Flames of War Germans

The slow grow league has a great video to explain the processes on the Flames of War website. Being new to this but having played a couple of games of an older version of Flames of War I played it safe with a starter set.

I went for the German force purely for aesthetics and because Gerry keeps mentioning they had the prettiest colour schemes. At the same time to get everything looking like it should I also picked up the Colours Up book which is awesome value for money and useful for any ww2 player using vehicles or new hobbyists.

This first month sees us getting to grips with 50 points worth of stuff so settling on what this consists of is where I have started.

Having looked at the information in the starter set this is easy. I have chosen from the suggested list in the starter adjusting slightly to keep my final force to 100 points or less.

Panzer IV Tank Company HQ

2 x Panzer IV (7.5cm) –  11 points

Panzer IV Tank Platoon

3 x Panzer IV (7.5cm) – 16 points

Armoured Panzer Grenadier Platoon

7 x MG34 teams

1 x Sd Kfz 251 (3,7cm) half-track

3 x Sd Kfz 251 (MG) half-track

1 x MG34 team with Panzerfaust

1 x 2.8cm anti-tank rifle team – 16 points

8.8cm Heavy AA Platoon

2 x 8.8cm AA Guns – 6 points

Total Force – 49 points

I really like the visual diversity of this force bringing armour, infantry and artillery together. It is by far the highest model count containing all of the infantry so if I can get this done my model count to hit 25 points the next two months will be low especially as my 2 x Tigers are 24 points.

Best of luck to all those taking part and hope to see more projects from those taking part too.

Happy hobbying everyone.