Totengräber's Workpläce

Since the Star Wars RPG didn’t happen, Joel and I played a game of Flames of War instead. He had recently finished painting a large chunk of my army, so I was eager to get them on the table and play.  He’d also built me a custom objective marker using the extra pieces from my Tom Stanley box and some extra models he had lying around. The army looks really good on the table. The only problem I had with my models was identifying which stands went with which platoon. I fixed that just this morning by putting a stripe of color on the back of the base. I used some primary and somewhat bright colors so that they are easily idenifiable from just about anywhere on the table.

Here’s my army list:

• HQ
• Rifle Platoon (3 sections, PIAT, light mortar)
• Rifle Platoon (3 sections, PIAT, light mortar)
• Machine Gun Platoon (2 sections in MMG Carriers)
• Mortar Platoon (2 sections, 2 Observer teams)
• Universal Carrier Patrol (3 UCs)
• Wasp Carrier Patrol (3 Wasps)
• M10 17pdr SP (1 section)
• Churchill Crocodiles (3 tanks with trailers)
• Anti-Tank Guns (2 sections of 6pdrs)

I am honestly not sure what Joel’s army list consists of.

We ended up playing the Free For All mission and I was the attacker. Being my first “real” game, I don’t remember everything that happened, but we went through just about every aspect of the game. Some of the more interesting things that happened were that the Wasps got smoked by Shermans right off the bat, we each had a Rifle/MG platoon assault each other but neither were wiped out, he destroyed a few of my MMG carriers and some HMG teams, the Crocodiles used their flamethrowers on a Rifle/MG platoon and then assaulted them wiping them out. When we called the game, it was the top of turn 3, I believe and I believe I was going to probably lose the game. While I was trying to win, I was also trying to figure out how to play the game. I really enjoy this game mostly for the sheer number of models that can be put on the board at 15mm. I look forward to my next game.

I have a few more modeling and painting things to do with this army. First, I need to clear coat the models I got back from Joel. I’ve already noticed a few places where the paint is chipped or rubbing off. No big deal on these minis since it’s just block painting and an ink wash. When I get the turret for the M10 that was broken, I’ll need to paint those. I need to get a Heavy Mortar platoon to get the army up to 1,750 points which I understand is the “norm” for FoW at least in Late War. I also need to paint up my HW stands. Luckily it’s only two stands, so it shouldn’t take but maybe a couple of hours.