Showing posts with label Dinotruppen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dinotruppen. Show all posts
16 December 2014
Iron Sky 2
You may remember the Moontruppen from Iron Sky: a wonderfully flippant movie about the resurgence of the Reich...from the Dark Side of the Moon. Well they are coming back...on Dinosaurs...(Awesome)...from the centre of the Hollow Earth (Even more Awesome).
11 September 2011
A Visit to Eureka
On the weekend we managed to get a few hours to travel up and visit our friend Nic at Eureka Miniatures.
Naturally we loaded up with goodies while we were there, and had a squizz at his great
Dinotruppen display figs:
27 June 2011
New Dinotruppen!
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| Flakosaurus! |
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| Stukasaurus with Luftwaffe pilot and 37mm Anti-tank gun |
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 Stukasaurus with Luftwaffe pilot and rear gunner |
27 December 2010
Waffen-SS Tyrannosaur Division
Not many people are aware of carnage caused by Hitler's prized Waffen-SS Tyrannosaur Division. Hitler was well aware that the Allies were working on cloning dinosaurs to be used in combat, so he vowed to get their first. Using a special mix of newly emerging science and black magic the Nazi's crafted one of their deadliest weapons. The first division was ready by late 1943 in time for the Battle of Stalingrad where they proved to be highly effective but insufficient in numbers to give the Germans any real advantage.
http://drfong.blogspot.com/2005/11/waffen-ss-tyrannosaur-division.html
And if there was any doubt of the menace posed...
17 October 2010
Nazi Dinoriders now available from Eureka Miniatures
These are the great figs I had the pleasure using during the Jurassic Reich game at Little Wars back in May - great fun! I already have a flight of Stukadactyls and my Weird German Army is probably big enough for now, so I'm thinking of converting these into Cossacks for a Russian force:-)
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Dateline - February 1943: the American push into North Africa is met with stiff opposition from Rommel's combat-hardened Afrika Korps. The official histories will tell of great numbers of inexperienced American troops fleeing Rommel’s panzers at Kasserine Pass, but those who were there know it took more than just a few tanks to strike such terror into the minds of so many young American soldiers. The truth was that they had to face a new horror - from another time. Squadrons of flying creatures - Pterodactyls! - armed with anti-tank weapons and bombs, had swooped down and relentlessly pursued the shocked Americans into the Atlas Mountains.
The Allied generals and their political masters were stunned. Where had these creatures come from? Stalin suspected an Anglo-American plot to deceive him created by those “degenerate capitalist tricksters in Hollywood”. Others simply refused to believe it. General Patton dismissed the Pterodactyls as the “Delusional rantings of a load of yellow bellies who need a good slapping!” - until two Pterodactyls strafed his car near Djedjelli. But in London the news struck a chord with British Intelligence who had been gradually piecing together the strange story of an ancient seven-sided archway (dubbed the 'Anubis Gate' because of the hieroglyphics that adorned it) that Napoleon's troops had uncovered in Egypt in 1801. Defying interpretation for almost a century and a half, the artefact had remained, almost forgotten, in a basement of the Louvre Museum. But within hours of the fall of Paris in 1940 a team from Himmler’s Ahnenerbe (the Nazi Occult Bureau) had arrived with a truck and they took the 'Anubis Gate' off to a secret location in Germany.
Sometime during 1941 the Nazis discovered that when ‘energised’ the artefact became a time portal to the prehistoric past. They sent through armed expeditions looking for ancestral Aryan supermen, but they returned with captured dinosaurs. Keen to explore the possibilities further, expeditions were sent to establish research and training facilities back on Cretaceous earth (and thus safe from Allied bombing). By the end of 1942 the Nazis had trained a number of units: the Kriegsclaws – Dinonicus (deinonychus) mounted SS cavalry; and the Pterowaffen – pterodactyls deployed as air defence fighters or in ground attack roles.
