Aug 22
As with many things I’ve taken a hiatus from my Flames of War mid-war Panzerkompanie army. Between the time I wrote Flames of War: Panzerkompanie Journal and earlier today not much changed.
Tonight that changed…slightly. I made some miniscule progress but more than I’ve accomplished on this in ages.
I pried off the turrets from all my assembled tanks. Had to repair some assembly with more glue but all in all not bad.
One of my fellow historical gamers (we play War at Sea a lot) looked at one of my tanks out and commented that it, and my completed tanks, look “good” but the one he looked at is really too glossy. I must have used a varnish on it to see what happens. I’ll need to do another layer of ink, or two, plus some drybrushing to remove a lot of the gloss. Then there’s the highlighting on the treads (maybe I can just drybrush that), the gluing of static grass and of course adding unit numbers and the iron cross onto the hull of it and then that Panzer III G will have rolled off the assembly line.
Not many more to go after that. I have 1 Panzer III G that needs to be finished (it is further along than the glossy one). And there’s 1 Panzer III G that is primed but needs everything else.
After that I have 3 more Panzer III Gs to assemble and paint. Then paint 2 Kfz 70 trucks (I’m not actually needing to use them because my troops fit in everything else but maybe I can use them as objectives or something). And when that is done I have the Scout platoon on bikes (yay BMW bikes). The very last thing is the Panzergrenadier Platoon who need to be cleaned, assembled, and painted. Actually, the very last thing is finding the tank commanders, cleaning them, assembling them, and painting them. Without those guys my tanks are driving around with a limited field of vision.
Maybe over the coming weeks I’ll be able to work some more on my tanks. They are beautiful models and it’d be a shame to leave them gathering dust in my army transport.
written by ^Raven^
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Flames of War, Historical Gaming.
May 07
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Hi Everybody,
As you may have noticed the site is undergoing some changes at the moment. We are widening the site and putting the article list up the side where it is easier to see. We are also changing the Online Store and this has had the first of its changes applied. This new pop-up menu gives you all the main Online Store categories at a glance. More changes are on-going and these will appear over the next few weeks (such as how the products are displayed inside the Online Store).
This week we prepare for next week’s new releases with Product Spotlights on three releases and Design Notes on River Of Heroes, the last book in our series on Operation Bagration.
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| As promised when Scott Elaurant’s article on Major Robert Kästner first went up we now have Warrior rules and an Intelligence Briefing for Kampfgruppe Kästner.
Two Intelligence Briefing also move to the Official section of the Briefings. These are the Panzerpionierkompanies and the Sicherung & Walküre Intelligence Briefings.
Finally we have two new Events.
News
The new Feldgendarmerie miniatures for the Sicherungskompanie will be available soon. This week we take a look at what you will get.
Feldgendarmerie Miniatures…
UK Customer Service & Warehouse Opportunities
The UK office needs you! – Opportunities to join the Battlefront family…
UK Customer Service & Warehouse Opportunities…
Website Assistant New Zealand Opportunity
The NZ office needs you! – Opportunities to join the Battlefront family…
Website Assistant Opportunity…
Wargames Illustrated Subscriptions
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River of Heroes Design Notes
Ken takes a look at what is inside River Of Heroes. Find out about new rules, companies, warriors and weapons.
River of Heroes Design Notes…
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Kampfgruppe Kästner, Korsun Pocket
Scott Elaurant takes a look at Major Robert Kästner an important German field commander during the Korsun Pocket breakout. We also introduce a Intelligence Briefing for field Kästner and his Kampfgruppe.
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Panzerpionierkompanies go Official
Thanks for all your feedback. The combat engineers of the Panzerpionierkompanie are heavily-armed assault specialists.
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Sicherung and Walküre go Official
Thnaks for all the feedback. The German Sicherungs and Walküre troops played an important part in the blocking forces and kampfgruppes formed to stop the Red Army’s advance during Operation Bagration. Learn how to field them in Flames Of War.
Sicherung and Walküre…
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Engineer-Sapper Battalion (SBX13)
The Soviet Assault Engineer-Sapper battalions were formed to capture or destroy enemy strongpoints and fortifications.
Engineer-Sapper Battalion (SBX13)…
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Flame-thrower Company (SU804)
Flames-throwers are ideal for pinning down the enemy before your assault sappers go in for the assault.
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Von Saucken (GE888)
General Der Panzertruppen Dietrich Von Saucken, one of the German Warriors from Hammer and Sickle.
