Posted in October 27, 2009 ¬ 19:47h.owen
The following rules have been developed to allow Flames of War players to run battles on heavily forested battlefields. I plan to use them in my Battle of Hürtgen Forest Campaign. I have compiled these from an excellent thread on the Flames of War forum and I thank all the useful contributions made by the [...]
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Posted in October 23, 2009 ¬ 12:00h.owen
In this article I briefly discuss the background to the Battle of Hürtgen Forest and present it as a setting for a Flames of War campaign.
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Posted in August 27, 2009 ¬ 20:34h.owen
One of the great things about Flames of War is that all of the scenarios are objective based, meaning that it’s not just about trying to obliterate your opponents army. Rather you are trying to seize strategically important areas of the battlefield. Having a nicely modelled objective marker really adds to the aesthetic of the [...]
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Posted in August 24, 2009 ¬ 22:01h.owen
My Flames of War Panzer Lehr force is growing in size, so I decided to take a few minutes to take some pictures. I have loads of things to paint, but an armoured heavy mortar platoon is probably next on my list.
Owen
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Posted in August 8, 2009 ¬ 18:28h.owen
This is a step-by-step guide for painting Flames of War 15mm Gepanzerte Panzergrenadiers (armoured German infantry) from the Panzer Lehr Division (1944-1945). It is not intended to be a completely historically accurate guide, rather a quick and simple way to achieve good results in a short amount of time.
Each Panzergrenadier platoon constitutes 6 MG Teams, [...]
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