The big update operation of the army files to the V3 rules part 8.

Final.
Last 3 updated army files to V3 are added to the list:
Turning Tide - US 2nd and 3rd Armored Recon Divisions (3v1.0) Approved
Turning Tide - 7th Armoured, 4th Canadian Armoured Division Motor Company (3v1.0) Approved
Turning Tide - 7th Armoured, 4th Canadian Armoured Division Lorried Company (3v1.0) Approved

2 Files that are updated because I found errors in these.
Turning Tide - Canadian Armoured Recce Squadron (3v1.1) Approved
Turning Tide - 3rd Canadian, British 3rd, 50th T&T Infantry Divisions (3v1.2) Approved

2 Files that just had a very minor update
Turning Tide - US Airborne Divisions (3v1.2) Approved
Hell's Highway - US Airborne (3v1.2) Approved

Use the Files link under the title-header for the full list of links to download the files.

Maybe in the future I will make a few new army files but it won't be many.

Now I finally I can spend this extra time on painting my FoW models.

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The big update operation of the army files to the V3 rules part 6.

Here is the next batch of updated army files which can be used with the V3 rules:
Turning Tide - Canadian Armoured Recce Squadron (3v1.0) Approved
Turning Tide - Canadian Armoured Squadron (3v1.0) Approved
Turning Tide - Commando Troop (Beaches) (3v1.0) Approved
Turning Tide - Commando Troop (Orne) (3v1.0) Approved
Turning Tide - British Tank Squadron (3v1.0) Approved

In the Commando army files I included a new section in the OoB named Commando Replacements.
This include the stats for those teams that you may use to replace teams in the Commando company following the special rules on page 70 Turning Tide.

For the links to download the files click on the Files link under the Title-header.

Now only 6 more files to go.

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The big update operation of the army files to the V3 rules part 5.

Again 3 new files have been updated to the V3 rules. Namely.
-Turning Tide - US Task Force A (3v1.0) Approved
-Turning Tide - Ranger Battalion (Normandy) (3v1.0) Approved
-Turning Tide - Ranger Battalion (Brittany) (3v1.0) Approved

In the Ranger army files I included a new section in the OoB named Ranger Replacements.
This include the stats for those teams that you may use to replace teams in the Ranger company and / or Ranger mortar platoon following the special rules on page 188 and 189 TT.

The following army files now have the stats included for the self defence Anti-Aircraft guns like the AA MG and the .50 cal AA MG for shooting at aircraft and the stats for the Anti-aircraft platoons have been changed. Plus I cleaned up these files.
-11th Armoured Division in Market Garden Taurus Pursuant PDF (3v2.2) Approved
-Grenadier Guards PDF (3v2.2) Approved
-Scots Divisions PDF (3v2.1) Approved
-Poles in Italy PDF (3v1.1) Approved
-Glider Rifle Company Market Garden PDF (3v2.3) Approved

The next 2 army files also had a minor update.
-Turning Tide - US Light Tank Divisions (3v1.2) Approved
-Turning Tide - US Medium Tank Divisions (3v1.2) Approved

Click on the Files link under my Title-header  to go to the links for download.

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The big update operation of the army files to the V3 rules part 4.

As promised.
I updated the below mentioned files.
The self defence Anti-Aircraft guns like the AA MG and the .50 cal AA MG now have the stats included for shooting at aircraft.
Also the stats for the Anti-aircraft platoons have been changed.
And in some files I fixed a couple of errors that I found while I was updating the army files.

Hell's Highway - US Airborne (3v1.1) Approved
Turning Tide - US Airborne Divisions (3v1.2) Approved
Turning Tide - US Light Tank Divisions (3v1.1) Approved
Turning Tide - US Medium Tank Divisions (3v1.1) Approved
Hell's Highway - 30th Corps (3v1.1) Approved
Turning Tide - 3rd Canadian, British 3rd, 50th T&T Infantry Divisions (3v1.1) Approved

And 2 more army files of which I had to correct some things that I uploaded earlier but not have mentioned about it here on my blog before.

Turning Tide - British Armoured Squadron (3v1.2) Approved
Turning Tide - British Armoured Recce Squadron (3v1.2) Approved


The next files that will be updated from the V2 to the V3 rules are:
Both the Turning Tide US Ranger battalions, and the Turning Tide Task Force A.

