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| Welcome to the Flames Of War Website. Here you can find information on the entire range of Flames Of War Miniatures, Rules and Accessories, as well as Event Information, Gaming News and Hobby Tips |
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With our 50 points officially finished (or near enough to it) we are gearing up for a week of clashes in the 1st tournament of the Hobby League for a whole slew of exciting prizes
Hobby League Landing Page...
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Battlefront will be supporting the Hobby League with regular prizes for gamers who share their Hobby League photos to Instagram and Facebook.
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| tag @battlefrontminiatures and use the #HobbyLeague hashtag. |
Visit our Facebook page, and post your photos to our Woobox to enter |
| During the league, three winners on Instagram and three winners on Facebook will be randomly selected each month to win the following awesome prize! • a Flames Of War double-sided Mat (4'/120cm x 6'/180cm), • D-Day Landing Terrain Set, and • their choice of either D-Day Landing Craft or D-Day Beach Bunkers. |
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D-Day: German Spotlight
In early 1944, the situation in France was clearly the quiet before the storm. An Allied invasion would come, probably in the summer, but until then it was a quiet place to rebuild divisions shattered in the desperate autumn and winter battles on the Eastern Front behind the ‘Atlantic Wall’ fortifications lining the coast. The challenge faced by the German commanders, Rommel and von Rundstedt, was how to combine these disparate forces into a battle-winning force. Should the panzers support the beach defences closely? Or should they operate with complete freedom, seeking to strike a battle-winning blow to cut off and destroy the Allied armies once ashore? What would be the best way to handle the massive Allied superiority in numbers, artillery, especially heavy naval gunfire, and aircraft? They made their choices and failed. Can you do better, defeating the Allied invasion and saving Germany?
D-Day: German Spotlight...
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Battlefront Attending Events UPDATED 12th September
Battlefront attends events all over the world offering prize support and getting actively involved in the wargaming community. Within the next month, we have a number of events we are more than excited to be joining in with and we've put them all in one place here so you can join in the gaming, pick up the next piece of kit for your army, or even just watch fellow wargamers have a blast.
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You can find events near you on our Events Page where tournament organisers and gamers all over the world share the details of their next event and where you can find all the info you need to get involved. Check out this article to find an event that is near you, to sign up, and get involved with the Flames Of War community.
Battlefront Attending Events...
Click here to go to the Events Page...
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Prowling the Bocage
With the release of D-Day: German, which details the forces available to the Wehrmacht in Normandy 1944, the two Big Cats on the table are Tiger and the Panther. Now it may seem at first glance that the Tiger at 12 points a model, with the same FA (9) as the Panther and a better side armour is a no-brainer. the Panther has the same gun, is slightly faster and normally 1 point cheaper. When you start taking a few of them, the extra points add up and can allow you a few extra goodies. I don’t know about you, but I find in German lists I am always scraping for extra points, and the points you can save by taking Panthers instead of Tigers can buy you some extra Recce units, an interesting Command Card, or an upgrade for a infantry platoon.
Prowling the Bocage...
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Building a Reconnaissance Company Force
The coolest thing about the new Reconnaissance Company in D-Day: German is its flexibility. It’s similar to an Armoured Panzergrenadier Company in many ways, but lighter, faster, and more flexible. If I’m building a divisional reserve type force, I want to create a battlegroup mixing tanks and armoured infantry for a flexible approach to battle.
Building a Reconnaissance Company Force...
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Victor's All Americans
At the beginning of our Late-War Journey Wayne and I split a Hit The Beach box to give us extras to add to our Starter Army boxes. I’ve slowly been chipping away at the plastic Paratroopers and I can finally show them off!
I had a lot of fun painting these Paras, even though it took me a long time. I’ve accepted that my infantry painting speed is lacking but the end result makes me happy.
Check out Victor's All Americans here...
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Chris' Twelve Flavours, All Of Them Churchills
Having finished my Shermans I found myself with plenty of painting options sitting on the table, from the 25 pdr artillery, to a Motor Platoon and the Churchill tanks in the Army Deal. A smarter person would have picked the 25 pdrs to work on, primarily because I am planning on taking them to FlamesCon in a couple of months, I however picked the Churchills.
Check out Chris' (Churchill) Crocodiles here...
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Wayne's Customising Your Schürzen
While I was building my Panzer IVs for my German: D-Day force for the Big Four Of Late-War project I thought I would customise my Schürzen bazooka skirts a little more. One of the great things about the late-war Panzer IV kit is that it already comes with a three options for modelling your Schürzen, a clean undamaged set, a miss-aligned set with some of the plates not sitting level, and a set of rails with no plates hanging from them. You could also mix these up to give your tanks a variety of looks.
Check out how Wayne Customised His Schürzen here...
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A Tale Of Four Gamers like no other!
Over the next FOUR YEARS Casey, Chris, Victor and Wayne are building new armies for Late-War, starting with the Fortress Europe Starter Army Deals and then progressively tweaking them, adding new units and painting new models as the Late-War Journey progresses.
Over on their Instagram page you can keep up with all the behind the scenes developments as they share images from their painting desks at home. Who knows what you might see...
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Planning For Fall-In: Part 2 - Oil War
With the two sides for the Fall-In convention game decided, it’s time to construct the lists. List building for tournaments, historical scenarios, and demo games is different on many levels. Because this Oil War game is meant to be a convention game as well a demo of Team Yankee, I imposed the following restrictions upon myself: Keeping games as balanced as possible and including a wide variety of units
Planning For Fall-In: Part 2 - Oil War...
