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  • in reply to: KG Klink, France, Game 1 #22928
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    That’s from his therapist’s office, something to do with the inability to tell real life from (sexual) fantasy…

    If you two would spend half the time on wargaming you spend looking through old family albums/buying, setting up, and photographing vignettes, you might actually get something done.

    Isn’t it time for you two to rehearse some more Braveheart lines?

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: Operation Jupiter game 5 – 20mm on blog #22913
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    That’s awesome Shaun, but what is this crap about 2016!!??  You’re killing me!

    And you’re magic dice certainly made it look a little like a pushover, mister.  Of course, I’m just jealous as I always seem to be getting my butt kicked 😉

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: KG Klink, France, Game 1 #22910
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    Simmer down, Rod, it was just a joke.  Though I’m not sure what ‘bloody minded’ means 😉

    Back to wargaming: no one, in any scale, is as good as GHQ, so that’s a bit unfair.  But Pendraken and Minifigs are every bit as good as CinC.  I don’t own any Pitthead, and some of their stuff doesn’t look so hot, but some of it looks pretty damn good (they’ve got H35s/H39s with the tank commander coming out of the right spot on the back of the turret).

    Either way, what’s it matter, you’re a 15mm guy?

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: KG Klink, France, Game 1 #22899
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    Yeah, I’ve got quite a bit of Pendraken and Minifigs and I’ve got no problem with them.  It’s certainly not my painting making them look good! 😉

    I figure it’s like every other scale (that puts out a lot of vehicles: each company has a couple dogs, the vast majority is pretty decent, and then a few pieces of art.  In the past I had quite a bit of 15mm and I saw that with Battlefront, PSC, and Old Glory CD, have quite a bit of 6mm and 10mm and see it there as well with different manufacturers.

    Quit actin’ stuck up, Rod, and quit poutin’ ’cause you’re backin’ the wrong team: 10mm is where it’s at 😉

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: KG Klink, France, Game 1 #22791
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    Rod – Pendraken and Pitthead make Pz 38Ts, so come on over to the 10mm side.  I don’t need any though, plenty of Is, IIs, IIIs, and IVs.

    Panda – The only house rules I remember is 1) my heroes give +1 in close combat and rally pinned/hunkered/man down units for free the whole game (not just once); and 2) my ‘armor return fire’ rule.  If a vehicel (not an ATG) that can hurt a tank shoots at a tank and doesn’t get at least a pin, the tank gets to shoot back for free.  Ivan may be able to help more (i.e., he may read a batrep and think, “what the hell is that?  That’s not in the rules!”).

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: KG Klink, France, Game 1 #22736
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    Panda – Thanks man, I appreciate it.  The game was rough, but a lot of fun.  I didn’t get depressed until afterwards when I was making my campaign rolls for the units that had been hit and I rolled up four KIAs.  Thinning the ranks in a hurry.  Have you played a game of Company Command and/or Brigade Commander yet?

    Kyote – Don’t worry, I won’t bring the Tigers in unless I’m really, really getting my ass kicked 😉

    Rod – It’s my pleasure, I like posting the stuff and discussing it with folks, particularly the game design and tactics side of things.  As you’ve probably noticed, I’m not nearly as much of an OOB nut; if you look at all my campaigns, every single one of them is actually based on a fictional unit, so that I basically have license to do what I want.  In KG Klink, I basically took a regiment-sized KG and ‘bath-tubbed’ it down a level (roughly), and later I’ll adjust the table of organization to reflect how I think things went.  I mentioned above that KG Klink will have two Panzer Companies from North Africa on; this reflect the real-life German change which basically halved the complement of tanks in Panzer divisions so they could turn out twice as many Panzer divisions.

    So KG Klink will see the number of tanks in a company reduced from four 5-tank platoons to three 3-tank platoons, but, because the KG has performed so well and Col Klink is in favor, he’s able to lobby to get two Panzer companies in the KG.  So, instead of dropping from 21 tanks (including 1 for Company Commander) to 10 (incl CC), the KG will go from 21 to 20, which reflects the German T/O change, but keeps me in the ball park for what I figure I need to carry out my campaign (the way I play, if the KG had only 10 tanks they’d be out by the third fight of a twenty fight campaign).

