Corps Armored Field Artillery Battery

The Corps Armored Field Artillery Battery is finished and these are the results.
First a list of the problems I faced.
- The mini that operates the Machine gun on the Priest doesn't fit well.
- The 2 minis that are operating the main gun on the Priests had to be pinned. The only base to glue them are there feet.
- The driver and machine gun operator of the M2 Half-track didn't fit at all. Had to come up with all kind of tricks to make them fit.
- The M4 Sherman. This one had a lot of flash on both the hull and tracks that i had to remove first.

On to the pictures.

Corps Armored Field Artillery Battery (1 section)

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Finally new models to paint

After months the time is finally there, I have new BF models to paint.
I ordered them several months ago at my game store but because of circumstance never could go to the store and pick them up. But today I finally managed to go.
Now what did I pick up from the store.

First there are 2 blisters for my Armored field Artillery Battery.
Left you see a M4 Sherman which will be the platoons Sherman OP and at the right the M2 Half-track which will be the staff team transport.



Then there are 2 blisters for my Mid War Schützen kompanie.
It are 2 StuG D models. I am most happy with these because I have been looking for these for a year 2. If I ordered them they were never available.



And last a blister with a Panhard AMD-35. Yep an Early War mini, my first one.



I will start with the Sherman and half-track so my Armored field Artillery Battery with 1 section is complete. This also mean that when finished I will stop buying new stuff for my US Airborne for a while.
Next will be the 2 StuG's. I am now going to concentrate me on finishing my Afrika Schützen kompanie. It is about time after more then 2 years.
The Panhard AMD-35 is more of a side project. I will be working on this one between the other painting projects.

Thanks for reading.

The plans for this blog

I was looking the other day how many posts I placed so far in the month of May and saw that so far it was a grand total of 2. I was a little shocked about my inactivity on my blog. I know that starting with a new job was a reason but not to have only 2 posts so far.
Anyway it made me think what I really want and what my plans are with this blog. So after many hours I know what my plans are for this blog. And now it is time to share these plans with my followers.

The Layout of this blog.
This is something I have thought about many times in the past. I never were sure it was a good and nice layout and maybe had to change it. Now I have come to the conclusion that I like the way it is now and that I won't change anything. There is always a chance I change little things like a new avatar, add or delete Gadgets like the Follow by Email gadget which wasn't a big success. But the main layout will stay the same.

What can you expect to find in this blog.
-The main focus is and will be on the progress of all my Flames of War forces. Don't expect to see posts here about any other game then FoW. This means that most of the posts will be about painting my FoW forces. To bad that because of circumstances I haven't been able to pick up the new ordered mini's from my game-store so this means it is a bit quiet on the painting front.

 -I will continue with building Army-files, even though the making of these is put on hold for the moment. As soon as new files are built, beside the forum this is the place where it will be announced.

-All other things that have to do with FoW, like terrain building, After Action Reports and such will also be shown here.

-The Today in Dutch WWII History posts will of course stay. I like to inform people who don't live in the Netherlands what have happened here during the war. This also counts for the post about camps here in the Netherlands. In the near future I am going to expand it with something new. It will be posts about important people in the Netherlands during  WWII. These can be resistant fighters, collaborators or Nazi's. I don't know what the exact title of this series of posts will be. The working title for now is: Important People in Holland during WWII: name of the person.

-Everything about WWII that I find important enough to let people know about. This can be books or films or news on the Internet.

-Then of-course there are always things that don't fall in the above mentioned categories but deserve a little post on this blog. Like bringing other people's blogs to your attention.

If people have suggestions or like to see things, please don't hesitate and let me know.

Thanks for reading.

The Ancible Issue 09

For those who don't know what the Ancible is. The Ancible is a full colour PDF game magazine that is specialized in Science Fiction and fantasy wargaming. It used to be a printed magazine for which you needed a paid subscription but since a few issues it has become a free magazine in PDF format. Also the older numbers that once where only available as a printed magazine can now be downloaded for free.

Front cover The Ancible 09

What can be found in issue 09:
- Khador Gun Carriage
- Watching Paint Dry - Painting Article by Andy Walker of The Lair of Brevniks
- Heavy Gear Arena
- .45 Adventure
- Valarie Bruere - on the Spot
- Faction Wars Miniatures
- In the Box - Battletech

If interested and you like to check it out, this issue and older ones can be downloaded here:
The Ancible

Thanks for reading.

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.

Thanks for reading.