Flames of War - Tutorial - Oil drums from sprues

As you can see there are a lot of things you can do with your belowed sprues.

Step 1:
Lets take the sprues again... you see the small round ends at the corners and in the middle ? Yes ! We will use these now.

Step 2:
After cutting them out (which I doubt everyone will get as well done as that they will be straight). Take two of these and glue them on top of each other.

Step 3:
Do this with the others as well.. one sprue makes approx 4.5 Oil tons.

Nice objective marker.... in case you are sensitive to extreme realism.. put a wound bandage soaked in PVA above them to hide the worst...

Prime and paint... and enjoy...

Flames of War - Tutorial - Using "Sprues" for walls and sandbag emplacements

Hi all,

after reading through warheads.ie I got the question on a short tutorial on how to use sprues to their best advantage...

so here we go:

Step 1:
Take the sprue of your liking. This one I am using is from a US halftrack.

Step 2:
Cut down approx 1mm thin parts of the sprue

Step 3:
Take your base and glue with plastic glue the bottom row on it

Step 4:
Use really much of your plastic glue on the upper part and start laying on top the next row

Step5:
Repeat step 4 as often as desired. Wait till dryed , prime and paint it.

Flames of War - Tutorial - Building things from the Battlefront Homepage - Minefields -

Browsing the Battefront Homepage you will find the Modeling section and some things on "How to do..."... Christmas brought some Balsa Wood to me and so I started redoing the tutorials from their webpage.

The Minefield:

As I am also building a 78. Sturm Division Unit I am in need of some trenches and stuff like that. The minefield from the BF webpage looked easy and I also would rate it as being easy.

Materials used:
Balsa Wood
Toothpicks/Partysticks
Superglue
Miliput
Filler
Wire


Step 1:
Scale for this one is 20cm by 5cm. This is also the exact sizing BF gives on their webpage. As Balsa Wood is a light and easy to work with wood you can take the Toothpicks/Partysticks as they are and simply press them into the four corners of the balsa piece. I also put one extra in the middle for the signpost. Afterwards I took a Miniature and cut the "posts" down to approx neck high of the miniature.

Step 2:
Mix the miliput or any other epoxy you are using and define the parts of the mines and a possible crater of an exploded one. The mines you will do with a bigger and a smaller piece which you roll into ball shape and first press the bigger, than the smaller one on top of the bigger one. The crater is a larger piece there you simply make a ring and then push down the size. If you have, like me, this cutter knife you can scratch in some lines into the miliput so you get a bit more texture to your crater.

Step 3:
After this is done you can either start painting and flocking or like me use some filler for more texture on the board.

Step 4:
After drying... apply some colour and flock to it.


Step 5:
Connect your wire around the outlining poles. And ready you are. As I am using a 120x120cm gaming table it suits for me to do six of these to get a whole table covered. Easy to do and doesnt take much of a time

Flames of War - Zveda - SDKFZ 222 (Reviewed)

After all... christmas is finally over and I had plenty of time for miniatures again.... So after my personal more positive experience with one of the ZVEDA Kits (Katyushia Rocket launcher), I also got 3 Boxes of the German Sd Kfz 222.

Compared to Battlefront:

Price: Battlefront charges quite much for one SD Kfz 222 (approx 9 Euros for one). The Zveda one comes across with 2,50 Euro. Thats quite a plus. The two sprues in the box contains everything to get a closed one, but leaves no option for an open one as the BF one probably does.

Assembly: The assembly is easy. A small paper folder explains easy what to do and what not. The best thing here is you can build the KfZ without the need of ANY glue. It simply sticks together as it should. Fantastic and easy to go. The BF needs superglue to stick together properly. I always find that quite unhandy as I always glue my own fingers to the model :)

The looks:

Not Flames of War - Happy Christmas to all of you

Just in case someone might miss it, but it is december and we are heading straight for christmas. This year I thought of using my terrain building skills different and in a matter there it suits to the time..

SO I personally would like to thank anyone reading and studying here about things related to Flames of War. My personal wishes to you are:

health, fun on gaming, keep your spirits light and to all of you a happy christmas !

(btw.. this cake is a real one I did ....)