    I hope all that makes sense 😉

    And I can stand you guys’ silliness; I just wish:
    1) you two were funny, and
    2) you talk about wargaming every now and again 😉
    Let’s make it three: you post photos of actual war games you participated in (even Kyote does it!) 😉

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: KG Klink, France, Game 1 #22716
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    Thanks gentlemen.

    Kyote – Rommel don’t care about no casualties, he just wanted a crossing invested, so we’re good to go 😉

    Rod – It was a helluva fight, and I was pleased with the German firepower dice rolling.  The whole KG is suspending ops and heading to the range to fix their shootin’ irons.  I did know that about the Motorcycle Companies, but I don’t have a full M/C company, just two platoons as part of the Recon company.

    The Recon company is going to stay in this format at least through North Africa, maybe even a little bit into Russia, but certainly by Kursk the Recon company will take on a new look, in which it moves to halftracks and has three rifle platoons, its own heavy weapons platoon, and probably the Stug platoon.  At that point KG Klink will have two Panzer companies (though much smaller, i.e., three platoons of three vehicles each), a Schutzen company, the Armored Recon company (of three rifle platoons, a Schwere platoon, the Stug platoon, and maybe a platoon of  armored cars),  and a heavy Flak (88mm) section, a Combat Engineer platoon, and an SP AT platoon (Marder IIs then PzJg IVs then Jagdpanthers, as the war goes on) in general support.  At some point the KG will also get a heavy panzer (Tiger) platoon in general support.

    Maybe I’ll throw the Tiger platoon in now; if one little H35 can run around, cruising back and forth, shooting up the entire German column with impunity, I probably need them 😉

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: Team Rebel. 1985ish. #22710
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    Awesome, can’t wait.  But what happened to the Russian and Bongo Harem?

    V/R,
    Jack

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    Oh you two are killing me, that’s no ‘save,’ I said that from the beginning the KG would not be part of a particular division, it would be attached to various divisions throughout the war so that I could take the KG wherever I wanted to fight it.  Remember, the name of this campaign is actually “The OKW’s Fire Brigade,” I’ve just been calling it “KG Klink” for short.  And here is the overall plan for the war:

    Poland – 1 Sep-6 Oct 39
    France – 10 May-22 Jun 40
    N Africa – Mar 41-July 42
    Stalingrad (W) – Oct – Dec 42
    Kharkov (W) – 19 Feb- 15 Mar 43
    Kursk – 5 Jul- 23 Aug 43
    S Italy – 17 Sep – Dec 43
    Ukraine (W) – Jan- Mar 44
    Normandy – 25 Jun- Aug 44
    Holland – 17 Sep – Oct 44
    Hungary – Oct – Dec 44
    Ardennes – Dec-Jan 45
    Silesia/Pomerania – Feb- Mar 45

    My DAK panzers will be yellow, not gray, and I don’t feel like I’m dodging history 😉

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: Modern Fleet Combat Games #22611
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    I just ordered from TSS too.

    V/R,
    Jack

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    The invasion is begun!  First fight is in the books, I’ll try to get it posted tomorrow.

    Yes, I know 7th Panzer Division has only Czech tanks, but the KG is not part of 7th Pz Div, it is attached to 7th Pz Div, just as it was attached to 4th Pz Div for the Poland campaign.  The KG will support a plethora of divisions during the course of the war.

    For Russia, I have 3 T-26s, 3 BT7s, 2 KVIs, an early T-34, two Ba10s, four Ba64s, three SU76s, six later T-34s (though still 76mm), three SU122s, four 45mm ATGs, three 76mm ATGs, 2 76mm Field Guns, four PTRD teams, five MMG teams, four 82mm mortar teams, 6 50mm mortar teams, four engineer squads, five cavalry squads, and fifteen rifle squads, plus leaders.

    But the KG shan’t be taking part in early Barbarossa, they’re heading to North Africa after France.

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: Modern Fleet Combat Games #22544
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    I’m pretty interested in this myself.

    Where can I get a copy of Shipwreck (in the States, if possible)?

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: Downtown D3 "You Keep Me Hanginʼ On" #22543
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    Wow, that’s fantastic.  It’s great seeing you dig into these fights, and I’m amazed at your level of planning.

