Flames of 40k (Orks vs Imperial Guard)

Titans walk to war!

At the shop a few weeks ago we were able to try out my Flames of War/Warhammer 40k rule set. It was a fun game, but I don't have the points worked out so we just tried to wing it... that didn't work out well. It appears the Imperium had likely double the amount of points the poor orks had. It was a short game but helped me out a ton!

I won't do a full battle report since this one was one-sided from the get go but the pictures are below.

Imperial Guard, Space Marines, Titans and Super Heavies.

Orks... sadly overwhelmed by the Imperium.

The Imperium attacks an ork camp.

A Mega Gargant, Grand Gargant, Gargants and a few Stompas.

The Shadowswords alone could deal with most of the Ork Garagants.

Titan killers...

WAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!!!

An Ork Gargant and some Death Rolla tanks.

A Warlord of Legio ex Astris.

Baneblades, Ho!

Ork Bikes rush for ward and hide, with Weirdboy towers moving up.

A Gargant taking some damage.

Any ork light vehicles that stuck their nose out were knocked out.

Burning ork speedstas.

Ork Gargants trudge/rumble forward.

Imperial Armor pushes forward.

Stompas closing with the enemy.

The Imperial infantry stay out of sight of the big boys.

Orks trying to close before being shot to pieces.

Here is comes.

The Leviathan Command Vehicle pushed a little too far forward.

Stompa assault, and a dead Baneblade.

The Leviathan backs off after getting kicked a few times by a Gargant.

The Grand Gargant wasn't quite able to take out the warhound before the scout titan broke off.

While the Orks did some damage in the assaults they were too shot up to survive close range Imperial fire, and the last Gargants were destroyed.

It ended up being a turkey shoot but I was able to learn a lot of valuable lessons from this game and I've made many changes since then.

Flames of 40k

So the blog has not been updated much recently... my bad. That also means my hobby and painting time has been lacking as of late too.

However I do have a project I've been spending some time on recently. That is adapting Battlefronts Flames of War rules for the Warhammer 40k universe. One of the guys in the shop has a ton of old Epic miniatures sitting around and I've been able to pick up some on ebay lately. Too bad I missed to boat, now that Games Workshop has canceled all the specialist game lines, so no more Epic 40k minis.

I am excited about how well the rules seem to transition to the 40k Universe. So expect similar lists to my Flames of War Arab Israeli War lists.

So here is a teaser, three of my Imperial Titans.

A Warlord, Reaver and Warhound Titan.

A Warlord Titan.

 So keep an eye out for more Flames of 40k.

Here is a peek at our first game.

Imperial Forces ready to take on the Orks!

Egyptian IS-3 Tanks (FOW)

Okay time to show a little love to my Egyptians. I finally broke down and bought a couple of boxes of Battlefront IS-3m's. While they are pricey, (I got mine somewhat cheaper) the tanks are very cool. The IS-3m is the last of the Soviet heavy tanks and is an absolute monster, squat and dangerous looking, the IS-3 is a frightening beast to tackle.

In game its front armor is the same as the later designs like the T-55, M48 and Centurion with a higher side armor. What really hurts this brute is the Hen and Chicks rule along with its rate of fire one weapon. The lack of stabilizers really kills its ability to fight any kind of mobile battle, but neither could its historical version.

But I have found that a heavy Egyptian force is very difficult for any Israeli force to tackle.

Kuteybh Debabh Tank Battalion	UAR AIW
Tank Company

Platoon	Qty	Unit	Points
Headquarters
Kuteybh Debabh HQ  p.13	1	T-54 or T-55 with Stabiliser and Searchlight	65
Combat Platoons
Debabh (Tank) Company  p.14	5	T-54 or T-55 with Stabiliser and Searchlight	335
Debabh (Tank) Company  p.14	10	T-54 or T-55 with Stabiliser and Searchlight	545
Debabh (Tank) Company  p.14	6	IS-3M	280
Weapons Platoon
Debabh Air Defence Company  p.15	2	ZSU-57-2	95
Support Platoons
Scout Company  p.17	1 6	BTR-50PK PT-76	150
Self-propelled Anti-tank Company  p.19	4	SU-100M	115
Air Support  p.19	3	Sporadic Air Support MiG-17	155
Company Points:			1740

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Source document: Fate of a Nation booklet

Most Israeli forces just can't cope with that many high front armor, high AT tanks. In a mission with reserves I can place 22 front armor 12 tanks on the board.

But without further ado, here are the pictures.

The big nastiest!

Historically the IS-3m's backed up infantry alongside T-34/85s.

But I couldn't help but add them into my T-55 lists.

These things look intimidating.

With the cat killer special rule, the SU-100s can be a terror.

Especially with dozens of other tanks charging straight at the enemy.

It then gets difficult for the Israeli player to pick which platoon to target.

Israeli Infantry, Halftracks and AMX tanks (FOW)

I have been on quite the painting spree for Six Day War miniatures. Next up is my Israeli Infantry and halftracks, all Battlefront. They are great miniatures, as much of the new infantry ranges from BF have been, even if they were lazy with the Jordanians... I used BF's painting guide for the Israelis and it looks good. However most color photos of the time seem to show most uniforms being a little more green that the Vallejo Khaki or yellow green. So for my second platoon, for the infantry lists I'm working on, I will darken up the uniform color a bit.

An Israeli Mech platoon pushing into a town on the westbank.

BF M3 halftracks with the new Israeli stowage.

I used BF's painting guide for the infantry.

120mm Mortar halftracks providing close support in the back.

Next up are the first two of my Battlefront AMX tanks. I never intended to use many of these with my Shermans but they were common enough in 67' to add at least a platoon of four. I'll likely go with M50's over them but who knows.

Little guys scouting out ahead of the infantry.

Nothing like a panther gun on a light tank...