Hi all,
some posts earlier I told about the presentation I had with the manager of the store called "Other Realms" in Cork City.
Yesterday evening I got informed that they now Stock a limited supply of Battlefront Miniatures including the Starter Box (YEAH) and a couple of German and Allied tanks.
Support your local business !
In case someone is interested:
I will be displaying my display board in the upcoming weeks there including my homemade terrain as well as parts of my armies there. Currently we are looking how the display should look like.
I will also be holding a couple of demo games along during the next week. So drop in and have fun !
Donnerstag, 29. August 2013
Montag, 19. August 2013
Weekend Painting - Flames of War
As my stepson has had some visitors over the weekend I needed the
calmness of painting. Take some good music and go ahead with something
in your mind.
The finished pieces are quite remarkable....
5 Panzer III / Flames of War / Plastic Soldier Company / 15mm
2 SU-122 / Flames of War / Battlefront Miniatures / 15mm
No decals by now as I still would need to order them. Simply I did run out on decals last month
The finished pieces are quite remarkable....
5 Panzer III / Flames of War / Plastic Soldier Company / 15mm
2 SU-122 / Flames of War / Battlefront Miniatures / 15mm
No decals by now as I still would need to order them. Simply I did run out on decals last month
Freitag, 16. August 2013
Flames of War - Tutorial - How to build a barn
After reading through OntheStep.net I thought it is time to build a bit more terrain. Also the WWPD.net guys inspired me heavily on building some new stuff.
As to figure out measurements etc... I will give you some hints here on what I used on mine.
Things used:
Foamboard
thin cardboard
Coffee sticks
Small metal pin (old needle cut down)
Beer matt
PVA Glue
Filler
Sand
Measurements:
Front side heigth 35mm, wide 75mm
Back side heigth 40mm , wide 75mm
Both sides approx size of a medium FoW base with heigth going from 35 up to 40mm
Step 1: Cut your pieces out of the foamboard
Step 2: Cut the two doors out of the beer matt and glue them to the smaller front side and scratch in the panels, also glue smaller crap pieces as handle and for the bars
Step 3: Use filler on each wall section so that you will have approx 3mm thick walls (that also matches the beer matt part then and the total thickness includes the foamboard)
Step 4: Stick the metal pin as a bar above the larger door.
Step 5: Put sand on each of your filler filled wall parts and gently press it into the filler. This gives texture for painting and an old worn feeling to the building.
Step 6: Let the parts dry
Step 7: Meanwhile cut your card board a bit larger then the overall building will be. Start glueing your coffee sticks on it (I did cut them before and broke them off, you could also wait and cut them afterwards)
Step 8: After everything is dry basecoat your wall sections as well as the roof part. If you are sure that you sealed your foamboard with the filler you can use a normal spray primer on that. If you are unsure just be on the safe side and prime it with a colour and a brush.
Step 9: After the primer dried the sand should stick in place as you first pressed it into the hardening filler and then sealed it in with the primer. Yeah !
Step 10: Paint as desired.
Step 11: Highlight as desired
Step 12: After drying .. enjoy the result
As to figure out measurements etc... I will give you some hints here on what I used on mine.
Things used:
Foamboard
thin cardboard
Coffee sticks
Small metal pin (old needle cut down)
Beer matt
PVA Glue
Filler
Sand
Measurements:
Front side heigth 35mm, wide 75mm
Back side heigth 40mm , wide 75mm
Both sides approx size of a medium FoW base with heigth going from 35 up to 40mm
Step 1: Cut your pieces out of the foamboard
Step 2: Cut the two doors out of the beer matt and glue them to the smaller front side and scratch in the panels, also glue smaller crap pieces as handle and for the bars
Step 3: Use filler on each wall section so that you will have approx 3mm thick walls (that also matches the beer matt part then and the total thickness includes the foamboard)
Step 4: Stick the metal pin as a bar above the larger door.
Step 5: Put sand on each of your filler filled wall parts and gently press it into the filler. This gives texture for painting and an old worn feeling to the building.
Step 6: Let the parts dry
Step 7: Meanwhile cut your card board a bit larger then the overall building will be. Start glueing your coffee sticks on it (I did cut them before and broke them off, you could also wait and cut them afterwards)
Step 8: After everything is dry basecoat your wall sections as well as the roof part. If you are sure that you sealed your foamboard with the filler you can use a normal spray primer on that. If you are unsure just be on the safe side and prime it with a colour and a brush.
Step 9: After the primer dried the sand should stick in place as you first pressed it into the hardening filler and then sealed it in with the primer. Yeah !
Step 10: Paint as desired.
Step 11: Highlight as desired
Step 12: After drying .. enjoy the result
Montag, 12. August 2013
New Terrain additions
After Operation Overlord and all the gaming around I needed some more terrain. As you all know I am quite fond of making it myself and that resulted in me doing some molds and working with them....
So here we go (Picture heavy):
So here we go (Picture heavy):
Dienstag, 6. August 2013
Operation Overlord - Axis Victory
From the files of WWPD:
World history has been changed forever at the end of WWPD's Operation Overlord! The Axis have secured a victory in Normandy and all of France. The Allies thwarted at the final hurdle, Cherbourg and St-Lo proved just too much for the Allied forces. Now, low on supplies and heavily crippled, the Allied forces are being driven back to the sea in scenes seen only years before at Dunkirk.
The Allies had made good ground throughout the countryside, controlling a large potion of Normandy, including the towns of St-Lo and Cherbourg. Unfortunately, these vital supply routes were denied to the Allies. Each area was heavily fortified by experienced German troops used to fighting in urban environments at Stalingrad - they proved too much for the already battered and bloodied Allies.
World history has been changed forever at the end of WWPD's Operation Overlord! The Axis have secured a victory in Normandy and all of France. The Allies thwarted at the final hurdle, Cherbourg and St-Lo proved just too much for the Allied forces. Now, low on supplies and heavily crippled, the Allied forces are being driven back to the sea in scenes seen only years before at Dunkirk.
The Allies had made good ground throughout the countryside, controlling a large potion of Normandy, including the towns of St-Lo and Cherbourg. Unfortunately, these vital supply routes were denied to the Allies. Each area was heavily fortified by experienced German troops used to fighting in urban environments at Stalingrad - they proved too much for the already battered and bloodied Allies.
Dienstag, 30. Juli 2013
There will be blood , fire , death - New upcoming stockist in CORK for FoW
Hi all,
after all these times I had a final meeting yesterday with the owner of the store called "Other Realms" down in Cork City. As he got enough questions about FoW by now I was asked to present some of my models and give a brief description of alternatives like PSC, Zveda etc... as well as a couple of hints on what to order for his first stock.
So the following will happen in a relative short period of time:
- Presentation of the game on a special designed table at the store on possibly like a saturday or sunday
- Presentation of finished models, armies at the stores special hall of fame board
- Demo games - the rebirth of the Cork Rangers !
If you want to have your FoW army ... try and go in and ask for what kinda army you are looking for !
Cheers !
after all these times I had a final meeting yesterday with the owner of the store called "Other Realms" down in Cork City. As he got enough questions about FoW by now I was asked to present some of my models and give a brief description of alternatives like PSC, Zveda etc... as well as a couple of hints on what to order for his first stock.
So the following will happen in a relative short period of time:
- Presentation of the game on a special designed table at the store on possibly like a saturday or sunday
- Presentation of finished models, armies at the stores special hall of fame board
- Demo games - the rebirth of the Cork Rangers !
If you want to have your FoW army ... try and go in and ask for what kinda army you are looking for !
Cheers !
Sonntag, 28. Juli 2013
Operation Overlord - Battlereport - 17th SS-Panzergrenadierdivision "Götz von Berlichingen" vs US Armoured Infantry St Lo Farms
This battlereport uses the starter box of Flames of War !
Elements of 17th SS-Panzergrenadierdivision "Götz von Berlichingen"
US Armoured Infantry
From the diary of Unterscharführer Diller:
0900 hrs - The US boys wanted to suprise us this morning with a swing of Stuarts round the woods to their left trying to out flank my grenadiers on the right. The Us combat platoon opened up on my concealed troops and after a hail of lead, killed one team. They then failed to range in his 75mm Artillery.
0930 hrs - I decided to keep my grenadiers heads down, hoping they would stay alive longer doing so rather than firing back. My StuGs however fired on the combat platoon as one of its halftracks was clearly visible on the road. The halftrack exploded in a ball of flame. Our platoon also managed to call in an artillery strike from our command HQ to pin down their advance. And yes this works
1000 hrs - After our artillery strike the US combat platoon decided to mount up on their halftracks and try to drive through the woods. The Stuarts continued their end around run, getting right on the flank of the grenadiers this time.The air filled with machine gun fire from the Stuarts but amazingly the grenadiers all survived in their foxholes. This time the 75mm artillery did range in but failed to kill any troops but did pin down the platoon.
1030 hrs - I looked hungrily at the Stuarts, down the barrels of our StuG platoon and measuring the range, we needed to move slightly to get all tanks in firing position, (hull mounted main gun) . We also realised we needed something else over that side of the battlefield and advanced our Panzershrek toward to the right flank. Luck was not with us then the StuG opened fire at the Stuarts and simply missed every shot. In frustration our grenadier platoon on the left fired a couple of teams at the unmounted remains of the combat platoon but the firing pinged off the stone wall they were sheltering behind.
1100 hrs - The US boys get reinforcements on the battlefield. Stuarts raced past the grenadiers in their foxholes heading towards what seemed their daily objectives to our right. The mounted combat platoon edged into the woods, with the last half track bogging down in the difficult terrain. I could see from my foxhole what the US boys were trying to do; get my StuGs to turn to fire one way and present their weaker sides to his other troops. But there was not much we could do about it as my only platoon doing anything was my StuGs... all the others were cowering in their foxholes. In true John Wayne fashion the American reserve combat platoon roared onto the field of battle and took their objective on the hill to our right flank.
The Stuarts had seen the Panzershrek team scampering about earlier, and let rip with their machine guns on my command HQ. The only team that failed his infantry save was the Panzershrek team! Bloody typical!
1130 hrs - Time was pressing also... I thought about using my grenadier platoon on my right flank to close assault the Stuarts from the behind, with my trusty panzerknacker, but they failed to unpin from the previous turns 75mm arty fire. The American combat platoon in the woods was going to take forever to emerge, so I pondered moving my grenadiers from the left over to assault the Stuarts from the front but that I was sure would have been suicide, so they put the kettle on and dug out the frankfurters and mustard instead.
It all came down this turn, to my StuGs. Could they redeem themselves from the previous turns complete miss (Ostfront veterans my foot!) Again hull mounted main guns meant they had to turn to engage the 2nd American combat platoon on the hill objective, reducing their firing. Checking the hill , 3 half tracks brew up nicely!Yeahhh our StuGs simply are the best !
With this outstanding assault the US boys broke and started running.
1200 hrs - The Stuarts start racing for the hill to help their fleeing comrades. This looks ridicolous.
1230 hrs - With their flank wide open our StuGs make it a short exchange of fire. After getting this nice side armour presented by the Stuarts 3 hits score 3 Stuarts down and the US boys retreating. The day is ours again !
Elements of 17th SS-Panzergrenadierdivision "Götz von Berlichingen"
- HQ upgraded to PanzerKnacker + PanzerShrek Team + 2 x 8cm G42 stummelwerfer mortars
- (Grenadier platoon (3 squads) + Command SMG Panzerknacker) x 2
- StuG G platoon of 3 assault guns
US Armoured Infantry
- HQ, with towed gun
- Two full Combat platoons
- a platoon of 3 GMC halftracks fitted with a 75mm gun
- a platoon of 4 Stuart light tanks
From the diary of Unterscharführer Diller:
0900 hrs - The US boys wanted to suprise us this morning with a swing of Stuarts round the woods to their left trying to out flank my grenadiers on the right. The Us combat platoon opened up on my concealed troops and after a hail of lead, killed one team. They then failed to range in his 75mm Artillery.
0930 hrs - I decided to keep my grenadiers heads down, hoping they would stay alive longer doing so rather than firing back. My StuGs however fired on the combat platoon as one of its halftracks was clearly visible on the road. The halftrack exploded in a ball of flame. Our platoon also managed to call in an artillery strike from our command HQ to pin down their advance. And yes this works
1000 hrs - After our artillery strike the US combat platoon decided to mount up on their halftracks and try to drive through the woods. The Stuarts continued their end around run, getting right on the flank of the grenadiers this time.The air filled with machine gun fire from the Stuarts but amazingly the grenadiers all survived in their foxholes. This time the 75mm artillery did range in but failed to kill any troops but did pin down the platoon.
1030 hrs - I looked hungrily at the Stuarts, down the barrels of our StuG platoon and measuring the range, we needed to move slightly to get all tanks in firing position, (hull mounted main gun) . We also realised we needed something else over that side of the battlefield and advanced our Panzershrek toward to the right flank. Luck was not with us then the StuG opened fire at the Stuarts and simply missed every shot. In frustration our grenadier platoon on the left fired a couple of teams at the unmounted remains of the combat platoon but the firing pinged off the stone wall they were sheltering behind.
1100 hrs - The US boys get reinforcements on the battlefield. Stuarts raced past the grenadiers in their foxholes heading towards what seemed their daily objectives to our right. The mounted combat platoon edged into the woods, with the last half track bogging down in the difficult terrain. I could see from my foxhole what the US boys were trying to do; get my StuGs to turn to fire one way and present their weaker sides to his other troops. But there was not much we could do about it as my only platoon doing anything was my StuGs... all the others were cowering in their foxholes. In true John Wayne fashion the American reserve combat platoon roared onto the field of battle and took their objective on the hill to our right flank.
The Stuarts had seen the Panzershrek team scampering about earlier, and let rip with their machine guns on my command HQ. The only team that failed his infantry save was the Panzershrek team! Bloody typical!
1130 hrs - Time was pressing also... I thought about using my grenadier platoon on my right flank to close assault the Stuarts from the behind, with my trusty panzerknacker, but they failed to unpin from the previous turns 75mm arty fire. The American combat platoon in the woods was going to take forever to emerge, so I pondered moving my grenadiers from the left over to assault the Stuarts from the front but that I was sure would have been suicide, so they put the kettle on and dug out the frankfurters and mustard instead.
It all came down this turn, to my StuGs. Could they redeem themselves from the previous turns complete miss (Ostfront veterans my foot!) Again hull mounted main guns meant they had to turn to engage the 2nd American combat platoon on the hill objective, reducing their firing. Checking the hill , 3 half tracks brew up nicely!Yeahhh our StuGs simply are the best !
With this outstanding assault the US boys broke and started running.
1200 hrs - The Stuarts start racing for the hill to help their fleeing comrades. This looks ridicolous.
1230 hrs - With their flank wide open our StuGs make it a short exchange of fire. After getting this nice side armour presented by the Stuarts 3 hits score 3 Stuarts down and the US boys retreating. The day is ours again !
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