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Take That Ground
For the month of May our US team have retailers in the US and Canada offering an objective modelling competition for their customers.
Take That Ground…
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Tournament News
Panzerschreck 09
Manawatu Duellists Society is once again holding the worlds longest run Flames Of War tournament. This year is is over the weekend of 11-12 July at the Massey University Events Centre in Palmerston North New Zealand.
Panzerschreck 09…
Heat of Battle III
21-23 August at the The National WWii Museum, New Orleans, USA.
Heat of Battle III…
Fall Recruits 09
Market Garden 65 is the Fall Recruits 09 Flames Of War tournament. It is themed to the Market Garden battle in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the event.
Fall Recruits 09…
2nd European Championship IWF
The 2nd European Championship IWF – Rome 2009 (9-12 of July 2009).
2nd European Championship IWF…
SouthCon 2009
Flames Of War Mid War less than 1500pts. Venue: Macandrew Intermediate School, 213 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin.
SouthCon 2009…
UK Games Expo 2009
Following on from the last 3 years successful tournaments there will be another large Battlefront UK Flames Of War Tournament this year the UK Games Expo held on Sunday 7 June.
UK Games Expo 2009…
NZ Mid War Tournament
Battlefront Miniatures Presents New Zealand’s Mid War Grand Tournament. A two-day event on Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 June 2009.
NZ Mid War Tournament…
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US Nationals event noticesBattlefront USA Events…
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written by ^Raven^
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Flames of War, Historical Gaming.
May 01
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| As another month comes to an end we have a number of article and new items for your entertainment. We have Finn, Website and Wargames Illustrated news as well as articles on the Soviet’s 1944 strike against the Finns, a revised Intelligence Briefing for the 16. Luftwaffe Felddivision and the German Pionierkompanie Intelligence Briefing moves to the Official Briefings section.
We also have a report from the Australian Mid War Championship.
But first some news from John-Paul:
The Finns are Coming!
Thanks to everyone who has voiced their opinion about the Finnish Intelligence Briefing. I have to admit I am impressed by the passionate response from all the Finn players out there. As I mentioned the list is basically done so I have asked the Studio team to complete their final internal playtesting and graphic design work before we put it up on the site. At this stage we should have all of this completed within a few weeks so we are targeting a release of the 28th May.
Site Changes
During the coming week you will see some visual and navigation changes to the site. We are preparing to upload the first wave of changes and test them out from Monday next week. The initial wave is simple changes to width and navigation. The following waves will include a host of other updates which will get added in stages to avoid both potential issues impacting on the site as a whole and to allow us to make sure it all works as planned before we reach the point of no return. We are trying to learn from our experience the last time we did this so that we get both new and improved without the “new site” issues us and many other companies always seem to encounter.
JP
News
The new Feldgendarmerie miniatures for the Sicherungskompanie will be available soon. This week we take a look at what you will get.
Feldgendarmerie Miniatures…
UK Customer Service & Warehouse Opportunities
The UK office needs you! – Opportunities to join the Battlefront family…
UK Customer Service & Warehouse Opportunities…
Website Assistant New Zealand Opportunity
The NZ office needs you! – Opportunities to join the Battlefront family…
Website Assistant Opportunity…
2009 Poll Prize Winners
And the 2009 Battlefront Poll Prize Winners are…
2009 Poll Prize Winners…
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The Fourth Strategic Offensive
To get the ball rolling with the Finns Alessandro Fasolo takes a look at the Soviet Fourth Strategic Offensive of 1944, that attack on the Finns in June.
The Fourth Strategic Offensive…
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16. Luftwaffe Felddivision
The 16. Luftwaffe Felddivision is another Intelligence Briefing that has been revised and brought up to the new organisation standard. In July 1944 this untested division was sent to Normandy and became embroiled in the battle for the city of Caen.
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German Pionierkompanie goes Official
Thanks once again for all the feedback. The Pionierkompanie is composed of tough well-trained combat engineers ready to undertake dangerous engineering assignments while under fire, and storm enemy positions by close assault.
German Pionierkompanie…
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Conquest 2009 Report
Umpire’s Report by Django Upton on the Australian Mid War Flames Of War Championship 2009 held at Conquest 2009 in Melbourne over Easter.
Conquest 2009 Report…
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Tournament News
Heat of Battle III
21-23 August at the The National WWii Museum, New Orleans, USA.
