GF9 Tanks Skirmish Game

This mini is great. The cards in game for this thing give me such an interesting potential play style. They encourage you to get as close as possible to get maximum perks and shots off, but don’t really have the hulk points to carry that sort of daring do for so long. They can be partnered up with German tanks and the option to swap off the top piece to field as the turreted M14/41 or the Semovente self-propelled gun is a really nice touch.

I primed her with Army Painter Skeleton Bone spray, Agrax Earthshade wash, followed with Wraithbone dry brush and Cryptek Armourshade Gloss on the tracks and machine guns. I added some Vallejo Flat Brown, Leadbelcher and Zandri Dust here and there as weathering.

Hasn’t she doled up nice?

Always loved the look of the Valentine and glad i could get one into my collection. I just wish that Gale Force 9 would release a few of the obscure models from the Flames of War range and make cards for them.

I would love to have a Matilda a Matilda 2 and an Archer, but i don’t really want to buy a whole squad of them and make up cards. I don’t play Flames of War yet, but the starter set i bought is Germans and US, so doesn’t help me with my British tank hopes.

Just a heads up, the Tanks the Skirmish Game Sherman hulls (with the painted stars in the pic) are not the same sculpt as the Flames of War Hit the Beach set. I found that when playing the other day it doesn’t play on my mind if i used the Tanks game chassis with the 76 turrets.

I didn’t paint the stars on the latest Shermans i painted, because I was in a rush to play another game to submit another battle report to the D-Day Global Campaign.

https://dday.warconsole.com/battles/dugthefug1644-vs-andrew-1573941209

I have submitted another after game report to the D-Day Campaign.

I wanted to see how Shermans faired against a Tiger in game and they faired far better on the table top than they regularly did in real life.

I painted up two extra Shermans to play the game, pics to follow. ?

I discovered that the Shermans in the Tank The Skirmish Game box are not the same sculpts as the ones in the Hit The Beach box. I used the 76mm turrets on the Tanks game hulls and the 75mm turrets on the Hit The Beach hulls and it looked fine. The difference is a bit surprising when they were promoting the game by saying you can dive into the game with Flames of War models from the additional profile cards in the skirmish game box.

Thought i would get some punch for my small US force to take on the Panthers and Tigers I have.

I will probably go for decals for this one, though it will only be partial stars with the stowage baskets and spare track in the way.

US Self-propelled gun.

The weathering was fun. The build didn’t go quite right and I used Greenstuff to cover gaps either side on the skirts and mudguards. I left the finish quite rough and it ended up supporting the weathered muddy look of the finished tank.

The Sherman 75 and 76.

Painting the stars freehand went quite well. The ones on the grill at the back could have been better but happy to call these done.

https://dday.warconsole.com/battles/dugthefug1644-vs-andrew-1572916105

The next battle was against my son on Monday night.

My kitchen counter is 4 feet wide and works great for Skirmish games now I have had a big tidy up and rediscovered it. 🙂

The Barkmann Valley was just an opportunity to use the Barkmann upgrade card and use my sponge rocky outcrops (Thank you Hobby Lab) as I upped the points to 75pts.

The Honey was my MVP again but read the report for the result.