After their successful introduction in Africa, Hitler ordered the deployment of dinotruppen across Europe – on the Eastern Front (forcing even Stalin to acknowledge their existence), in the Balkans, along the coastline of Normandy, and in the defence of the Italian peninsula. The mountainous Balkans and the trackless wastes of the Russian steppes and forests became excellent hunting grounds for the Kriegsclaw; in fact wherever the terrain was impassable for vehicles or the distances so great that fuel supplies were an issue – these agile creatures were in their element. Principally used for screening and reconnaissance roles, the Kriegsclaw were occasionally used offensively to assault an enemy's flanks (as in the Kursk encirclement) or to cover infantry withdrawals. Nazi Germany had harnessed the greatest primeval forces the world has known - it was the dawn of Jurassic Reich …
Designed by Kosta Heristanidis and Mike Broadbent, these figures are part of our Pulpiations “pulp fiction” range and can be used alongside our “Dogface GI’s” or any number of 28mm World War Two ranges that are out there. Colour schemes are optional. We are looking forward to the heated internet forum debates over the correct camouflage colours to use, and telling us that the number of teeth we’ve given the Dinonicus is more appropriate to an Ausf C rather than an Ausf D.
http://eurekamin.com.au/news.php?newsid=EklZEuEuFATWHHLjGs
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Dateline - February 1943: the American push into North Africa is met with stiff opposition from Rommel's combat-hardened Afrika Korps. The official histories will tell of great numbers of inexperienced American troops fleeing Rommel’s panzers at Kasserine Pass, but those who were there know it took more than just a few tanks to strike such terror into the minds of so many young American soldiers. The truth was that they had to face a new horror - from another time. Squadrons of flying creatures - Pterodactyls! - armed with anti-tank weapons and bombs, had swooped down and relentlessly pursued the shocked Americans into the Atlas Mountains.
The Allied generals and their political masters were stunned. Where had these creatures come from? Stalin suspected an Anglo-American plot to deceive him created by those “degenerate capitalist tricksters in Hollywood”. Others simply refused to believe it. General Patton dismissed the Pterodactyls as the “Delusional rantings of a load of yellow bellies who need a good slapping!” - until two Pterodactyls strafed his car near Djedjelli. But in London the news struck a chord with British Intelligence who had been gradually piecing together the strange story of an ancient seven-sided archway (dubbed the 'Anubis Gate' because of the hieroglyphics that adorned it) that Napoleon's troops had uncovered in Egypt in 1801. Defying interpretation for almost a century and a half, the artefact had remained, almost forgotten, in a basement of the Louvre Museum. But within hours of the fall of Paris in 1940 a team from Himmler’s Ahnenerbe (the Nazi Occult Bureau) had arrived with a truck and they took the 'Anubis Gate' off to a secret location in Germany.
Sometime during 1941 the Nazis discovered that when ‘energised’ the artefact became a time portal to the prehistoric past. They sent through armed expeditions looking for ancestral Aryan supermen, but they returned with captured dinosaurs. Keen to explore the possibilities further, expeditions were sent to establish research and training facilities back on Cretaceous earth (and thus safe from Allied bombing). By the end of 1942 the Nazis had trained a number of units: the Kriegsclaws – Dinonicus (deinonychus) mounted SS cavalry; and the Pterowaffen – pterodactyls deployed as air defence fighters or in ground attack roles.
After their successful introduction in Africa, Hitler ordered the deployment of dinotruppen across Europe – on the Eastern Front (forcing even Stalin to acknowledge their existence), in the Balkans, along the coastline of Normandy, and in the defence of the Italian peninsula. The mountainous Balkans and the trackless wastes of the Russian steppes and forests became excellent hunting grounds for the Kriegsclaw; in fact wherever the terrain was impassable for vehicles or the distances so great that fuel supplies were an issue – these agile creatures were in their element. Principally used for screening and reconnaissance roles, the Kriegsclaw were occasionally used offensively to assault an enemy's flanks (as in the Kursk encirclement) or to cover infantry withdrawals. Nazi Germany had harnessed the greatest primeval forces the world has known - it was the dawn of Jurassic Reich …
Designed by Kosta Heristanidis and Mike Broadbent, these figures are part of our Pulpiations “pulp fiction” range and can be used alongside our “Dogface GI’s” or any number of 28mm World War Two ranges that are out there. Colour schemes are optional. We are looking forward to the heated internet forum debates over the correct camouflage colours to use, and telling us that the number of teeth we’ve given the Dinonicus is more appropriate to an Ausf C rather than an Ausf D.
http://eurekamin.com.au/news.php?newsid=EklZEuEuFATWHHLjGs
24 June 2010
01 June 2010
Jurassic Reich - detailed report
The forbidding Castle looms over the countryside:
Including a variation on the "Eagle's Eerie":
4 German Players were arranged with 1 in the castle commanding the Pterowaffen and some infantry, and three others with an Infantry squad and a group of 5 Kriegclaws. I commanded the German far right and was in charge of the Dinolaager. Attacking in the still morning air were three Allied players, each with two high calibre infantry squads. As the Allies advanced, Nazi film direktor ”Dino” de Laurentis was trying to finish off his propaganda masterpiece.
Early, long range fire from the Allies shook the morning and alerted the Germans to the invaders' presence. Owen (commanding the Allied centre) scored first blood with a long range bazooka shot frying up some raptor steaks! So easy it seems he even did it with his eyes closed.
The centre and right flank became a swirling advance to contact, pitting the heroic and heavily armed Allies against the Nazisaurs!
On the right, two squads of Kriegclawstrapped a bunch of Amis in a barn. Any Amis who came out got chomped, and dinos that put their heads in got them singed with flamethrowers!
Impressively, this GI hero held off two Raptors simultaneously! This lead to much Commando Comic style quotations...
On the extreme right, some GIs had commandeered a Truck and were driving up to the castle's gate, menaced by the Pterowaffen!
And the Nazi centre, stopped cold by Owen's heroes and their withering fire across the road and bridge, redeployed using the amphibious capabilities of the big lizards
Big alas!they were too late- a large explosion came from the castle as the GI infiltrarors destroyed the ancient artifact that made the dino presence possible.
All this was but a minor distraction to me on the far right though. Seeing thebottleneck in the villiage, I swung my kriegclaw into the rear of Owen's troops withut mercy- lunch time for Fritz!
With that the game concluded - the Allies had successfully attacked the castle, while the Germans had protected both the propaganda film and the dino-laager. Overall a win for the players who all had a ball!
Thanks again to Alan and Greg for a fantastic game - a Man Cave double thumbs up!
Including a variation on the "Eagle's Eerie":
4 German Players were arranged with 1 in the castle commanding the Pterowaffen and some infantry, and three others with an Infantry squad and a group of 5 Kriegclaws. I commanded the German far right and was in charge of the Dinolaager. Attacking in the still morning air were three Allied players, each with two high calibre infantry squads. As the Allies advanced, Nazi film direktor ”Dino” de Laurentis was trying to finish off his propaganda masterpiece.
Early, long range fire from the Allies shook the morning and alerted the Germans to the invaders' presence. Owen (commanding the Allied centre) scored first blood with a long range bazooka shot frying up some raptor steaks! So easy it seems he even did it with his eyes closed.
The centre and right flank became a swirling advance to contact, pitting the heroic and heavily armed Allies against the Nazisaurs!
On the right, two squads of Kriegclawstrapped a bunch of Amis in a barn. Any Amis who came out got chomped, and dinos that put their heads in got them singed with flamethrowers!
Impressively, this GI hero held off two Raptors simultaneously! This lead to much Commando Comic style quotations...
On the extreme right, some GIs had commandeered a Truck and were driving up to the castle's gate, menaced by the Pterowaffen!
And the Nazi centre, stopped cold by Owen's heroes and their withering fire across the road and bridge, redeployed using the amphibious capabilities of the big lizards
Big alas!they were too late- a large explosion came from the castle as the GI infiltrarors destroyed the ancient artifact that made the dino presence possible.
All this was but a minor distraction to me on the far right though. Seeing thebottleneck in the villiage, I swung my kriegclaw into the rear of Owen's troops withut mercy- lunch time for Fritz!
With that the game concluded - the Allies had successfully attacked the castle, while the Germans had protected both the propaganda film and the dino-laager. Overall a win for the players who all had a ball! Thanks again to Alan and Greg for a fantastic game - a Man Cave double thumbs up!
22 May 2010
Little Wars and Jurassic Reich
Just home from a brilliant day out at Little Wars. Many thanks indeed to all the organisers for a fantastic day. The gaming highlight for me was playing Jurassic Reich along with Owen - many thanks to Alan and Greg for running a great game and the opportunity to play on simply inspirational terrain. Lots of pics to come once I've done my chores!
A trio of my Kriegclawtruppen charge Owen's hero bazooka team from the flank and take them down!
Also great to catch up with many old friends, including Nic and John from Eureka miniatures.
http://jurassicreich.wordpress.com/
A trio of my Kriegclawtruppen charge Owen's hero bazooka team from the flank and take them down!
Also great to catch up with many old friends, including Nic and John from Eureka miniatures.
http://jurassicreich.wordpress.com/
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