And I hope to see you soon here again on my blog

Flames of War - Scenario - "Unternehmen Trappenjagd" Part 2 - Historical Forces

Forces available:

German OOB:
 
Heeresgruppe Süd (South):

Armeeoberkommando (AOK) 11:

German OOB: Kriegsgliederung vom 11.5.1942:

*Units listed from north to south:

VII (7) Romanian Corps:

19. (Romanian) Infantry Division

8. (Romanian) Cavalry Division
Misc.Units: 10. (Romanian) Infantry Division added during the battle.



XXXXII (42) Armeekorps (AK):

46. Infanterie-Division

50. Infanterie-Division

Misc.Units: nil.

XXX (30) Armeekorps (AK):

132. Infanterie-Division

28. Leichte Infanterie-Division

170. Infanterie-Division

Misc.Units: Group "Ritter" - Küstenschutz (coastal protection).



AOK Reserves:

22. Panzer-Division (stationed behind XXX AK.)

"Groddeck" (Oberst Karl Albrecht von Groddeck) Infanterie-Brigade (mot.):

Order of Battle:

1.  Group "Korne" (Rumanian Colonel Radu Korne)

---- 3. (Romanian) Cavalry Regt. (mot.)

---- 22. Aufklärungs-Abteilung (mot.) (Motorized Recon. Bn.)

---- 560. Panzerjäger-Abteilung (Anti-Tank Bn.)

---- 6th Coy./ II Bn.. / 800. Brandenburg Regiment (mot.)

---- I Bn./ 391. Infanterie-Regiment

---- 154. Artillerie-Abteilung (mot.)

---- 6th Btty./ 818. schwere (heavy) Artillerie-Abteilung (mot.)

---- 1 Btty. from Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung (Assault-Gun Bn.) 197.

---- 1 Btty. from Nebelwefer-Regiment (Rocket launcher Regt.) 70 (mot.)

---- 1 lei.Btty. (light battery) from 64. Heeres-Fla (Flak)-Bataillon (mot.)

---- 1 schwere.Btty. (heavy battery) from 64. Heeres-Fla (Flak)-Bataillon (mot.)

---- 1 Coy. from  Pionier (Engineer)-Bataillon 173.

2. Group "Müller" (attached):

---- 401. Infanterie-Regiment (mot.)
---- I Bn./ 105. Infanterie-Regiment
---- 223. Panzer-Bataillon
---- Stab Artillerie-Regiment 54. (mot.)
---- II Btty./ Artillerie-Bataillon 54. (mot.)
---- II Btty./ Artillerie-Bataillon 57. (mot.)
---- III.Coy./ Pionier (Engineer)-Bataillon 132.

---- 14.Trp./ 105. Panzerjäger-Abteilung (Anti-Tank Bn.)

---- 1 Btty. from Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung (Assault-Gun Bn.) 190.



Source: National Archives microfilm: series T312/ roll #1692/ frame 77

The German OOB info was researched by John Mulholland.

The Soviet Union:

 Soviet OOB:
  44th Army: 
    Rifle Divisions: 157, 404
    Mtn. Rifle Division:  63, 236
    Mtn. Rifle Regiment:  251, 105
    Artillery:  547 Gun AR, 31, 339, 513 AAABn
    Tank:  79, 126 Tank Bn., 24 Tank Regt.
    Air: 25, 27, 135 FAD, 40 CAS, 152 RAS
    Engineers:  61 Ebn, 19 Sbn

  47th Army:
    Mtn. Rifle Division:  77 (-105 MtnRR), 138
    Artillery:  136 HowARhp, 335 AAAbn
    Tank:  56 Atr
    Engineer:  256 Ebn

  51st Army:
    Rifle Divisions:  224, 390, 396
    Mtn. Rifle Division:  302
    Rifle Brigades:  12, 83 NRB
    Artillery:  25, 53, 456 AR, 457 Gun AR, 1/7 GMR, 180, 220 AAbn
    Tank:  124 Tank Bn.
    Air:  71 MAD, 72 FAD, 2 AAR, 23 CAS, 151, 507 RAS
    Engineers:  75, 132 EBn, 6, 54 PBBn, 205, 275, 82 SBn, 138 EBn

Flames of War - Scenario - "Unternehmen Trappenjagd" Part 1 - Historical Background

