Blogging Awards! The Liebster Awards

Hi All

I had seen the Liebster awards on a few blogs and thought it was a nice idea. It wasn't until Ben over at Breakthrough Assault, gave this blog one of his awards! I'm very flattered that people enjoy the blog.  My friends and I started it so we could show each other what we were doing in the hobby.  Now I get to bring attention to some very deserving Blogs.  Now there are some rules to this but they are not to restrictive.

1. Copy and paste the award on your blog linking it to the blogger who has given it you.

 2. Pass the award to your top 5 favourite blogs with less than 200 followers by leaving a comment on one of their posts to notify them that they have won the award and listing them on your own blog.

 3. Sit back and bask in the warm fuzzy feeling that comes with knowing you have made someones day!

 4. There is no obligation to pass this onto someone else but its nice if you take the time to do so. In no order here are some great blogs to check out and are my nominations to pass it on!

So my 5 winners are:-
1.  Legio Minimus - This was the first blog I started with my  friends Ghoulio and Greedo.  Some great articles on painting and tactics for 40k!

2.  Dice Devils - My boys in Ottawa.  These guys have done job as ambassadors for Flames of War in the Eastern Ontario region.  Amazing tournaments, terrain and videos all for Flames of War.

3.  The Calgary R.E.G.I.M.E.N.T. - A Dice Devil on lone to Calgary Clockwerks has helped to fan the Flames of Flames of War in the Frozen Tundra of Calgary.

4.  Scary Biscuits Studios - Insightful and inspiring articles about Flames of War with a Historical twist.

5.   Pet Miniature Gamers - My boys in Petawawa.  This blog is used as a forum to discuss rules and let everyone know of upcoming events in the areas Flames of War community.

There are too many blogs that I could honourable mention, basically all the blogs that I have linked along the side.

Cheers,
Big Willie

Panzer Pioneers vs British 8th Army in Breakthrough

Panthers bailed by steel rain! This was the final round of Fall Fubar a 1650 MW tournament put on by the Dice Devils GC at the Barrhaven Legion. As luck would have it my final round I was paired against my partner from last week Matt Varnish. The mission was Breakthrough and it promised to be a good one.

Panzer Pioneers OC and 2IC with Knackers Full Armoured Pioneer with knacker and supply vehicle Full Trucked Pioneers with knacker and supply vehicle 2 x 8-Rads 4 x Marders 2 x Panthers

Brit 8th Army OC and 2IC Mortar platoon HMG platoon Rifle platoon with 3 x Anti-tank rifles 4 x 25pdr battery 3 x Churchills 2 x Churchills 4 x 6pdr Portee 3 x Universal Carriers

Battle Cry 2012!

RKelly's Schwere Panzers

This weekend marked the annual Battle Cry at Perkins Hobby House in Petawawa.  I wasn't able to play but I did get the chance to stop in and snap some photos and say hello to everyone.  It looked like everyone was having a good time.  Enjoy the pictures, I should have a new battle report done soon.

Christmas Tree Objective

Santa Objective

Serge's Hell's Highway Brits

Close up of the plane

PhantomRescue's Chaffes

Close up of the $9000 Objective (yes that is an air bag on a jeep)...

Apparently the driver really likes the Yankees

A beautiful German force

A German SS Army

Tripples Stag Hound list

Matt Varnishes Russian Tanks

Close up of a Platoon Commander

Ca$h's Germans

Up close with the King Tiger and Hetzers

More German SS

Louie's Americans

Lugg's Pieper Kampfgruppe

BJ's Screaming Eagles Paratroopers

 

VIII Hasars

 

Battlefields

 

Urban Table

 

 Town square

Snow Table

European Country side

Desert Battlefield

French Country side

Random Table

Another Snow table

Panzer Pioneers vs German Grenadiers in Counterattack

Now that's some handy gunning! This was the second game for me at the Dice Devil's Fall Fubar. It was 1650 MW and held at the Barrhaven Legion. My opponent was Digari who, for those who read the last couple of Battle Reports, will know was the other half of the team I played in the final round of the OMG doubles tournament. The mission was Counterattack and since I was Mech infantry against his infantry I would be attacking. I have issues with this scenario being in a tournament, because I have pioneer supply vehicles and they allow me to put out wire (which I warned Digari about before hand).

