Although it is easy enough to turn basic infantry into FJ with a smock and a different helmet (or even same helmet if late war...) Cheers Martin

Hello and welcome, as Matty says, best bet is to go fairly generic at first as basic grey wools will last you the entire war and in any scenario (alt...

This is good news, while I love my hugely impractical 'everyday' shoulder boards, it will be nice to get some more subdued infantry ones. I was going...

An in-game barrage is always a fun thing, although there is a tendency for people to stand around and watch rather than take cover. I enjoyed the mor...

Not much to add to the comments above really. Thank you to the organisers for putting on a great day out, and to all the players for really getting in...

Thanks Gordon. Cheers Martin

My jackboots are old east German. Lovely thick leather and with about twenty coats of dubbin, as waterproof as wellingtons. I had them resoled in lea...

What's all this his running that people keep talking about? A pleasant tactical amble through the woods taking pot shots at the Bosh is more on the c...

Getting there slowly, just another day and a half at work to survive. I see the forecast for Saturday is now 21 degrees, so I'm thinking Aertex shir...

An alternative to sitting through several hours of ABTF is the 1946 film "Theirs is the Glory". Filmed on location in Oosterbeek and starrin...

Bittrich also gets to say Students line in the film about airborne resources. Bizarre. One of the things which really cracked me up was in the film G...

Hay!! That's no good to the SS or Heer infantry it's a bloody British film in English so how's that going to help the Germans. Peter. The Germ...

I'll be setting off in the early afternoon. Arrival time at the mercy of the M1/M69/M40/A34/M5 on a Friday. Hopefully well before 7. Cheers Martin

Me too. Drinking beer I hope! Cheers Martin

If you put a drawing pin through the loop under the retaining strap into the wood of the handle it holds it in place nicely. Cheers Martin

Leading paras to certain death? That sounds like me. I've already packed my whistle, but hopefully I won't need to umbrella this time. Cheers Martin

the outstanding bravery of the Japanese squad 2 led the way for the Japanese to swing a small victory Go squad 2 Not that I'm interested in 'winn...