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Tournament Organiser Announcement UPDATE
Tournament Organisers can now take full advantage of 30 days free and full access to Flames Of War forces to help with checking and vetting entrants’ army lists. Simply contact [email protected] with the details of your events and you will be sent a unique login to give you 30 days of access to Forces. |
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No Dice, No Glory - D-Day German Previews
No Dice, No Glory is taking an early look at what you'll find in the D-Day German book.
No Dice, No Glory -Es ist Tigerzeit! German Tank Formations D-Day Book...
No Dice, No Glory -German D-Day Bat Rep...
No Dice, No Glory -German D-Day Command Cards - Going Off Book...
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No Dice, No Glory - Awake the Fuhrer, The German D-Day Book is Spoiled...
No Dice, No Glory - List building for Beach Defense and FJ Kompanies...
No Dice, No Glory - Learning the Lehr: Panzergrenadiers in D-Day German Forces, 1944... |
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Battlefront Events Website
Tournament and Event organisers can now publish their events on a dedicated event calendar that keeps all the fixtures of tournament season in one place. Easy to navigate for those searching for events to attend, events.battlefront.co.nz is designed to allow organisers to share the details of their events on a comprehensive tournament calendar.
Click here to go to the Battlefront Events Website...
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Rally Point
September 21 - 22 - Cosmopolitan Club, 32 Claudelands Road, Hamilon, New Zealand
Rallypoint is a Hamilton Immortals club event and goes back 45 years! Flames of War Midwar, V4 rules and points, with any LFTF released before August 2019. Points level and army format: 55 points, ONE formation only, up to 3 upgrade cards, from any MW book. Each army MUST contain a Tank platoon with at least front armour 3, AND an infantry platoon with at least 5 teams.
Check out Rally Point on the Battlefront Events Website...
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Battlefront Miniatures Beeston: Thursday Games Night
Thursday 1700 to 2200 - Battlefront Miniatures Europe Ltd, Unit 4C Tissington Close, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 6QG, United Kingdom
Every Thursday night, in the hobby club at Battlefront HQ, we hold a games club. There’s a thriving D&D group, and several tables to play any of our games on, Star Trek Ascendancy, Dr Who, or if you’re a fan of Serenity/Firefly, we’ve got Brigands and Browncoat’s or Firefly the game.If table top gaming is your thing, we’re all about 15mm, with Great War, Team Yankee, Flames of War and ‘Nam and Fate of a Nation! We’ve also got a dedicated hobby area where you can build or paint your models, and get advice on modelling tips too.So why not come and join us every Thursday.
Battlefront Miniatures Beeston: Thurday Games Night...
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Looking For More Information On Tournaments & Events?
We have an entire website dedicated to tournaments and events, you can use it to find events near you or even sign up to promote your own. check it out.
Battlefront Events Website... |
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D-Day German Releases
Early September Releases
D-Day Germans (FW263)
D-Day German" Unit Cards (FW263U)
Panther Tank Platoon (Plastic) (GBX161)
Grille 15cm Gun Platoon (GE151)
Armoured Flamethrower Platoon (GBX156)
Mid September Releases
Grenadier Company (Plastic) (GBX170)
Panzergrenadier Platoon (Plastic) (GBX169)
Panzergrenadier Company HQ (Plastic) (GBX168)
8cm Mortar Platoon (x6 Plastic) (GE785)
MG34 Machine-gun Platoon (x4 Plastic) (GE784)
Gun Platoon - Mortar Section (Plastic) (GBX177)
12cm Mortar Platoon (Plastic) (GE771)
Sd Kfz 251 Transport Platoon (Plastic) (GBX152)
8.8cm Heavy AA Platoon (Plastic) (GBX149)
15cm Rocket Launcher Battery (Plastic) (GBX146)
Tiger Heavy Tank Platoon (Plastic) (GBX140)
StuG (Late) Assault Gun Platoon (Plastic) (GBX143)
10.5cm Artillery Battery (Plastic) (GBX145)
Late September Releases
Fallschirmjager Company (Plastic) (GBX136)
Fallschirmjager 7.5cm Tank Hunter Platoon (Plastic) (GBX139)
Fallschirmjager Platoon (Plastic) (GE768)
Fallschirmjager Mortar Platoon (Plastic) (GE769)
Fallschirmjager HMG Platoon (Plastic) (GE770)
Fallschirmjager Dice (x20) (GE906)
Fallschirmjager Tokens & Objective Set (GE907)
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Early October Releases
Sd Kfz 250 Reconnaissance (MG and 3.7cm) Platoon (Plastic) (GBX129)
Sd Kfz 250 8cm/7.5cm/2cm Scout Platoon (Plastic) (GBX176)
Reconnaissance HQ Platoon (Plastic) (GBX150)
7.5cm Infantry Gun Platoon (GE579)
Mid October Releases
8.8cm Tank-Hunter Platton (Plastic) (GBX175)
Puma Scout Troop (Plastic) (GBX172)
7.5cm Tank Hunter Platoon (Plastic) (GBX148)
Mobelwagen 3.7cm AA Tank Platton (GBX174)
SdKfz 10/4 Light AA Platoon (Plastic) (GBX147)
Panzer IV Platoon (Plastic) (GBX142)
5cm Tank Hunter Platoon (Plastic) (GBX144)
15cm Infantry Gun Platoon (GE570)
Late October Releases
Wespe 10.5cm SP Artillery Battery (GBX155)
SdKfz 7/1 Quad AA Platoon (GBX159)
Hummel 15cm SP Artillery Battery (GBX158)
Jagdpanzer IV Tank-Hunter Platoon (GBX151)
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Last Updated On Thursday, September 19, 2019 by Luke at Battlefront
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