Tribute to Normandy '44 - Unit Showcase #2
Hello, commanders!
Welcome back to the last Steel Division 2 DevBlog of the year! We’ll leave you for the Christmas break, meaning no DevBlogs for two weeks. We’ll be back in full force in the new year, with new posts starting in the second week of January.
Before we leave, we wanted to share the latest work of our upcoming Tribute to Steel Division: Normandy 44 expansion. In today’s showcase, we’ll look at some of the new infantry models coming to Steel Division 2.
[h2]Steel Division: Tribute to Normandy ‘44 New Infantry[/h2]
The new expansion will bring several new soldier models. What can you expect?
Axis
MILICE
Originally, we planned to only add one unit of the French collaborationist MILICE to the Axis Festungs Gross-Paris. They are all dressed as civilians to represent the “rooftop shooters” who harassed the liberating Allied troops after they had entered Paris and secured most of the city. These Miliciens were die-hard collaborators, ready to go out in flames, knowing that the fate that awaited them once captured… was not pretty. In-game, we intended the MILICE to be medium-sized sniper recon squads.
After extra research, it seems that more Milice units remained in the city and fought attached to German units. How many is hard to tell, but there were a handful. That’s why we modeled additional uniformed Miliciens (using a variation of the Chasseurs Alpins outfits), adding two more Combat Phase A-only squads. Our “rooftop” snipers will only be available in Phase B.
The three variants of MILICE units will be featured with Festungs Gross-Paris.
LSSAH
SS soldiers from the 1. SS-Panzerdivision “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler” wore a distinctive camouflage pattern. This is the same pattern used by the “Wiking” models currently in-game, called Eichenlaub Muster (or “Oak Leaf”), but with a twist. While the Wiking camouflage models the “Spring” variant, the LSSAH uniform features the “Autumn” version. It is the same pattern but using different colors, the “LSSAH” variant being more brown and orange.
In-game, the new camouflage uniforms will be found on all the LSSAH infantry units.
Allied
FILTHY THIRTEEN
A famous infantry unit from the D-Day preparations, with pictures of Mohawk-styled American paratroopers frequently found in history books. However, the origin of the unit is rather obscure. The Filthy Thirteen was a single demolition squad with special training, tasked with infiltrating behind enemy lines on D-Day. They were to destroy key infrastructure.
The FILTHY THIRTEEN will be featured as an elite recon squad acting as infiltrators and explosive experts with the US 101st Airborne Division.
SAS
Making their return from the original Steel Division: Normandy ‘44, the French SAS are wearing British airborne fatigues. They bring their own black berets, brightened in true French flamboyance with some more fashionable bandanas for snipers and scouts and Marine Nationale caps for officers.
Ingame, those models will be found within DBSAS with all SAS squads.
[h2]Steel Division: Tribute to Normandy ‘44 Versus[/h2]
If you want to read more about the new divisions to be shipped with Steel Division: Tribute to Normandy ‘44, we have a handy forum post linking to all previous
Welcome back to the last Steel Division 2 DevBlog of the year! We’ll leave you for the Christmas break, meaning no DevBlogs for two weeks. We’ll be back in full force in the new year, with new posts starting in the second week of January.
Before we leave, we wanted to share the latest work of our upcoming Tribute to Steel Division: Normandy 44 expansion. In today’s showcase, we’ll look at some of the new infantry models coming to Steel Division 2.
[h2]Steel Division: Tribute to Normandy ‘44 New Infantry[/h2]
The new expansion will bring several new soldier models. What can you expect?
Axis
MILICE
Originally, we planned to only add one unit of the French collaborationist MILICE to the Axis Festungs Gross-Paris. They are all dressed as civilians to represent the “rooftop shooters” who harassed the liberating Allied troops after they had entered Paris and secured most of the city. These Miliciens were die-hard collaborators, ready to go out in flames, knowing that the fate that awaited them once captured… was not pretty. In-game, we intended the MILICE to be medium-sized sniper recon squads.
After extra research, it seems that more Milice units remained in the city and fought attached to German units. How many is hard to tell, but there were a handful. That’s why we modeled additional uniformed Miliciens (using a variation of the Chasseurs Alpins outfits), adding two more Combat Phase A-only squads. Our “rooftop” snipers will only be available in Phase B.
The three variants of MILICE units will be featured with Festungs Gross-Paris.
LSSAH
SS soldiers from the 1. SS-Panzerdivision “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler” wore a distinctive camouflage pattern. This is the same pattern used by the “Wiking” models currently in-game, called Eichenlaub Muster (or “Oak Leaf”), but with a twist. While the Wiking camouflage models the “Spring” variant, the LSSAH uniform features the “Autumn” version. It is the same pattern but using different colors, the “LSSAH” variant being more brown and orange.
In-game, the new camouflage uniforms will be found on all the LSSAH infantry units.
Allied
FILTHY THIRTEEN
A famous infantry unit from the D-Day preparations, with pictures of Mohawk-styled American paratroopers frequently found in history books. However, the origin of the unit is rather obscure. The Filthy Thirteen was a single demolition squad with special training, tasked with infiltrating behind enemy lines on D-Day. They were to destroy key infrastructure.
The FILTHY THIRTEEN will be featured as an elite recon squad acting as infiltrators and explosive experts with the US 101st Airborne Division.
SAS
Making their return from the original Steel Division: Normandy ‘44, the French SAS are wearing British airborne fatigues. They bring their own black berets, brightened in true French flamboyance with some more fashionable bandanas for snipers and scouts and Marine Nationale caps for officers.
Ingame, those models will be found within DBSAS with all SAS squads.
[h2]Steel Division: Tribute to Normandy ‘44 Versus[/h2]
If you want to read more about the new divisions to be shipped with Steel Division: Tribute to Normandy ‘44, we have a handy forum post linking to all previous