Luftwaffe Field Divisions Squad for Bolt Action

    The Luftwaffe field divisions consisted of Luftwaffe personnel that were transfered to German Army. They fought mostly on the Eastern front, all the way to Berlin.

   I had a sprue of Warlord Games Blitzkrieg German infantry and some German grenadiers in smocks, ten miniatures all together. I decided to use them as Luftwaffe personnel. I painted blue their uniforms and splinter camouflage their smocks.

The squad

The NCO in splinter camo smock

The other three miniatures in smocks

   All the rest are Blitzkrieg miniatures in blue uniforms.

   I gave a Sturmpistole to one of them. I found a photo of this weapon in Wikipedia and tried to make it as close to the real one as I could. The profile of this Luftwaffe squad in Armies of Germany book, do not have this option. The Assault Engineers have such weapon. Anyway, we play for fun, so my friends will not have a problem if I add him to my squad.

Sturmpistole

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German Veteran Grenadiers

       Ten Grenadiers, each of them armed with an STG44 assault rifle, can be used as the perfect veteran squad or can be mixed in riflemen squads to increase their firepower. 

Veteran Grenadiers Squad

NCO

Soldiers with fieldgrey uniforms

Soldiers with splinter pattern uniforms

   The result of the camouflage pattern is more or less ok. I can say that I am satisfied though it was an extremely time-consuming process. Anyway, I have to arrange a battle for them to see some action now!

   My good friend Antonios returned from his Christmas vacation in Vienna and brought me as a gift this amazing basket.

   Speaking of German camouflage patterns, below you can see some lovely photos of the outskirts of Frankfurt.  

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Boats, Kriegsmarine and Greek New Year's cake

    There are scenarios in Bolt Action campaign books where it is neccessary to have some boats available in case your troops are forced to cross a river. 

Black Death onboard

   For this reason I used foamboard and balsa wood to made six little boats. They are proper for tabletop games because their hull is flat. 

Boats under construction

Ready to sail!

   Two weeks ago I posted three photos of my Kriegsmarine. I understand that it is not fair to post a number of photos for every Red Army post and only three for these guys. So I decided to post some more photos of my squad.

Kriegsmarine squad

The NCO

The LMG 

   The other day we played another Bolt Action battle. This time we picked the scenario  "The opposed crossing of the Don River" from Stalingrad campaign book of Warlord Games. The Soviets had to cross the river while the Germans were pursuing them.

The battlefield

Soviets next to the Don river

The Don river is a piece of blue fabric.

The Panzer hit the T-34

   One more time Antonios was victorious. His Germans managed to cut the way out and prevented the crossing of Don. So my Soviets lost.

   Here in Greece, we have a tradition on new year's day, the Vasilopita (Greek New Year's cake). We gather together, the whole family and our loved ones, to cut this cake, which has a lucky coin in it. The one who finds the coin in their piece of the cake has luck for the rest of the year. This year my youngest daughter Margarita found the coin! 

Καλή χρονιά! = Happy New Year!

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