Welcome to "First Rank - FIRE!"

"First Rank - Fire!" is the chronicle of two long-time hobbyist and their quest to budget their time and money in order to participate in the in the hobby of tabletop wargaming.

We hope you like our blog. We know your support and enthusiasm will keep us motivated to complete our armies and continue to grow in the hobby (In spite of our hectic schedules).

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Panzergrenadier MG42 Section


As promised, here is my first installment of my Panzergrenadier Company.  This a machine gun section that will be attached one of my panzergrenadier platoons.

It has been awhile!

It has been a long time since I have posted on this blog.  I decided that it needed to be revived and freshened up.  My current project is completing a U.S. Tank Company and a German Panzergrenadier Company from Flames of War.  Both armies have a Tunisian theme and I am ready to start posting some pictures.

Friday, October 22, 2010

1st Place Prize from Battlefoam!

So one Saturday after a Cross-Country meet I am online checking results for my Sabinal Yellow Jacket Cross-Country Team.  After finding my reslts I decided to check on the results of the Battlefoam design custom trays for Warhammer Fantasy armies contest.  I scrolled down the page to the results an saw that I had won first place.  So I call Battlefoam and asked them about claiming my prize and they were absolutely fantastics.   I won the Battlefoam P.A.C.K. 1520 XL Custom Loadout  with a complete loadout of 22 inches of Battlefoam trays.  Romeo and his staff are great and really assisted me in getting the most of of my loadout.  When my bag arrived I was amazed at the quality of the contruction of the bag and trays.  The folks at Battlefoam truly make a quality product.

Thanks to all the staff at Battlefoam for such a generous prize package!

You can find their website at http://www.battlefoam.com/ .

-----Kyle

Thursday, April 1, 2010

"Hobby How To" Issue Number Two - Skulls Pits to Swamps


Here is the .pdf for converting skull pits to swamps on your Citadel Realm of Battle Table.  It is also available in the DOWNLOADS section.  I did not post the full article on the blog because of the length of the article.  I hope you enjoy this issue of  "Hobby How To".  Please leave us your thoughts on these articles so that we can improve on them.


Thanks,
Adept & The Captain

Monday, March 8, 2010

Broken Link Repaired

This is to let you all know that I repaired the broken link to the first "Hobby - How To" issue in the downloads section.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

The next issue is on the way.  I promise.

Later,

The Captain

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Table Update - Skull Pits to Swamp


 
This is the large swamp area.  The dark green flock represents the boundary of the difficult terrain created by the swamp.  The trail through the middle can be designated as a ford site.

 
This is a picture of the smaller swamp area. 

  

Here is the project so far.  I have some more flocking to do and some more details on the cliffs.
The next step-by-step Hobby How-To! - SWAMPS should be ready next week.

Thanks,
The Captain

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

New "Hobby - How to!" Section

Part of our goal with this blog is to share some of the techniques we have learned over the years. In the "Hobby - How to!" section you will find PDF files of our paint plans and some step-by-step instructions on how we completed some of our hobby projects.

Thanks!