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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: gibby64 on June 13, 2019, 09:35:20 PM
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Recently I got my father into wargaming... Bolt Action along with Rebels and Patriots looked interesting to him... my local game store was running a demo weekend of several WW2 games to celebrate the 75th of D-Day...Here are a few pics from our games. The beach landing were forces of Americans and Brits (us) against some Italians who were reinforced by the germans (them)... second game we were the germans against a Dutch force. We won both games (perhaps they thought we would like the game more if we won), but my father had a great time and bought some Warlord starter sets... the next set of pics are some tanks and an armored car I printed to see what quality i could achieve on my printer with such small details (yes I know the sandbags are horribly oversized, those were made for another game)... it looks great on the table, up close not quite as sharp.... i painted it as a guide for my father to follow as he painted the other stuff I printed for him and the starter set vehicles... it's still missing decals, but I'll have some soon in the mail... not bad for 60 cents of plastic vs. The $30 the warlord kits are demanding.... more pics will come over time...
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i think the printed ones came out OK - certainly good enough to use on the tabletop 8)
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Yah, they aren't show pieces for sure... but to get some units on the table cheap and get going, I think these pass muster... I'm already eyeing those Rubicon models as a gift for christmas!
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Painted up a Tiger and turned a failed print of a British armored car into a bombed out piece of scatter terrain...... tanks are very different from what I'm used to painting, but I'm having fun learning... I'm sure my markings aren't at all historical, but it doesn't matter to me. More about looks....
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Striking paint job on that Tiger.
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Appreciate it! Printed up a few new things... Sherman, British armored car, M3 scout, Panzer II...
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Few more printed items and put together a few more kits... paint is coming! Does anyone know where I could print off cards for the vehicles I'm printing that look like the warlord ones included in the kits?
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Those 3D printed models look great.
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Thanks! Changed some settings since my first batch... these print very differently then my usual fare of fantasy terrain.
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Those actually look pretty good, what are the printer files you are using? (Though I think that jeep is wearing c 1980's Cragar alloys).
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Pretty good, can the print lines be sanded?
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Is that a future gamer behind the model boxes?
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Those actually look pretty good, what are the printer files you are using? (Though I think that jeep is wearing c 1980's Cragar alloys).
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The files are from a guy on Thingiverse.com... they are all free, his user name is TigerAce1945... the stowage is all resin from www.valuegeardetails.com/ .... really nice guy named Steve out in Arizona who makes it all...
Pretty good, can the print lines be sanded?
Yes they can be sanded, but I use a spray filler primer and have found after that and the basecoat the lines really diminish.. I'm almost finished with the paint on one and i'll post it up so you can see the difference.
Is that a future gamer behind the model boxes?
That is the youngest of my 3 boys and you can see the state of my living room after he has his romp... They are all more then ready to get involved in some wars... My oldest is 7 and he's already started in on some basic rules games and loves it.
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Thanks for that. I will check it out.
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My father has decided that he wants to build all of the allied forces.... so I decided to start working on the Pacific theater with the Japanese... here is my first veteran squad and a MMG.... more to follow... these guys paint up much faster then my Rackham guys!
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Superb painting jobs :-* What make are the figures?
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So far the figures are all from Warlord.... I've added a few things... a few more riflemen, a couple anti tank, and a flame thrower unit..... I've printed 2 different bunkers and made this versatile piece of terrain out of foam... some Japanese tanks are being printed next...
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very nice miniatures indeed
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A few new items... I was already working on these and a few others before I became the "axis" guy... so here we have a Sherman, scout jeep, and mounted MG jeep..
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Nice work,looks great!
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Nice work.
Neat diorama.
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I've started some serious assembly line painting of some regular japanese army troops along with some artillery, but I wanted to knock this guy out quickly to have a CO for the army... Baron Nishi of the Imperial Japanese Army...
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Had a big artillery push yesterday as our first game is in a week and a half and I wanted to be sure to knockout the more difficult pieces up front as i finish up infantry and tanks on the back end. Here we have a Type 91, 105mm howitzer, and a Type 1, 47mm AT....
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No Japanese force is complete without the different variations of the Type 95 Kurogane staff car and truck... aren't they so cute. The layer lines printed a little more obvious than I like, but the camo does a decent job of distracting the eye from them.
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Knocked out the core infantry pretty quick with the contrast paints... it really does make basecoating so fast and easy... some mortar, MMG, and snipers up next...
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very nice japanese indeed
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Great looking Figures and vehicles.
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Now on to the fun stuff... tanks!!... Type 95 Ha-Go to be specific... these were no match for Sherman's, but their small lightweight statute made them ideal for traversing down narrow island paths and for supporting infantry..
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Very impressed with your output :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Nice work.
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Thanks! When I get on a kick I stay moving! If you've read any of my other posts you'll know I like to knock out projects so i can get to gaming faster. Up next we have some of the highest power and the lowest power the Japanese had on tap... sadly for them and luckily for us their big guns came very late in the war and didn't make it to many fights once transport got tricky due to Americans ruling the seas... from left to right... Type 3 Chi-Nu with a 75mm gun, a Type 94 Tankette with a 6.5mm MMG, and lastly a Type 1 Ho-Ni 1 tank destroyer with a 75mm gun... I changed the camo slightly as the Japanese had many differing color schemes for all the different island and Chinese wars they were in... their forces against the US had very inconsistent camo as they were quickly pulling assets from many different regions...
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Finished up a MMG and Mortar unit just in time for my first game with my father... This was only my second actual game, but i've read the rules several times... Overall it rolled really smoothly as we kept to more basic units to keep game a bit more rules lite and less confusing for my dad whose still very new to miniatures games and their mechanics. The lighting is atrocious over my dads game table... we will be remedying that over the next few weeks, so the pics are very dark and poor.. sorry...
The game stayed very even until about half way through when my Japanese Tankette took out his 50cal jeep... then my Type 95 Ha-Go snuck around to perfectly align itself with some of his infantry out in the open and the dual MMGs laid waste to many... The game was topped off with my Type 95 taking a lucky pot shot from 3' away and taking out his M3A3 Stuart... With that confidence and only my CO left to activate, I had him do a valiant charge up a hill and take a shot at a very pinned down squad with his pistol.... he missed, but his bravery will be known by all... after another turn it was all over for the americans...
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Finished up a bit more armor... a Shin, and a Chi-Ha.... few more units and I'll stick a fork in my Japanese...
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Looking good. I bet there have been ten times the models sold as were tanks manufactured for some of those lol
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Oh for sure... I have some that i've printed that are known to have never made it off the main land... which means they never saw battle... we only know of them because we didn't happen to bomb that plant and they survived for us to scoop up and study. They will make it into some of my battles :D
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Wonderful stuff, I'm really a big fan off BA as it's just so easy to both build a force and play a game. Following with interest.
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Great project :)
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Looking good! Nice to see someone else taking on the Pacific theater. There isn't enough of us in BA.
Chris
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Your printed models came out pretty good. I found printing the turret with its barrel pointed up, the gun barrel comes out really nice. I too, started using the spray filler primer, works great too. How long did take to print that huge collection shown on your print bed?
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That took about 28 hrs on the print settings I used. Thanks for the comments guys! Here is a sniper and MMG group... getting close to starting on some USMC....
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Just posting a few group photos... nothing new...
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Lovely. I need to crack on with my Japanese