    V/R,
    Jack

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    Rod – Yes Sir, I’ve got 4 PaK-36s, and they’ll feature in some of the upcoming fights.

    “I am intrigued to find out how you will model the cliffs around Houx.”
    Sorry buddy, but there will be no cliffs.  I’m not fighting the river crossing, my first fight is recon pushing up to the village, then other forces from 7th Panzer Div will force the crossing early the next morning, and KG Klink will be involved in the fending off the French counterattack (Haut le Wastia).

    Kyote – Thanks, and you’re killing me, respectively.

    Norm – Thanks.  I’m not sure why I bought so many tanks for KG Klink…

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: 6mm WWII US and Germans #22429
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    Well, Rod tapped out, Panda’s taming the bull (I’m sure tomorrow will see five ‘Jack milks bulls’ comments), The Commissar’s busy feathering his hair, and Kyote’s sleeping with his eyes open, trying to stay away from the Light, looks like it’s time to wrap it up.  You gentlemen have a wonderful remainder of your evening.

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: 6mm WWII US and Germans #22419
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    “Beverly Hills was better.”

    No sweat, Commie, you’re Scandinavian, it’s expected.  I imagine you during your days of conscription, standing in formation, being dismissed for the day, everyone taking off their helmets, and BAM! A full platoon with Heather Locklear hair 😉

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: 6mm WWII US and Germans #22410
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    It’s dawned on me that Canadians are the absolute worst with the “I know you are but what am I?” maneuver.

    Panda speaks longingly of goats on TMP, he pulls out the “pay no attention to my dribbling pee-pee, Jack likes goats!”
    Panda pulls a set of wee britches out of his closet, photos them and hangs them here.  “Look at the pants Jack owns but keeps in my closet.”
    Now really, how does that work?  Look at those things, they wouldn’t even come up past my shins, and I couldn’t fit but a handful of toes in where Johnny’s cloven little hooves fit.

    But keep going, whatever helps you fill the void.

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: 6mm WWII US and Germans #22404
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    I’d heard of Miniatures Collies, Dobermans, Schnauzers, etc…, but not Miniature Angus.

    Panda is hot when he gets all gussied up!  Look how hard he’ll work for a little bull milk 😉

    And Kyote’s right, we’ve gotten a little off topic…

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: 6mm WWII US and Germans #22400
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    It just hit me!  I’ve never been here, ‘hanging out’ with you guys on a Friday night.

    So this is it, eh?  Dip into our stash of animal photos and post them on TWW; testing the waters so to speak?  Youngsters can’t be far behind…

    I imagine soon we’ll be reminiscing about our youth, that time with the flute at band camp.  Then we’ll move on to more re-enactment stories (you know, the ‘look how brave my great grandfather to the 12th power was’); judging by Panda’s “oh, look, Jack made a joke line” we’re apparently going to debate if Dawson’s Creek or Beverly Hills 90210 is like the best show ever.  Ultimately I’m guessing it all ends in tears about lives without worth, knowing we didn’t make a difference, we’re sorry we made that whole thing up about having a family, the admission of still living in Ma’s basement…

    I just remembered why I’m not usually here on Friday nights:

    “Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.”
    ― Ronald Reagan

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: Team Yankee(-ish) with 5Core Company Command #22380
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    “He’s heard they attract goats…”
    Yes, the Panda pays me a pretty penny to track them, catch them, and get their back legs in his hip waders.  Usually in the front, but not always…

    “He’s much fatter in reality…”
    Oh c’mon, everyone over 4′ 5″ looks huge to you.

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: 6mm WWII US and Germans #22377
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    Kramer????  That’s perfect!  You know he’s 6′ 3″…

    Panda and his clan can tie him up when he washes up on shore!

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: 6mm WWII US and Germans #22376
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    “I understand you tough and rough Americans have a different disposition than the Celts”
    Indeed.  Whereas your kind were warriors millenia ago, now’s our time.  Besides your not a Celt, you’re a Canuck.