News from the painting front is that there is no news. I am in a painting dip. Somehow I can't get myself motivated to do some painting. 

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The big update operation of the army files to the V3 rules part 3.

I didn't had it planned to have the next army files to be updated so soon. But because of circumstances I couldn't do any painting. So I decided to spent some more of my vacation free time on updating 3 army files. And as promised it are 3 British army files.
Turning Tide - British 6th Airborne Division (3v1.0) Approved
Turning Tide - British Armoured Squadron (3v1.0) Approved
Turning Tide - British Armoured Recce Squadron (3v1.0) Approved
In these files I made some changes to the Anti-Aircraft platoon stats when they fire at aircraft. As you don't need the anti tank value I left that one out now.
What I also included in these files is the stats for self defence Anti-Aircraft guns like the AA MG and the .50 cal AA MG.
Later on I will also make these changes in the files that I have already updated. But because it ain't the most important changes it can wait for the moment.
The links to the files can be found Here.
Or just just click on the Files link under the title-header of the blog.
Oh and let me know if you find an error.

I am sure that the next files that will be updated will take a while because my vacation is almost over. And I haven't done any updating on these army files before the release of the Know Your Enemy book as i had done with the army files updated so far.

Thanks for reading.

The big update operation of the army files to the V3 rules part 2.

Today I have added two more updated army files to the list.
-Turning Tide - US Light Tank Divisions (3v1.0) Approved
-Turning Tide - US Medium Tank Divisions (3v1.0) Approved

I also made a few changes to the Turning Tide US Airborne (3v1.1).
-The Glider field artillery didn't get a description that it has the Breakthrough Gun special rule.
-And I now also added Staff Sergeant Pool so he can be taken with the Medium tank platoon.

Let me know if something ain't working properly or when you find an error.

The links to the files can be found Here.
Or just just click on the Files link under the title-header of the blog.

The next files will probably for the British army. Don't know when these will be done. I need to repair a few of my M5A1 Stuarts and I need to do some painting too.

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The big update operation of the army files to the V3 rules has started.

Now that I have the Know Your Enemy book I have started with the big operation to update all my army files to the V3 rules version.
So far I have done four files.
-Turning Tide - US Airborne Divisions (3v1.0) Approved
-Hell's Highway - US Airborne (3v1.0) Approved
-Turning Tide - 3rd Canadian, British 3rd, 50th T&T Infantry Divisions (3v1.0) Approved
-Hell's Highway - 30th Corps (3v1.0) Approved
These were the easy ones because I already had an Under Review version of these files.
As usual there are two versions of each file. An Excel one and an ODS one.

The links to the files can be found Here.
Or just just click on the Files link under the title-header of the blog.

It will take a while before all my army files will be updated. Even that these 4 files were Under Review, which meant that a lot of work was already done, it still took me almost a day to update them. Most other files that I have to update don't have an Under Review version. So it can take some months before all files are done. I hope you have the patience to wait. :-) I will do my best to have updated all files as soon as possible!

Thanks for reading.

Again changes to V3 Approved army files.

Because Battlefront keeps constantly changing some of their V3 Approved army files I again have to make changes to two army files. Which is sometimes a little frustrating.
In this case it are the following 2 files:
-Glider Rifle Company Market Garden PDF (3v2.2) Approved
-Grenadier Guards PDF (3v2.1) Approved
In both PDF briefings the Anti-Aircraft platoons have been changed. It has been split up in a normal Anti-Aircraft platoon and an Anti-Aircraft (SP) platoon. These changes now also been made in the Army files.

Further I uploaded 3 Under review files. One is a new one and two are updated ones.
The new one is:
-Turning Tide - 3rd Canadian, British 3rd, 50th T&T Infantry Divisions (3v1.0) Under Revie
The two updated ones are:
-Turning Tide - US Airborne Divisions (3v2.0) Under Review
-Hell's Highway - US Airborne (3v2.0) Under Revie
In the note sheets of these three file you will now find the following sentence:
This is an Under Review Army File. Some of the Stat and Diagram changes are assumptions by me based on the Forces book from the V3 bundle and V3 approved PDF briefings.
Keep this in mind when you use these files.
These are also the last Under Review files I made or change. At the beginning of June the Know Your Enemy book will be available. This book will bring all Late War army-books up to date with the V3 rules.
Go here: Army files or click on the Files link under the title-header and look for the right file to download.

