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Unboxing The Germans – Rommel’s Afrika Korps
Mar 3 2017 @ 16:32
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Justin & John sit down to talk about the kind of awesome kit you get inside the Afrika Korps set that the Boot Camp members are getting to play around with.
There is a LOT of stuff in here. It will be fun seeing how it's all coming together across the weekend.
God I’ve always loved the look of the PZ III. Much cooler to me than the PZ IV for some reason.
agreed, i think it looks better than the PZ IV
The minis look great, loving those 88s
That looks like quite the army. I hope Justin doesn’t revisit the Pikachu school of painting for this army…
Pleasantly surprised at the quality of the minis – Battlefront have upped their ante a lot on those. The 10.5 cm leFH 18 was German, John, adopted in 1935. nothing to do with France at all.
WoW, who wouldn’t want to win this 🙂 I like that they have gone with a hardback book.
I still really love the look of the Panzer III’s over the Panzer IV’s. Don’t why, I just do.
That’s a nice force to start out with. I’m looking forward to seeing them built/painted and kicking butt !
love the germans ordering my books soon
Got to love the panzer 3 , the workhorse of the German army 🙂
Love the artwork on the army books looks great
Can’t wait to pick up the new rulebook might have to start a mid war army
Love how these kits have so many options and yet they are marked in such a way that a person who is not a bolt counter can still identify them when building there army.
Wow those look good. Could you tell me about the scale of the new plastic? Somehow the guncrew look bigger than previous FoW minis.
The DAK has and always will be my favourite wwii army.
Brought to you by the two happiest people at BOW boot camp right now (tanks, tanks and more tanks) Haha!!
That’s a lot of tanks! Will be interesting to see what formations they will play them in, a wide front, cover hopping, spearhead?
Love the plastic tanks
Could someone stand over Dustin with a big stick, please? If he sprays the Afrika Korps yellow, hit him. It is acceptable in Dropfleet but an absolute no-no in historical gaming!
Good lookong kits. Should be a breeze to assemble!
Has inspired me to reread Panzer Commander, the memoirs of Colonel Hans Von Luck.
That German Metal looks tempting.
Superb minis, I’m going to have to start saving up, again.
The model and type choices look excellent. I am hoping that the tank count will be similar between the German and British forces. Always hate the Allies get six tanks and the Axis get 2 tank mentality. I understand balance issues, but they then dictate what tactics you can use based on limited or overpowered numbers.
OOOOOOOHHHHH I want those 88’s so bad
Looks like a great set.
Looking good. Last time I had anything to do with FoW the vehicles were resin and the Troops were metal.
Very nice kits.
is it because yellow color or detail is not that sharp on this plastic sprue?
For some reason I was never a fan of the Pz III’s. But u have to say I think I’m a convert now! They look great
Those 88’s look really sweet full of nice little details to paint up.
Here we go boys the big guns are out to play , can’t wait to see the DAKKA those 8,8s have 🙂
I must admit I prefer the looks of the panzer 3 to the panzer 4
Really nice panzer 3 and 4 kits. Amazing job from the team getting the boards ready this week.
Seriously alot of stuff!!! to bad us at home cant get some kind of deal while the Bootcamps running.
Really like the Flames of War plastics. They go together so well and so easy, but look great on the tabletop. Need to make more time to paint mine.
Liking the look of the new rulebook, can’t wait to get my hands on one!
Did I miss something? I saw no decals in the British or German sets…
Quite surprising if they didn’t include the decals…
Love all that you get in the kits. Plastic look vey clean.
Love this mini .
like the models, am wondering if we’re going to see an early/midwar version of tanks at some point
I am always suspicious of how well equipped forces in FoW are on the table. Alessio Cavatore said the reinforced platoon selector for Bolt Action is for a “very” well supplied platoon. I hope they make plastic 3.6 and 5 cm german anti tank guns. I feel like those were far more common than the 88. But the 88 is very cool and has lots of history.
