With Red Devils book coming out end of May, we have almost all paratrooper lists for the MID period in – we just miss the Blue Berets from USSR. Time to see how the Airborne troops improve their original army, and which one adds the most to the original roster.
By Robert Kelly
Photos by the Author
This is part 2 of Robert’s visit to the Norwegian and Danish War Museums.
My wife is Danish, and we usually travel to Denmark each spring. We secured two return tickets on the Copenhagen to Oslo.
The cruise leaves Copenhagen each day at 1630 hrs, arriving at Oslo for 0945 hrs the next morning. You get to spend the whole day in Oslo, and then the ship leaves Oslo at 1630 for Copenhagen, arriving at 0945 hrs the next morning.
I didn’t actually see the Danish War Museum after getting off the ship, but it makes for a better story, so let’s pretend. I’m actually using photos from a number of previous trips.
by Dennis Jensen
I was at my local hobby shop and they had the GaleForce nine Galactic Warzones Bunker for sale at 40% off. I’m not sure what I’m going to use it for but at normally $35 it was irresistible at only $21! The Galactic Warzones line is clearly designed for Star Wars Legion and is 28mm scale. The GaleForce nine buildings are pre-painted and are solidly cast.
As you can see in the below pictures they are nicely painted, and the piece would look really good on the table. With that said I couldn’t help but add a little more detail in the form of weathering and painting up the control modules. For an extra 15 minutes of time this piece really pops. Whether you plan on re-painting this piece or leaving it as is I highly recommend you finding room for it in your hobby bunker!
By Robert Kelly
Photos by the author
Next week we’ll showcase part 2 of Robert’s trip, the Danish War Museum.
My wife is Danish, and we usually travel to Denmark each spring. Though my understanding of the
Danish language is not too bad, hanging around the in-laws’ place for two to three weeks straight tends to get rather boring.
So, I’m always looking for other things to do like going to sporting events, checking out the gaming scene at clubs like Tinsoldaten in Aalborg, or Einherjerne’s in Aarhus. We always take a side trip or two, so when my sister in law offered two return tickets on the Copenhagen to Oslo mini-cruise we jumped on it.
The price of the tickets was very reasonable and included a room with a washroom. We found out that they seem to have made most of their money at the onboard restaurants and duty-free shops. It was $120 Canadian for a buffet diner for two with water. The cruise leaves Copenhagen each day at 1630 hrs, arriving at Oslo for 0945 hrs the next morning. You get to spend the whole day in Oslo, and then the ship leaves Oslo at 1630 for Copenhagen, arriving at 0945 hrs the next morning.
By: Ron Winkler
After several weeks of lockdown occupied mainly with painting my accumulated inventory of figures, I felt the need to try a solo wargame. Since I haven’t had much practice with I decided on the Battle of North Point scenario in the book using my 15mm inventory of 1812 US and British Napoleonic figures.
The scenario came from the Black Powder main rule book page 144. The first picture on the page shows Continental Unit uniforms from the Revolutionary War. Subsequent pictures depict 1812 uniforms for both sides. The battle map shown displays all units deployed in line at the start of the battle. I decided to have the British march down the road then deploy for an attack to add a little variation.
With some adjustments, I was able to assemble units for both sides as provided in the scenario. Because I was using 15mm figures I felt using centimeters instead of inches for movement and firing was appropriate. Also, having no game table, I converted the dining room table for use with the consent of the WAR OFFICE (wife).
by Dennis ‘Matt Varnish’ Campbell
Alright, back at it, Team Yankee Americans. In this post, I am outlining my Desert MERDC camo M113 hulls. MERDC camouflage was designed in the 70s to be a standardized pattern that could have 1 or two of the 4 colours repainted and thus transition from region or season. In reality, apart from some White added for winter, the camo remained and was eventually replaced. I like the look of it for my desert forces rather than the blander tan you see on most Desert Storm vehicles. Since I am doing Texas National Guard units (with Texas-based regforce attached) I loved finding a pic of an M901ITV from Fort Hood at the NTC in this very camo!
Disregard the green M150 TOW in the foreground
By Tom Burgess
One of my major projects of 2019 was to complete an all plastic German East Front Mid-War army. I chose to focus on Gepanzert Panzer Grenadiers. To do this I had two boxes of Battlefront’s ‘s and two Boxes of Plastic Soldier Company’s ‘s. So I thought this provided a nice opportunity to review and compare what these two companies offer for the same model.
Both companies provide the SdKfz-251/C in unit boxes of five vehicles. The Plastic Soldier Company (PSC) boxed set cost $29.99 (US) with crews/passengers but only the machinegun armed transport option and no decals.
Battlefront (BF) box set cost $45.99 (US) and comes with parts to build all five models as the transport (with or without 3.7cm anti-tank gun), the 7.5cm short assault gun, or the 8cm armored mortar version. The BF set also the proprietary unit cards, for use in Flames of War, as well as a sheet of waterslide decals.
For our second article on Battlegroup NORTHAG we’re going to take a closer look at building your force for a game. NORTHAG uses a points-based scheme for force building your, which makes for a great scheme that you and a friend can agree to a number of points ahead of a game and show up at the tabletop with matched forces.
There are 3 recommended sizes, 500 pts for a Platoon sized game on a 6×4, 750 pts for a Company sized game on a 6×6 or 6×8 and 1000 points for a Battalion sized game as a 6×10 or larger, but of course, you’re free to choose!
When constructing a force you utilize the menu of options associated with the nation you’re building for. Currently, within this very first book, the options are limited to Soviet or British. We’ll see further books and unofficial lists via the Battlegroup: NORTHAG Facebook page in time.
This is the latest of my articles on painting and modeling the Canadian Forces for Team Yankee.
When 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group was moved from Westphalia to Lahr on the Rhine frontier with France, some policy-makers apparently sought to do away with Canada’s tanks entirely. For some years, the brigade continued to use their Centurion tanks, an excellent tank in its day but one that could not be used on long road moves.
In 1975, the Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, visited Germany to ask the Chancellor for his support for getting Canada special trade status with the European Common Market. He was told to come back to discuss the matter once Canada had replaced its antiquated tanks. The contract for the Leopard tank acquisition followed quickly.
by Dennis Jensen
On March 12th-15th I attended Cold Wars 2020 at the Lancaster Wyndham (formerly the Lancaster Host.) As always, I had plans to teach at Hobby University. At this show I was scheduled to teach one beginner’s painting class using Games Workshop Squigs, host four-speed paint competitions and take part in an interview panel about entering painting competitions. My wife was scheduled to help with Paint and Take and my boys were going to play games, and paint figures.
There was some concern that the show would be canceled due to the threat of COVID-19 as other, larger events, were being canceled, however, the show went on. As the weekend progressed more and more events around the country were canceled leading a few of us to refer to Cold Wars as “The Last Convention in America.”