Battle of the Kerch Peninsula (German: Unternehmen Trappenjagd) (Russian Керченско-Феодосийская десантная операция (Kerchensko-Feodosiyskaya desantnaya operatsiya, 'Kerch-Feodosiya landing operation')) was a World War II offensive by German and Romanian armies against the Soviet Crimean Front forces defending the Kerch Peninsula, in the eastern part of the Crimea. It was launched on 8 May 1942 and concluded around 18 May 1942 with the near complete destruction of the Soviet defending forces. The Red Army lost over 170,000 men killed or taken prisoner, and three armies (44th, 47th, and 51st) with twenty-one divisions.The operation was one of the battles immediately preceding the German summer offensive (Fall Blau), and its successful conclusion made it possible for the Axis to launch a successful assault on Sevastopol in the following months.
Some groups of Soviet survivors refused to surrender and fought on for many months, hiding in the catacombs of the quarries. Many of these soldiers were occupying the caves along with many civilians, who had fled the city of Kerch.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Historical Background:

The Battle:

Trappenjagd began at 04:15 on 8 May. Fliegerkorps VIII operating under Luftflotte 4, began operations against lines of communication and against Soviet airfields. Within hours, Ju 87s of StG 77 had knocked out most of the Soviet 44th Army's communications. The airfields were also virtually destroyed and 57 of the 401 Soviet aircraft in the area were shot down in just 2,100 sorties. Having knocked out the army's Headquarters, the Soviets could not organise a counter offensive and the 44th Army collapsed into a retreat when von Manstein launched the ground attack.
Von Manstein had five infantry divisions, one Panzer Division (22nd Panzer Division), and two and a half Romanian Divisions against 19 Soviet divisions and four armoured brigades at Kerch. He committed his units in the south against the 44th Army. The 902nd Assault Boat Command of the 436th Regiment, 132nd German Infantry Division, landed behind the Soviet lines and helped unbuckle the Soviet second lines. The artillery bombardment lasted only 10 minutes, and within three and a half hours of the assault being launched, the 44th Army collapsed. On the first day, XXX Corps, attacking with the 28th, 50th and 132nd Divisions had broken through in the south. At a cost of 104 killed and 284 wounded, they captured 4,514 Soviet soldiers. Kozlov did not appreciate the significance of the German breakthrough and failed to release reserves for a counter-attack. On 9 May, von Manstein committed the 22nd Panzer Division, which swung north and trapped the 51st Army against the Sea of Azov. Soviet morale and organisation collapsed, and a stampede to the rear areas began. Once this happened, the eight divisions of the 51st Army surrendered releasing XXX Corps to pursue the fragments of retreating Soviet forces to Marfovka, barely eight miles from Kerch.

Flames of War - 15mm - Plastic Soldier WW2 Russian 45mm anti tank gun

Well got this one for approx one third of the new prize at ebay. Still sealed.. not opened.. What a bargain... so enjoy :

Manufacturer: Plastic Soldier Company
Scale: 15mm
Metal/Plastic: Plastic
Number of Guns: 4
Number of Miniatures: 23

(The HQ Stand btw.. is Battlefront leftovers)

Flames of War - Tutorial - 78. Sturm Division Begleit Assault Troops (Tankriders)

As some of you might remember the old army book for the 78th Sturm Division also had a StuGG Begleit Assault team (Tankriders)....

While rampaging through my left overs I found two german King Tiger Tanks with tank riders. The tanks  I already had painted up some time back and did not want the tank riders on them as they are the only King Tigers I have... so now these 12 guys find a new home on a StuGG


Manufacturer: Battlefront
Scale: 15mm
Metal/Plastic: Metal

Number of Miniatures: 12

Flames of War - Tutorial - 78. Sturm Division Heavy Platoon from leftovers

Battlefront + Skytex - 15mm - WW2 German 78. Sturm Infantry Division Heavy Weapons Platoon

Leftovers is the topic this month. From the remainers of a couple of boxes and skytex miniatures I am building up some more new units.

This time:

Manufacturer: Battlefront and Skytex
Scale: 15mm
Metal/Plastic: Metal

Number of Miniatures: 17


HMG Section

 Command SMG

Flames of War - Tutorial - Painting up 78 Sturm Division Heavy Platoon from leftovers

Sturm Heavy Platoon
--------------------

The history behind here is also quite funny.. at the start of my FoW career I accidently bought these 2 MG42 HMG and painted them up. Misunderstanding that for 1.15 Euros I only got a stand and not the full platoon.. at least they now find a useful place.