Thanks for reading.

Updated Army files 2

Here is part 2 of the updated Army files.

All the following files have the Carrier Patrols and / or Scout Patrols changed. The Boys Anti-Tank rifle and / or Piat anti tank projector that replaces an extra hull mounted MG at no cost. In the old files you bought these upgrades for 0 points. This was wrong and is now changed. You now pay the 5 points that normally the Extra hull mounted MG would cost. Also in the Scots Divisions army file the way you can choose the Boys Anti-Tank rifle and Piat anti tank projector has been changed. One thing, if you use the files check if the OoB has the correct printing size.

Which files have been changed:

-Grenadier Guards PDF (v1.4)

-Hell's Highway - XXX Corps (v3.2)

-Scots Divisions pdf (v1.2)

-Turning Tide - 7th Armoured, 4th Canadian Armoured Division Motor Company (v1.1)

-Turning Tide - 7th Armoured, 4th Canadian Armoured Lorried Rifle Company (v1.1)

-Turning Tide - Canadian Armoured Recce Squadron (v1.1)

Thanks for reading.

Updated Army files 1

This is for those who don't frequently or never visit the FoW forum. I am busy updating most of the army files I made. Something I started with before the crash.
Now the first batch of updated files are uploaded and can be downloaded. The second batch with updated files will follow soon.
The files can be found here: Army files
Here is a list of witch files are updated so far and what have been changed in the files.

- Sicherung in Warsaw(V1.1)
The Gepanzerte Pionier Platoon option wasn't working.

- D Minus 1 - US Airborne (V3.5)
In the old file you could choose between 2 different kind of Cavalry platoons. 1 from the book or 1 from a seperate pdf file. As this PDF file no longer exist I have deleted this option from the army file.

- Hell's Highway - US Airborne (V3.5) + Glider Rifle Company PDF (V1.5)
The Parachute OoB didn't show the Matador tractor when you did select it. The CoAx MG and Hull MG are now mentioned separately in the OoB and no longer together in 1 row. Also did I change in both the Parachute and Glider Company sheets the formulas in the cells that gives the points for the jeeps that can be selected with the Glider field Artillery battery. These weren't working properly.

- Turning Tide - US Airborne Divisions (v2.5)
Both the OoB didn't show the armor values of the Stuart tanks. Error solved.

- North Africa - US Parachute (book 2) (V1.8)
I know I did do something with this file problem is that don't know what it is. A day later my computer crashed.

- Turning Tide - 3rd Canadian, British 3rd, 50th T&T Infantry Divisions (v2.0)
Carrier Patrols. The Boys AT or Piat anti tank projector that replaces a extra hull mounted MG at no cost. Thing is that you could buy these upgrades in the files for 0 points. This is wrong and is now changed. You now pay the 5 points that normally the Extra hull mounted MG would cost. This also count for Recce scout patrols.
This change will be made in all the British and commonwealth files I made.

- Turning Tide - Tank Squadron (v1.2)
Tank Squadron sheet. Combat platoon totals wasn't working correct. solved
Tank Squadron OoB sheet. The sheet didn't show the stats for the Headquarters. solved
Universal carrier patrol. see above.

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An update.

Finally I have found some time to post a new post. It is a quick one just before I head of to work.
Yep things have changed. I have a new job. OK it is only a part time job but it takes up enough time. And I must say that I am glad that I found this job. Consequence is that I have less time to paint, make army files and to post on my blog. It is all about dividing time now.
First I like to welcome all the new followers. I hope you all will enjoy my blog and stick around.
Something else is that all forces in the Turning Tide book have an army file. A total of 21. I also made a file for the Guards Grenadier PDF. Further there are some updated files.
To check it all out take a look here:
Army Files

At the moment it is very quiet on my painting table. I haven't found time to pick up my new stuff at the game-store. But i wonder if I would have spend much time on painting. Although it is April-May the temperatures at the moment are those that you normally find in the summertime. For those in Australia and New Zealand, summertime here is June, July and August.
Also the last time it did rain here it was at the end of February.
I must say these are the perfect circumstances for priming and sealing models.