    “I do sincerely apologize for the trauma I’ve put you through.”
    Thanks Panda, it’s been a little unsettling watching two grown men tuck their junk between their legs and hurl insults they heard on Braveheart across the etherworld.  Lotsa folks make fun of the concept of ‘1st World Problems,’ I suppose this is what passes for masculinity in Keh-Beck. 😉

    And your pictures are amazing; it seems you have a separate bestiality fetish for every occasion.  Actually, if you weren’t such a heathen I would’ve assumed that was your Easter portrait 😉

    I have to keep putting in these smiley faces because Johnny Baggins is too thick to realize I may be joking as well.  I’ve never understood why Euro-Trash (or in this case, pseudo-Euro-Trash; I’m guessing Panda is gonna stop showering and shaving, take the bus, and put the family up in a hostel for the Ottawa trip.  Maybe grow some dreds?) assume they are the only ones with a sense of humor, and that when someone (in particular, an American) comes back it’s always ‘whooa, calm down, learn to take a bleedin’ joke!’ (sorry, I caught myself using my Aldous Snow voice).

    Anyway, I need to get to painting…

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: 6mm WWII US and Germans #22355
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    Well, you two pansies can sit here and slap fight on the internet, I’m going to stick to gaming talk.  Besides, I can admit when I’m outflanked: you two have figured out some weird way to occupy the middle ground  where you’re not speaking overly vulgar, but still managing to be pretty insulting.  Me, I’m either very civil or extraordinarily foul, so I’ll just talk wargaming 😉

    Commie – For the love of Goodness: I have Company Command scale and Brigade Commander scale 😉

    Tin Man – Thanks bud!

    Tim – Thanks, and I’ve been waiting to hear what you thought of my 6mm Cold War Canadians:
    http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2015/03/6mm-canadian-brigade-for-5core-brigade.html

    Oh, and I don’t believe photos exist of Rod being a wargamer lest he produces them here on this website 😉

    V/R,
    Jack

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    “3-D hills that don’t just lay there……”

    Are you telling me your hills are self-propelled?

    V/R,
    Jack

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    Kyote – As I’ve mentioned previously, I shall not accept any hills as I have plenty.

    Commie #1 – I’m just going to play as normal; I haven’t tried the Aggression rolls to be honest, I’m too busy screwing around with other stuff!

    Commie #2 – First, I’m familiar with the San Patricios, and second, you’re killing me!  I needed that book before I made my campaign plan 😉  I finished my France 1940 stuff, but then I ordered some more.  I received it today, got it cleaned up and mounted for priming…

    My Dear Panda –  “I’m only joking”  Thanks for clarifying brother.  In the spirit of clarification, I’ll add that I was also joking.  I won’t put you over my knee, now matter how cute and cuddly you are.  I was going to make a very insensitive comment regarding Irish Catholics (relating to Commie #2’s San Patricio remarks), but I don’t think I could stand the flood of tears and carpet photos.

    “…you crossdressing sheep shi$te eater.”  I see you’re still drunk-posting.  I’m guessing “batalion de Panda-amigos” is a rough-and-tumble gang of intramural soccer players, able to disappear in the tall grass, willing to take all comers so long as 1) the battalion is home by dinner, and 2) said comers aren’t Pikeys that might have a knife.  Eeek!   😉

    Wargaming, anyone?

    V/R,
    Jack

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    Well, what a rude little Hobbit!

     

    So you’re still mad about the ‘footy captain’ thing then? You can’t be angry with me when you get drunk and send me a rambling pile of manure and I respond with a light-hearted joke.

     

    And I’m giving you an ‘out’ by saying you were drunk, as I’d hope no one in their right mind would state such things.  I’d certainly be claiming I was drunk/off my meds/took too many meds/the dog ate my homework. Something!

     

    In any case, you’ve gone too far, Sir! I beseech you to kindly stay away from The Great State of Texas, lest I be forced to make you fetch a switch and put you over my knee, sonny! 😉

     

    Now, having partaken of the silliness, can we get back to talking about war gaming, please?

     

    V/R,

    Jack

    in reply to: Team Yankee(-ish) with 5Core Company Command #22131
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    Bear with me, I’m at the airport on my phone, so there’s bound to be typos and I can’t cut and paste.

    Norm – glad you liked it, and Team Yankee was fantastic. I had the book and the graphic novel.

    Kyote/Rod – keep it up wit da carpet comments…

    And for the last time, arty is not missing, you’re not taking into account the scale of the game. Arty hit prior to the start of the tabletop action, and you can’t call it in once the fight starts because 1) the timescale (the whole fight was probably only about 8 minutes) and the ground scale (the whole table is only 2-3 hundred yards across, so we’re already at ‘danger close’).

