August 26, 2010 by johnlyons
John and Karl check out another of the new box sets for Flames of War "Blitzkrieg" This is the French Tank Combat Squadron. A nice mix of light and medium armour with Armoured Cars as scouting vehicles. We are liking these new sets that are on the way and hope this will encourage a lot of gamers to pick up and have a go!
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Nice vid guys- have ye done another vid on the blitzkreig stuff ?
Cool vid, with some little gems of info. I will be picking up my Blitzkrieg book tomorrow.
I assume that we have another vid to look forward too? It’s great to see FoW getting some ‘airtime’ 🙂
and BOOM!!! Karl instantly takes first place in the Cool T-shirt competition. Nice one.
Thanks guys – I’m quite interested in Early War French so this set looks like a must-buy.
yeah the French actually did have some of the better designs at the start of the western push, their guns weren’t optimized for anti-tank true, but like it was said they didn’t use them right and that was the problem. The French were so much in a defensive mind frame the f’d themselves.. like every losing side they tried to fight like the last war. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j6pRRllqd0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QirPMCVfUt0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK_bJAn1QGs&feature=related And like john said, while they did have tank platoons… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFMJN1WWBdI&feature=related they were few and fare between. That said I’d love to play them to see if I could do it better.… Read more »
John I love you man more flames of war stuff ^^ Im waiting for my German and British pain sets so I can start paint the starting kit I got. but would be nice to see a paint video on the StuG´s so I could get some tips or such.
A quick thing about your filming and production: It sounds like Karl is being picked up by two mics. Did you do anything about the close cam audio being from a different mic than the full shot? After you guys made up your new set I started hearing that funky sound change.
Damn, the temptation to start an early war German force is getting stronger. So many more late war toys I want…..so few dollars to spend. The funny part is the main thing drawing me away from buying more FoW minis is the idea of buying more 28mm WWII minis! I am currently painting up some Fallschirmjager from both Warlord (Bolt Action) and Artizan at the moment. As for the French effort, their is a quote in the fluff for Warmachine (by Kommandant Irusk of Khador in fact) that sums it up beautifully. “A general must act decisively in battle. He… Read more »
It’s good that John has another person he can historically relate to rather than Warren (who is still awesome but not much a historic nut)
“If you love big bottom girls then you’d love french tanks”
Haha nice one, where did he come from? Is he part of the team now?
“Well it’s French…”
yep that pretty much sums it up.
So it’ll be more humiliating if you kick someones behind with your early French army. 🙂
I love underdogs.
I pray the french of flames of war dont get mowed over like their historical counterparts
if they only were bigger :I id buy em. I hate super mini scale