Chas new (?) counter avatar

[ASRomafan]

I think you will like some of the new counters, as well as the production quality. So yes, there is something to get excited about

Your optimism and confidence is enough to make me excited Chas. Even where previous pictures of the squad counters here sure didn't. Not everyone has stuck to 1970's era blob-art graphics. Anything you do will probably make people excited compared to those. However I'm curious how these will compare to others out there who have improved their counters on a substantial scale in the last few years. Even now starting rival yours for shear aesthetics and attractiveness, where as once you were far ahead of the field in terms of counters. Yours have deservedly been the standard for counters for some time now. I look forward to seeing what you do with the new counters! As if this product couldn't make you excited enough.

btw. love the avatar! :laugh:

 

[custardpie]

Your optimism and confidence is enough to make me excited Chas. Even where previous pictures of the squad counters here sure didn't. Not everyone has stuck to 1970's era blob-art graphics. Anything you do will probably make people excited compared to those. However I'm curious how these will compare to others out there who have improved their counters on a substantial scale in the last few years. Even now starting rival yours for shear aesthetics and attractiveness, where as once you were far ahead of the field in terms of counters. Yours have deservedly been the standard for counters for some time now. I look forward to seeing what you do with the new counters! As if this product couldn't make you excited enough.

btw. love the avatar! :laugh:

Remember the B&J aircraft counters? I mean the ones with the Roundels for the Brits, they had the PTO rather than the standard ETO roundels. That's enough to get me slightly damp!!!

 

[ASRomafan]

Remember the B&J aircraft counters? I mean the ones with the Roundels for the Brits, they had the PTO rather than the standard ETO roundels. That's enough to get me slightly damp!!!

chuckles. Really? :laugh: And I thought I had a bad counter addiction

Those Blood and Jungle counters, aircraft and vehicle sure were something else. That attention to detail is exactly what had set them from others. Since B&J has come out however, the counter landscape perhaps has changed a bit. People do watch and learn from what others are doing and how they are received I suppose. CH and now LFT sure have got on the boat on detailed counter design and artwork, sensing what many seem to want in counters these days. Nice detailed modern looking counters in color, with attentions to detail that make them look crafted, not mass produced. The attention to detail in some of the latest CH and LFT counters are just so interesting and wonderful to look at, inspect and to try to find all the little details. It seems a hobby within a hobby at times. I'm curious to see what BFP offers us next.

 

[Paul M. Weir]

After the 4 sheets of counters in B&J, 2 sheets in CoS is almost disappointing. However 9 boards vs 3 in B&J makes up for it.

What BFP taketh away with one hand, they giveth with the other.

I am less worried about the colour part of the artwork. As long as the drawings are sufficently detailed, what interests me is what OoB gaps are filled. The SdKfz 250/11 and Hs 129 are examples. I suppose I am more a function over form type.

 

[Spencer Armstrong]

After the 4 sheets of counters in B&J, 2 sheets in CoS is almost disappointing. However 9 boards vs 3 in B&J makes up for it.

What BFP taketh away with one hand, they giveth with the other.

I am less worried about the colour part of the artwork. As long as the drawings are sufficently detailed, what interests me is what OoB gaps are filled. The SdKfz 250/11 and Hs 129 are examples. I suppose I am more a function over form type.

Function over form...couldn't agree more. Though I actually prefer the black-line drawings, at least for infantry. Colored infantry counters pretty universally look cartoonish.

2 countersheets doesn't disappoint me. They were the least interesting part of B&J, IMO. Especially the terrain counters (better as overlays).

Now, boards.... :yummy:

S

 

[Arlecchino]

Yeah thumb for Spencer. We don't need more counters if they're not needed. We need great scenario and fine boards that's used for not only 1 or 2 scenarios only!

And fortunaly BFP do great scenarios! Can't wait to get this one!

 

[Chas]

After the 4 sheets of counters in B&J, 2 sheets in CoS is almost disappointing. However 9 boards vs 3 in B&J makes up for it.

What BFP taketh away with one hand, they giveth with the other.

I am less worried about the colour part of the artwork. As long as the drawings are sufficently detailed, what interests me is what OoB gaps are filled. The SdKfz 250/11 and Hs 129 are examples. I suppose I am more a function over form type.

You will be very satisfied with the function and quality of the counters. That is all I can say

 

[Paul M. Weir]

Don't get me wrong, my post was not a complaint! When OtO came out I was delighted with the single sheet of counters.

I have no idea of what the 9 boards look like (hint, sneak peeks, please?) , I am assuming Russian open rural. These, in terms of components, I suspect will be the most important contribution of this package. Though many remarked positively upon DW-1a/b with its shanty town, I felt G was a very nice addition, giving the scarcity of river boards (7, 8, 23, 40).

 

[Chas]

There "may" be some sneak peaks when it goes up for preorder

 

[Chas]

DW-x "tank country" couple of farmhouses, large grain, some "rolling hills", gully and small valley

DW-y Village with tank country

DW-z village in the middle. Surrounded by large hill, large gully, and some tank country

Geo-x Village board. While I like 56-57 and several scens use these, this Kursk board provides something completely different

Geo-y 2 level hill, large grain, farmhouse

Geo-z Relatively open with some dotted terrain. good alternative to either 4 or 44

Sneak peaks coming in a week or so.

Also, Paul, Happy Birthday.

Chas

 

[Paul M. Weir]

DW-x "tank country" couple of farmhouses, large grain, some "rolling hills", gully and small valley

DW-y Village with tank country

DW-z village in the middle. Surrounded by large hill, large gully, and some tank country

Geo-x Village board. While I like 56-57 and several scens use these, this Kursk board provides something completely different

Geo-y 2 level hill, large grain, farmhouse

Geo-z Relatively open with some dotted terrain. good alternative to either 4 or 44

Sneak peaks coming in a week or so.

Also, Paul, Happy Birthday.

Chas

Thank you for the wishes and for the board outline. Hopefully I will have got through a good chunk of "Demolishing The Myth" by the time CoS arrives. It is a weighty tome, figuratively and literally. Its arrival was perfect timing and has the detail necessary for a better understanding of Prokhorovka.

 

[Kevin Kenneally]

Black is looking better, but the blue is still the best.

Totally agree with this statement.

I'll still get the Black counters because .... SS look better in Black.

 

[Kevin Kenneally]

Thank you for the wishes and for the board outline. Hopefully I will have got through a good chunk of "Demolishing The Myth" by the time CoS arrives. It is a weighty tome, figuratively and literally. Its arrival was perfect timing and has the detail necessary for a better understanding of Prokhorovka.

I just finished the fictional book called "The Last Citadel"; it is about the German attack at Kursk on the southern fron from both sides of the battle (used historical information to write this excellent fictional book). David L. Robbins is the author (he also wrote War of the Rats).

 

[kynken]

I just finished the fictional book called "The Last Citadel"; it is about the German attack at Kursk on the southern fron from both sides of the battle (used historical information to write this excellent fictional book). David L. Robbins is the author (he also wrote War of the Rats).

I read a book on the battle of Kursk that was written from actual German field reports. It was a hard read.

 

[Kevin Kenneally]

I read a book on the battle of Kursk that was written from actual German field reports. It was a hard read.

Can you give me the name or some info about the book?

Thanks