting series though. It’s good to see the History Channel showing actual history, as opposed to Pawn Stars and Mysteries of the Bible :roll:
Ok, here’s Warsaw!
I ended up using the Carmelite Church of Warsaw as CWO Marc suggested (as seen here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Warszawa_kościół_pokarmelicki.jpg).
