Axis and Allies customizations not so cheap

Part 2 of what I consider essential customizations for Axis and Allies, in this segment, customizations not so cheap, to see my cheap ones, see my other video.
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[@robertthurman9866]

Very solid ideas. I have never understood the way people freak out when you suggest just using regular dice instead of the special ones. You just make a conversion chart.

[@godfreycarmichael]

Great video! Great ideas! I hope you can offer some your products to the public. You should be put in charge of designing an ultra deluxe edition of AAA. Seriously.

[@siredblood]

Thanks Godfrey, hopefully those facilities will be ready soon!

[@janfu9948]

Put me on the waiting list for your dice trays - great idea! Looking forward to seeing how they come out.

[@siredblood]

Epic, I hope to up a vid tomorrow on it, proto should be done.

[@andrewrowland5109]

Love your philosophy of making it easy and simple, new player friendly!

[@Vincent-rf1jv]

As usual, another GREAT video!!! I am onboard with the dice tray idea...

[@siredblood]

Epic, I think I can do some epic trays for pretty low cost.

[@marcelvolbeda9926]

That moment when you run out of russian tanks and you take the france t-34 after an hour of searching for one

[@ericpoppleton9119]

Love the dice idea. 50 blank dice on amazon $8.00 3 packs of stickers at craft store $6.00 One 1 sticker on the the one hit dice Two 2s on the two hit dice Three 3s on the three hit dice Four 4s on the four hit dice.

[@dinglebay100]

Excellent video, going to make a full set of hit dice, brilliant idea, thank you for sharing.

[@siredblood]

Epic youll love the time saved! Im toying with the idea of selling sets, I gotta think more on it.

[@ichhabe330]

You sell it, I buy it. : )

[@siredblood]

LOL awesome! Thanks!

[@michaelelliott172]

This is awesome!

[@siredblood]

Thanks bro!

[@fenris1147]

oooooh, i like...all of it :) The boxes, the dice and the cards, customizing delux. And i agree; anything that can speed up the game is a plus, and i think everything should be concretized into physical objects; there should be absolutely no reason to confere with the rulebook during a game, even for beginners. Also, it is (or should be) the experienced players responsebility to make sure of this...

[@siredblood]

Thanks Fenris! Rulebook breaks really bring down the games mojo... especially when someone cant even find what they are looking for lol..... with my deck, only once has someone challenged a rule on my cards, thus leading to a rulebook break.... only to find out we wasted 7 min to prove the cards don't lie.

[@fenris1147]

cards never lie...:)

[@skymarshal6787]

Great video sired ....I will probably interested in 4 dice tray ideas for my new table I’ll be commissioning in the spring I’d love to show them off with my new channel when I’m ready ....take care

[@ryanmichael1298]

I actually do enjoy how long a game can take, I think of it as a marathon.

[@redblackmonkey]

Ok, like really, how big is your idea bucket for this game? Apparantly it is huge, and overfliwing because another great idea just fell out if it. Yet another great customization idea...at least I have other games that will work with my dice tower tray. +1 all-in-one dice tray +1 facilities minis, those look real cool! I've been using the grey complexes from later A&A games for majors. and the white ones from classic for minors. I came across some old city markers from Fortress America, thinking of using em for victory cities, and or some strategic bombing house rules(both sides at times simply targeted cities with little to none military value). Great vid again Sired, u never cease to impress.

[@siredblood]

Thanks Big E, I started the proto, I hope to post a vid on it tomorrow, see if its something the community would like or not..... also, toying with the idea of offering dice as well.

[@primroselane1]

I was planning on asking you about the availability of airbases and naval bases but you already answered my question. I shall wait.

[@siredblood]

Im so swamped with this/that, all these projects, but yup, they are coming! Actually was just talking about what type of plastics the other day

[@MightyfireflyAndme]

Hi Siredblood. I am just getting my global game and I find this video extremely helpful. Thanks. Good Job! I am going to be putting in an order with HBG for extra units. In your video you recommended at least 5 infantry for UK, USSR, USA, and Germany. Also extra AA Guns for Germany. What do you recommend is the ideal amount to buy for infantry or any other units so that I can get the order done all at once. Also, how many major, minor factories do you need to get? In HBG, they have these colored (by nation) factories. Do you think that is better than using the neutral colored factories? Why would you need colored factories? I would think neutral colored factories is better because you don't need to buy as many and you don't need to switch colors when territories changes hands, less work for the player. But what do you think? I am looking for the Airbase and Seaport plastic pieces and I guess I have to buy it from shapeways. How many Airbases and Seaports do you recommend to buy?

[@kidzg6856]

@Siredblood, I know that you molded, and casted your pieces, so what I'm saying is where did you get your Air Base/Naval Base pieces from?

[@battleaxe1744]

I am a big fan of A&A players who design and build their own gaming table. Siredblood yours is one of the very best I have seen. I am designing the perfect table for me and my needs and I just wanted to ask you where you picked up the wooden disks for your abacus? I won a bag of the abacus beads that YG used on his table at the Invitational last year, but they are round and bulky. I like the slim and sleek design of the disks you used on your abacus. I really hope you didn't machine and shape each one yourself.

