Thud4444 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 (edited) Your Phoenix story sounds awful and awesome in equal amounts. A statement that pretty much describes my gaming experience perfectly. You know I'm one of the rare gamers who has absolutely no experience with GW. None. The closest I ever came was the GW mafia trying to push that fleet system on me when B5 Wars was next to impossible to get. I kept telling them I just collect, I don't play. And they looked at me like they knew the words I was saying, just the order didn't make any sense. The stigma still exists, now it's when people start talking about this new game or that new system being like a old GW game, and I respond I've never played any GW games. They look at me like I'm some oddity, like some how a large bear opossum wondered out of the woods learned not only how walk and talk like a man, but learned gaming by mimicking speech patterns of real players. Edited November 14, 2016 by Thud4444 Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 GW = A convenient source of primer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 Never played GW (or anything else for that matter), but am lurching alarmingly towards getting Warlord Games Pegasus Bridge set just because it looks damn cool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 33 minutes ago, 06/24 said: Never played GW (or anything else for that matter), but am lurching alarmingly towards getting Warlord Games Pegasus Bridge set just because it looks damn cool. Say what you will about Bolt Action, they have some nice toys. That is super nice! Good Lord! The price!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 45 minutes ago, 06/24 said: Never played GW (or anything else for that matter), but am lurching alarmingly towards getting Warlord Games Pegasus Bridge set just because it looks damn cool. Hey, why not just get this: http://www.dantaylormodelworks.com/pegasus-bridge-8-p.asp And use a decent ruleset? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 There are, thankfully, cheaper alternatives to Dan's fine model. Warbases, for example, who are only a few miles from me, do a bridge, Cafe and sundry buildings in 15mm. 4ground do the bridge and Cafe in 20mm. Comment about rule set noted but ignorance is, as they say, bliss, and as Thuds says, they look like nice toys. I'm being swayed at the moment by the character figures which do seem to be lacking in most of the 1/72 - 20mm ranges I have seen. However, 20mm would be a lot more logical from the point of view of what I have already, and I guess I need to convince myself that the 28mm itch isn't going to keep nagging away at me. if I could find a convincing 20mm John Howard and Lord Lovat that would help my resolve... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 I made myself start basing some AB British paras and some PSC Germans to compare with the 28mm figures I have. 20mm is tiny (although I have some Esci paras and they are even smaller) and I rather doubt my ability to paint them convincingly but on the other hand, the AB figures are really rather good. Hmm... oh and I based Ahmed and his spotter ready to paint for PC - stymied by my local shop having sent its entire stock of Vallejo paint to some place called Telford for the weekend... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I'm starting to become tempted by the PSC hard plastic 20mm figures.....Sick to death of vinyl ones and that's a fact. Have you seen Perry Miniatures hard plastic 28mm WWII stuff: https://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php?cPath=22_62&page=2&osCsid=38l6p4qr1bvf6cdavqlio6uoe3 https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2926&osCsid=38l6p4qr1bvf6cdavqlio6uoe3 They only do sets for North Africa so far but they look pretty good, I have their 28mm ACW figures and I really like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 Dont think you'll be disappointed with the PSC figures, not too chunky, but not skinny, the Germans are well sculpted, the Brits have a few silly kit errors but paint or a nelsonian eye would sort that. Not seen the Americans to comment. Wish they did British paras and looking forward to their 25pdrs and CMP trucks from Kickstarter which should arrive shortly. their British carriers, Loyd and Universal types, are smashing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 On 14/11/2016 at 11:40 PM, Sgt.Squarehead said: I'm starting to become tempted by the PSC hard plastic 20mm figures.....Sick to death of vinyl ones and that's a fact. Have you seen Perry Miniatures hard plastic 28mm WWII stuff: https://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php?cPath=22_62&page=2&osCsid=38l6p4qr1bvf6cdavqlio6uoe3 https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2926&osCsid=38l6p4qr1bvf6cdavqlio6uoe3 They only do sets for North Africa so far but they look pretty good, I have their 28mm ACW figures and I really like them. Sorry for the poor photo and even worse first splashes of paint, but here's a PSC late war German and an AB para for comparison. Tests by jongwinnett, on Flickr Tests by jongwinnett, on Flickr An elderly Esci para as well Tests by jongwinnett, on Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 What scale are those 20mm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 They do look pretty good, not as chunky as I'd thought. I like the Caesar hard-plastic multipose range, but there aren't that many sets yet (They're all Germans too! ): http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ManufacturerList.aspx?id=37 (scroll down to the CM range). AFAIK the figures above are variously listed as 20mm or 1/72, but I'd guess they average out somewhere around 23mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 Yes, listed as 1/72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 you a wargamer mate ? if anyone is check out the cold war gaming groups on facebook if your a member red storm rising wargamers is one .. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1110307275667754/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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