Crimson Skies: Shootout over Manhattan

[dexter]

while trawling ebay last night i found this ,don't know if it's any use to you
regards
Dex

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CRIMSON-SKIES-a-game-of-Aerial-Combat-FASA-Boardgame_W0QQitemZ170402592853QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_Wargames_RL?hash=item27acc93855

[Modhail]

I confess . . . . I keep wanting to play it with 28mm scale planes, over a 28mm scale "A very British (Or American) Civil War" game happening on the ground . . . . .

They did make a couple of larger scale aircraft, i think one of them was the Curtis Wright FURY .
They were in MUSEUM SCALE,but i dont know what scale that is ,but they must have been bigger

28mm scale Crimson Skies? That's madness! I once had plans for a 1/72nd version, and that alone would take nearly 4x6 meters of floorspace to play with a normal sized map...

I haven't seen those museum scales in the flesh, but from a comparison pic I saw, I'm guessing they're 1/72nd at most.
In which case there are more affordable alternatives, if you're willing to convert:
Left one is based on a Corsair, the right one is a reversed 190 with extra wings from, I believe, a Hurricane (can't remember for sure, too long since I started on it...)

[El Grego]

Modhail, those scratchbuilds are nice   

Found this link:

http://members.fortunecity.com/phreke/cs/minisgallery.htm

There are some nice pics of painted Crimson Skies planes there, and at the bottom of the page are some pics of the museum-scale stuff.  Looks to be about 1/144 scale.

[Dewbakuk]

I believe they were 1/72nd

[Modhail]

Thank you! (I really should get them finished one day....  )

Looking at the pics in the link you posted El Grego, it seems those museum scale models are indeed 1/72nd scale:
The Museum Devastator looks twice the length of the game scale one in the picture. Checking my conversion, based on a 1/72 Fw190, it's also twice the length of a game scale Devastator. With the real life Fw 190 being 29 ft. long, and the "real life" Devastator described as 26ft. long, this seems about right.

[Michi]

Excellent paintjobs, especially the yellow! Would you mind spilling the beans on the technique you've used?

Thanks, but it´s just simple layering to blend the tones. The canopies are done in the usual gem painting wy.

[dexter]

Looking at the pics in the link you posted El Grego, it seems those museum scale models are indeed 1/72nd scale:
The Museum Devastator looks twice the length of the game scale one in the picture. Checking my conversion, based on a 1/72 Fw190, it's also twice the length of a game scale Devastator. With the real life Fw 190 being 29 ft. long, and the "real life" Devastator described as 26ft. long, this seems about right.

Deep down part of me was hoping that they'd be bigger,especially for £25

[Michi]

Deep down part of me was hoping that they'd be bigger,especially for £25

The BIG advantage of games like Crimson Skies is that they are not limited to any scale. As long as the opposing planes are the same scale and fit into the hexagons, you´ll be fine. Play it in 28mm with 1/48 planes or what ever you like!

[abhorsen950]

Brilliant really Brilliant

[Crudeboy]

Speaking of which, there's currently a good portion of FASA CS sourcebooks on e-bay. Pretty much everything but Behind the Crimson Veil and the main rules.

[abhorsen950]

is this the Crimson Skies rules that your using?
http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=1286

Love to know
Cheers
Steve

[Modhail]

Abhorsen950, the rules in your link are the more recent "clicky" rules from Wizkids.

Michi uses the old FASA rules : http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3855/crimson-skies
They're out of print so the only way to get them is by ebay or other trade. They're worth hunting down though.

Bye, Modhail

[G. K. Zhukov]

There are is also a 3D variant of the Crimson Skies rules (as both the original FASA and the later WizKids rules were 2D-based) built on the Canvas Eagles WWI aerial combat rules:

Crimson Eagles

[Crudeboy]

I've been meaning to check out Crimson Eagles. The pics of the games look pretty neat, and I love the zeppelin.

Noble Knight games has a copy of the FASA rules going for $70 currently.  http://www.nobleknight.com/searchresults.asp?search=crimson%20skies

[dexter]

I've been meaning to check out Crimson Eagles. The pics of the games look pretty neat, and I love the zeppelin.

Noble Knight games has a copy of the FASA rules going for $70 currently.  http://www.nobleknight.com/searchresults.asp?search=crimson%20skies

Thats about the  going rate for the FASA  rules  theyre long out of print and much sort after  Was watching one recently on ebay it went for $50 but with postage it was $70