Battlegroup AAR, WW2 British vs German

 
We had a great game of Battlegroup https://www.battlegroup.uk/

I had almost forgotten how good these rules are and it was nice to play another game of it.

In this game we had the British facing of the Germans where I would be commanding the British side.

In the first scouting face I had an armoured car and the german had a sniper and a halftrack mounting an 2cm autocannon..
Their luftwaffe troops had deployed a 88 anti air cannon in the village so I had to try to sneak my way forward.

I tried to hide my armoured car behind a house. But the halftrack had spotted me and engaged.

The gunfight must have scared the luftwaffe troops and the fled the field after I pulled a "Confused" marker. Abandoning their mighty 88 gun when they got spooked I felt a big relief. 

The gun fight continues, neither of us manages to strike penetrating hit.

But eventually the German half track finds a weak point in the armour and my armoured scout car is destroyed.

German panzer forces have arrived. The mighty Panzer V, Panthers...
But I had a timed airstrike from an Typhon closing in...

I tried to get closer to the enemy by crossing the bocage. 

Infantry with lots of wounded pulls back, geting some much needed rest on the other side of the bocage.

The timed airstrike with the Typhon takes out a Panther.

Trying to use the terrain I try to close in on the mighty Panthers, seeing no point in engaging them from the front.

One of my half tracks gets stuck trying to cross some bocage.

A Sherman is taken out by a Panther at close range.

What a blast.
I really like the Battlegroup rules and have always had lots of fun with it.

We didn't have time to play it till the end and had to cut it
It was a close game but in the end the Germans had taken less casualties. Counting how much moral was left of each force I think it was something like 90 vs 95 points left. So it was a close game but I couldn't inflict enough damage on those big cats. 

Napoleonic French Light Infantry Regiment

 

I have just painted an understrength French Napoleonic Light Regiment. By no means at full strength but its a start...

Some friends have for some time talked about starting up Napoleonics in 28mm and I was really hesitant as I have already done 28mm Napoleonics previously some years ago but then I had a hard time to motivate people to paint all those stripes and buttons and some people moved and so on.
So I gave away my painted collection.

But my friend Tobias 3d printed and handed me a small unit of French light infantry and some officers. 
So apparently I have started painted Napoleonics again...

I still had a box of unpainted miniatures and bits, so I could but together another small unit of light infantry...
To start it all up again my plan is to start with two small units of skirmishing french Voltigeurs with some officers.

The basic infantry are mounted on square bases and the officers on rounded or ellipsed base to make them stand out a little.

So yeah... Im apparantly doing Napoleonics again...

Vive la france!

Alpha Legion Headhunters

 

With a new edition of Horus Heresy close by I thought it was high time to finish up these Head Hunters that I have had built and half painted for some time. Now with the last steppes finished I got another 12 painted to the collection.

With the Head Hunter bits as a base and then added a lot of different bits, mostly MkVI armour and bits.