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Leopard Launch Blog - Saturday
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Leopard Lauch Live Blog
Saturday 9 – Sunday 10 July 2016
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9:15AM
Saturday 9 |
Welcome to Leopard |
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| Welcome to the Leopard launch weekend. Chris tells you what you can expect over the next two days. |
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9:45AM
Saturday 9 |
Getting ready to start work |
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| We have taken over the staff lunchroom and as you can see we are ready for a big day of Leopard assembly and painting. Meanwhile James is editing together the 1st part of the Battle Report that we hope to have up soon. |
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10:30AM
Saturday 9 |
German Plastics Preview |
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| We take a close look at the upcoming West German plastic models: the Leopard 2 main battle tank, the Marder armoured infantry vehicle and the BO-105P Anti-tank helicopter. |
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11:15AM
Saturday 9 |
Leopard 2A4 shooting at minibus |
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| Boom! A Leopard 2A4 demonstrating the power of its HEAT rounds, obliterating a minubus on a firing range. |
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11:30AM
Saturday 9 |
Come on, render faster! |
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| Part one of our Leopard video battle report is rendering now - it just seems to be taking forever! If the PC doesn"t explode (fingers crossed), it should be up in about 15 minutes. |
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11:57AM
Saturday 9 |
Leopard Battle Report – Part 1 |
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| In our first Leopard battle report, Wayne Turner fields a West German Panzer Kompanie against Chris Townley's Soviet Red Banner Tank Battalion in the Dust-up mission from the Team Yankee rulebook. In Part 1 we take a look at the lists, deployment and the first couple of turns. Stay tuned for Part 2. |
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1:00PM
Saturday 9 |
Marder Assembly |
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| Where would your panzergrenadiers be without their Marder armoured infantry vehicles? Aaron demonstrates how to assemble this new plastic kit. |
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1:35PM
Saturday 9 |
German Support Preview |
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| We look at the upcoming West German support weapons from the Leopard book for Team Yankee, including the Jaguar 1 and Jaguar 2 tank hunters, the Panzermörser self-propelled mortar, the M109G self-propelled howitzer and the LARS rocket launcher. |
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2:03PM
Saturday 9 |
Leopard 2 Assembly |
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| Studio painter Aaron Mathie demonstrates how to assemble the new plastic Leopard 2 main battle tank, the mainstay of the West German Panzer Kompanie. |
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2:29PM
Saturday 9 |
Some afternoon gaming |
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| Having finished assembling his new West German army earlier than he expected, Chris decided to challenge Sean to a game of Encounter. Usually playing with unpainted miniatures is a bit of a no-no for most of us, but this is a special occasion. |
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3:14PM
Saturday 9 |
Wayne's Leopard 2 Panzer Kompanie |
3:47PM
Saturday 9 |
NATO Camouflage templates |
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NATO Camouflage Templates
Aaron shares a little of the history behind the very interesting NATO 3 colour camo used on the West German tanks, as well as templates to make painting your vehicles easier.
NATO Camouflage Templates...
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4:05PM
Saturday 9 |
Leopard 2 Painting Guide |
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| Aaron breaks out the brushes to paint a Leopard 2 tank in the distinctive NATO three-colour camouflage. This afternoon we will have more information on this unique colour scheme. |
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4:10PM
Saturday 9 |
Anders' Panzergrenadier Kompanie |
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Anders' Panzergrenadier Kompanie
Anders, from our UK office, prepares to build a Panzergrenadier Kompanie filled with all sorts of support options.
Ander"s Panzergrenadier Kompanie...
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4:35PM
Saturday 9 |
Chris's Team Yankee M1 Abrams Company |
4:50PM
Saturday 9 |
Time to call it a day |
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| We're heading home. Thanks for sharing day one of the Leopard launch weekend with us. We'll be back with more tomorrow. |
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