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Kar98k replied to the topic Stop the Madness – Heroically over-sized Miniatures. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 2 months ago
Video on YouTube – What is Games Workshop’s “Heroic” Scale
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Kar98k replied to the topic Stop the Madness – Heroically over-sized Miniatures. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 2 months ago
“what do you take as your “datum”… actual(s) – and lets face it there are a few dodgy actual figures out there? warlord sizes? Blitgrieg sizes? Rubicon? and then you find out its a different version your measuring LOL”
What I find funny (as well as fustrating) is that the figures you mentioned above are all about the same height. It is just th…[Read more]
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Kar98k replied to the topic Casulty Indicators in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 2 months ago
I am a little torn too, because I am also attracted to the neatness of removing figures as they die, so I would be interested in any neat ways you do that.
The best way would be to have the figures separate. See Steeljackal’s examples above, and I will try to take and post pictures of some other examples if I get a chance. But if you do not want…[Read more]
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Kar98k replied to the topic German horsedrawn field wagon in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 2 months ago
The German Army book and some of the Campaign books list horse draw carts or something as transports, which is historical really, but one of the reasons I think that not a lot of players use them is that they are not easy to find. Good news is that Rubicon Models will be releasing a cart and horse kit in 28mm (1:56 scale) with options to build it…[Read more]
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Kar98k replied to the topic Stop the Madness – Heroically over-sized Miniatures. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 3 months ago
@Jim Ripley – are these the poses that you think that are “rather blah”? (please see attached picture). I also agree, having bases molded onto the figures is odd now (especially for plastic figs). However, it turns out that it is pretty easy to remove the bases by careful cutting and trimming. Sadly, I didn’t think of that before I painted and…[Read more]
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Kar98k replied to the topic Stop the Madness – Heroically over-sized Miniatures. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 3 months ago
Here is an examples of the new US Infantry from Perry Miniatures. Just beautiful… but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Yes, Perry Miniatures are sometimes known to have some dreadful cast metal figures, but I’m focusing on only the plastics. That said, the Perry Miniatures 28mm plastic US Infantry set (2019) is absolutely outstanding! T…[Read more]
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Kar98k replied to the topic Angle of impact in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 3 months ago
The only problem is precisely if the axis of the cannon barrel is on the separation line of two arcs of fire.
Good question, but seriously, how often (if ever) does this really happen? I have never seen this come up in our club’s games.
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Kar98k replied to the topic Stop the Madness – Heroically over-sized Miniatures. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 3 months ago
But I agree, their earlier plastics and modern plastics do vary a little – they should not!!
SteveT, and I guess that is my biggest complaint. Not only do the newer plastics look beefier and bulkier than the older plastics, but you can’t use your extra bits (arms and heads for example) between the two to mix things up a bit. With the older sets, y…[Read more]
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Kar98k replied to the topic Stop the Madness – Heroically over-sized Miniatures. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 4 months ago
Nat, I concur. Warlord Games is definitely going more towards the gaming side than the modelling side of the hobby. Even more so with their latest releases.
When talking gaming figures, there are two things to note: 1) Looks are in the eye of the beholder. 2) Plastic model companies like to make figures with more anatomically correct proportions…[Read more]
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Kar98k replied to the topic West German Farm Board. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 4 months ago
I made the board first. Assembling the models. And I got to start on terrain.
Looks good. Did you make the board in 2×2 sections?
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Kar98k replied to the topic Stop the Madness – Heroically over-sized Miniatures. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 4 months ago
@Jim Ripley – Well said. And just for the record, I also like the earlier sets with the separate weapons and arms.
@ Greg S – None are particularly bad. Just noticing that the newer sets have more poses limits, and the figs have even more girth compared to their earlier sets. Or maybe its just me.
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Kar98k replied to the topic Stop the Madness – Heroically over-sized Miniatures. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 4 months ago
Some examples would be good.
Hi Nigel, I’m going to take a wild guess and say you haven’t assembled any of the older and newer Bolt Action plastic figure sets.
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Kar98k started the topic Stop the Madness – Heroically over-sized Miniatures. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 4 months ago
Beefier Figures
Has anyone else noticed that Warlord Games’ newer plastic infantry box sets for Bolt Action are getting even more heroically over-sized? This extra girth (even more than normal) causes several obvious problems, but more importantly this makes their newer plastic figures less compatible with their earlier plastic figures. This is g…[Read more]
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Kar98k replied to the topic Crowded House – Number of Units in Buildings. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 4 months ago
It would seem that the Bolt Action community is all over the tabletop on this one.
As long as opposing players agree on something, it will work.
I’m curious how those that host official games and even how the designer play this aspect of the rules.
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Kar98k started the topic Crowded House – Number of Units in Buildings. in the forum Bolt Action 4 years, 4 months ago
I keep hearing that you can only have one friendly unit per floor per building. Or one friendly unit per section of a larger building.
Where in the rules does it actually say you can only have one unit per floor? The best I can find is on page 121 where it says, “For the sake of simplicity, we’ll assume that most buildings are large enough for a…[Read more]