Tankdriver
Banded Mongoose
Anyone know of where I can find minis for Victory at Sea? Anyone know where I can get them cheap?
Finding Miniatures
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Pavlov Grenadier
Mongoose
Our group has decided to use 1/2400 scale so these are suggestions for that:
GHQ has a great selection and is moderatly priced (probably a little on the higher side). You can go their website to get pictures of each ship:
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/military-models-wwii-micronauts.html
Warweb.com carries most of the GHQ models for a slight discount.
Another place is Viking Forge. They make the Minifleet series: http://vikingforge.datasquire.net/
THe models are good and also much cheaper than GHQ. The only problem is that the have no email, phone or online ordering capability :shock: I just happened to pick up some of their models at Historicon but doubt I will order from them (even with the price savings). The guy seemed real nice but it makes me nervous (and a little annoyed) that I cant call or email about my order. You have to print out the order form and then snail-mail it to them with a check (how 80's
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We are also using CaP Aero for our planes. http://www.lastsquare.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_907_908_909
THey are actually 1/1250 but we like that size better since you can actually tell what they are. We are basing 3 fighters and 2 bombers to a stand (1 bomber if its a big one like the IJN Betty).
Hope this helps!
Curtis
GHQ has a great selection and is moderatly priced (probably a little on the higher side). You can go their website to get pictures of each ship:
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/military-models-wwii-micronauts.html
Warweb.com carries most of the GHQ models for a slight discount.
Another place is Viking Forge. They make the Minifleet series: http://vikingforge.datasquire.net/
THe models are good and also much cheaper than GHQ. The only problem is that the have no email, phone or online ordering capability :shock: I just happened to pick up some of their models at Historicon but doubt I will order from them (even with the price savings). The guy seemed real nice but it makes me nervous (and a little annoyed) that I cant call or email about my order. You have to print out the order form and then snail-mail it to them with a check (how 80's
)We are also using CaP Aero for our planes. http://www.lastsquare.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_907_908_909
THey are actually 1/1250 but we like that size better since you can actually tell what they are. We are basing 3 fighters and 2 bombers to a stand (1 bomber if its a big one like the IJN Betty).
Hope this helps!
Curtis
juggler69uk
Mongoose
spirit games do Navwar 1/3000 scale minis, which are a good size (similar to the counters in the game) and relatively cheap compared to 1/2400, and more range than the even cheaper 1/6000
Greg Smith
Mongoose
Try these:
http://www.navwar.co.uk/nav/default.asp
http://www.skytrex.com/
http://strangecargogames.com/
http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/index.php
http://www.navwar.co.uk/nav/default.asp
http://www.skytrex.com/
http://strangecargogames.com/
http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/index.php
LimeyDragon
Banded Mongoose
Greg Smith said:
this list pretty much covers them all.. I hope to have my test ship from each company soon. so i can pick a size/scale i prefer to play in.
Tankdriver
Banded Mongoose
Thanks for the quick response guys.
Some folks are going to laugh at this, but around here we actually use Axis & Allies: War at Sea ships. They are 1/1800 scale.
We use them because:
This last is not to be taken lightly. Would you rather have someone drop a tough pre-painted resin model, or a fragile metal one you spent hours assembling and painting?
As far as the scale, they are a little large for the rules, but they really bring in the crowds at demos, as they are easier to see and identify for the average WWII buff. 8)
We use them because:
- They are pre-painted (most of us hereabouts would rather play now, than paint for months and play later).
- The turrets move! (Campy yes, but also very cool).
- They are very sturdy and stand up to strangers' abuse during demos better than metal models.
This last is not to be taken lightly. Would you rather have someone drop a tough pre-painted resin model, or a fragile metal one you spent hours assembling and painting?
As far as the scale, they are a little large for the rules, but they really bring in the crowds at demos, as they are easier to see and identify for the average WWII buff. 8)
Shadow4ce said:
I do a few convention and demo games every year and I use the 1:2400 Panzerschiffe models for much the same reason; I switched after losing every single seaplane catapult from both fleets during a single Java Sea demo game. The Panzerschiffes don't have anywhere near the same level of detail as GHQ but they pass the "3-foot" test pretty well and are also much less expensive (e.g.,you can get all three Yorktown-class carriers from Panzerschiffe for only $2.00 more than it costs to buy the Yorktown by itself from GHQ). Plus, if you're lazy or in a hurry (and I'm guilty of both occasionally) they are cast in gray resin so you can go straight from the box to the table without that telltale glint of unpainted metal.
LT
Brass said:
The 1:3000 ships from Navwar and Davco can just be undercoated dark grey, then given a quick dry bush in pale grey and they are useable at once. You can paint a whole fleet in an hour.
Then if you wish you can go back later and pick out the deck in tan, which I find looks better.
duskdealer
Mongoose
good to see that even if we agree on one set of rules we don't on the mins and scale!!
1/3000 by choice as they are easy to paint, and bounce if dropped. not worried about strangers trashing them, i'll do that myself
1/3000 by choice as they are easy to paint, and bounce if dropped. not worried about strangers trashing them, i'll do that myself
Tankdriver
Banded Mongoose
ok, so NAVWAR looksto be the most popular, but how do I get my hands on them? I am an American living in Geramny and shipping to my APO address or street address would incur overseas shipping charges, and such. The cost savings goes out the window there.
LimeyDragon
Banded Mongoose
Tankdriver said:
hmm, you have a problem there... Is there any cheap way for you to get mail.? UPS, fedex, DHL.?
Tankdriver
Banded Mongoose
DHL maybe, there is always a truck somewhere on my street. The problem is, international shipping rates resemble what used to be called "business expenses" during the Capone era in Chicago.
LimeyDragon
Banded Mongoose
Tankdriver said:
hmmm, is there away to ship from base to base..? if so i could call in a favor and try and help you out..
Sturmgrenadier
Mongoose
I thought AFPO mail was cheap, or at least as cheap as going anywhere else within the US?
Failing that, get it sent to a stateside base, then internal mail it to you?
Aside from that, welcome to how the rest of the world feel about postage from the US... :wink:
Failing that, get it sent to a stateside base, then internal mail it to you?
Aside from that, welcome to how the rest of the world feel about postage from the US... :wink:
Tankdriver said:
So order from a US supplier such as WarWeb or Scale Model Specialties. You might have to wait a good while for some of the models and you wouldn't see any savings on the price but they would be shipping to an APO address so you'd only pay domestic US shipping costs.
LT
Tankdriver
Banded Mongoose
This looks to be the best option. Thanks.Brass said:
