Cork

So Dennis came over one day to do some painting and modeling and, when he did, he had a bunch of cork in a bag that he was using for some Flames of War scenery. I've heard of people using cork in scenery and bases, but had never tried it myself. Like far too many things, I just assumed there was some arcane black magic to making it look good. Dennis, who had brought lots of cork along (pulled from one of those cheap-o bulletin boards you get at a stationary/office supply store) left a chunk behind and encouraged me to give it a try.

Very simple:

- Broke off some cork chunks and glued them on (with a mind towards putting models on them later, so I did space and size them appropriately)

- Glued a little sand around them and on them to give them texture

- Painted Chaos Black

- Overbrushed Graveyard Earth

- Drybrushed Desert Yellow

- Drybrushed Bleached Bone

- Glued a tiny bit of static grass on for realism and contrast

It's almost too easy.

StuG III G Platoon

Flames of War keeps burning strong with me, I can't stop thinking/painting/planing!! I just finished my small platoon of StuG III G:

I modeled the paint scheme after some examples I found of ambushing StuGs at Kursk in 1943. They were a blast to paint, and I think will look awesome on the table. I would love any feedback or comments on how I can improve. I plan to paint my 1iC and 2iC Panzer IV Hs and they will have a slightly different scheme.

Once those HQ panzers are complete, I will have 1500 points painted and ready for Game Summit. I will them be focusing on some terrain, roads, etc for our tables.  

Before I forget, here are some pics of a small 1000 point game Lothlann and I played last Saturday, testing out some units. We learned a lot about the rules, and just played to roll some dice and get more familiar with the rules. We fought over a small town consisting of some dollar store houses Joyous_Oblivion picked up, that we play to strip and paint up for an Eastern Front table. The roads are bare black at the present, but will be painted and I have over 40' of them to play with! Watch this space for more!

Here are the pics:

Turn 1 - The Russians advance on the town, T-34 tanks moving up his left flank, with anti-tank guns on the hill with awesome fields of fire.

My Panzers sneak up the road, using trees to screen their movements as best they can.

My PanzerGrendediers disembark into the town, taking the left two buildings. We now wait for the oncoming Reds!

Turn 2 view from the Russian side. Lothlann decided to try the tank mounted infantry. 

He quickly learned that infantry mounted on tanks......

..........die very quickly to incoming Panzer fire!

T-34s advance on the village, popping a half-track with ease......the rest hide behind the houses.

I keep pouring fire into the T-34s, destroying the platoon leader and bailing two more. Notice the severe lack of infantry riding on them now.

We called the game at turn 4, once the T-34s were broken and beaten. I called it a tie as Lothlann did manage to get a unit into the town (notice them behind the central church). 

It was fun, and like I said, we got to try some interesting units and tactics - can't wait to play again ASAP!

CA$H out.

Flames of War Battle Reports

Tristan worked his tail off to paint these PanzerGrenadiers this week


Alright, so FoW is picking up steam, and we have Pripyat (Brett) over and Marty to add to the usual crew tonite. I don't have my models yet from Drew so I played with a unit or two. FYI we are all total Noobs to this, which is part of the appeal. I've been playing WFB /40k for more than 10 years and it s refreshing to be see a new system with wide eyes again.

First game was Russians (Brett and Chris) vs Germans (Tristan and Marty/Me when Marty had to leave) 1500 points.

Here is Video plus some pics below:









And right after, we played a Russia vs Russia game, this time with the armor on both sides in Reserves, to force us to see those rules. In the End we get to see how an assault works, though due to my Camera's wonky showing of full battery bars in the morning then half when I get to Tristan's, I run out of Battery and we miss turn 2. Though it was just advance towards the objectives, get shot at :)

Here is second Video (Very Short)and a few more piccies of Brett's terrain:

Every Painful Detail 24 and 25

The Mistake.


A little trick.

Flames of War terrain

Well, for the Winter Game Summit Flames of War gaming, I picked up some TT scale rail model buildings.. they are PERFECT and were cheap as hell. Also pictured for scale , are teh old GW small trees, which I got from Bayshore, not pictured: all their hedges.

Also, priest thrown in to show scale.

Ill assemble my Priests tomorrow, so I have SOMETHIGN to use on Friday night when I show up after work...

Every Painful Detail, pt 23: Heavy Gear

As Game Summit gets closer, work on the last of the Arena tables now begins.

This is kind of a reboot for the Every Painful Detail series. I'll be making more entries up until the last table is done.

And so it progresses..

Flames of War has bitten my pretty hard, and I ordered some much needed 15mm terrain for our upcoming gaming this Friday. Here is some quick picks of it prior to being painted:

It is all from "JR Miniatures" ordered from the Warstore. Very cost effective at about $5 per piece ($7 for the bridge). Matt Varnish has mentioned a desire to start painting it this Friday while we get some games of FoW in. I will be posting WIP pics of my German PanzerKompanie tomorrow - Stay Tuned!

CA$H out.