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Progress on the Corps Armored Field Artillery Battery.

An update about the Corps Armored Field artillery Battery I am working on.
The three Priest's, the staff team and Command team are done.
As you can see at the pictures the models don't have a layer of dullcoat yet. This will be done when the rest of the models are painted. I am waiting for A M4 Sherman Observer and a Half-track that I ordered. These plus the Jeep I already have makes it complete for now. The 2nd section of Priest's will be added in the future.
Sorry for the crappy pictures.







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The last three Turning Tide army files

Well the time has finally arrived. It is done.
The last 3 army files for the Turning Tide book are uploaded and ready to be downloaded.
One for the US:
-Turning Tide - 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions Rifle Company (v1.0)
 Two for the British:
-Turning Tide - Canadian Armoured Recce Squadron (v1.0)
-Turning Tide - 7th Armoured, 4th Canadian Armoured Lorried Rifle Company (v1.0)

As usual for each file there are 3 variations: Excel 2003, Excel 2007 and OpenOffice.

With these 3 army files there is total of 21 army files to be used with the Turning Tide book.
I like to thank Les for helping me to check all 21 files on errors.

 The link to find these files.
Army Files 

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More new army files.

Some more new Army files.
First there is a file for the Scots Division PDF. Named Scots Divisions pdf (v1.0)
It is made for the current available PDF on the BF website.
Then there are four new files to use with the Turning Tide book.
Those are:
-Turning Tide - Armoured Squadron (v1.0)
-Turning Tide - Canadian Armoured Squadron (v1.0)
-Turning Tide - Tank Squadron (v1.0)
-Turning Tide - Ranger Battalion (Brittany) (v1.0)

As usual available in Excel 2003, Excel 2007 and OpenOffice.
This means that I have about 5 more large files to make from the Turning Tide book to have all army's covered.
 In the mean time I also try to do some painting. :-)

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Army files number 3 and 4 of the army file poll

Here are the next 2 files of the poll. The one that became number 3; Commando (Beaches) and the one that became number 4; Commando (Orne). Both from the Turning Tide book.
The Commando (Beaches) file contains a new option. In Cell 11 you first have to select a Support Division. Some of  the support platoons that can support the Commando troop must be from the 3rd Division, 3rd Canadian Division or 50th Division. It can't be a mix. So selecting a Support Division is important to get the right points for these support platoons. Standard it is set on 3rd Division. In the Breaching Group (row 38 and 50) you can only select how many engineering teams you want. I leave it up to you to fill in what exactly you take.

In the Commando (Orne) file you have the option to take the 51st Highland Division Lorried Rifle Platoon (row 56) this is the Lorried Rifle Platoon from the 7th Armoured Division. See page 69 Turning Tide.
As always there is an Excel, Excel 2007 and an OpenOffice version of these files.
 
Now, for those who haven't noticed it yet, something about some other files. There are some updated files for the following company's because they contained some mistakes:

Turning Tide - US Airborne Divisions (v2.0) (Problem with the Corps Armored Field Artillery Battery)
Turning Tide - US Light Tank Divisions (v1.5) (Problem with the Recon Platoon)
Turning Tide - US Medium Tank Divisions (v1.5)(Problem with the Recon Platoon)
Turning Tide - 3rd Canadian, British 3rd, 50th T&T Infantry Divisions (v1.2)(Problem with the Independent Armoured Platoon)

The next files also have an update although they didn't contain any mistakes. I just made some changes in the data.
Hell's Highway - US Airborne (V3.3) + Glider Rifle Company PDF (V1.4)
D Minus 1 - US Airborne (V3.4)
North Africa - US Parachute (book 2) (V1.6)

The links to find all new files:

- Army Files. (Page on my blog)

- Flames of War Army Excel Files.

Thanks for reading.

Field Battery, Royal Artillery platoon: The 2nd part. Finished.

Finally the second part of the Field Battery, Royal Artillery platoon for my Canadian Company is done. I started with this part at the end of November 2010 ( Field Battery, Royal Artillery platoon: The 2nd part) but because of all kind of circumstances it took much longer then planned to paint this part.
One thing I am considering is to repaint the shells with another color.
It will now form together with the first part of the platoon (Field Battery, Royal Artillery Platoon end result)  a platoon that contains eight 25 pdr guns. The Canadian Company with the Field Battery, Royal Artillery platoon can be from the Turning Tide handbook or, if I wish, from the old Monty's Meatgrinder handbook.