Heat of Battle III…
Fall Recruits 09
Market Garden 65 is the Fall Recruits 09 Flames Of War tournament. It is themed to the Market Garden battle in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the event.
Fall Recruits 09…
2nd European Championship IWF
The 2nd European Championship IWF – Rome 2009 (9-12 of July 2009).
2nd European Championship IWF…
SouthCon 2009
Flames Of War Mid War less than 1500pts. Venue: Macandrew Intermediate School, 213 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin.
SouthCon 2009…
HISTORINE – Tournament
2 & 3 May, Maison des associations de Floirac (Bordeaux 33), France. 1500 points Middle & Late War.
HISTORINE – Tournament…
UK Games Expo 2009
Following on from the last 3 years successful tournaments there will be another large Battlefront UK Flames Of War Tournament this year the UK Games Expo held on Sunday 7 June.
UK Games Expo 2009…
NZ Mid War Tournament
Battlefront Miniatures Presents New Zealand’s Mid War Grand Tournament. A two-day event on Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 June 2009.
NZ Mid War Tournament…
For More Events…
US Nationals event noticesBattlefront USA Events…
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written by ^Raven^
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Flames of War, Historical Gaming.
Apr 16
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| This week we have spotlights of next week’s new releases. We also make another website Intelligence Briefing Official, and introduce another older revised one. We also have three more reviews of this month’s Osprey Publishingreleases and Ken has the third of his Hammer and Sickle scenarios.
I’ve updated the events below and will be adding some more over the next week.
Feldgendarmerie
With the release of the Sicherungs and Walküre Intelligence Briefing some of you will notice the Feldgendarmerie Platoon. There has been a delay but we’ll have news on how to order these miniatures through our Special Order catalogue next week.News
The 2009 Battlefront Poll has now closed. Thank you for taking the time to fill this in for us. JP is over at GAMA at the moment so we hope to announce the prize winners in next weeks update. Good luck to all the entrants!
Flames Of War in other languages… |
Soviet Guards Heavy Tanks
Thanks everybody for the feedback. This one seemed to get quite heated at times, but in the end, other than the one erroneous contentious point, most people are very happy with it.
Soviet Guards Heavy Tanks is now Official…
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Kampgruppe von Saucken Scenario
The third of three Hammer and Sickle scenarios by Ken that we didn’t have room for in the Book.
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1st Polish Armoured Division
We have updated the 1st Polish Armoured Division Intelligence Briefing to conform to the new intelligence briefing style.
1st Polish Armoured Division…
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Heavy Assault Gun Company
Heavy Assault Gun Company (SBX12), 4x ISU-122 or 152 assault guns and 1x IS-2 tank.
Heavy Assault Gun Company…
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8.8cm PaK43 Gun
The PaK 43 (Panzerabwehrkanone 43) was a German 8.8cm anti-tank gun.
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Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer
The Jagdpanzer 38(t) was intended to provide the German infantry divisions with a tank-hunter with better survivability.
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Open Maultier (x2 Resin)
To cope with the lack of good road in Russia the Germans built the Opel Maultier.
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Tournament News
Tournament in Szczecin, Poland
Vest in Szczecin would like to announce a Flames Of War tournament on 18 April.
Tournament in Szczecin, Poland…
2nd European Championship IWF
The 2nd European Championship IWF – Rome 2009 (8-11 of July 2009).
2nd European Championship IWF…
SouthCon 2009
Flames Of War Mid War less than 1500pts. Venue: Macandrew Intermediate School, 213 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin.
SouthCon 2009…
HISTORINE – Tournament
2 & 3 May, Maison des associations de Floirac (Bordeaux 33), France. 1500 points Middle & Late War.
HISTORINE – Tournament…
UK Games Expo 2009
Following on from the last 3 years successful tournaments there will be another large Battlefront UK Flames Of War Tournament this year the UK Games Expo held on Sunday 7 June.
UK Games Expo 2009…
Conquest 2009
Australian Flames of War Mid-War Championship at Conquest 2009, 12 and 13 April 2009, Melbourne.
Conquest 2009…
NZ Mid War Tournament
Battlefront Miniatures Presents New Zealand’s Mid War Grand Tournament. A two-day event on Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 June 2009.
NZ Mid War Tournament…
For More Events…
US Nationals event noticesBattlefront USA Events…
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written by ^Raven^
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Flames of War, Historical Gaming.
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