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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/04 03:46:37
Subject: Game Differences
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Fixture of Dakka
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Ah right, I thought you meant they were for WWI.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/04 03:49:13
Subject: Game Differences
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Solahma
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Oh, I suppose they were meant for WW1 by Musketeer. But they are for that very reason perfect for 1930s British soldiers. These chappies: http://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/28mm-ww1-early-war-british
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/04 04:01:05
Subject: Game Differences
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Fixture of Dakka
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Nice. I love the Battalion command figures. A local company (EMP games) makes Australian Light Horse models. I'll probably end up doing Czech Legion, likely in French uniforms.
Yorks and Lancs are the local regiment, thus my interest.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/04 04:10:13
Subject: Game Differences
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Solahma
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Well the Albertines do (conveniently) hail prominently from the relative calmness of York. The Albertine book explicitly points out that Sheffield is controlled by militant reds.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/04 04:21:34
Subject: Game Differences
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Fixture of Dakka
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/08 10:59:21
Subject: Re:Game Differences
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snurl wrote:Bolt Action is fun to play. Here my Germans are about to get hammered by a light tank.
That looks like an M2.
I didn't think they served in WWII Europe.
MB
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/09 04:27:19
Subject: Re:Game Differences
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Executing Exarch
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BeAfraid wrote: snurl wrote:Bolt Action is fun to play. Here my Germans are about to get hammered by a light tank.
That looks like an M2.
I didn't think they served in WWII Europe.
MB
It's an M3 Light Tank - aka the original version of the Stuart. The pronounced copula was removed on the M3A1.
The M5 Stuart was the standard light tank by the time of Normandy, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were still a handful of M3s scattered here and there in the ranks.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/10 07:10:09
Subject: Game Differences
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Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil
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Yes and its about the worst model of a Stuart you can get too.
Do NOT buy anything from Hobby Armor Depot in Florida.
You'll be glad you didn't.
(Plus their scale is 1/48, not 1/56)
I intend to replace this thing with a better one when someone makes one in plastic.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/10 08:54:35
Subject: Game Differences
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Solahma
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I have been warned about them as well. Pity, as I really like their SU-122.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/10 09:07:47
Subject: Game Differences
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Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil
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Their kits are "modified" (by adding jerry cans and tarps) castings of old Bandai and others kits. The casting is frequently sloppy and filled with bubbles and flash.
Then again, if you simply don't care what your tanks look like, they are just about the cheapest thing out there.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/10 09:12:34
Subject: Game Differences
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Buttons Should Be Brass, Not Gold!
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"modified" is one word for it...
I can think of another.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/10 09:17:26
Subject: Game Differences
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Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil
Way on back in the deep caves
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Yes. They were thrown out of HMGS for doing it too.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/10 18:03:24
Subject: Game Differences
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jim30 wrote:
What it would benefit from is an index in the main book, or a link to an index to quickly find the rules.
Here you go: http://www.bruggies.com.au/Wargaming/BoltActionIndex.pdf.
I didn't write it and I can't remember who did, but if anyone knows, let me know so I can give credit where credit is due.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/10 19:49:25
Subject: Game Differences
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snurl wrote:Their kits are "modified" (by adding jerry cans and tarps) castings of old Bandai and others kits. The casting is frequently sloppy and filled with bubbles and flash.
Then again, if you simply don't care what your tanks look like, they are just about the cheapest thing out there.
They're straight up recasts.
Made the mistake of buying some of their technicals a while back; they were recast die cast Toyota trucks from Wal-Mart's $2.99 cheapo cars and trucks range, with a piece of coat hanger for an MG mount and a near featureless blob of resin that was supposed to be some sort of machine gun.
Their modern vehicles like LAV and BTR's are recasts of the Kitech/Zhengdefu motorized 1/48 kits...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/02/11 08:00:11
Subject: Game Differences
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Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil
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Yep, you said the secret word.
Back when they were allowed at Historicon a few years ago, I saw their display and foolishly bought a few tanks and halftracks, they were the first 28mm (so they said)(they are indeed mostly 1/48) that were cheap. The comparable metal and resin models at the time were 2x to 3x as expensive and a bitch to build, and were also close to 1/48 scale. When they were banned I asked around and found out why, they were indeed pirated castings. This was back when they were called "All Fronts Armor Depot".
I thought they went out of business until I saw some complaints on another forum about Hobby Armor Depot, and sure enough, its the same people doing their thing again.
I'm sorta stuck with the ones I bought, I don't want to resell them due to their pirated origin, but I will be retiring them as proper plastic kits are released over the next few years to replace them.
Moral: When something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
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