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2014/10/16 23:53:20
Subject: Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Plummeting Black Templar Thunderhawk Pilot
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Basically, I got 4 Para 17pdr guns with crew, command team and 2 piat teams in a £50 bundle (I also got a full rifle company, mortar platoon and 4 shermans ) and I wanted to know whether there was anything about the para crew for the 17pdrs that would make them look off as regular 17pdr crew.
I am one of those people that likes things to look historically accurate, my army may not resemble anything from ww2 in terms of units I use, but I like it to look right, so regular 17pdr crew that look blatantly like paras would be rather off putting.
I hope someone can help, and as such I thank any and all who help in advance.
Cheers,
LazzurusMan
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2014/10/17 00:25:05
Subject: Re:Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Major
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me personaly i would not have a problem,but you can always buy peter pig crewmen for them.I have done this with alot of my models.Especially the PSC weapons sets.
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2014/10/17 00:27:20
Subject: Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Buttons Should Be Brass, Not Gold!
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Well they are wearing airborne jump helmets and denison smocks...
So for me, no they look nothing like regular infantry.
Go buy some proper Army gun crew! You wont regret doing it right and proper!
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2014/10/17 00:34:14
Subject: Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Plummeting Black Templar Thunderhawk Pilot
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It's either I buy crew separately...or I don't buy them (I haven't actually paid for them yet, he wants them gone and is also accepting a model and a bb gun as part payment) so I could leave them with him and take 5-10 quid off the already criminally low price. Automatically Appended Next Post: But where can I get the crew? I've just checked the FoW website and there's no seperate crew for the 17pdrs.
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2014/10/17 00:39:20
Subject: Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Major
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LazzurusMan wrote:It's either I buy crew separately...or I don't buy them (I haven't actually paid for them yet, he wants them gone and is also accepting a model and a bb gun as part payment) so I could leave them with him and take 5-10 quid off the already criminally low price.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
But where can I get the crew? I've just checked the FoW website and there's no seperate crew for the 17pdrs.
Peter pig or i may even have some spares i can trade you.
http://www.peterpig.co.uk/british.htm
look at 501
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2014/10/17 00:45:17
Subject: Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Plummeting Black Templar Thunderhawk Pilot
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No offence, but those are some ugly sculpts, or at least I feel they'll look wrong alongside a whole company or two or BF mini's :/
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2014/10/17 02:40:08
Subject: Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Major
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LazzurusMan wrote:No offence, but those are some ugly sculpts, or at least I feel they'll look wrong alongside a whole company or two or BF mini's :/
None just a matter of taste,there is always Syktek.
http://www.skytrex.com/cd-bs11--anti-tank-gun-crews_p38009.aspx
I have mixed both before and the look decent with BF mdels mixed base.But i do know what you mean about the doughboy faces on PP sculpts, but at this scale you are not always looking at the face details unlike 28mm.
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2014/10/17 11:57:31
Subject: Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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1st Lieutenant
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I would agree to get some extra crew - what you may wish to consider doing is to but some 6pdrs, use the crew on a big base and magnetise the gun options
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2014/10/17 13:10:50
Subject: Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Plummeting Black Templar Thunderhawk Pilot
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I have posted in the facebook FoW swap shop hoping someone will want to trade crews, but I suppose getting some other guns (I'd need four :/ ) could also work.
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2014/10/18 06:33:05
Subject: Re:Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Major
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I have some At crewmen .not sure if it would be enough for what you need. I can trade them to you.what do you have for bits or extras that you could trade.As i really do not have any use for uk paras.what we do play in our group are German Falls,American infantry and paras.Also looking for a few uk commandos for a project.
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2014/10/18 13:49:22
Subject: Para 17Pdr as regular 17pdr?
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Plummeting Black Templar Thunderhawk Pilot
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All I got is the para crew, some para piats (Looks like tin rot on them though) and some LW german stuff.
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