New 3D printed 1/350 aircraft models for ICOG. English language ruleset coming.

[6milPhil]

This is looking really good. 

[GilmoreDK]

Getting ready for the bomber mission this sunday...





Now we need 3 of these...
Dreaming lozenges...

[Wirelizard]

That is a very cool airplane!

I assume (hope!) the lozenges are decals? Please tell me that's not freehand painting!

[GilmoreDK]

That is a very cool airplane!

I assume (hope!) the lozenges are decals? Please tell me that's not freehand painting!

They are hand painted - Same principle as these D.VIIs


If you look closer you will see that the different colors are not hexagons bot merely blots. The effect comes from paying attention to keeping the pattern of individual colors and guiding the overall look by marking up the the rows on the wing with a thin lead pencil - for example marking the oblique rows where the dark blue dots (on the bombers) should be.

We have a set of 5-color lozenge decals from Doug Baumann but only in scale for scouts. But i am not looking forward to applying the to the lower wings...

BTW, Saw Your tagline Wirelizard. You can have Zeppelin in this after action repport : http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/581647/zeppelin-bitter-combat-over-the-north-sea-januar

-Svend  

[Wirelizard]

That is a very cool battle report!

I love the photograph too, realizing that's a standard X-Acto #11 blade in the top left corner made me realize just how small these models of yours are!

[GilmoreDK]

The same Friederichshafen G.III From todays Campaign Scenario (December 1917), which ended in grief for the Germans with one Fdh.G.III bomber driven home due to damage (damaged engine and wounded co-pilot) and one downed.







Full AAR follows...

[FramFramson]

Are the carbon fibre rods simply punched into the terrain or are there proper holes drilled. If they're just punched in (and if so, I assume the base is some kind of foam?), won't that eventually make mincemeat out of your terrain?

[Sangennaru]

Are the carbon fibre rods simply punched into the terrain or are there proper holes drilled. If they're just punched in (and if so, I assume the base is some kind of foam?), won't that eventually make mincemeat out of your terrain?

good point. The overall look is simply awesome, but i'm sad for the ground scenery! =)

[GilmoreDK]

Are the carbon fibre rods simply punched into the terrain or are there proper holes drilled. If they're just punched in (and if so, I assume the base is some kind of foam?), won't that eventually make mincemeat out of your terrain?

The boards are made from ordinary white insulation foamboards (Expanded polystyrene 120cmx60cmx4cm). We just punch the rods, which are sharpened in that end, directly in and the boards are amazingly resilient. The flexibility of the foam also makes the holes punched close a bit again when you remove the mounting rod.

We made the boards in 1994 and they have been used for (literally) over 100 games and have been moved a lot of times in the back of a car.  We gave them an overhaul last year - some new flocking, new paint and a bit of expandable foam to stiffen the backside of one of them and they are good to go. No reason to be sad...  


Here they can be seen when they were new . . (and I was slimmer, had no kids/lots of time and Ace of Base was on the Billboards).



They look a bit more crisp, but then again it is 18 years ago (and the rods were made of piano wire, the rules were crap and the planes made of balsa wood and cardboard)...

- Svend

[Sangennaru]

18 years... that shure it's a lot of time!

That's REALLY interesting, since i'm making to start an AERONEF project, and i might need the same solution! =) thanks a lot!


EDIT: Anyway, the battlefield looks much smaller than the planes (and i can understand why), which scale did you adopted?

[GilmoreDK]

EDIT: Anyway, the battlefield looks much smaller than the planes (and i can understand why), which scale did you adopted?

The scale is only a bit smaller but not at a specific scale. I would guess around 1/400-1/450ish - And as you have probalby guessed to give a better altitude impression and to have a "bigger" terrain.

In this pic you can see the city with 1/350 scale lorries, troops and guns.


and here the airfield:


and a Spad VII close to the church (SPAD VII span: 25 feet/ 7,8 meter).


An Aeroneff game (1/1200?) would be fantastic. and i think the same scale terrain would be good for a WWII ICOG style game using 1/700 scale planes (Pit-road makes a lot of these) and ships... 

[Sangennaru]

yay! what a wonderful pictures there!!!

Even though i'm always into hand modelling, for this scale i'm trying 3d modelling. the first pieces should arrive in 2-3 weeks.

that's my thread about it =)

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=36578.0

cheers,
Jack

[GilmoreDK]

Hi Jack

If you move from heavy metal to 3D prints i really think you should consider moving to Carbon poles and foamboards.  Imagine a terrain with a lot of altitude differences for the areronefs: Deep canyons with hill-top forts and big steel girder bridges crossing and combats taking place at all altitudes - Fast frigates covering the high level while cruisers supports troopships unloading troops and fast gunboats chase around in the ravines..

[GilmoreDK]

And some German bombers

This time from a new designer: KSND (aka Shane)

The German AEG G.IV tactical medium range bomber

http://www.shapeways.com/model/488567/

The Gotha G.V - the Late model of the famous Gotha bomber used in stragic bombing raids against England - "first battle of Britain" 

http://www.shapeways.com/model/488571/

[Kingscarbine]

Oh boy... More planes  Lots of good stuff for ICOG coming soon. I would like to have a go at some planes but that will have to wait.