    So if the WarPac commander wants to use arty, he’s going to have to fall back off the table and call it in.

    More later, got a plane to catch.

    Jack

    in reply to: On NATO's Northern Flank, circa 1985 #22130
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    I meant M72 LAWs 😉

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    Rod,

    Thanks for the map.

    I saw that on TMP. It’s a copycat world 😉 albeit his looks much better than mine ever will.

    When I did Fall Weiss, someone on TMP started doing it too. When I started dogfighting, Panda starts CY6.

    I don’t mind being folks’ inspiration, I’m just tired of everyone doing it better 😉

    V/R,

    Jack

    in reply to: On NATO's Northern Flank, circa 1985 #22040
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    “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”

    in reply to: On NATO's Northern Flank, circa 1985 #22036
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    Damn, too much here to address all at once, I’m trying to post another batrep!  Quickly –

    “I would think that Marines would object to being”kicked out” all the time.”
    We’re used to it 😉

    “The Soviets should have arrived during the barrage, not minutes after it!”
    But they didn’t and the Marines got their in-between.

    “What were the minimum ranges in inches for the Dragon ATGW’s, and the TOW I Missiles?”
    I was running the TOWs at about 6″, and I didn’t have Dragons, those were AT-4s, which I was using point blank.

    “So why did the Soviets not get stuck in faster?”
    Each turn I come up with a few different courses of action, the roll to see which on the enemy will follow.  The dice said they were less than aggressive, though, to be fair, to be super aggressive simply would have meant running T-72s up into AT-equipped infantry in houses (in such cases I make the tanks roll to spot infantry that haven’t fired, giving the edge to the infantry).

    “Oh did I say Lotus Blossom, I meant ratty rug segments!”
    Oy ye bastid.

    “I’ve already denounced you as a defeatist traitor to the chairman himself.”
    Man, you two really ARE communists!

    And enough with the Rune-Twighlight-Dragon crap, we’re trying to talk about proper wargaming here 😉

    Stand by for another batrep.

    V/R,
    Jack

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    Oh, stuff it Panda 😉

    Rod – Thanks, the sketch map in the GHQ pdf is exactly the kind of stuff I’m looking for, and most of my scenarios are actually form the “Ghost Division” Skirmish Campaigns book.

    And that’s very interesting about the Cruiser; I didn’t know it’s armor was that bad.  The thing is huge!

    No sweat man, you’ve been more than helpful (in more ways than one).

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: Strike Warfare '65 Style #21930
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    Si,

    That was a fantastic looking game, looks like a lot of fun.

    I had a look around your website, both at the decals and at your comments on how you did it.  You’re aircraft look fantastic, and I really would love for mine to look like that, but after reading I doubt my technical capabilities and manual dexterity.  I can’t even get my @#$% printer to work right now!

    Cheers, and I look forward to your CSAR to bring back Oyster 4.

    V/R,
    Jack

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    Oh, and that’s hilarious Panda!!!

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    Rod,

    Yeah man, you got me again.  I know 1st DCR only has H39s (25th and 26th Battalions, 2nd Demi-Brigade) and Char B1 bis (28th and 37th Battalions, 1st Demi-Brigade), but the deal is, my entire French armor inventory is one (1) Char B1 bis, two (2) Somua S-35s, and three (3) H39s.  So I made a command decision to go with that, rather than place another order to Minifigs to get more.  As the Somuas are very well armored (relatively speaking), and have a very good anti-tank weapons (its 47mm), I figured it was a decent stand-in for more Char B1 bis (from a capabilities standpoint).  The way I’ll be handling them with 5Core Company Command is this:

    Firing on Char B1 bis, Somua, Matilda I, Matilda II, and Cruiser.
    Pz Mk II (20mm): 1S (all aspects)
    Pz Mk III (37mm):  1S (front), 1K 1S (flank), 2K 2S (rear)
    Pz Mk IV (short 75): 1S (front), 1K 1S (flank and rear)
    Stug III (short 75): 1S (front), 1K 1S (flank and rear)
    PzJgr I (47mm): 1K 1S (front), 2K 2S (flank and rear)
    ATR: 1S (all aspects)

    Those vehicles will be firing at the those German vehicles with 1K 1S (front) and 2K 2S (flank and rear).