If the 88s were as abundant as they are in FoW then maybe the war would have gone differently?
Nice looking kits there guys!
Very nice guys have fun with the battles
got to love an 88mm
Nice. This is however my enemy, I would go desert rats!
I’ve never tried mid-war because of the cost of buying most vehicles individually. This is enticing!
Would have loved to had those plastics when I started playing in 2nd edition, (10 years ago!) My Panzer IIIs for my DAK force were resin and metal.
I am curious how much mobility the 88s have since the starter doesn’t come with any transports.
That is a lot of plastic!
I think the Pak 38 was the most common DAK anti tank gun at this time, I think they
Should have transports for the 88’s too to give them more flexibility.
I never thought that a historical set would grab my interest, but just looking at those sprues made me want to get my snippers out .
The Pz III does look awesome.
That is looking good, I like the plastic kits and at a quick glance it seems like these are super quality and will most probably be easy to put together.
surprised to see the colored plastic, very nice kits & coverage.
torn over what i love more the 88s or the pz IIIs. (i’ll have to decide when i get my hands on them :P)
Pre-ordered that box so I’m glad to see a close up look of whats coming. Thanks guys!
Nice looking kits.
Time for the regular “what is that little thingy?”
Sounds like I am where Warren was a few years ago. Never really played historicals, that may change in the near future !!!!
looks a good quality box.
Nice looking little set.
Wasn’t expecting tan plastic, but as long as it isnt resin and metal im impressed!
The models look excellent, just not sure on the colour of the plastic.
These look like considerable forces to begin with. As always I am amazed at John’s knowledge of what is what on a tank. What does he read in his spare time – tank manuals?
John have you learned the German panzer song yet?
Much foot stomping
The panzer 3 just looks nice the panzer 4 just looks ugly. The only thing that makes the panzer 4 look nice if it has side skirts.
Got the El Alamaein set on order dare say after this bootcamp I’ll be ordering a whole lot more.
It all looks so nice I cant wait to get my new rulebook
Wish the Germans had plastics infantry also.
Lots of nice options there 🙂
I’m loving the Germans.
Cannot wait to put these together!
This is a great. Love the many options for the tanks. This is most definitely my faction…..pick me, pick me !
In a word COOL
Quick question since I have not played FoW, while those spurs had variations on the look and equipment for the gun and tank, do they also play different? If yes, how would keep track of what is what?
Holy cow that is a ton of kit. How many points of the new 100 point standard does this box come in at?
Panzer 3s look so cool! Can’t wait to see them in action.
Certainly looks like enough to get a good sized battle underway. I think I would still prefer the British, but these will take some beating. Do they make good infantry at this scale? Can’t wait to see Andy painting up some of these crews.
I’m looking forward to a Yellow Afrika Corps. 😀
That is a lot of Panzers
Nice sprues. I know next to nothing about tanks and historical battles, but these looks nice.
I kinda wish the starter box had the 105’s in it too!
Wow this figures are amazing. The v4 launch really has me excited. I played some v3 but never got around to a force for North Africa. This must now be rectified! Hopefully with a blog army win! 😉
As awesome as they look im gonna have to say I’m more pumped for the Brits :D!!
Great bundle.
I’m with you @dignity , i love the Panzer IV.
Real Purty
So much plastic, I feel an itch that may need scratching…
When Justin says “88s” I keep hearing “idiots”. Pretty funny.
I wondering if you guy have to ask the company to due Boot Camps or they just come to you.
Panzer III, such a nice plastic kit. No more Resin/Metal, HUZZAH!
The artillery pieces look really great. Fantastic stuff.
They are really good looking kits, and look fun to build too! The detail looks really sharp.
They look fine, but I have Germans in latewar, so think Iam gonna build some british in midwar setting.
Like everyone else, think it looks good. Let us know how it goes together. Interested to know how tight the tooling is? Are there any troublesome pieces we need to worry about? Do certain sections of the model need to go together before others?