The CmD SMG Team is from the Skytex range and leftovers which I did not use.
Both 8cm GW34 are also Skytex and normally based for my Bolt Action 15mm range.. now they fit perfectly here into my Sturm Heavy Platoon... lets get them painted and primed first :))

So this means repainting, rebasing etc.... but lets do it....

1 Cmd SMG Team
2 MG42 HMG
1 Observer Rifle Team
2 8cm GW34 Mortars

Flames of War - Painting up Germans 78. Sturm Division HQ with leftovers

As mentioned earlier I am trying to get rid of my many leftovers from all sorts of boxes I have. This also includes some Battlefront stuff which I filled up with some of my leftovers from the old Skytex range. Let me know if you find the Skytex ones amongst them :)

Manufacturer: Battlefront , Skytex
Scale: 15mm
Metal/Plastic: Metal

Number of Miniatures: 24

In case someone is interested in my farb scheme:

- Primed Black
- Vallejo Field Grey
- Vallejo Brown Wash
- Vallejo Grey-Black
- Vallejo Flat Brown
- Vallejo Gunmetal Grey
- Vallejo Beige Brown
- Vallejo Ivory
- Vallejo Black Wash
- Vallejo Rose
- Vallejo Dark Yellow

Flames of War - Tutorial - Building von Bits and Pieces 78. Sturm Infantry Division

After reading a bit about my family history I decided to go for a 78. Sturm Infantry Division like the one in "Stalins Onslaught".....

As not wanting to buy everything new from scratch I first took a look at the remaining bits and pieces I had in my collection. So I at least found a suitable HQ.

78. Sturm Infantry Division HQ

Company Command SMG Team
2iC SMG Team                                                        45 Points

These are made of the remnants of an Artillery HQ there the table was missing as well as some remnants from the "von der Heyte" Blister which comes with far too many miniatures than needed.
As base decoration I took some spare parts from an older "Panther A" blister and from the "Ernst Barkmann with Workshop" Box. Looks nice ... taken as a HQ

Additionally I formed

Panzerschreck Team (3 times)                                 25 Points each
Sniper Teams (3 times)                                            50 Points each

Panzerschreck Teams are the remnants of the "von der Heyte" Blister mixed up with some Skytex 15mm miniatures which I did not use for my 15mm Bolt Action variation.

The Sniper teams also uses a couple of miniatures from the "Major Koenig Snipers" Blister which I did not use alongside with a couple of artillery observers which I had left from my "SS-Heavy Artillery Box". As one miniature was missing another Skytex mini found its way on base.

Makes a solid HQ:

78. Sturm Infantry Division HQ

Company Command SMG Team
2iC SMG Team                                                        45 Points
Panzerschreck Team (3 times)                                 25 Points each
Sniper Teams (3 times)                                            50 Points each

Points HQ Total: 270

Lets get them primed and painted :)))

Flames of War - History - Researching my own family history

Flames of war gives me the opportunity to at least research parts of my own family history. As my granddad died this year of old age this is at least an opportunity for me to work over parts of things he never spoke of in the past.

Also there are a lot of questionmarks while taking a look through all the old and hidden belongings he left behind. Questions I at least like to research to get an answer to it.

First of all there are all his war medals. As my granddad joined the army back in 1942 there are still a lot of things he earned. Then there is this book I found on the attic and a couple of letters from his old comrades.

Book:

Glad being he was not a Waffen SS guy, but being part of the 21st Infantry Division (21. ID).

A short research filtered out:

1 Use and subordination :
The staff was as commander of Elbing on 1 October 1934 in Elbing , in the military district I ​​formed . The name was a cover name for the expansion of the Reichswehr. On 15 October 1935 was the bar in the unmasking of the 21st Infantry Division renamed. On 21 The Division August 1939 was mobilized . Here, the division was the MG Battalion 9 and the second Company of MG Battalion 31 assumed. Re.installed the Reconnaissance Battalion 21 from the Cavalry Regiment 4 and the field replacement battalion 21 On 1 September 1939 , the division crossed the Polish border and stormed the fortress Graudenz . Subsequently, the Division was moved to Johannesburg and met before from there via Kolno and the Narew up to Novgorod as well as Bialystock until after Wolkowyssk . In November 1939, the division was transferred to the Eifel in the room Bitburg . In January 1940, the Field Replacement Battalion 21 was sent to the 291 Submitted Infantry Division. From the 10th May 1940 took the Division at the Battle of France in part , passed through Luxembourg and Belgium and came over Mezières and Charleville to the Aisne front . Here , the division had to endure heavy fighting . In the second phase of the campaign , the " Battle of France " , the division marched fighting over Pethes , St. Menehould , Bar -le- Duc to the southeast. Already in September 1940 moved the division in the home. In October 1940, the staff of the Infantry Regiment 3 and the third battalions of the infantry regiments of the 121st were Submitted Infantry Division. As of 22 June 1941 took part in the Russian campaign the division . From the space Tilsit , the division came to Lithuania before , went with Jacob City over the Daugava and came over Ostrow and Porkhov on Dno ago. Here , the division turned to the Illmensee and fought on the north bank of the Volkhov northward . Finally, the Division met before on Wolchowstroj . In December 1941, the Division had to retreat behind the Volkhov until after Kirishi . Here was the division 's only German bridgehead on the east bank of the river. The division remained the whole year 1942 in this sector of the front , where they suffered heavy losses . In 1943, the division in the battles around the Sinyavino Heights south part of Lake Ladoga . The major offensive of the Red Army in January 1944 began the retreat from Leningrad on Pskov to the Baltic for the division. In October 1944 , the division in Riga was loaded onto ships and transported into the home. In the space of Tilsit , the division has been refreshed in the short term and then inserted in the space between Goldap and Gumbinnen . In 1945, the Division took part in the retreat fighting over the Masurian Canal, before Schippenbeil , across the avenue to participate in the space - Bartenstein Heilenberg and German - Eylau . In March 1945, the Division was encircled in the boiler of Heiligenbeil and suffered heavy losses here . The Division was smashed . Remnants of the Division were concentrated on the peninsula Peyse to a battle group on 26 April 1945 , however, was also destroyed.


1939Date Army Corps Army Army Group siteSeptember XXI 3 Army North East Prussia , PolandOctober Reserve - North PolandNovember 12, III Army A Eifel
1940Date Army Corps Army Army Group site1 January 12, III Army A Eifel2 March 12 XVIII Army A Eifel, LuxembourgJune 12, XIII Army A Aisne , Marne3 Administrative Order for July 12 Army C France13 July 12 XXXIII Army C France28 July 12, XXV Army C France28 July 12 XVIII Army C FranceAugust 12, XXVII Army C France12 September I 18 Army B East Prussia
1941Date Army Corps Army Army Group site1 January 18th I Army B East PrussiaFREE I 18 Army C East Prussia22 June 18th I Army North Tilsit , VolkhowSeptember I 16 Army North MurmanskbahnDecember 18th I Army North Volkhov
1942Date Army Corps Army Army Group siteMay 18, XXVIII Army North Ladoga
1943Date Army Corps Army Army Group site1 January 18, XXVIII Army North Ladoga27 January 18 XXVI Army North Ladoga4 April 18, LIV Army North Ladoga15 August 18 XXVI Army North LadogaOctober 18, XXXVIII Army North VolkhowNovember XXVIII 18 Army North Volkhow
1944Date Army Corps Army Army Group siteJanuary 18, XXVIII Army North Pskov , Walk , RigaOctober 3 IX Panzer Army center TilsitNovember 4th Reserve Army center East PrussiaDecember 4 XXXIX Army center East Prussia
1945Date Army Corps Army Army Group siteJanuary 4 XXXXI Army center East PrussiaFebruary XX 4 Army North East Prussia ( Heiligenbeil )April XXVI East Prussia - Prussia ( pillau )

 * Note: The insinuations are each period from that date / valid .