Panzer Pioneers OC and 2IC with knackers Armoured Pioneers with knacker and supply vehicle Trucked Pioneers with knacker and supply vehicle 2 x 8-Rads 2 x Panthers 4 x Marders

German Pioneers OC and 2IC with pupchen Full platoon with PaK 38 Full platoon with PaK 38 2 x Panthers KV-1e 2 x 8-Rads 3 x Nebs with PaK 38 Stukas

Covering Fire! featured by WWPD

Covering Fire was lucky enough to be featured along side Dice Devils as a Partner Pick of the WWPD.  Thanks to Steve, Luke, John and all the WWPD network for the hard work they do making the hobby community a better place.  Congratulations to Dice Devils for being featured and for being dudes!  Speaking of which when is the new logo going to be up on the website DD's?  I want a shirt with that logo on it!

German Pioneers vs Australian Armoured Cav in Dust Up

Achtung, Hurricane inbound! This was the first game of the Dive Devils' Fall Fubar. IT was a three round 1650 MW tournament at the Barrhaven Legion. The first game was Dust Up and I played a PhamtonRescue (one of the members of the final team I played the week before).

Panzer Pioneers OC and 2IC with Knackers Armoured Pioneers with Knacker and supply vehicle Trucked Pioneers with Knacker and supply vehicle 2 x 8-Rads 4 x Marders 2 x Panthers

Austrailian Cavalry OC and 2IC crusader 3 x Crusaders 3 x Universal Carriers 3 x Shermans 3 x Shermans 4 x 25 pdrs Huricannes

Kampfgruppe Pieper vs JagdPanthers and Gernadiers in Encounter

Big Cat Bulls-eye! This was the final round of the OMG Doubles tournament. It was 1000 pts a player LW with the ability to share 100 pts between players. The final game ended up being Encounter and we were going to have our work cut out for us with only have 4 platoons between the two of us we were playing against Dice Devil's PhantomRescue and Digari.

Kampfgruppe Pieper Matt Varnish's HQ King Tiger 2 x King Tigers Me 262 Big Willie's HQ Panther 3 x Panthers Full Grenadier platoon 3 x Pumas

German Infantry and JagdPanthers PhantonRescue HQ and 2IC Half Infantry platoon Half Infantry platoon 2 x 88's 3 x Panzer IVs 3 x PaK 40s 2 x Marder IIIs Digari HQ JagdPanther 2 x JagdPanther 3 x AA guns Higher Comd Team in Panther

Kampfgruppe Pieper vs Hell's Highway British in Free For All

The old man draws a bead on his opposite and sends him to his maker! This was the second game of the OMG Doubles tournament. It was 1000 pts a player and the mission was free for all. We played against a Hell's Highway British list played by Stefan and Serge. They were rocking two 8 gun batteries of 25 pdrs with infantry supported by tanks, time for the pie plate of doom!

Kampfgruppe Pieper Big Willie's HQ Panther 3 x Panthers Full Grenadier platoon 3 x Pumas Matt Varnish's HQ - King Tiger 2 x King Tigers Me 262 support

Hell's Highway British Double SS's HQ and 2IC Infantry platoon Infantry platoon 2 x 6 pdrs 3 x AA guns 8 gun 25 pdr 8 gun 25 pdr HQ, 2IC Sherman and ARV 2 x Shermans, 2 x Firefly 2 x Shermans, 2 x Firefly Col JOE Vandeleur with RAF FAC

The Avenger's Initiative

So here is the group shot that got the ball rolling

So after playing around with easy army I have found the perfect fit for my latest FoW army idea.  I'm calling it the Avenger's Initiative because the army is going to be lead by Capt America (using the rules for Lt Spiers from the Nuts book, has bullet proof cover even in the open, tell me that doesn't sound like a certain shield).   My son and I have been watching Avenger's Earth's Mightiest Heroes and that help fill in the blanks.

