The year of the campaign continues. Peter and I have been playing a bit of Flames of War recently, so we decided to give the Infantry Aces campaign (from Cassino) a try. In the past I’ve fielded elite armies, so for this campaign I decided to field some ordinary Grenadiers from the Hoch und Deutschmeister [...]

I painted these guys ageas ago, but never really got around to photographing them for the blog. Paul and I played a campaign game last week and I took the opportunity to do up a quick video of this 1500pt force. Owen

This is the third post in my Audit series (the first on, on Warmachine and Hordes, is here and the second on Malifaux is here). This time around it’s a game that I don’t get to play much, but that represents another interest – Flames of War. Flames of War I’ve always been interested in [...]

Peter and I played out a fun game of Flames of War this evening, but boy did we make a lot of mistakes. We played the Free for All mission, which is thankfully pretty straightforward. The game was set in Italy in October 1943, just north of the Volturno. Peter fielded a 3rd Infantry Division [...]

Paul and I are planning a mixed Flames of War and Nuts! Italian WWII campaign based around Solerno over the summer. These are the first of my 28mm Bolt Action paratroopers from Warlord Games. Owen

Last week @docbungle suggested a good idea – namely, that wargamers/painters do a status update on a Monday of the hobby related things they did over the weekend and use the #miniaturemonday tag on twitter. Here’s my update for this weekend – I finished my Panzergrenadier Lehr Mortar platoon for Flames of War. I cleaned, [...]

I’ve been painting these guys over the last week. I used watered down Devlan Mud instead of the Army Painter Dark Shade dip for the quick shading. The results are about the same, so I might use it in future! I picked up Michael Wittmann’s Tiger tank, so it’ll be next on my painting table, [...]

Here’s a quick video on making 15mm rural houses for southern Italy. I’m planning a Flames of War campaign based in the Italian campaign. Owen

On the 12th June 1944 (D-Day +6) the 101st Airborne took Carentan, a crucial objective that provided a linkup between Utah and Omaha beaches. They encountered only light resistance with the majority of the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment having withdrawn due to a shortage of ammunition. This two-battle campaign describes the events of the following day, when the 501st, 502nd and 506th PIR encountered the German counter attacking force consisting of paratroopers and the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division to the southwest of the city.

I guess the title says it all! That’s a lot of bloggery… in one year – I started the year with posts about my MkII project, the Privateers. This was an interesting painting project as I’d acquired the start of the army from Ugo, the best painter in our club. I wanted to emulate his [...]