2 Division commanders
Lieutenant General Albert Wodrig installation - 10 November 1938
Lieutenant General Kuno -Hans von Both 10 November 1938 - 20th October 1939
Lieutenant General Otto Sponheim 1 November 1939 - April 1942
Lieutenant General William Bohnstedt April 1942 - April 1942
Lieutenant General Otto Sponheim April 1942 - 10 January 1943
Lieutenant-General Gerhard Matzky 10 January 1943 - 1 October 1943
Colonel Hubertus Lammey 1 October 1943 - December 1943
Lieutenant-General Gerhard Matzky December 1943 - 1 March 1944
Major General Franz Sensfuß 1 March 1944 - 28 March 1944
Lieutenant General Hermann Foertsch 28 March 1944 - 22 August 1944
Major General Henry Goetz 22 August 1944 - 25 September 1944
Colonel Hengersdorff 25 September 1944 - October 1944
Colonel Scharenberg October 1944 - 12 December 1944
Colonel Beyse 12 December 1944 - 14 January 1945
Major General Henry Goetz 14 January 1945 - 1 April 1945
Major General Karl Koetz 1 April 1945 - Capitulation


1 General Staff Officer :
Lieutenant Colonel i.g. Eberhard von Kurowski 3 November 1937 - (1939 )
Major iG Werner von Tippelskirch (1939 ) - February 1940
Colonel Bernard of Chevallerie February 1940 - 3 March 1943
Major i.g. Prittwitz and Gaffron 3 March 1943 - April 1943 I.V.
Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Schroetter April 1943 - September 1944
Major i.g. Collée September 1944 - April 1945
Major i.g. Joachim Cell 1 May 1945 - Capitulation

3 outline :
Commander of Elbing (1 October 1934) :
Infantry Regiment German Eylau ( staff , I. -III. , Yield).
Infantry Regiment Marienburg ( staff , I. -III. , Yield).
Artillery Regiment Elbing ( bar , I-IV )
Engineer Battalion Königsberg B


21 Infantry Division (15 October 1935) :
Infantry Regiment 3 ( staff , I. -III. )
Infantry Regiment 24 ( staff , I. -III. )
Infantry Regiment 45 ( staff , I. -III. )
Artillery Regiment 21 ( staff , I. -III. )
Artillery Regiment 57 ( I, II )
Antitank Department 21
Engineer Battalion 21
Infantry Divisions News Department 21


21 Infantry Division (6 October 1936) :
Infantry Regiment 3 ( staff , I. -III. , I. Res . , II Erg )
Infantry Regiment 24 ( staff , I. -III. )
Infantry Regiment 45 ( staff , I. -III. )
Machine Gun Battalion 9
Artillery Regiment 21 ( staff , I. -III. )
Artillery Regiment 57 ( I, II )
Antitank Department 21
Engineer Battalion 21
Infantry Divisions News Department 21


21 Infantry Division (12 October 1937) :
Infantry Regiment 3 ( staff , I. -III. , I. Res . , II Erg )
Infantry Regiment 24 ( staff , I. -III. )
Infantry Regiment 45 ( staff , I. -III. )
Machine Gun Battalion 9
Artillery Regiment 21 ( staff , I. -III. )
Artillery Regiment 57 ( I, II )
Antitank Department 21
Engineer Battalion 21
Infantry Divisions News Department 21


21 Infantry Division (November 10, 1938) :
Infantry Regiment 3 ( staff , I. -III. , Erg . )
Infantry Regiment 24 ( staff , I. -III. )
Infantry Regiment 45 ( staff , I. -III. )
Machine Gun Battalion 9
Artillery Regiment 21 ( staff , I. -III. )
Artillery Regiment 57 ( I, II )
Antitank Department 21
Engineer Battalion 21
Infantry Divisions News Department 21


21 Infantry Division ( September 1939 ) :
Infantry Regiment 3
Infantry Regiment 24
Infantry Regiment 45
Artillery Regiment 21
I. / Artillery Regiment 57
Observation Division 21
Reconnaissance Battalion 21
Antitank Department 21
Engineer Battalion 21
Infantry Divisions News Department 21
Field Replacement Battalion 21
Infantry division supply officer 1


21 Infantry Division ( August 1940 ) :
Infantry Regiment 3
Infantry Regiment 24
Infantry Regiment 45
Artillery Regiment 21
I. / Artillery Regiment 57
Reconnaissance Battalion 21
Tank Destroyer Division 21
Engineer Battalion 21
Infantry Divisions News Department 21
Infantry division supply officer 1


4 replacement:
For the Ersatzgestellung the rod was the Infantry Replacement Battalion 3, later Grenadier Replacement Battalion 3 , in charge .


