Flames of War: The Great War - French Renault FT-17s

Battlefront released The Great War supplement for Flames of War back in 2014, but I only recently completed painting my two FT-17 tanks for my French "Polish Army in France" army.

The FT-17 was a French light tank with its armament within a fully rotating turret - many consider it the world's first modern tank.

With the upcoming new Great War book getting released in March, I'm hoping to complete the rest of my French "Polish Army in France" army soon....

Team Yankee - Yugoslavian Army T-55s

In the spirit of "Tanksgiving", I wanted to post my recently completed T-55s for Team Yankee.  There are thirty-one of them in number, including a model to act as a command model.  I previously shared my attempts to make a JNA (Yugoslavian) force for Team Yankee (using the rules for the East Germans).

The T-55 tanks are from Plastic Soldier Company.  In general I prefer Battlefront's plastic tank offerings, but back when I purchased these their plastic T-55s were not yet released.  I primed the tanks with Goblin Green from Army Painter, and used Army Painter Dark Tone which greatly muted the bright green.  The tracks were first primed with the green, then hit on the top and bottom with black primer.  This saved me a ton time by not having to hand-paint the tracks (except for weathering).  I then painted on the details before lightly drybrushing on dust and dirt using a light brown color.

I also completed some BTR-60s a few weeks back and now almost have a fairly good-sized force awaiting some infantry, which are in progress....

Gaslands - Quick Introduction Game

We played our first introductory game of Gaslands on Friday and had a blast.  We played a three gate race and the three of us each had a single vehicle costing about 20 cans.  We played on a vinyl mat for Gale Fore Nine's TANKS game that I received as a Black Friday add-on one year, and it seems to have worked well despite being designed for 15mm models.
 
My vehicle, Windburner, did not fare so well.  First I did not shift-up in the first activation.  Then in over-doing it to catch up, it eventually crashed into a building and wiped-out.  In the end, Juice won the race using Flameblaster, barely edging out Roberge's mini-gun-armed buggy. The buggy got a few good shots off, but didn't inflict enough damage before the race ended.

It was a fun introductory game and I'm excited to try it again soon with additional vehicles and players.

"The eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month..."

One hundred years ago today, the conflict that would later be known as World War I ended.  The armistice was signed at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month in the town of Compiègne, France.

The Great War, as it was called as the time, helped define the 20th century, seeing the fall of all the continental European empires, the founding of the Soviet Union, and the spreading of seeds that would become World War II.

World War I left over 9 million combatants and over 7 million civilians dead.

Today on Veterans Day and Armistice Day, we honor our military veterans, thank those who have served our country... and celebrate peace.

Games Workshop Announces "Blackstone Fortress" - 40K Warhammer Quest!

Games Workshop recently announced Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress - a 40K version of Warhammer Quest. The game will come with eight different explorers for players to choose from, including a robot, a Kroot warrior, a Ratling, and an Eldar warrior, (the others appear to be additional members of the Imperium).

Each session of Blackstone Fortress will take two to three hours, and it is played on a hex-based board instead of the squares familiar to the original Warhammer Quest. It will also include D8s, D12s, and D20s in addition to the ubiquitous D6.

I've wanted a 40K version of Warhammer Quest since the mid-1990s (even failing miserably at creating my own version many years ago), so I'm very excited to find out more about the release....