[@siredblood]

Thanks for the comment brother, I appreciate it! I got the beads at Michaels, unfortunately they are not cheap, think it was about 40 bucks, then I sanded some to easily see multiple of 5. Good luck with your project, send me a pic, or link me when done, I enjoy seeing others tables as well.

[@captainobvious9233]

A good not so cheap customization idea is to get all the units gold plated.

[@marcelvolbeda9926]

@siredblood one question where did you get the cards from?

[@siredblood]

Check my card vid, I designed them and released the files... im working on a 1914 deck now.

[@waynedaly100]

lol I made my own roundels, just glued a 3 or 4 together, made them double sided and coloured the sides with a black marker, they are nice and thick and look great, cost me nothing lol

[@MightyfireflyAndme]

Can you recommend how many national markers that we need to buy to play a global 1940 game comfortably? Out of box we got: Italy: 20 France: 5 UK Union Jack: 2 UK Europe: 18 Anzac: 10 USA: 45 USSR: 20 Germany: 20 Japan: 40 Do we get the same amount or are some of those too much or too little?

[@Alfreduss]

well, I just put a piece of wood glued under the cardboard bases (complexes, airbase and naval base) , they came from and old scrabble game. At least it makes it easy to move and pick up and also to know they are there.

[@siredblood]

cool idea, like you said, at least its easier to pick up!

[@coen95]

love the video, deffinatly going to use your dice idea! saw the other video's too but im not that handy.. Didn't thought you could just buy blanks and put a bloody sticker on them rofl. Where did you get the cards from though? would love to have those..

[@siredblood]

I designed the cards, check out my card vids, goes over whats in them, in addition the link to download, thanks for the comment coen!

[@coen95]

ah really? then ive missed those cause ive been searching for them since i saw thst one hahaha thank you so much! :D

[@redblackmonkey]

Which Risk game are those complex markers out of again? I been seeing em in a lot of different guys vids, just curious. You mention also molding and casting your facility pieces. I've used rubber/silicone molds and resin casts before, but am going to be trying out something new to me for my future molds and casts. Thought you may be interested. Green Stuff for casting and Blue Stuff for molding. What's cool about Blue stuff is that can repeatedly re-use it for different molds, just warm it up in hot water. Here's a link: www.greenstuffworld.com/en/reusable-blue-stuff/8-blue-stuff-mold-8-bars.html I hear it has great accuracy and works really well for minis with lots of detail.

[@siredblood]

Epic, im always interested in mold stuff!, thanks!

[@troy2286]

DO your cards need to be printed double sided or just single?

[@nickspoliticalpredictions454]

Do you have measurements for the boxes?

[@bman5118]

Hello Siredblood, I am wondering, where did you get the tray that fits your Battle Bucks?

[@siredblood]

I do all my own woodworking, I just started a video series for making a table.

[@bman5118]

@@siredblood Ok cool thanks. Also what type of paper do you use for the Battle Bucks when you go to the print shop (such as thickness)?

[@Mr_ScruBert]

How do you get the aged darker look on your miniatures? Is it a spray paint?

[@siredblood]

It’s a dip- check out my painting vid, start to finish

[@carrasco2401]

Great customizations and videos overall siredblood!!! Keep it coming. One question are you planning on selling those aribase and naval base facilities? or where could I get them? really love them

[@siredblood]

Thanks for the comment! And yup, they will be available soon, along with minor/major facilities.

[@ianrogers4839]

Are you going to make those 1 hit dice available cause I'll buy lol

[@siredblood]

Im thinking about it!

[@HunterJonesAxisandAllies]

SHOW US..... THE DICE TRAY!

[@siredblood]

Cool, I think my trays can be a game changer for those who need them, the all in 1 unit :)

[@HunterJonesAxisandAllies]

siredblood yep for sure...

[@TheVeloking]

Wish I could find a group in San Francisco East Bay to play with. Have a hard time getting family to play 1941

[@strats9854]

do you have a link for the roundels

[@siredblood]

www.historicalboardgaming.com/Europe_c_295-2.html

[@strats9854]

what is the name of the stain you used?

[@siredblood]

polyshade, honey

[@sreser111]

ive played all my life. no cards. Just read the instructions. What cards?

[@XDLionelXD]

great card deck. what material is best to print on?

[@siredblood]

Thanks! 60 or 65 paper, laminated ... there is no difference you can feel, some places have 60 some 65

[@Big_Sixer]

Great videos! Where can I find the cards you show here? I would love to print a set of these. Update: found them! Thanks for all you do for this community.

[@siredblood]

Awesome, glad you found them, and thanks brother!

[@siredblood]

I also have a 1914 card deck underway if you play that version as well.

[@Big_Sixer]

@Siredblood: I found your DB page just fine, but the files are in a format that my computer can't open. Is there any way you could post the files on your DB but not zipped, at least for a day or two so I can DL them? My Winzip is not working, and has not worked for .rar files for ages... Thanks either way, and keep up the good work!

[@hankadelicflash]

Damn, I thought I loved this game....