Commanderski

yeah! I think CM players fall into certain groupings. There are the monster scenario players, guys who love to have 3 battalions to micromanage on a 2 hour battle with a gigantic map. Give them a small scenario on a tiny map and they cringe. Then there are the "tank heads" who must have armor or they are bored. I guess I do love the tanks but am happy to have a small infantry fight or a one sided "Alamo" or whatever you call it surrounded and in "deep kimchee". My brain can't really handle the giant battles. Too much going on. I forget to move a unit and see it sitting there in the set up zone. Plus I would miss the action at the micro level or need a hour to replay and view it. I still miss action with small battles but I see the cool stuff and feel connected to what is occurring. 
I am glad you enjoy them. I enjoy making them

Some shots from a singleplayer run through of Feierabend. I'd highly recommend it. Read about it here: https://rinaldiaars.blogspot.com/2022/01/feierabend-aar.html
I tried something a bit more narrative, because I forgot I cannot write creatively to save my life. 

Well, CW was a pleasant surprise. Bones are usually not very accurate, so I prefer a sudden pre-order over a bone anytime. Don't want to go through the FR experience again.

I am in a PBEM and my soldaten are seeming to survive SO FAR in a 1 floor stone church.
It is 8x16 Floorplan.
I was thinking what if I had an 8x16 independent house mdr renamed as that church mdr?
I SHOULD get that beefy stone wall church Metadata for the game code but visually see a house. 
I did the rename.
Looks visually ok now.
Now I will do some various tests with mortars and direct fire.
This could be nice!

Bonez!  Or da puppeh getzitt! 

My favourite 'Big Cat Hunter' is the ISU-122S.....It's a mean looking thing with that long 122mm gun:

Yes, I raise a toast to those who contributed scenarios in this little seasonal festival but as well to all of you of the combat mission community. Merry Christmas. Best wishes for 2022.
WE WILL MAKE IT AN ANNUAL THING!
 

From a scenario i'm currently working on...Some intense fighting going on 😎...
The aftermath...

 

A good old fahioned pistol duell 😊...

 

Merry Christmas to all!

It has been a strange year. Although my loved ones have not been hit with Covid, I must admit the whole misery has affected me more than I realized before. I try to make my world as small as possible at the moment and playing CM is certainly one of the small candles that help to chase away the darkness (my wife is abroad for family matters at the moment, hence the darkness). I've learned from my obsession with the release of FR to keep things in perspective, but yeah, things like the upcoming release of a CW module are still something to look forward to in a time in which so little seems certain. 

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah and Happy New Year and anything else going on for y'all!
I have been delayed in my progress in RollBahnD campaign due to the evil real world, but finally have finished second mission.  What an excellent infantry fight.  And the visuals look just like pictures from the era, rolling terrain, woods, fields, fences. 
Here, paratroopers advancing into the unknown in the dull, overcast afternoon light, wondering what awaits them in the village/ridge beyond.


I take the buildings in the village area, get some eyes on the ridge.  I spot enemy assets and begin hitting with mortars and MG fire.  As the battle develops, I have a three pronged attack forming using ~safe areas of approach.  Left via dead ground below ridge, right through the woods, and the least safe route up the center, which will wait until the wings engage.  Enemy MGs appear to be knocked out and so once in position I use mortars for smoke left & right then attack.  One tough bunker falling at a time, via small arms suppression then panzershreks.  Right and left flanks, respectively shown below.


Now the middle moves up and engages while the flank attackers knock out bunkers one by one....

But the toughest Ami of the war just won't flee or surrender -- he won't even stop firing when there's hundreds of bullets hitting all around him!


Alas, he is finally wounded and the panzershrecks move in to finish off the bunker.  Total german victory, low casualties.  I did have one cheat point in the spirit of full disclosure.  An enemy MG that I was flanking was shooting through a bunker that I expected would provide cover/concealment for my movement -- I thought this was un-physical so went back to previous save and didn't assume that. 

All in all, great fun.  Currently reading The Devil's Adjutant, about Peiper's advance, and this really felt right.  On to battle #3, the PanzerSpitze mine incident well known from this and other books on the subject.  I don't know where the mines are and maybe I can somehow miss them?  I am expecting not so, but we'll see.

Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas to all!

Glad you are apparently getting better. Otherwise we'd have to find a way to contact your next of kin to see if we can get the files you're working on per your previous post....😀

It would be very cool to have decals and much easier than TRYING to mod it in a half-azz manner

kind of reminds me of staying home sick from school...circa 1973!

Thanks guys.
Day 2. just woke up. FEELING BETTER. the body aches seem to have disappeared! Last night I felt painful throat with congestion but I got up and gargled a long time and it seems gone for now. Wife is making a big crockpot of turkey soup! Have not even had my coffee yet and I feel more energetic vs yesterday. 
 
PLEASE PM ME IF YOU CAN RIGHT NOW PLAYTEST A SMALL SCENARIO...thanks
 

I gotta say, the skin on the captured Panther is just incredible.

Get well soon. Take it easy and get plenty of rest. No need to rush things. 

Well not as bad as I feared initially. Main routes done. Sanity (or what passes for it) retained.




Cloning flavour objects tool is defo a plus for this. I shudder to think how long this would have took prior...

Looks great! Map making is a hobby unto itself.

Looks great! Map making is a hobby unto itself.