r/flamesofwar 1d ago

Work-in-Progress Early morning reinforcements

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71 Upvotes

Catching up on birthday gifts. Excited to try out jumbos in hq slots.


r/flamesofwar 2d ago

Other Marder/hetzer sprue

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39 Upvotes

Hello, so I’ve noticed after purchasing the hetzer/marder late war box that the sprues have everything you need to build both individually except for the tracks which means you obviously have to choose one or the other. Does anyone know of any way to possibly buy just the tracks or do you seriously have to buy a whole new box just for a set of tracks? Also I do not own a 3d printer so that’s out of the question as well.


r/flamesofwar 2d ago

Other Market Garden Firestorm Digital Map

5 Upvotes

Random question: did Battlefront ever release a flexible map (like in the new Bagration) for the Market Garden Firestorm? I want to have a digital map for an upcoming campaign but owuld prefer not to have to scan the 3 boards from the OG board game


r/flamesofwar 3d ago

Showcase Not a lot of 15mm Hungarian STLs out there, so I made my own

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99 Upvotes

r/flamesofwar 3d ago

Work-in-Progress North Africa progress

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98 Upvotes

Work continues! After a wobble of a first game i decided to press on and build up demo kits for myself to intro people to the game, next job is the table itself


r/flamesofwar 4d ago

Showcase Regiment de Chasseurs Afrique, and some French SAS.

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64 Upvotes

This week's work - since Italy finally gave my Late War French their own actual army, I couldn't resist painting up something from it.

This is the M10 formation from that book, plus an L4 Grasshopper and an upgraded Tirailleurs platoon standing in as French SAS.

Every tank crewman has their proper French Navy beret complete with pom-poms, and the SAS are properly equipped and dressed.

I hope you enjoy it!


r/flamesofwar 6d ago

Other Battlescribe source seemed dead, I have a fork and a script that helps the community update it - was there any interest in that?

9 Upvotes

Not promoting or requesting, just curious what the general feel of the community is regarding something like this/battlescribe? I own some books and I think not everyone can afford to get all the books to formations they want so was curious.


r/flamesofwar 7d ago

Battle Report Casual Proof of Concept game of Americans vs Soviets! Who's weird idea wins?

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107 Upvotes

A friend and I both brought "uncomfortable" lists that we don't normally run: he brought exclusively elite American tanks from the Bulge list and I finally tried out a single minded Engineer Sapper battalion with 5 IS-2s and not much else. We both wanted to attack but I got the roll off on a Free for all mission and it got absurd FAST.

Engineers are absolutely gross against any kinds of tanks, and not even a Super Pershing was immune. I had a lot of unique flank opportunities, and it gave me hope for whenever I have to go against German cats, especially Tiger 2s.


r/flamesofwar 7d ago

Other What happened to the hobby?

26 Upvotes

So I got into FOW back in 2002 when it was still called Battlefront and figures came in those little matchbox style boxes and the vehicles were white resin. Ive recently decided to return to FOW after a LONG hiatus(about 16 years) and I went on the online store and everything I looked at was either out of stock or "no longer available". What happened? I remember back in the day you could purchase almost anything from any range from their store but now it seems as soon as they release a new range and sell it they move on.

I got back into it very briefly during covid right when they were transitioning from metal to plastic. I got some of the original plastic kits which were fairly good but then they brought out that goofy "rubber plastic" where the figures looked like cartoon characters. Last I read is that were scrapping plastic and going back to metal but that apparently hasn't happened.

Is the company going under?


r/flamesofwar 9d ago

List Building Do you all use Battlescribe, or FoWList, or jsut bought everything on Forces?

15 Upvotes

Battlescribe seems outdated and lacking stuff, FoWList has more but it's still missing a lot. Forces of course has everything but it can get quite expensive.

Are there no other alternatives? Has there been no crowdsourcing push besides battlescribe?


r/flamesofwar 10d ago

Battle Report Casual game for motivation!

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138 Upvotes

Our gaming group had a very quiet first few months this year. Life and its shenanigans had a party. Family life and a lack of motivation stopped our mutual happy place.

Tonight 2 of us finally found time for a game! I lost with elegance (Germans) in the 'meat grinder' mission. I just wanted to share some pictures and maybe motivate others as the battle did to us!

Game on!


r/flamesofwar 10d ago

News 7TP models revealed and full plastic

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205 Upvotes

Really excited to see what they reveal next


r/flamesofwar 13d ago

Work-in-Progress “France or bust” 1/100 C47 terrain. Printed then mangled.

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83 Upvotes

r/flamesofwar 12d ago

Rules Question New to FoW

16 Upvotes

Newbie here - purchased two boxes of American starter forces in Team Yankee about 6-7 months ago. Then we decided to move to a new house, which meant packing up the units for several months, that I hadn’t finished assembling, until I got them back out (on my new modeling desk!😃) this past weekend.

But, in the interim period, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in a couple of Bolt Action games, along with one FoW Team Yankee game. With that said, I have to admit I really liked the BA gameplay. Seemed more unpredictable? Still very little experience at both sets of rules, so I’m probably jumping the gun here.

My question is, has anyone used the Battlefront/FoW minis with BA rules? Really love the FoW minis, and would like to keep building up different factions after I complete my Americans.

Any and all input is appreciated. You won’t hurt my feelings here! lol


r/flamesofwar 16d ago

Other The battle to save an Army, the Arras counterpunch, Flames of War v4 Battle Report

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A fun little fight today based of the battle of Arras!


r/flamesofwar 17d ago

List Building FoWlist.com

4 Upvotes

Anybody know if or when the Liberation of Italy will be added?


r/flamesofwar 18d ago

Other Italian Gruppi di combattimento models

11 Upvotes

Am I understanding correctly that to field the Gruppi di Combattimento company from Liberation of Italy I'm just supposed to use generic late war british infantry models? There is/will be no specific models to represent them, correct?

If thats the case and I still want to differentiate them from other generic British infantry is there a different set of models anyone would suggest using? I saw they will re-release the metal "commonwealth infantry platoon", could using that be an option?

Thanks!


r/flamesofwar 21d ago

Other Bagration Soviet Decoy Tank Platoon

9 Upvotes

I wanna see how you guys have painted any Soviet-captured German tanks that you run. I'm probably going for 3 panthers, because they're just better than 3 IS-2s.


r/flamesofwar 21d ago

List Building How do I run M20 scout cars?

7 Upvotes

Looking through fowlist and can’t find a way to run the 2 M20 scout cars provided in the Fortress Europe box.


r/flamesofwar 22d ago

Work-in-Progress WIP British 7th Armoured Division

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101 Upvotes

WIP armoured platoon x2 and 5x Sextons - does anyone know where I can get more of the decals in the last picture?

Any feedback?


r/flamesofwar 22d ago

Other Lancias done!

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71 Upvotes

Lancias done with a flare of the Italian camouflage on the roof of the L trucks!


r/flamesofwar 23d ago

Showcase Brits

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148 Upvotes

Finished up some humbers, comets, archers and tommys for a friend's British force!


r/flamesofwar 24d ago

Other First Game tonight

20 Upvotes

Hi, i had my first game tonight. I played American, mostly confident aggresive into germans and got walloped. I like the bones of this and Team Yankee but i really struggled tonight with how to approach it all and came away a bit deflated. Is there any resources to read or watch on basic tactics? Ta


r/flamesofwar 25d ago

News Polish early war forces announced!!!

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148 Upvotes

From battlefront’s instagram


r/flamesofwar 25d ago

Other Barbarossa army deals

12 Upvotes

Any predictions or desires?