Those 88s have improved over the metal ones!
Can’t wait to get mine! Still have some old resin and metal DAK too, hope they’ll mix well!
looks great only ever played with open fire but I would love to get my hands on some of those pak 88s
German armour always looks good in any scale….
There’s so much detail and modeling on these kits! It almost feels like 28mm scale.
Those 10.5cm guns are amazing, you’ll love them.
Ohhh…all that plastic!
Nice solid starter force and all plastic very nice..
Is it just me, or do these look like a step up in quality?
looking good guys, if only they were in 20 mm …
I needed a good reason to get into FoW, and I think this is it.
Nice kits they look, can’t wait to see how they build. The ones in the v3 starter box (at least the american one where shitty to align on the tracks). No magnets for the turets ?
I look at all my metal 88’s and can’t help but wheep tears of joy at the plastics.
mmmm, plastic
love the artwork on the books
Looking good
Nice plastic
I didn’t realise how much stuff the bootcampers were getting amazing amount of plastic
Nice looking kit. I prefer plastic plastic to metal or resin and these look pretty good.
These kits look absolutely fantastic. I hope they mesh well with the resin ones I have from days of old.
Kicking myself in the ass for not going!!!! Have fun everyone.
A nice amount of kit. Those 105’s are German guns though, not French. Hopefully they will bring out some late war versions of them and the 88’s soon!
Okay, almost certainly going to try and pick this up.
That’s such a lovely box set
Glad they are getting more plastics for FoW.
Those look like some easy to put together kits. A big plus in my book and I like the plastic is coloured yellow for those who just want to get their armies on the table quickly.
The plastics are looking nice
Love the “Unboxings” John and Justin do, so well done
The plastic tanks look slightly larger than the previous resin miniatures?
Great Model
Achtung! Schnell etc!
Looks great, what a pile of stuff!
Love those tanks.
Very nice looking kits! I may have to give 4th Ed a try that thinner role book looks a lot less intimidating
I love the font on the Afrika korps book
so beautifully detailed really impressed
the plastic kits look nice
just love the german tanks, i think they just look beter then the british
I love the idea of gaming with these, but I honestly don’t know a thing about the different versions of these historically. Of course, a kit like this definitely get me started on that.
Looking good. Nice force to get started with.
Was never really interested in FOW before hand, but this edition has me curious. I am quite liking the beginners German set. I’m tempted but still not quite sure. Don’t know how many players are in my local area
The new plastic kits look very clean. I recently bought and got into Tanks and as the same company make the tanks I am really pleased with the quality of the plastics. Excited to get me some more tanky goodness.
Love the look on those Panzer IV! And ofcourse the 88!
I do like the tanks with the different versions on them.
Always thought the North Africa campaign was one of the most interesting of the war. It will be interesting to see how the two armies fare against each other under the new rule set.
Really like the look of the German figures.
Great detail on the new panzers and the 8,8s are sick!
More 88s… need more 88s
So glad for the plastic minis they’re putting out. Less fragile in my opinion and more options than the old resin/metal.
It also doesn’t make my bag weigh a ton…
Great looking mini`s, will have to look into getting the Afrika Korps starter set and take it from there. First of i`ll look into getting the book`s, as i do like to have a good old read.
Incredible box set, beautiful
I have a ridiculous amount of panzers and yet watching this I want more.
Got so much of this sitting in boxes ready to play.
88s – probably the finest weapon on that tble
I really like the format of the unboxings, first you see what you get in the box then you see the models assembled. You are also given any potential pitfalls you might encounter when you assemble then for yourself.
At the end of the video, @dignity , you challenge @johnlyons to a game on camera. Don’t do it, man! Don’t do it! I fought John on camera and I’m still of prescription antidepressants from the hammering he gave me. He’s a monster with those Grants, Justin! A monster!