[GBW] - CP 1 - EROTEMA – HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN INVASION

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[GBW] - CP 1 - EROTEMA – HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN INVASION

There is a meeting at the Erotema´s Army Headquarters. Two officers of the Army Staff give instructions to prepare Erotema against an invasion from Briolui, and there is an officer of the Combat Engineers Brigade and another from the Mountain Brigade.

There are also orders to improve Refnor´s and Filace´s land defenses.

PREPAR1 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

 

Combat Engineers have many main functions: provide protection for their own troops by building shelters and other useful structures; provide mobility by clearing mine fields or building roads or bridges; and impair enemy movements by laying mines or preventing the use of bridges, roads, etc.

This is what our 4-strong Combat Engineers squad is doing today. They have to prepare explosive charges in a bridge that leads to the capital town of Erotema, located in grid D4. It will be not the only bridge being prepared for an eventual invasion, of course. All the main bridges are to be prepared for an invasion (in grid E4 also).

IMG_20170401_095522 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

IMG_20170401_095541 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

 

This bridge can hold the weight of a 70-ton MBT at a time (no more than 70 tons at the same time), so it is strategic for the defense of Erotema.

Here we can see the squad leader discussing where to place the charges and the amount of TNT to set.

dialogo ingenieros by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

They decide to go down rappelling.

The bridge is completed and ready to be blasted if necessary.

 

This other bridge is easier to sabotage, and they use the zodiac to set the charges.

ZODIAC1 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

They are struggling with the water to complete their mission.

zodiac2 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

 

Beaches must be prepared too, in grids C3-C4-B4-B5-B6-C6. They are laying an anti-tank mine. The Erotema Army has 2 types of anti-tank mines. Those which blast by pressure and anti-handling land mines. The latter can´t be moved and will blast if a heavy vehicle passes by very close.

IMG_20170329_205909 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

 

Walls also provide protection. These group of builders have selected a place close to the border with BRIOLUI to raise a wall, in grids E4-E5 and in the borders of REFNOR with other RON nations (grids E5-E6-F6-F7-E7-D7). The wall also covers the borders of EROTEMA with the allies FILACE and REFNOR (C3-D3-D4-E4-E5-D5-D6).

IMG_20170401_113817 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

The wall is very high, more than 3 metres, and has machine guns, grenade launchers and detection devices all along it.

IMG_20170401_114058 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

 

 

In another part of the country we have a brave squad of the Mountain brigade. They have the order to set up an anti-tank sites in a hilltop, and this is only one of many. Grids G3 and E5 in Filace, Erotema and Refnor.

HILLTOP1 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

HILLTOP2 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

One of them must climb first and secure the way for his comrades.

HILLTOP3 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

Of course, it is a hard climb.

HILLTOP4 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

It´s a hard work. Why?

HILLTOP5 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

After a few hours they have finished.

HILLTOP6 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

Another view.

HILLTOP7 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

And they show us how to deploy in case of a threat.

HILLTOP8 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

Close up on the Anti tank missile launcher. Inspired on the TOW, it has the same features, with a Night Vision sight and possibility to engage slow helicopters. The other weapon is a more conventional grenade launcher, with two types of warhead: HEAT and fragmentation. The first one is against “hard” targets (tanks, not able to destroy but able to cripple; APCs can be blasted) and the second is for “soft” targets (HUMVEES, trucks or similar). Without wind, they can target a slow helicopter too.

HILLTOP9 by green helmet spanish AFOL, en Flickr

Edited April 12, 2017 by sigpro

[Tezclatipoca]

Nice builds !

I really like your mountain specialists and their anti tank equipment.

And what a defense system ! You covered every corner, even the snowy tops are secured ! Congrats !

[paintballman]

I like the charges in the bridge leg!! Nice detail

[Stash2Sixx]

Your guys are super busy, when do they get to rest?

Glad to see someone is prepping their defenses just in case...

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Judges Comments (not all judges comment):

There is a lot going on here, maybe too much as detail is spread a little bit thin. The highlights for me are the guys planting the dynamite on the base of the bridge and the jeeps rolling down the road outside in the grass. I would have tried to work with those 2 aspects alone and put in some more work on them. Like for where the boat is in the water, maybe use some white or clear tiles to show the waves around the outline of it. The part at the end with the sheet to simulate snow was a little bit too much for me. If you can't build it, I would avoid trying to simulate it. Not a bad effort. I would lower the ambition a little and work harder on a build with a few less tasks.     

I see you prepping for the invasion.  I see equipment and terrain, lots of terrain, and multiple map grids.  I think you have WAY too much going on in here...and I feel if you had focused your time into one build instead of multiple builds, your score would reflect that.  First of all, in a contest, plese don't use fake terrain, liek a sheet to resemble snow.  This game is to make you a better builder, sheets are great for backgrounds, but not as a terrain substitute in a contest.  I see a roadway through the jungle, a bridge over water, and a conference room.  Too many locations as I'm sure they are not all in the same grid square right?  I do like the truck towing the boat on the roadway, this looks good.  For the bridge, if you are going to take a close up of the TNT, don't let the background show;  a pic of the tiled water, a troop or two, and the pillar with dynamite is all we need.  You have some incredible potential in your builds, sit back, plan it out, and overwhelm us with your detailed build!!!

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