DICE-DEVILS do it again!

A fantastic battle report from everyone's favourite Canadian Flames of War Group!

Just look at the battlefield, it's great! A rail-head, some small German villages, some Bundeswehr units holding out, with a huge amount of Soviet Armour pouring forth.

I am blown away by the contribution of these guys to this project, and also their support and on going suggestions.

Marders moving in to Position to use their MILAN's!

When I'm a bit fed up of it, I take stock, have a look at what these guys are doing and a couple of the other sites out there and I feel re-energised to carry on.

I would recommend you go to their site and have a look at the videos.....Their FOW WWII stuff is also a great read!

http://www.dicedevils.com/

STAZMATT's Collection of Cold War Forces

Another great member of my Southern Hemisphere Fraternity (or should that be Chapter?)....

STAZMATT aka ( Hazza31B on TMP) is an avid collector of minaitures much like most of us, and has also had the priviledge of serving in the Australian Royal Armoured Corps.

So he is yet another Former-Military guy who can shed some light on the World of Armoured and
Mechanised Warfare.....But I'll let him describe himself in his own words...

" I'm a late twenty-something father of 2 living on the central coast of new south wales Australia. I'm a Former Australian Army Tanky, Pastry Chef and currently a stay at home dad. 

My local club is The Newcastle Legions which has a very large FoW following. At the moment im collecting a Guards Tank Force And BAOR Force, on my work bench is the beginnings of US armoured CAV.

Still trying to get people to try something different and run demo games when I can. My wife gives me the odd game or two and is pretty supportive of my hobbies( she still occasionally harasses me about playing with little men though)"

Matt's excellent Blog is here and is well worth a look, as he is very diverse in his Model collections and it makes for an interesting read (Grumpy Dads Wargaming).

http://stazmatt.blogspot.com.au/

2013 and the painting table

UPDATE 

I finally got the TL-Model Bau decals. I'm quite pleased with them, a few minor issues (some of them have white edges for some reason, I will touch them up with a paint brush).

The British Decals are a bit smaller, and you get a lot more so it represents better value. With the USSR ones I'm struggling to find where to place them, and also the Numerics seem far too large (though I am no expert on WARPAC armour markings). Overall I'm going the less is more route on my decals and after these I will be highlighting again and weathering again.

As you can see they aren't bad, I will varnish over the top and then dullcote with some weathering powders and they should look great. I still need to decide on the Callsign marks and will wait of the Armour Book I've ordered to finish this.

ON THE PAINTING TABLE

SOVIET HQ'S / REAR ECHELON

I've got these spare models, so I decided to convert them up a bit and they can be used for various props or even for less well equipped WARPAC Partners (like Hungary). These will also be good in scenario's acting as rear echelon vehicles like Soviet HQ's or other formations. They were freebies and are just all round useful. 

NATO SPECIAL FORCES

My 1st Unit for SF is the 8-man SAS Stay behind Party. 

Essentially they will break into 2 - 4 man patrols. Each 4 man patrol has 

1 x STINGER + M16

2 x LAW + M16

1 x MILAN + M16

So they pack a fair bit of punch in such a tiny squad. These will be used in special scenario's (like raids, or neutralising HQ's) and not be used on the Battlefield with conventional forces.