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RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:17 pm
by wodin
ORIGINAL: z1812
I prefer this. Black and Grey are so.........overdone. The SS did not commonly wear black in battle.
ORIGINAL: rico21
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I know, was thinking more their dress uniform
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:17 pm
by DingBat
ORIGINAL: z1812
I prefer this. Black and Grey are so.........overdone. The SS did not commonly wear black in battle.
It was the Panzertruppen who wore black.
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:45 pm
by ncc1701e
And why not purple? It was in a movie with some Irish Guards and Michael Caine. [:D]
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:54 pm
by Anonymous
Not a fan of the black, but the camo looks great.
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:34 pm
by MrsWargamer
Black is cliche, but isn't black more a Gestapo thing than a Waffen thing? I don't recall ever seeing black on anything other than a tanker Waffen or otherwise.
If you want realism, go with camo. If you want cliche overstated board game colour, then black isn't out of the norm.
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:23 am
by joeyeti
For me the camo feels blurry on the map. Sticking to the esthetic of the game (single-color counters) the black wins for me.
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:30 pm
by Benedict151
Chapeau for asking the question.
I for one feel increasingly uncomfortable with the black counters (both in digital games and my old boardgames) and it would be refreshing to see something different. Either the camo or different shade of grey as rico21 put forward would work for me
Ben
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:07 am
by Jagger2002
If you are looking for elite troops that might deserve special attention when they show up on the map board, black works nicely.
And if the color makes you uncomfortable, remember that black has traditionally been a sign of the bad guys...such as the black hat guy vs the white hat guy. Black counters are not glorifying the SS.
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:15 pm
by z1812
ORIGINAL: Jagger2002
If you are looking for elite troops that might deserve special attention when they show up on the map board, black works nicely.
And if the color makes you uncomfortable, remember that black has traditionally been a sign of the bad guys...such as the black hat guy vs the white hat guy. Black counters are not glorifying the SS.
We must go to the experts for the proper period correct colours.
There was little change in fashion colors during the 1930s. In spring and summer, colour gravitated towards saturated pastels such as peach, rose pink, lilac, sunny yellow, sky blue, and sea green. Add to that year round colors of red, copen blue, emerald green, orange, and mustard.
Rose pink tunics anyone?
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:34 pm
by joeyeti
ORIGINAL: z1812
We must go to the experts for the proper period correct colours.
There was little change in fashion colors during the 1930s. In spring and summer, colour gravitated towards saturated pastels such as peach, rose pink, lilac, sunny yellow, sky blue, and sea green. Add to that year round colors of red, copen blue, emerald green, orange, and mustard.
Rose pink tunics anyone?
Add a sprinkle of glitter and a touch of rosemary on the flap. Otherwise - faux pas!
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:31 pm
by ajax23
Black.
Bold, menacing, unique.
RE: Waffen SS - Counter color?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:56 am
by bott.2
Black works for me.