Game pieces

[brain damaged]

Okay I was thinking of buying these for my bunkers:

http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/tmb46.html

Are these about the right size?

[brain damaged]

Also I noticed on the list to use subs, factories and AA guns from other games. Why is that? If I wanted to buy some metal minis instead. Which pieces would you recommend? Or would you recommend not using metal minis for these pieces.

[Mark]

That could get really expensive for you, BD.  I think the size is ok - but at $4.50 a pop and given you might need in the neighborhood of 50 or so - it could add up. . .

What we did is make our own - and I think they look pretty good if you check out the pics on the forum.

We bought square dowl-rods from a hobby shop (something a little more dense than balsa wood) and just carved our own with an exacto knife and then painted them.

I glued a little piece of wire into the gun slit to look like the barrel of a gun to give it some added coolness.  They were relatively easy and cheap to make and I think look as good as these bunkers that you might buy.

[brain damaged]

Yeah you're right about the money, but I've already invested a lot of money in this game, so what the heck. Did you see my other question about the subs and AA guns?

[Mark]

Yeah - the best bet that I have found is GHQ models.  It is tought to buy subs that are big enough to be playing pieces - as most WW2 subs to scale are pretty small.

But - the US Gato class sub is pretty decent size and can be used for a variety of nationalities without anyone really noticing.  Also the Japanese I-19 class sub is pretty good if you want to mix the models up.  The German subs are pretty small - class IX is about the biggest - if you buy that miniature, you would almost need to mount it on something to be able to move it around - I would try to standardize on the Gato class.

For AA - I would go with the GHQ model "37mm FLAK 36; Towed
GHQ Stock # G122" For Axis AA guns - again they are small and delicate - you would want to mount them on a base.

For the Allies AA guns I would go with GHQ model "40mm Bofors
GHQ Stock # UK54"  and mount it on a base. You get 4 per pack and can put them together in deployed mode.

[brain damaged]

Thank you Mark for your informative answers.

[brain damaged]

Oh yeah, I am trying to be as prepared as possible to play the game while waiting for its arrival. Do I need to provide any other game components other than the pieces such as control markers, chips, dice, money etc.

[John D.]

I send control markers and dice and money It sounds like you are all set!

[brain damaged]

I send control markers and dice and money It sounds like you are all set!

Well not exactly, I am still waiting for the rest of my pieces and it looks like some need some assembly. Some of them need to be mounted on bases and I haven't purchased the bases yet, and then I still have to paint all of them.

I am thinking of going with these bases:

http://www.litkoaero.com/page/LAI/CTGY/MB

What do you think of these bases?

And I noticed that you didn't mention chips were included. Am I providing those as well?

[brain damaged]

Skytrex pieces came in are beautifully detailed and nicely packaged.

[brain damaged]

Got the GHQ pieces some time back and they atually came on blister cards. Nice packaging.
I now have all the pieces and I have seperated them by their countries. I think I am gonna have to go buy some storage containers (any suggestions?) I also need to paint all of them. What type of paint should I buy, What brand and which shades for each country do you recommend to match the colors you have chosen? Which shades would I need to match A&A?

[Yoper]

For the larger powers (Germany, USA, UK, Japan, USSR) I have the Struggle parts in these containers:

2-3600 PROLATCH™ STOWAWAY

For the smaller powers (France, Italy) I use these:

2-3601 PROLATCH™ STOWAWAY

China is in a basic container:

3448-40 POCKET STOWAWAY

http://www.planomolding.com/tackle/products.asp

[John D.]

The paint color recommendations  come with the game - do you need a list?

[brain damaged]

For the larger powers (Germany, USA, UK, Japan, USSR) I have the Struggle parts in these containers:
2-3600 PROLATCH™ STOWAWAY
For the smaller powers (France, Italy) I use these:
2-3601 PROLATCH™ STOWAWAY
China is in a basic container:
3448-40 POCKET STOWAWAY
http://www.planomolding.com/tackle/products.asp

How many will I need for each country?

[brain damaged]

The paint color recommendations  come with the game - do you need a list?

Okay I got the game today and I did see the paint color recommendations. That should be all I need.