The pictures:

Field Battery, Royal Artillery platoon: The 2nd part.

Field Battery, Royal Artillery platoon: The 2nd part. The 25 pdr Guns.

Field Battery, Royal Artillery platoon: The 2nd part. Observer and Command teams.

Field Battery, Royal Artillery the full platoon

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Chemical Mortar Platoon

A new platoon is added to my US Airborne Company. The Chemical Mortar Platoon.
I can use this platoon when I build an Airborne Company from the Turning Tide handbook or, if I wish from the old D minus 1 handbook.
Normally I paint a platoon like this in a day or a weekend but now it took me more then a week. I was and still am glad that I already can paint for an hour spread over the day. I am not that happy with the end result but for me it is good enough.
The platoon also has the option to include a jeep with a .50cal AA MG and jeep with trailers. But because I won't use these I have decided not to included them at this point but will buy them later on.

The pictures.

Chemical Mortar Platoon

4.2" Chemical Mortars

Command and Observer teams

Bazooka teams

Last I like to welcome the following new followers to my blog: Laparson, Tecian, Ken dawg, Frederik Hansson, Matt D, William Yankausky and Rens vanVliet.

Thanks for looking and reading.

2nd Army File from the poll: Turning Tide - US Armored Recon Company (v1.0) and 1 file for Dieppe

The first new file is Turning Tide - US Armored Recon Company (v1.0).
There is not much to tell about it. Works the same way as the other files.
One thing I like to say is that I want to give credits to a person, on the FoW forum known as Lap1964, because he helps me with checking the Turning Tide files on mistakes.

The other file is Dieppe - Forces (v1.0) from the Dieppe PDF. This a Mid War file.
I started to work on this file some time ago but never finished it. Now, between building the other files, I also decided to finish this one.

For both files there is  an Excel 2003, Excel 2007 and an OpenOffice version.

The links:
- Army Excel Files. (Page on my blog)
- Flames of War Army Excel Files.

A last note: the Turning Tide - Ranger Battalion (Normandy) has been updated to v1.1. The OoB wasn't working properly and you couldn't fill in points in Cell D3 in the Ranger Company sheet.

These are the last files for a while.
I think everybody who follows this blog will know the reason.
As soon as it is possible for me I will start working on the other files again.

Thanks for reading.

1st Army File from the poll: Turning Tide - Ranger Battalion (Normandy)

The first file of the Poll is done.
It is the file that had 1st place: Ranger Battalion (Normandy).

Something new is added in this file.
Row 12 of the Ranger Company sheet. Here you first select an Assault Division.
Some of the support platoons, Boat section and  Assault Engineer Combat platoon (left out the DD Tank platoon because this one is already rated as Confident Trained and has the same point cost in both the 1st and 29th Assault company), that can support the Ranger Company can be from the 1st or 29th Assault Division.
Selecting an Assault Division is important to get the right Skill and Motivation and the right point cost for the platoons. Standard it is set on 1st Assault Division.

Although I added this new feature to the file it ain't sure it will stay. There are some things unclear for the Ranger Battalion on the subject of which Assault Division supports the Rangers.
On page 186 of Turning Tide it nowhere says how it should be done, like in other forces, and there are no markings in the diagram. So I asked a question on the forum, see this LINK, and hope that BF will come up with an answer.

There is, as always,  an Excel 2003, Excel 2007 and an OpenOffice version.

The links:
- Army Excel Files. (Page on my blog)
- Flames of War Army Excel Files.

Thanks for reading.

Poll: "Which Army file to build?". The Results.

The poll is closed. A total of 34 people have voted (including me but that was more to avoid a tie). ;-)

The results:
Armoured Recce Squadron 3 votes
Commando (Orne) 4 votes
Commando (Beaches) 5 votes
Armored Recon Company 9 votes
Ranger Battalion (Normandy) 13 votes

So I know what i have to do, start with a file for the Ranger Battalion (Normandy). :-)
Thanks for voting and I hope you will all vote again when I put up the next poll.

Thanks for reading.