Team Yankee Iron Maiden Intercontinental Launch Blog

Once again it is time to take over the Battlefront NZ offices and bring you our coverage of our Iron Maiden Launch weekend. Meet the team and lets get started.

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We take a close look at the upcoming British models that make up a Chieftain Armoured Squadron.

In our first Iron Maiden battle report, Andrew's British Iron Division force are defending against Wayne's Red Army Tank Battalion in the Hasty Attack mission. Can the Brits hold back the red tide? In part 1 we take a look at the lists, deployment and the first couple of turns. Stay tuned for part 2.

The studio guys are making some progress on their Iron Maiden armies. Andrew is assembling his stuff today. Wayne and Aaron have had a bit of a head start; Wayne is airbrushing his vehicles and Aaron is applying decals. Victor has made some clever laser-cut templates for the Berlin Brigade camouflage scheme - we'll check back with him later on to see how that works out.

See how easy it is to put together the new plastic Chieftain main battle tank as Aaron takes us through the process of building this new kit.

Before the guys headed off for lunch, Chris snapped a quick couple of photos to check their progress. If you have Spotify and would like to know what the guys are listening to while they work, it's the Essential '80s Rock album.

Find out how to paint the distinctive green and black camouflage pattern on British vehicles and helicopters as Aaron takes us through the process with our new Chieftain model.

We take a close look at the upcoming British models that make up a FV432 Mechanised Company, including the infantry teams with GPMG machine-guns, Carl Gustav recoilless guns and Milan missiles, and the FV432 APCs.

Painting infantry can sometimes be a little daunting, here Aaron shares his advice on how to quickly paint up British infantry to get them on the table as fast as possible.

The FV432 is primary troop carrier for the British in Iron Maiden. And even if your army does not have any infantry, this kit also lets you assemble the Swingfire missile vehicle. Aaron shows you how to correctly assemble either model.

The Spartan is the armoured personnel carrier variant of the CVR(T) family. It acts as an infantry carrier for the armoured reconnaissance regiment troops. The Striker, mounting five Swingfire missiles, provides the recce troops with long-range anti-tank capability. Aaron shows you how to assemble this new plastic kit.

Need to change the oil and spark plugs in your tank? Better capture the Mechanics Workshop before the enemy does!

We've enjoying sharing the first part of our Iron Maiden coverage with you, now it is time for the team in the UK to take over and show you what they are up to today. Take it away, lads!

The Lynx can deploy Airmobile infantry and Milan teams anywhere on the table, or it can provide TOW anti-tank guided missile support to smash even the most stubborn attacker. Find out how quickly you can put one together with Aaron.

Welcome back to NZ everyone, as you can see we are picking up where things left off with getting armies ready. Hopefully we'll get some games in this afternoon.

Tanks and Infantry may be the core of most forces, but everyone needs a little support when things get rough. The British can count on Artillery, Aircraft, Helicopters and more. Check out some of the options here.

Hall of Heroes opened their doors yesterday to a wave of Team Yankee gamers ready to try out the new British Force for the first time as well as playing through an instore tournament.

British armies have always had a little flash and dash of elan, so Iron Maiden would not be complete without the Scorpions and Scimitars of the Medium Recce Squadron.

When there are tanks driving up and down the streets the last place you want to park your car is outside. With the new Garages box, you can update your European Buildings and take them out of the 1940s and bring them to the 1980s.

With so many Soviet tanks coming over the horizon, the NATO troops cannot be everywhere at once to stop them. That’s why you need an Airmobile Company with infantry and Milan teams to give the defensive line a little extra punch. Check out what some of the models in the Airmobile Company look like here.

Khairul Effendy is part of the senior management team in our KL factory. He is an avid modeller and painter, especially of aircraft. This weekend he has been trying out an experimental winter camouflage scheme for his Iron Maiden army.

Some of the guys have spent Sunday afternoon playing Team Yankee. Andrew managed consecutive victories gainst Aaron and then Victor. Charlie has just about finished editing the conclusion of the battle report video, so soon we'll be able to see if Andrew is as unstoppable as he seems to be this afternoon.

At the end of part one of our Iron Maiden battle report, it looked like Wayne's Soviets might have turned the tables on Andrew's Brits. In the exciting conclusion, can Andrew successfully hold off the red horde?

Last week we asked for your questions about Iron Maiden or anything else relating to Team Yankee. We expected people would want to know about the new book, Iron Maiden, but most of the questions were about future Team Yankee releases. We have gathered Peter, Wayne and Chris to answer a selection of these questions.