All Quiet On The Martian Front

I have always been interested in HG Wells book War of the Worlds. I grew up reading that book and seeing the 50's movie and have always been fascinated with what would happen if Martians really attacked us.

I saw this game "All Quiet on the Martian Front" when it was on Kickstarter a few years ago. I won't go into detail on how that KS went, as I didn't participate in it. After reading lots of postings about people playing the game, and seeing pictures, I grew more and more curious about this game. Sadly it was out of print when I started looking at getting into the game. then I had the opportunity to buy a LARGE lot from someone who went in on the KS really heavy. He just wanted what he paid for the stuff and very little of the stuff was assembled. Needless to say I started hoarding money away for this and made the purchase.

Panzer IV F1/F2's

Continuing with my DAK tanks, I've added some Panzer IV F1/F2's with modifications I made to the Panzer III J's for barrel swapping.

Panzer III J's

To help grow my DAK army, I've painted up some Panzer III J's. Rather than settle with a specific gun for each model, I made them modular. I was toying with the idea of using magnets, but I thought that the size of magnets needed to keep the barrels in place would be too large. So after thinking about the situation for a while, I came up with a simple solution - pegs.

Leopard 2 Preview

As I mentioned in a previous post, I won a box set of the Leopard 2 (TGBX01) from Battlefront during their "Leopard Weekend". Well it arrived today!

DAK Marder III (7.62cm)

After looking at my Marders that I painted several years ago and deciding that their paint job didn't do they justice, I stripped them down and repainted them. Since I've been using my DAK army a lot lately, I wanted to add them to my force (since this specific model was used in North Africa).  The paint scheme needed to match that period, not to mention my current DAK theme, so Desert Yellow was called upon once more.

Team Yankee - Woot!

I never win anything - even if I was the only one entering a contest. The odds are always stacked against me when it comes to contests, which is why I am writing this post. My luck seems to have turned around!

I entered Battlefront's Facebook competition and my name was drawn. How cool is that?

That's my name on the Flames of War homepage!

So what did I win you might be asking? A new box of Team Yankee Leopard's when they come out!

Thank you again Battlefront! Check back when I do an unboxing/review of the set when they arrive.

DAK Pioneer and HMG platoons

Continuing with my DAK army, I've finished the Pioneers and HMG platoons I needed to help round out my army. It seems that every time I try to use my DAK list, my opponents always seem to be running tank lists. To help beef up the survivability of my 15. Panzerkompanie, I decided I needed some pioneers.

Swappable Infantry

I've been asked a few times on Facebook how I've used magnets to create hot-swappable infantry on my bases. Since this seems to be an interesting subject people want to know about I thought I'd come up with a tutorial on why and how I do this.

Steelworks Factory Review

The postman delivered a goodie for me today, the first building of the 2016 Premium Property Subscription - the Steelworks Factory! This is the second housing subscription I've subscribed to through Battlefront, and I have to say that I'm quite pleased with this subscription so far.

With design features like the saw-tooth roof and bare brick walls, this is a totally typical manufacturing plant or warehouse. It will look at home on battlefields for any period from the Industrial Revolution till today.

DAK Kradschützen Platoon

Continuing to add to my DAK army, I've added the DAK Kradschützen!

Photo courtesy: Flames of War

Rommel !!

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a German field marshal of World War II. He earned the respect of both his own troops and his enemies.

7.5cm leIG18 gun

The 7.5cm leichte Infantriegeschutz 18 (7.5cm le.IG 18), during World War II, was an infantry support gun of the German Wehrmacht.

Sd.Kfz.6/3 'Diana'

The SdKfz 6 was a half-track that was utilized by the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Schützen Platoon (Afrika)

The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of their African colonies, the formation fought on in Africa, under various appellations, from March 1941 until its surrender in May 1943. The term "Afrika Korps" is actually pseudo-German, deriving from an incomplete German title, which was in any case written as a single word. The German term referred solely to the initial formation, the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK), which formed part of the Axis command of the German and Italian forces in North Africa. However, the name stuck, with both news media and Allied soldiers, as the name for all subsequent German units in North Africa. The reputation of the Afrika Korps is closely associated with that of its original commander, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel.