Today, I would like to write few words about a warrior I'm really looking forward to introduce to my Heer gepanzerte panzerpioniers from the Grey Wolf book. I'm talking about general Dietrich von Saucken. It is a very colorful character himself. Coming from aristocratic family he didn't fit well to the model of axis officer at that time. However, he was highly valued by Adof Hitler himself despite his "inappropriate" attitude.
In FOW this character can be added to some lists from Grey Wolf, as well as to one of the pdf briefings on BF page. He is a kind of a warrior who doesn't have any extra combat powers himself (e.g., Carius or Barkmann) but supports your whole company. In my opinion he seems to be an ideal support for an infantry company reducing major problems of such rosters. Why? Just take a look on his special rules (you get for 65 points):
- He is a high command team ranked as Fearless / Veteran
- All platoons within Command Distance of von Saucken may re-roll any failed Skill Tests to make a Stormtroopers move.
- Each turn von Saucken may re-roll one die rolled to receive Reserves for his company.
At this stage I have to make one remark - I haven't tried to play with von Saucken yet, so these are only theoretical considerations. However, I played against a list with him, and this battle proved what I expected. Maybe you have some experience or thoughts you could share?
Blister Contents
Let's say something about the model itself. It was produced by Battlefront and is placed in the price B segment - a typical blister with medium tank. I have to admit I loved the set from the start. Inside, you will find a Sdkfz 250/1 half-track with additional stowage sprue, two figures of von Saucken himself enabling you to mount one figure into the half-track; and two bodyguards (while dismounted his group is treated as SMG team). The von Saucken figure is casted perfectly in my opinion. To be honest I haven't seen any figure in 15mm scale that look so realistic - great job :)
Gallery
As usual a short gallery of assembled model.
very nice blog entry, thanks for that!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm glad you liked it :)
DeleteFantastic work, love the colors and the painting style, great pictures too!
ReplyDeletePhil.
Awesome result and interesting post.
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I've considered taking Dietrich as well but at the end of the day I'm leery of taking so many points in a single unit. The fact that he vastly improves the mobility and reserves situation of an army could be a HUGE advantage though, and certainly one to consider. All of the sudden bog-standard Grenadiers become a very mobile force.
ReplyDeleteThe warrior's name on the base is a nice touch. I'm not sure I'd want to make it so easy for my opponent to pick him out though for the same reason offices do not want to stand out in the field. I'd hate to invite my opponent to start sniping at him (like with an 88 that doesn't have anything better to shoot at). How did you manage the name? Did you print it out in some tiny font and glue the label on? I may appropriate the method to label my entire army instead of using color codes.
Thanks. I've played with base markers since I started my adventure with FOW. I went through different ideas. Right now I'm using some adhesive paper you can print on.
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