15mm Plastic Panthers

15mm Plastic Panthers

One of the latest releases from The Plastic Soldier Company are 15mm Panther tanks.

The kit comes with all the respective parts to make either the A, D or G variants.

I already have a box of the Flames of War Panthers, so probably won’t get this kit. However the plastic kit is very good value at £17.95 for five tanks, compare that to the resin/metal box from Flames of War which is £41.00. Of course not everyone likes plastic kits and may prefer resin models.

Another advantage of the price is that you could use them for scenic pieces too.




Airfix King Tiger – Airfix Preview 2012

So there I was looking through the Airfix preview for 2012 when I saw that they are going to release a new model, the German King Tiger from World War Two.

Goes with the Cromwell that they have just released, and they will be releasing a doubles box with both the King Tiger and the Cromwell within it.

"Flames of War Bridge" – Airfix Preview 2012

So there I was looking through the Airfix preview for 2012 when I saw two models and immediately thought they would work for Flames of War.

They are two bridge models.

They are 1/76th scale and therefore designed for 20mm high miniatures. However I am sure that it would also work for Flames of War miniatures which are 1/100th with 15mm high figures.

Knowing Airfix, we probably won’t see these in the flesh until the latter part of 2012, but they do have potential. They will be resin and unpainted.

"Imperial Guard Vehicles" – Airfix Preview 2012

So there I was looking through the Airfix preview for 2012 when I saw two models and immediately thought they would make for really nice Imperial Guard armoured vehicles.

They were the Supacat HMT600 Coyote.

Airfix Supacat HMT600 Coyote

And the Supacar HMT400 Jackal.

Airfix Supacar HMT400 Jackal

As they are 1/48th scale they would fit very well with the 25/28mm size of the Imperial Guard.

Of course with some ramshackle additions they would also make for some really nice Ork vehicles too.

Knowing Airfix, we probably won’t see these in the flesh until the latter part of 2012, but they do have potential.

Top Ten Posts of 2011

Another successful year for Felix’s Gaming Pages with over 450 blog posts put online. Slightly less hits this year, but that was in the main as I didn’t attend GamesDay 2011 and therefore didn’t live blog as I have done in previous years. So what were the top ten posts (by visits) for 2011.

10. It’s back…

Well the 10th most popular post was about the return of Space Hulk. I was never that into Space Hulk, I have never bought the game in its earlier incarnations, but lots of people bought the limited re-release, so much so, it sold out very quickly.

9. Warhammer Siege Diorama

This post was a live blog post from GamesDay 2010. I was posting photographs from the show live to the blog via my phone. This was of a fantastic Warhammer Fantasy diorama, the Siege of Altdorf. I also took a fair few photographs of the siege using my DSLR.

Some excellent scenery and very evocative of the Warhammer world.

8. Ultramarines Dreadnoughts

Some very nice Ultramarines Dreadnoughts on display at Warhammer World. Warhammer World is always worth a visit and I have spent lots of time looking at all the wonderful miniatures in the Citadel Miniatures Hall. Every time I have visited I have seen something new (and sometimes something old).

7. Bloodthirster Greater Daemon of Khorne

The Bloodthirster Greater Daemon of Khorne from the Forge World display cabinets at GamesDay 2004.

6. Space Wolves Space Marine Army

This post is from 2007 and was a photograph of an amazing Space Wolves Army. This is one of those displays at GamesDay which makes you go wow! And then you think how much did he spend…

Space Wolves Army

More photographs of this amazing army.

5. Saurus and Slann

Another old post, from 2007, and another photograph from Warhammer World. A wonderful unit of Saurus Warriors with a Slann leading them. Part of the ‘Eavy Metal Lizardmen Army on display at Warhammer World.

4. Flames of War – Battle of the Bulge

This post was from 2011 and discussed the possibilities of a Flames of War Battle of the Bulge supplement that Battlefront mentioned in Feburary. Within the post I discussed the tanks that I hoped we would see in any such release including the M24 Chaffee and the Comet.

I also speculated how nice it would be to see some Late-War Monsters.

3. Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines’ Land Raider

This post was all the photographs I had taken of Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines’ Land Raider from the ‘Eavy Metal display cabinets at both GamesDay 2005 and Warhammer World.

Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines’ Land Raider

2. Chaos BaneBlade

This photograph of a Chaos Baneblade that won the Silver Golden Demon at GamesDay 2007 is my second most popular post and the reason it is, is that if you put Baneblade into Google this image comes up!

Lots of photographs of the Baneblade.

1. Death Korps of Krieg

So my most popular post of 2011 was a posting from February 2009 about a link I had found in the community feed of some beautifully painted Death Korps of Krieg tanks.

Death Korps of Krieg

So will these same posts be just as popular in 2012, we will have to wait and see.

Flames of War Third Edition

Well here is the official announcement of a new edition of Flames of War.

Update: the video has been removed…

So there is going to be a third edition of Flames of War with a free (mini) copy for existing players, nice.

There are also some photographs of new models including a proper German Armoured Train which looks very nice.