    So, with that in mind, it’s actually not just scenario 3 that’s out of whack, it’s: 3, 5, 6, and 8.  I actually don’t know what tanks 5eme DLC had, but I threw some Somuas in there as well.  Welcome to wargaming without OOB anxiety 😉

    Also, thanks for the link to the map, but that’s not what I mean (I’m assuming you saw in the comments for some of the scenarios “need map”).  I need much smaller maps, and more than likely I’ll just make something up; I’m in need of stuff for company level, not brigade/divisional level.

    Kyote – Whaddaya mean you don’t have enough Brits for 1940?  f you have any Brits at all you probably have enough.  In total you need 1 command stand, 9 rifle stands, 3 Bren carriers or trucks, 1 machine gun, 1 mortar, 2 anti-tank guns, 1 armored car (optional), and 4 tanks (Matilda Is, IIs, Cruisers, or some combo therein).  Hell, if you proxy in some later war stuff, I promise I won’t tell! 😉

    V/R,
    Jack

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    Well, if you have Germans and Brits as well then you should follow my campaign plan, we’ll both play it out!

    V/R,
    Jack

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    “Rumours have it that a certain Polish machine gun crew escaped…”

    I assure you those rumors are untrue.  Actually, the crew was captured during the capitulation of Warsaw and, given the choice between imprisonment and service in the Wehrmacht, chose the latter in the hopes of at least exacting revenge on the cowardly communists of the Soviet Union that so happily sold them out, invading their homeland from the east on September 17, 1939.

    Ain’t no way in hell I want to run into those guys again.  If you can’t beat’tem….

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: F-15 Color Scheme, 1984-85? #21719
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    CAG19,

    1.  I still don’t believe you (“…can’t paint for crap…”) 😉

    2.  Okay, I’ll bite: how does one go about making their own decals?

    I will give it a look-see, as there is no denying you have the best looking 1/600 aircraft around.

    I’m worried that you’ll tell me it’s possible, but that it will take too much time/effort, and I’m notoriously lazy…  Perhaps you might propose a business transaction?  Not that I’m well-off or anything, but if it’s a choice between time/effort (that eats into my gaming time) and money, time/effort/gaming wins every time, and I’ll pony up. 

    Just from the pics above, I have some TD F-4s that are painted like crap, and I have some Pico F-86s that are bare metal, haven’t gotten any further as I know I’ll screw up the stripes.  Oh, and the A-7s, too, I really jacked them up with my paintjob…

    V/R,
    Jack

    in reply to: F-15 Color Scheme, 1984-85? #21714
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    TIN MAN,

    Sorry about the Jozi stuff, and I know the problems with screen names.  I’m not “Just Jack” (or “JJ”),  I’m *just* Jack, i.e., “Jack,” not “Texas Jack,” “Big Jack,” “Mexican Jack Squint,” “One-Eyed Jack,” “Jack in the Box,” etc… 😉

    Don’t fret if you can’t get your stuff to look as good as CAG19’s, I certainly don’t even come close.

    You mentioned being able to reposition tiles in case the fight is going off the table, which is cool, but the way I’ve been playing is that the table edge defines the battle area, and so if a plane goes off the table it’s out of the fight.  This can hurt (sometimes an aircraft is forced to make a mandatory straight and level move, which could cause it to leave the fight), or it can help (you’ve got a damaged aircraft trying to reach safety).

    So far I’ve used both hexes (which I printed off on paper then glued to a cardboard mat) and squares (which I drew by hand on a blue sheet).  You don’t have to use them, but it works out easier for me (no fine measurements, compasses/protractors, turn templates, etc…)..

    You’re not flattering me!  I didn’t make those, I bought them from “Fight’s On!”

    Take care.

    V/R,
    Jack

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    Only one, eh ye bastids? 😉

    Anyway, thanks Kyote.  And you’re MY wingman; Panda only wrote it that way because he’s super respectful of his super elders.

    I really want to get the invasion started, but I don’t know if I’ll have time to get the troops finished up in time to get a fight in this weekend…

    V/R,
    Jack

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