HQ
OC - Capt America (aka Lt Spiers)
2IC - Bucky

Combat Platoons (aka the Capts Commandos)
Parachute Infantry with HQ, 2 x Bazookas, 1 x 60mm mortar and 6 rifle stands lead by Taccoa Sgt
Parachute Infantry with HQ, 2 x Bazookas, 1 x 60mm mortar and 6 rifle stands lead by Taccoa Sgt

Weapons Platoon (Howling Sgt Nick Fury)
LMG platoon with 1 section (4 LMGs)

Support Platoons
Sherman Platoon with 1 x Jumbo (The Incredible Hulk), 1 x Sherman (Black Panther) and 2 x Easy Eights (Thor and Ironman)
Tank Destroyers platoon with 4 x M18s (Hawkeye, Black Widow, Wasp and Ant Man)
Glider Artillery with 3 x 105mm guns and jeeps


Works out to 1650 on the nose.  With Game Summit's tournament in Feb I wonder if I can have it all done in time....

Kampfgruppe Pieper vs German Infantry in Counterattack

King Tigers burning or are they.... This was the first game of the OMG Doubles tournament. It was 1000 pts a player LW with the ability to shift up to 100 pts between players. I partnered up with the Dice Devil's very own Matt Varnish and we decided to rock our lists from Devil's Charge. The first mission of the tournament was Counterattack and Matt and I elected to auto attack.

Kampfgruppe Pieper Matt Varnish HQ KT 2 x KTs Me 262 Big Willie HQ Panther 3 x Panthers 3 x Pumas Full Grenadier platoon with faust

German Infantry Jay's Germans HQ and 2IC Small Infantry platoon Small Infantry platoon 8 x Panzerwerfers 2 x PaK 43s Alex's Germans OC and 2IC Panzer IVs 3 x Panzer IVs Full Grenadier platoon 2 x AA trucks 2 x 8-Rads

Germans Pioneers painted now what...

With the release of the Nuts book there has been a project that I've wanted to do for a while, here are a couple of hints.

 This picture is the biggest hint

I guess we will see how good my modeling is at 15mm scale. 

Panzer Pioneers vs German Grenadiers in Surrounded

Sometimes you can't buy a good roll.... This was another 1650 LW game to help me get ready for the up coming LW tournament at Perkins Hobby House. The tournament is going to be on 25 Nov so I won't be able to play in it as that is the same day as the 100th Grey Cup. I was playing against Thomas, who is newer to the game and is quickly developing unto a fierce player. We roled up surronded which is a mission that neither of us had played before.

Panzer Pioneers HQ and 2IC with fausts Full Pioneers with faust and supply vehicle Full Pioneers with faust and supply vehicle 3 x Panzer IIs 3 x Panthers 4 x Marder IIIs

German Pioneers HQ and 2IC Full Platoon of Pioneers Full Platoon of Pioneers 4 x 10.5cm guns 2 x Elefants 3 x AA guns on trucks

Dice Devils Fall Fubar 2012

This was the second weekend in a row that I was able to play in a tournament.  It was 1625 MW and was put on by the Dice Devils in Ottawa.  The venue was the Barrhaven Legion and it was 3 rounds starting at 1 pm and going until 10.  The Legion was a great venue with all kinds of food close by, well lite with air conditioning and a full service bar.  I will post all the AARs once I have posted all the AARs from last weekend.  In the mean time here are the armies that I was able to take pictures of.

My German Pioneers (Best Axis General, 2nd overall)

It took some practice but I'm happy with the hand painted numbers and Iron Crosses

Louie's Armoured Rifles (Best Allied General, 3rd overall)

Lothlann's Soviets

Ca$h's Germans (Best Overall)

RKelly's Canadians (Best Painted)

Matt Varnishes British

ThunderST's Germans

Stef's Germans

PhantomRescues Australians