The Citadel

So I found an article in a back issue of Wargames Illustrated this week showing how to make your own sherman Crocodiles. I had some spare hulls so thought I'd give it a go. Materials used 3 donor hulls (these started life as open fire sherman v). I prepared the hulls by removing the cast lines from the front lower hull so they fit as a M4 US issue sherman. 2mm square plastic card.. This was added to the rear and sides of the hull for the fuel line which will run from the trailer at the rear.. I already own the trailers for my British Churchill crocs.. Finally some green stuff to fill in the area for the flame nozzle and the Croc is nearly there.. So what bonus does this unit give me in Flames of War?? Well first and foremost it makes my company always attacks a key thing for a tank company. Why you ask?? Well alot of missions in flames of war require a defender to hold off half their army in reserve with an attacking army most of the time I get to fully deploy my entire forc...

Forged in Battle Armoured Mortar Carriers.. Finally got around to finishing up this platoon for my US forces in Flames of War this week.. For those that don't know Forged in Battle is a UK based company producing resin and white metal vehicles and infantry. They are reasonably priced and to my mind good quality although do please wash the resin so the paint doesn't flake as they really do need to be properly prepared.. I have a number of the forged in battle kits now and they are in general around half the price for a vehicle platoon compared to the 15mm big manufacturer of battlefront.. The resin vehicles have bases pre moulded(a killer blow for some not bothered too much myself). The casting for the most part is fairly crisp although there are a few bubbles to be found here and there.. The driver had to be coaxed into position for these vehicles but overall I'm happy with how they came out... Each vehicle comes with a mortar/loader in one piece mold, 2 crew and...

So it's been far too long since I did any of this blogging stuff. What can I say you start the year with good intentions and then life throws you a curve ball... So game time has escaped me this year.. So to try and fix this problem I decided to pick up Tank's from Gale Force 9/ Battlefront, a 15mm skirmish game likened to xwing. In preparation for a hopeful game of Tank's later this week I decided to build up some card terrain for the 3x3 tabletop required for Tank's.. I shall endeavour to report back on my first thoughts of this new game,I hoping that it fulfills the need for a quick play game that can be fitted in around the life stuff... A test run of the battlefield