So it's that time of year again, when our club thinks about it's annual Flames of War end-of-year event in which we remember the loss of a close friend and clubmate a few years ago. Every year the organisers come up with something mad and this year blogger Pelarel decided it was going to be:
- 60-point Infantry companies
- Only 1 top armour 1 unit and no top armour 2
- Only 1 support platoon
I've never really looked at the Italian Motorciclisti Company before. Now I have and I love it so I'll be running it for Remember December.
The List
Core
Motociclisti HQ - 2 Rifle Teams on motorcycles
Motociclisti Platoon - 5x Rifle/MG Teams on motorcycles
Motociclisti Platoon - 5x Rifle/MG Teams on motorcycles
Breda MG Platoon - 3x HMG Teams
Armoured Cars - 4x AB41 Armoured Cars
AT Guns - 4x47mm Elefantini
AA Guns - 2x 20mm Autocannoni
Support
Semovente Platoon - 5x Semovente 75/18
Command Cards
For Italy!; Frontline Fighter; Motorcycles (3); Bombe Passaglia (2)
Getting Ready
I had two jobs to do for this one - rebase a motorcycle transport base and acquire and paint some AB41s. Blogger Pooch sorted me out with some spare bases and local 3D maestro Che at Potbelly Miniatures printed me the AB41s in a matter of days and I smashed them out in a weekend:
The motorcycles I did a *long* time ago so just had to rebase the HQ from two motorcycles on one base to one on two bases and do a bit of repair work. Here's a fair sample of this absurdity:
Thoughts?
It's probably terrible. The tiny infantry platoons mean it's brittle AF but it has a lot of MG dice so should be able to deliver those tiny platoons. The Semoventes provide a template if I need one and some mid-range AT as well. But it's going to be SO MUCH fun to play.
Next Time
I've made a bit of progress on 15mm Spanish. Not enough for this week but enough....
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