Jacob Carter

There would be a few problems if you uprate to a medium howitzer.

Cost is the first thing, it’d be roughly a 30 pt increase which would make it more expensive than a medium howitzer anyways.  I don’t know what the 25 pounder costs to begin with, but I imagine it’s more than the standard light howitzer right?

Tactics are the next problem as you…[Read more]

I agree only when it comes to sixes, yet I believe the rewards of getting a hit with a heavy or super heavy AT gun outweighs the risk of missing.

If you’re shooting at a veteran squad with the MMG on 5’s; odds are you’ll get ~2 hits and maybe a causality, however with a super heavy gun you could cause D3 pins, hit at least half the squad, and b…[Read more]

Think of it this way, the pins reduce the amount of time a soldier wants to expose themselves to aim their weapon, less time aiming means less accurate fire.

However with an indirect weapon you’re aiming the weapon from cover and adjusting based on where the shells are hitting, and the instant you hit indirectly you don’t have to adjust the wea…[Read more]

I can’t say anything about strategies as I don’t have a lot of games under my belt but I’d say be sure to take advantage of the faction rule that gives German machine guns an extra dice.  Also I’d recommend a few assault rifles since late war Veteran German squads can equip a whole squad with them.

As for painting, take it at your own pace.  I…[Read more]

If you’re aiming for fun I’d say get a Flak 88 (and transport), while it’s probably too expensive to include in lists with the sturmtiger if you make a more infantry centered list that should be a good addition!  Plus whenever you don’t use it in an army you could use it as an objective!

Looks awesome dude!  I’m only up to a 4×4 foot board which has taken forever to build.  I’m trying to theme it as Holland during Market Garden and will probably have US Airborne with British armor against mixed forces of Germans.

I think I figured it out, it appears to be the handle of the 1910 pick mattock that was issued to some troops!

Pretty sure those are wicker transport cases for artillery shells.