Flames Of War D-Day Boot Camp: Friday
Come and join us for an awesome weekend of content as we're hanging out with the Battlefront Miniatures team and our community members as we get stuck into Flames Of War to commemorate D-Day.
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Comment on any of the blog posts every day for your chance to win one of three Flames of War bundles made up of the Hit The Beach box set, Fortress Europe, and Colours of War.
We've got lots of awesome content lined up over the weekend including hobby videos, interviews, history lessons and of course plenty of gameplay and action from the Boot Camp itself.
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Warren And Gerry Assemble The Troops
Warren and Gerry are getting stuck into some hobbying themselves, as they crack open their own copies of Hit The Beach.
Warren has even brought out his portable hobby station, and is looking forward to bringing all his new basing expertise to bear on these Flames of War minis.
Delve Into The Big Four Of Late War
The guys over at Battlefront are also delving into Flames of War in a big way, as they recently launched their Big Four Of Late War project.
“On June 6, 1944, thousands of men were nervously waiting in landing craft, transport aircraft and bunkers as the fate of the world rested on their shoulders. The liberation of Europe was about to begin.
75 years later, across the world, thousands of gamers are preparing to embark on a journey of their own as Flames Of War returns to Late War. Starting with Fortress Europe and the D-Day series of books Battlefront will spend the next four years extensively covering the fighting in Europe through 1944 to 1945.”
Battlefront’s very own Big Four, Chris Townley, Wayne Turner, Victor Pesch, and Casey Davies, are all starting their own force and will be building it up in the hope of claiming victory.
We’ll be keeping an eye on this over the weekend and you can find out more in this Introduction to the Journey.
Warren's Basing Tips
All your base are belong to Warren!
Warren takes a moment from happily building up his Flames of War armies to share some of his tips on basing.
Chris Shares His Inspiration For Big Four Of Late War
Over on Battlefront’s Big Four Of Late War, Chris shares some of the inspiration behind his force of WWII Brits.
Chris draws on his favourite WWII movies, such as A Bridge Too Far, for his motivation, and turns to the pages of Colours of War for some tips on creating an army he can be proud of.
You can read his full article over at Big Four Of Late War.
I am really looking forward to the d-day coverage on youtube, and the new models and books that come out!
Woohoo – been refreshing all afternoon to catch the start of the coverage – let the armchair wargaming commence!
Haha, I know, right? cant wait to follow this event.
Will be here watching as couldnt make it across for this one 🙁
On the up side I’m with you in spirit, sat here painting up a US Armoured Rifle Platoon
It should be fun to see how things turn out.
Looking forward to watching the boot camp coverage!
Can’t wait to see how this weekend unfolds
That colours of war book looks to be a great resource, and these new starter bundles seem a great deal.
I’d say it is a must-buy for anyone playing FoW or Team Yankee, because it covers stuff that the building instructions don’t explain (like the explanation of the various markings)
Any idea the price on the starter set?
Nice tables there guys and thanks for giving those of us at home a chance at earning a small portion of hobby heaven.
I love Bootcamp weekends. Maybe one day I will make it over for one, but until then I will live vicariously through all of you. =)
Having been to two I can say it’s definitely worth it.
A D-Day event with multiple boards is definitely gonna be good!
I hope the Beasts post an compilations video on youtube like they did with the UKGE. That made it so much easier to see all the content and was a great success for me
Great job that you and Battlefront teamed up to mark this anniversary
I got next to nothing done last weekend, thanks to your live blogs from UKGE. Looks like this weekend is going to be a write-off too! (but in a good way, you know what I mean…)
Will be glued to the boot camp all weekend, my Hit the Beach arrived today so I can join in all the fun.
What a great way to celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-day. I was lucky enough to be at Omaha beach on the 70th anniversary 5 years ago and it was a highlight of my life. The history, the sacrifices and the stories were just so awesome. Glad to see Flames of War still going strong, love that game, just need my super microscope glasses when it comes to painting the soldiers. Have a great camp fellas.
This series has been awesome. I think Battlefront has hit this one out of the park.
The tables look great….I just wish I could be in the UK and be able to take part in this event. Warren….I was hoping to see you and Dr. Dave reunited for some D-Day action.
he would have been if Mrs Dr Dave wasn’t due with a tiny Dr Davelet ^^
The tables are looking good
Have a great weekend guys and girls, gutted I couldn’t be there!
The tables look great and definitely picked up a few ideas for easy to store scenery. Thanks
This is going to be awesome!
Can’t wait for all the D-Day boot vamp coverage on YouTube!
Looking forward to this weekends video content. Tables look fantastic so everyone have a great time.
Wish I could join you for one of these. I just don’t have the money or the annual leave, sadly.
I want to win something. But this stuff looks so cool. I have to get something, but what? Also I will not be able to get anything anytime soon. As funds are to tight to get anything for the summer at least.