Taken from:

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/21ID.htm

 

Flames of War - Tutorial - Fences (the not so tricky ones)

After the tricky fences we also can work out the better concealing ones.... takes also less then 5 minutes.
For this purpose I took the same stuff for cleaning ears.. but you can also use the toothpicks if you bought them for the other projects


So here we go...

What do we need ..

Materials:

Tongue depressor
Toothpicks (Partysticks) / or earcleaners
Superglue

Step 1:
No coffee today.... take a look at the gathered materials

Step 2:
Superglue the lowest "log"row directly on the tongue depressor.

Step 3:
Use the lowest row as hold for glueing one (NOT BOTH!) side of the  upright standing logs of your fence. Place as many as desired....

Step 4:
Build up one to two more log rows like Step 2.. but simply superglue them to the pins as well as to the row below.

Step5:
Superglue the other upright standing parts of your fence

Step 6:
Superglue the last row... paint and flock as desired... enjoy your result

Flames of War - Tutorial - Fences (the tricky ones)

Today it is time to again work a bit around on something that takes less then 5 minutes for at least 2 parts of todays fences.

Everyone knows the classic ones. Being a one piece cast thing totally shutting down any view and giving concealment to troops. Why should that always be the case ? Why cant a fence not be a hinderance for advancing troops instead of giving concealment ? ....


So here we go...

What do we need ..

Materials:

Tongue depressor
Toothpicks (Partysticks)
Superglue

and thats it....

Step 1: Did I state that I like coffee ... so lets start with one upfront and have a few on our materials

Step 2:
The more tricky variaton.. Superglue upright standing "bolts" on your base.

Step 3:
Put a lose layer (I took two here) on a 180 degree ankle on your base. In my case it is 2 toothpicks... Why ? Because a fence does not start on the bottom but somethere on the first third.

Step 4:
Superglue toothpicks from one upright "bolt" to another. To give the more hold we first layed the 180 degree toothpicks. So you can simply go ahead and place your fence parts simply in 180 degree again on the already existing bolts.

Step 5:
as seen on the picture and


Step 6:
Equal steps 3 and 4.

Step 7:
Base as desired and enjoy your result.....

Flames of War - Tutorial - Entrenchment Markers (easy way)

After looking around on the web in search of entrechment markers I was wondering why there is a prize for approx 15 Euros or 12 british pounds for a bit of markers... ok they come prepainted and possibly also with some flock... too expensive in my opinion.

So lets take a look at them closer and substitude some things.

Scaling... 

always the worse problem to encounter... I scaled mine to approx half of the width of a small base. Means you take your small base. Place it and then use half of the smallest side. Thats my base width.
For its length I took two medium sized infantry platoon bases and put them next to each other. With this I still keep the opportunity to work out a complete entrenchment for a much lengthier part.. e.g. dug in platoon etc.


With this settled.... start ...

Substitution....

Materials needed:
The base I have done upfront
Partysticks
Superglue
Filler


Step 1:

Make sure you have everything by hand... enjoy your coffee....

Cut the partysticks to an even length. I personally dont like the more upper and lower parts.. I only took the middle part from it.


Step 2:
Use some rest from your base cutting part and glue it on top of the base. Afterwards Superglue the Partysticks alongside.

Step 3:
Cut some smaller parts from the partysticks as to stabilize the thing.

Step 4:
Use filler to get some sort of upwards hill to your entrechment.

Step 5:
Wait till dry.. Decorate, Prime, paint and flock it as desired.... and, of course,  have fun....

P.S.: Time on this one is nothing more than 5 Minutes......

Flames of War - Tutorial - Building Wood Trees the njami way

Still cheaper then the last one but takes more time is this variation. Suits perfect for more mediterrain environments etc.. is also quite easy scaleable up to 28mm. The earstick variation is a bit ... well lets say limited... :)

What you need:

- Grapes (red or green one ... doesnt matter) from the supermarket
- Base
- Superglue
- Flock
- Miliput or other putty



Step 1:
After buying the grapes.. enjoy them (NJAMI) but dont throw away the part they grow on.. thats the thing we need. Let it dry out for a week and then go ahead (you can also start right away ... I just like the dry variation a bit more)

Step 2:
Use Superglue and miliput to get your "tree" stand up the way you like it to be.


Step 3:
Superglue Flock on the parts there your fruits have been growing. Much space here to attach something.

Step 4:
Wait till everything dryed and do your basing...

Enjoy your lovely result